Trial:	1	2	3	4	5	Final Product
Ingredients list and measurements	-2g beeswax -1.5g shea -1 drop oil (almond) -1 drop vitE	-1g beeswax -0.8g shea -1.5g coco oil -2 drops vit E -4 drops vanilla	-1g beeswax -1g shea -1.7g coco oil -2 drops vit E -4 drops vanilla	-1g beeswax -0.9g shea -1.7g coco oil -4 drops vitE -4 drops vanilla
Temperature fragrance added (Celsius)	62c	65c	67c	67c
Yield (number of lip balm tubes filled)	1	1	1	1
Any changes in previous recipe		Amount of: VitE, fragrance, beeswax, oil, shea	Amount of: Oil, shea, honey	Amount of: VitE, shea
Qualitative observations	Really hard	Smooth	Good texture, good smell	Hardened over time, not enough mixture

While I experimented, I noticed that the mixture started separating, because of the coconut oil and shea butter. Next time, I will alter the coconut oil (from 1.7 to 1.5g) and the shea butter (0.9 to 0.7). I’ve noticed that almond oil preserves the ‘smoothness’ of the lip balm, so I will add 0.7g of that into my mixture. My mixture didn’t fill up the whole tube last time, so this will increase the amount. I will also alter the vitamin E amount, to lessen the oil of the mixture (4 drops to 2).

 

New Test:

Materials:

• Coconut oil (1.5g)
• Almond Oil (0.7g)
• Shea butter (0.7g)
• Beeswax (1g)
• Essential oil Vanilla (4 drops)
• Honey (0.8g)
• Vitamin E oil (2 drops)
• Lipbalm container
• Thermometer
• 1 400 ml beaker
• 1 100ml beaker
• Hot water (100mL)
• Pipette
• Electric scale

• Prepare a 400mL beaker of water on the electric burner, at 80 degrees (measure with thermometer)
• Weigh the amount you need from your ingredients with an electric scale
• Melt the beeswax using the double boiler method in a 100mL beaker
• Add in the shea butter
• Add in the coconut oil with a pipette
• Add in the honey
• Take off heat and wait for the temperature to drop to 68 degrees
• Add in vitamin e
• Add in 4 drop fragrance (vanilla) at 64 degrees (measure with thermometer) Celsius
• Pour into container
• Wait to set, or put in the fridge for a minute