Making crayons into colorful lip balm!

Moisturizing lip balm:

• pure cocoa butter sticks (you can find these at Walgreen's and are great to use as a hassle-free base)

• various colors of crayons (use 2 crayons for every stick of cocoa butter)

• little tubes or pots to put them in (I recommend saving old lip gloss pots and tubes for this very purpose)

1. Peel off the labels and break the crayons into pieces in a small, crappy saucepan that you bought at a thrift store for this very purpose (or just one you don't mind ruining).
2. Scoop the cocoa butter stick into the saucepan and heat on low, stirring occasionally, till melted and combined.
3. Let cool for a few minutes and then pour (using a funnel if necessary) into the small tubes, using a spoon to help scoop out the liquid balm.
You can also just combine these in a plastic bag using the recipe below

Straight da bomb gloss:

• 2-4 TB mineral oil (pssst it's just baby oil!)

• 1 crayon

• plastic bag

1. Combine ingredients in a plastic bag
2. Soak in warm water until things get melty
3. Microwave for 20-30 seconds and shake the bag to mix thoroughly
4. Snip off a small corner of the bag and squirt into containers to cool

Vegan ruby-red gloss: use beet juice instead of crayons (which are not vegan), and make sure to use cocoa butter or mineral oil instead of beeswax


Other items that can be used in home-made gloss:

• Petroleum jelly

• Beeswax

• Old loose glitter that you never use anymore to add some shimmer

You can buy tiny plastic tubes and gloss pots at most craft stores, and even some dollar stores! And pillboxes are a great way to store different colors of gloss.