Chapped lips are the worst! I think I reapply lip balm 50 times a day! So here’s how to make homemade lip balm that will keep your lips soft and kissable all season long. To get ready for chapped lip season, this year we switched up the recipe and added my new favorite ingredient (hint, it’s honey!).
Honey is amazing when added to a homemade lip balm—it’s a fantastic natural humectant, meaning it can draw moisture into skin (or lips in this case) and stop chapped, dry lips in their tracks. It also has proven wound healing, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory properties that will help to heal sore, split lips. I know my lips have split from dryness before and it’s so uncomfortable.
And who doesn’t love the taste of pumpkin pie? It’s my favorite dessert, hands down. (Then again I admit to being a nut for all things pumpkin spice.) Last year I made pumpkin spice lip gloss, and it became one of my favorite parts of the season. Next up was this pumpkin spice face mask and pumpkin spice face scrub.
This time we made an edible lip scrub and a tasty lip balm. If you need a pumpkin spice fix, feel free to skip the latte and just eat the lip scrub! With honey, brown sugar and cinnamon, it’s totally edible. However, you won’t get all the best benefits if you eat it—save it for your lips if you can!
Edible pumpkin lip scrub
Ingredients needed:
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Combine ingredients together in a small bowl and transfer to a covered jar or container. I’ve even reused clean Lush lip scrub containers—they’re the perfect size! This makes more than you need for a single use so keep the extra in a cool, dry spot or give to friends (they’ll love you).
Apply to lips with your finger and gently rub back and forth. Finish with an application of pumpkin pie lip balm. This combination of super hydrating scrub and moisture makes sure that you get every single dry skin flake off, while nourishing the new skin underneath to stop any more flaking from happening.
Pumpkin Pie Lip Balm
Ingredients needed:
- 2 tablespoons sweet almond oil
- 1 teaspoon beeswax
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon pumpkin spice mix
- Lip balm container
In a double boiler combine the almond oil and beeswax until melted together. Remove from heat and stir in the honey and pumpkin pie spice. Make sure to blend it in thoroughly—you want that pumpkin spice to be evenly mixed in to the balm, not in lumpy chunks. Once mixed, carefully pour the mixture into a lip balm container. Let it harden and cool. Of course, you can scale up your recipe if you want to make stocking stuffers for your friends and family—that way everyone can enjoy how amazing this natural lip balm is!
This is the first time I’ve used honey in a lip balm recipe, and it’s divine. It smells heavenly, keeps the texture smooth and soft and, of course, tastes pretty good too. Making homemade lip balm is becoming my favorite fall tradition. That way I can enjoy my pumpkin spice all winter long!
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Photos by Ana Stanciu
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nice and natural lip balm! Can I use any other oil instead of coconut oil?
Can I use pumpkin spice mix liquid? or is it powder form?
I really need a replacement for coconut oil. I want to make some but I am SUPER allergic. Do you have any suggestions?
Try cocoa butter or shea butter. I use them for all sorts of things and they’d probably be a great substitute here. Hope this helps!
I foumd that shea butter worked as well although the consistency was more creamy and rich than the coconut oil or you can use almond oil if you cant find or dont have shea butter
I found that shea butter worked as well although the consistency was more creamy and rich than the coconut oil or you can use almond oil if you cant find or dont have shea butter
I used vitamin E oil because I was out of coconut oil.
We had so much fun making these. We had to eat the baby food bananas first though to get the jars….LOL
Since we were all making our own jars we got to make 4 oz each. We melted the coconut oil and honey together in the microwave first then added the brown sugar and spice. Since we were kinda sampling it as we went along, we ended up with about 2 oz. It’s so yummy, do you think it would be tacky to serve it for dessert? Just kidding. Great balm and scrub. Thank you for the recipes.
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How long will the lip balm keep?? Could I refrigerate? I’d like to make some ahead of time as gifts.
Is there another oil I can use as a replacement for coconut? I am allergic. Thanks! Sounds delish!
I am allergic to almonds. Can you recommend replacement oils?
I used Avocado oil, it worked and with the pumpkin pie spice and honey you can’t taste it.
Did you happen to do a trial with coconut oil instead of almond oil for the balm? I have coconut oil and have used it before in lip balm, do you think the difference is very significant? I just happen to have coconut oil on hand and live out in the country so sometimes getting specialty ingredients is a bit of a chore.
