Making homemade lip-balm: Still Life

This is the kind of thing I love to do!  It's simple to make and contains only natural ingredients: shea butter, beeswax, almond oil and a few drops of essential oil. Here I used organic lavender oil. You just melt the ingredients over a bain-marie (or double boiler) and add the essentail oil at the end. Spoon or pour into tiny containers. I keep some for myself and I give some to friends and family.

I made twelve tiny pots today while the dough for my hot cross buns was rising! Now the dough is ready to shape into buns and rise again before baking! We'll have them for breakfast, warmed in the oven tomorrow!