{"id":15857,"date":"2025-09-13T15:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=15857"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:45:47","slug":"chapped-lip-balm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/chapped-lip-balm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapped Lip Balm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entrytext\">\n<p>General rule of thumb for winter chapped lips\u2026basic lip balm recipe: melt together one ounce (by weight, not volume) of beeswax preferably grated, it will melt faster), a \u2019solid\u2019 fat\u2026shea butter, mango butter,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coconut Oil<\/a>, etc. and one oz of a rich liquid oil. (I like to use\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avocado<\/a>\u00a0oil or kukui nut for this.)<\/p>\n<p>This makes a basic soothing balm or salve that can be divided into smaller portions and\/or enriched in innumerable ways. Use herbal infused oils (infused\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chamomile<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendula<\/a>) for skin soothing.<\/p>\n<p>Add the\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essential Oils<\/a>\u00a0of your choice\u2026a drop of\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peppermint<\/a>\u00a0or steam distilled\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lime<\/a>\u00a0for lip balms\u2026\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lavender<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chamomile<\/a>\u00a0for healing baby\u2019s diaper\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/skin-dr-psoriasis-eczema-dandruff-remedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rash<\/a>\u2026<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patchouli<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frankincense<\/a>\u00a0for badly chapped hands.<\/p>\n<p>Less beeswax or more of the liquid oil makes a softer balm, more beeswax makes a firm \u2019stick\u2019 that can be rubbed on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General rule of thumb for winter chapped lips\u2026basic lip balm recipe: melt together one ounce (by weight, not volume) of beeswax preferably grated, it will melt faster), a \u2019solid\u2019 fat\u2026shea butter, mango butter,\u00a0Coconut Oil, etc. and one oz of a rich liquid oil. (I like to use\u00a0Avocado\u00a0oil or kukui nut for this.) This makes a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essential-oil-profiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}