I’m making this for a friend for her wedding gifts to the attendees but the honey keeps separating out. I’m supposed to make 200. Can you help me? Sugar nor honey dissolve in my makeshift double boiler
Help me with the separating problem not actually making them
Hi Sarah – sorry you’re having trouble! I wonder if it’s the big batch you’re making? I’ve never had this problem when making on small scale. Have you tried warming the honey before mixing?
On the lip balm in the picture you have coconut oil on the blue spoon but coconut oil is not listed in the ingredients. Can you give any more details?
Yes, good spotting! It’s pictured but not in the recipe (that’s my bad – I get over zealous about coconut oil!) :)
Oh! My mom loves it. I will never buy lip balm from the store EVER again. You could practically eat the stuff!
I really don’t understand why people aren’t specific in their recipes. Dark or light brown sugar? Did you melt the coconut oil first or use it solid? Just spent 15 minutes making this with solid coconut oil because that’s what’s in the photo, only to find out that it turned into a creamy mess. Now I have to make it all again with melted oil. I really don’t see why people don’t put it in their recipe. It’s like not specifying that you need to mix the dry ingredients together then add the wet. It ruins the entire thing,
Hi Nikki – sorry for your frustration! You can use light or dark brown sugar – either will work. And no, I didn’t melt the coconut oil first before combining it with the other ingredients. Even when solid the coconut oil has a soft enough consistency that you can easily mix everything together. But if it was easier to melt it first, that’s fine too!
Where do you get the awesome tiny jars from? I’d love to give this as a gift, but who needs a 4oz jam jar full??? :)
Hi Paula, the jars are repurposed from little pill containers from the dollar store!
Question: how well does this keep??? I understand that honey is a natural preservative, but I’m unsure about sugar (it can go either way- bacteria breeding or preserving, depending on what you read…). I’m making my own lip scrubs and plan on sending them as gifts; hate for my friends to get sick!
Hi Stefanie – the lip balm should easily keep for several months. The lip scrub has a shorter life span – I would err on the cautious side and use it up in a month or so.
Hi! I am from argentina, nowadays i am living in israel, but the thing is taht i don’t know what you mean with pumpkin pie spice? We dont have that, so what is it made by? Can i make it by my own? Thanks!
I’m seeing this recipe just in time for fall — I love it!
What measurements approximately would I use if I wanted to make a batch of these the pumpkin lip balms and lip scrubs as gifts for my nieces that would Just adore this kind of stuff <3
Hi Melissa,
To make a batch you just need to convert the measurements to parts (I did it below for you).
Then, you can use any measurement you want (tsp, Tbsp, Cups, etc, etc) and replace the “part” for your chosen measurement.
Scrub
2 parts coconut oil
1 part honey
1 part brown sugar
1/3 part pumpkin pie spice
Balm
6 parts sweet almond oil
1 part beeswax
1 part honey
1/4 part pumpkin spice mix
always have lip balm on hand and I think a lip scrub is just the thing to add to my beauty routine for the upcoming colder months
Brett
Every time I make a lip scrub I think, why don’t I do this more often? It just feels so good.
You know I would eat this, right? I would be spreading lip balm on my toast in the morning. This looks amazing!
Ha! Lip scrub toast sounds pretty tasty!
Oh. My! This is exactly what I have needed! You are incredible. ;) Thank you for posting this awesome lip scrub! I have been craving pumpkin pie flavored *anything* for weeks, so this is totally perfect! Dunkin Donuts’ Pumpkin Pie donut just didn’t quite take care of the craving for me. ;)
Ok, now I want to try that donut!
I am a lip balm addict (seriously!). This looks awesome! Sounds yummy, too.
You can never have too many lip balms! I have them squirreled away in every purse and drawers all around the house :)
What a great idea!
I need both of these in my life! I am a sucker for pumpkin anything.:)
Me too! I mean, when are they going to get a clue and keep pumpkin spice lattes up year round?
Is there supposed to be coconut oil in the lip balm? It just shows it in the picture, so didn’t want to leave it out! Thanks for the recipe.
Oops, you’re right! No coconut oil needed! We just love the stuff so much we seem put it in every picture :)