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This vanilla lavender lip balm is made with real vanilla beans and dried lavender flowers, which makes it smell amazing! Homemade herbal products are some of my favorite things to make. It’s so satisfying to make an all natural herbal lip balm, salve, or herbal remedy with real ingredients from scratch. It’s easier than you would think, too!

Vanilla Lavender Infused Oil

The first step in this recipe, just like in my herbal salve recipe, is to make an infused herbal oil. This time it will be made with dried vanilla beans and lavender.

You’ll need about 1/2 cup of infused oil for the lip balm recipe, so keep that in mind when making the infused oil. Put some dried lavender flowers and one or two whole vanilla beans, split down the middle, into a jar.

Then fill the jar with a carrier oil, or blend of oils, of your choice. I like to use equal parts of olive oil, coconut oil, and sweet almond oil.

Cover the jar and let it sit in a cool and dark place to infuse for at least a week or two, if not longer.

When I make my infused oils, I will often put them in my Excalibur dehydrator for several hours a few times at a low temperature (around 110 degrees), which helps to extract the herbal goodness without making the oil too hot.

When it’s done you will have an amazing smelling infused oil, which will be the base for this vanilla lavender lip balm.

Vanilla Lavender Lip Balm Recipe

When you are ready to make the lip balm, strain out the lavender and vanilla bean from the oil with a fine mesh sieve.

Create a makeshift double boiler by putting a small bowl or a glass Pyrex measuring cup over a pot with about an inch of simmering water.

Put the vanilla lavender oil into the small bowl or glass measuring cup, then add the beeswax. Heat until the beeswax completely dissolves into the oil, stirring occasionally.

Then add the shea butter and stir until it completely dissolves. Stir in the lavender essential oil.



Carefully pour the mixture into small tins or lip balm tubes and let sit until the lip balms sets up completely.

I usually make my lip balms in tins, which I love, but I’ve been experimenting with using lip balm tubes.

They are a bit difficult to pour into (a disposable dropper may help), but they are so handy to have!

This lip balm smells so amazing, you will love it! It is seriously one of my favorites, and it’s really not that hard to make.

The whole vanilla beans really make it wonderful, and the shea butter adds a nice creaminess.

Making homemade herbal products like this vanilla lavender lip balm is so satisfying and fun. It also makes a great gift!

Looking for more DIY herbal lip balms?

Try our Orange Peppermint Lip Balm or Rose Hip Lip Balm to soothe your dry lips.

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