Happy Monday!! There's really nothing better than a fun giveaway to kick off the week, right? One of my favorite sites, Uncommon Goods, is giving away a $50 gift card to a lucky reader!
They have such a cool collection of products - I got a cheesemaking kit for one of my cheese-obsessed friends last year for Christmas - and just a really well curated DIY gifts section to pick from. I tried this organic Make Your Own Lip Balm kit by Herban Crafts to experiment with one of their offerings...
...and as much as I thought I was going to mess up, it couldn't have been easier. Click through to see how my glosses turned out and to enter the giveaway!
All the materials were clearly labeled in the cutest recyclable packaging...
...and the directions and info cards were clear as a post-rainy Los Angeles day. (Total sidenote - the cards are made out of recycled paper on soy ink and the cello bags are ready for home composting (who's in??) and are biodegradable.)
All of the ingredients in the kit are portioned out for melting, so I followed the directions putting together cocoa butter, beeswax, and sunflower oil in a double boiler...
...and once everything melted, I added in a few drops of peppermint essential oil, and then poured the liquid into the gloss tins. I let the solution solidify, and voila!
Brand new, handmade, lip balm?? Sign me up!! There's nothing like gifts that help bring out the inner crafty person in all of us. Now I'm on a lip balm making roll - I just might order more ingredients to make these as presents!
To enter the giveaway, head on over to Uncommon Goods and pick the items that you'd love to get if you win the gift card! Snag goodies for yourself or check off a few people on your list for this season! A lucky winner will be randomly be chosen on 11/15, just in time for some pre-holiday/Black Friday shopping! Also, two of the balms that I made will be passed off to runners-up as well. I've been using mine on the super dry/allergy-filled days and my lips couldn't be softer.
PS, stay tuned for this remake tomorrow...
Nothing like some leopard print and glitter to put a smile on my face!
