Lip Balms

I love my lip balms. I use them constantly throughout the day. Constantly. My lips are always so dry, and I find balms that I buy way too waxy, so I started making my own, easing off of the wax a bit. Now that I've discovered the wonder of coconut oil, I always add some into my balms. It softens the balm, helping it melt at body temperature and helps your lips absorb moisture as well as protect from wind burn. I've made many different blends, but a few stick out as favorites that I'll likely make again and again. Peppermint on its own is so simply wonderful and invigorating. Sweet Orange & Clove is one of my favorite scent blends, and made for awesome gifties to myself, family and friends. I made an amazing Mint, Hyssop & Melissa blend that will most definitely be a staple around here with my tendency to cold sores. And my latest little lovely lip balm is Angelica, Hyssop & Clove that was born because I'm a big Laini Taylor fan, and in one of her awesome books, Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, there is a balm made with these ingredients to help a healer repair faerie wings! I knew it had to be a lip balm for me! It smells divine and is wonderfully soothing.

Savvy Salves

I came up with two salve recipes that I'm quite proud of. One is a Sweet Warming Salve that I created while I was taking a Circus Arts class and needed a safe salve to use on my hands. The class was great fun, but doing the silks is a hand-joint killer, and I could not safely leave BenGay on my hands because if you get it into your eyes accidentally, it can damage them. So I wanted just a gentle warming that would help ease the pain in my hands that I could leave on without worry. I developed this incredible smelling salve that works wonderfully. My mom, who also struggles with arthritis, is hooked on it. She says she uses it every night and loves how it soothes her hands and feet. It has the added benefit of warming up cold feet in the winter before bed!

I also came up with a hemorrhoid balm that is awesome! My mom is also a big fan of this one, and she says, "It's not only eased the pain of the hemorrhoids, it's actually shrunken them!" which she said no other store-bought product has been able to do for her. I use it also to relieve itching and just calm down an inflamed bum. I have IBS, and that area gets way too much activity, so I always need a calming, cooling kind of moisturizer to use down there. This salve is gentle, soft and creamy to apply, pain and itch-relieving, and also smalls absolutely wonderful!