Protect and soothe your lips, using the healing properties of homemade calendula lip balm. Easy to make and created with natural ingredients such as shea butter, coconut oil and essential oil.

a plate filled with dried herbs and homemade calendula lip balm

Our lips are at the forefront of many of our daily activities — talking, eating, drinking, singing, kissing, laughing and so much more. They can get chapped by the heat and wind of the summer (especially if you’re a homesteader and are outside in the garden a lot or taking care of animals) and dry during the harsh winter months. I know here in Ohio, come mid winter, my lips can become pretty irritated.

A great way to protect and soothe your lips is by using the healing combination of calendula, shea butter and several skin-loving oils. All of these natural ingredients are used to make this homemade calendula lip balm recipe.

If you don’t have any calendula, try plantain, comfrey or lemon balm. You can also swap out the orange essential oil for lavender, peppermint or your favorite scent. That is the beauty of DIY skincare, use what you have and make it your own!

Why You’ll Love This DIY Lip Balm

100% Natural Lip Balm – This recipe is made using no preservatives, artificial ingredients, fragrances or fillers.

Basic Lip Balm Recipe – Made with skin loving ingredients and dried herbs. No complicated steps or directions involved.

Great Gift Idea – Homemade lip balm makes anywhere from 10-14 tubes, giving you plenty to share or gift with those you love.

wooden box filled with dried calendula and homemade lip balm tubes

What is Calendula?

Calendula is an herb that comes in a variety of beautiful orange and yellow blossoms. The flower is the medicine and can be used to heal many different ailments. It has antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties, helps to decrease pain and accelerates cell division in your body helping to heal your body faster. To learn more about calendula, check out this article 10+ ways to use calendula.

Is Calendula Good for Lip Balm?

Yes, calendula is a wonderful herb to add to an herbal lip balm recipe. Calendula, also known as calendula offficinalis soothes and nourishes skin, has reparative properties, can reduce inflammation and has the ability to speed up healing, making it a terrific herb to use in homemade calendula lip balm.

floral plate with tubes of lip balm surrounded by dried stalks of wheat

What Herbs are Good for Lip Balm?

Calendula
Comfrey
Lemon balm
Mint
Plantain
Chamomile
Dandelions

Ingredients

Calendula – is a great reparative herb to add to this easy diy lip balm recipe.

Olive oil – choose a high quality organic extra virgin olive oil.

Shea butter – soothes dry skin. If you use unrefined shea butter it has a bold smell.

Coconut oil – is wonderful at moisturizing lips.

Sweet almond oil – contains anti-inflammatory properties and helps to soften skin.

Beeswax – use beeswax pellets for quick melting or get wax from your local beekeeper.

Orange essential oil – adds a delightful scent to the homemade calendula lip balm.

How to Make Calendula Oil

You can purchase calendula infused oil or make it yourself. To create the infusion at home, add 1/4 cup dried calendula to a half pint jar. Fill the rest of the way with olive oil, making sure the herbs are completely covered. Cap the mason jar with a lid, place within a paper bag and sit on the sill of a warm, sunny window. Shake the jar daily. Within 7 days, the infused oil will be ready to use to create your homemade lip balm.

Tools You May Need to Make Calendula Lip Balm

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Tips

Quickly but carefully pour the mixture into the lip balm tubes before the beeswax hardens.
Using a mini measuring cup can help prevent spills when pouring the liquid into the lip balm tubes.
Decorate the tubes with labels, stickers, washi tape, twine or ribbon.
Homemade natural lip balm makes a lovely gift to give to friends and family.

How to Make Calendula Lip Balm

Makes: 12 tubes

Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons calendula infused olive oil
1 tablespoon shea butter
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 tablespoon sweet almond oil
1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons beeswax
8 drops sweet orange essential oil

Directions

In a mason jar, combine the calendula infused oil, shea butter, coconut oil, sweet almond oil and beeswax. Set the jar into a saucepan with a few inches of water. Turn the burner to low and gently heat until the beeswax has melted.

Turn off heat. Remove jar from pan. Stir in the orange essential oil. Carefully pour the mixture into the lip balm tubes. Allow the lip balm to set up for a couple of hours or until solid. Once cooled, label the tubes or decorate with twine or scrapbook paper.

plate of herbal lip balm next to dried botanicals

How to Use Calendula Lip Balm

When your lips are dry, cracked or chapped, glide the lip balm over your lips. If it is winter time, when lips are most prone to getting chapped, I like to use the homemade lip balm multiple times a day.

I store a tube of calendula lip balm on my nightstand, in my purse and one in the drawer of an end table. Keep them wherever is most convenient for you! The balm should last 6 months to a year.

More Natural Body Care Recipes

Vanilla Mint Lip Balm

Calendula Lotion Bar

Calendula and Oatmeal Soap

Strawberry Lip Gloss

Anti-Itch Spray With Calendula

Yield: 12 tubes