Kiss the summer goodbye with the help of a little homegrown chapstick. Did we mention
it'll turn your lips a shivering shade of blue?!
What You'll Need:
- Mason Jar
- Medium sized pot
- Wooden spoon
- 1-tablespoon of Pure Beeswax (a health food store will have this)
- 3-tablespoons of Olive Oil
- 1/4 teaspoon of your favorite Flavor Extract Blue Food Coloring
- Small containers
- A handy parent What to Do Boil a cup of water in the pot.
What To do:
- While it's heating, put a tablespoon-sized chunk of beeswax into a mason jar and add 3 tbsps
of olive oil. Put the jar into the pot of boiling water CAREFULLY and stir the chunk with a wooden
spoon until the wax melts.
- When it's all liquidy, remove the jar from the water with oven mitts. You can add any frigid
flavor extract you want -- it's easy to find vanilla, lemon, orange, cinnamon and almond at the
supermarket. Add 1/4 tsp of your flavor or mix and match 1/8 tsp of 2 different kinds!
- Next, add a few drops of the blue coloring and stir your brrrrrrrrew until it begins to cool.
Once it thickens, the color will really start to show. When it's cooled and ready, scoop the
blustery balm into the containers. Show up for class looking like you just crossed a frozen tundra!
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