Melt the beeswax, castor, and sweet almond oil together on low to medium heat until the beeswax is completely liquefied.  Add cocoa butter and melt until liquefied and then remove from heat.  Slowly add small pieces of shea butter to the mixture and allow to melt.  Doing it this way will prevent the shea butter getting too hot and then going grainy.  After the shea butter has melted into the mixture, add the flavour or essential oil (we like peppermint essential oil) and pour into containers.  This recipe is well suited for lip balm pots or tins.

The ingredients can be bought from Gracefruit. www.gracefruit.com