Live Free, Gluten Free: Homemade Lip Balm using Essential Oils (more tips from Harvest Your Health Bundle Sale)

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If you saw my post on Monday and the other one on Wednesday, you know that I am helping promote the 'Harvest You Health' bundle sale. I thought it would be fun to share a couple of recipes and pointers from some of the books. Today I wanted to share a little bit from some of the non-cookbook ebooks. If you follow my blog at all, you know my love for essential oils. I've been on this path toward natural living, and I still have a ways to go. Well, there are quite a few books I'm so excited about, that will help me on my journey, these include: Salve made Simple, My Buttered Life (4 books total), Natural Cleaning, Simple Scrubs to Make & Give, Homemade Health and Beauty, and The Holistic Mama's Guide to Homemade Skin Care. It's a lot of helpful books, isn't it? I now have so many ideas for shampoos, deodorants, face cleansers, lip balms, salves for wounds, and more. To say I'm excited about these books is an understatement.

I thought I'd share one recipe from My Buttered Life: Gift Edition by Renee Harris, lip balm. It's simple and would make a fantastic gift or to just have on hand for those winter months, I know my family goes through a lot of lip balm in the winter, so I'm very happy I now have this recipe on hand. She also has a youtube video on how to make the lip balm:

Flavored Lip Balm
by Renee Harris

1 oz Beeswax
1 oz Shea butter
1 oz coconut oil (a little more during cooler months)
3/4 teaspoon essential oil of choice
18-20 lip balm tubes

Place beeswax, shea butter, and coconut oil in double boiler.

Melt and stir with a wooden skewer. Drop a small amount for testing on foil or wax paper. Once cool, test on lips. If it's difficult to apply to lips, melt in a bit more coconut oil and repeat this step.

Remove from heat, wait a few minutes, and add essential oil(s).

Stir with wooden skewer and then drop liquid into lip balm tubes using a medicine dropper.

The following is the list of all the eBooks, meal plans, online magazine subscriptions and discount codes included in this once in a lifetime offer. Use the links to obtain more detailed information on each specific category or book. If you are interested in purchasing the bundle go here:

Cooking/Preparing Paleo Food

Paleo Everyday ($8.99) by Heather
Paleogasm ($30) by Camille Macres
Paleo Snack Recipes ($17) by Suz Crawt
Paleo Chocolate ($4.99) by Ben Hirshberg
Paleo Ice Cream ($5.99) by Ben Hirshberg
Gluten Free Pancakes ($4.99) by Jolene Sloam
The Grain Free Lunchbox ($9.95) by Jolene Sloam
30 Day Intro to Paleo ($20) by Bill & Hayley Staley
A Paleo Pumpkin Thanksgiving ($5) by George Bryant
Toadally Primal Smoothies ($9.99) by Todd Dosenberry
Baking with Coconut Flour ($18.95) by Starlene Stewart
Well Fed: Paleo Recipes For People Who Love To Eat ($14.95) by Melissa Joulwan
FastPaleo Top 100 of 2012 with bonuses ($14.97) by James Gregory and Ute Mitchell
Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health On a Minimal Budget ($14.95) by Carolyn Rush
The Modern No-Nonsense Guide to Paleo: Shopping, Kitchens, Lunches ($10) by Alison Golden

Cooking/Preparing Real Food

Crock On Cookbook ($5) by Stacy
Crazy for Kale ($5.99) by Hallie Klecker
Super Cruciferous ($6) by Stormy Sweitzer
Real Food Hits the Road ($14.95) by Millie
Apartment Gardening ($5.95) by Jami Leigh
Restocking the Pantry ($10) by Kresha Faber
Just Making Ice Cream ($12) by Marillyn Beard
Broth: Elixir of Life ($12.97) by Patricia Lacoss – Arnold
Raw Fed Cats: Feeding Cats a Diet of Whole Raw Foods ($9.99) by Linda Zurich
Back to School Slow Cooker Freezer Recipes ($4.99) by Stephanie Brandt Cornais
The Veggie Book: How to Pick, Prepare and Plate ($9.95) by Danielle Tate, Debra Worth, Sara Shay and Kayla Grey

Meal Plans

3 months of Paleo Meal Plans ($29.97) by Deliciously Organic
4 months of Plan to Eat Meal Planner ($19.80) by the Plan to Eat team
2 months of PrimalPal Membership ($9.99) by Chad and Chris (with several contributors)

Personal/Home Care (Skin, Hair, Teeth, Cleaning)

Clear for Life ($27) by Seppo Puusa
Salve Made Simple ($7.95) by Jennifer
My Buttered Life: Gift Edition ($5) by Renee Harris
Cure Your Skin Compulsions ($19.95) by Tracy Raftl
Natural Cleaning ($15) by Katie – The Wellness Mama
Ultimate Secrets to Acne Freedom ($29) by Tracy Raftl
My Buttered Life: Summer Edition ($5) by Renee Harris
Simple Scrubs to Make and Give ($3.99) by Stacey Karen
Homemade Health and Beauty ($4.99) by Sandra Calixto
My Buttered Life: Personal Care Edition ($5) by Renee Harris
Questions to Ask Your Dentist Handbook ($29) by Will & Susan Revak
The Holistic Mama’s Guide to Homemade Skincare ($19) by Roxanne King
Tips and Tricks to Remineralize and Repair Your Teeth ($12.95) by Ramiel Nagel
Awaken Your Roots: Secrets of a Master Hair Shaman ($29.95) by Anthony Morrocco

Fertility, Pregnancy, Babies, Children, Motherhood

First Bites ($9.99) by Hilary Kimes Bernstein
Birth Control Unlocked ($14) by Stefani Ruper
Fertilise Yourself ($19.95) by Natalie Kringoudis
Fertility Yoga Program ($9.99) by Hethir Rodriguez
Eat Your Way to Parenthood ($35) by Gabriela Rosa
My Buttered Life: Baby Edition ($5) by Renee Harris
A Practical Guide to Children’s Health ($17.95) by Kate Tietje
From Maiden to Motherhood ($6.99) by Stephanie Brandt Cornais
Mother’s Little Herbal Helper and Home Remedies ($12.50) by Natalie Vickery
Real Food Kids: In the Kitchen plus videos! ($30) by Wardee Harmon & Jami Delgado

Inspiration

The Paleo Miracle ($19.99) by Joe Salama
Primal Deliverance ($14.97) by James Gregory
Building Incredible Willpower by Dean Dwyer ($25) by Dean Dwyer

Fitness

Bodyweight Overload ($19.99) by Todd
Run with No Pain ($17) by Ben Greenfield
Sandbag Training ($6.99?) by Ben Hirshberg
Dog Yoga with The Lightfoot Way ($10) by Allison Culver
Everyday Paleo Lifestyle and Fitness $20 (1 month for 1 penny) by Sarah & John Fragoso and Jason Seib