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Better Beauty with dōTERRA

· Essential Oils
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You were born with natural beauty. Let dōTERRA enhance it naturally with these fun and scent-sational beauty aids you can mix up yourself! People have used essential oils on hair and skin for centuries due to their soothing and purifying characteristics. Read on to find out which of these two creative beauty recipes better suits those lovely lips.

Lip Stain makes a perfect DIY project because the color and scent combinations are completely customizable, and they only contain a few ingredients. No long labels with big words to wade through here! The following four combinations use dōTERRA Lemon, Lavender, Peppermint and Grapefruit. (Be careful experimenting with other oils; your lips are extremely sensitive and will appreciate wise selections!)

Lemon-Cherry: 5 cherries, 1 drop Lemon oil, 1 teaspoon Fractionated Coconut Oil

Lavender-Blackberry: 5 blackberries, 1-2 drops Lavender oil, 1 teaspoon Fractionated Coconut Oil

Raspberry-Blackberry Peppermint: 5 blackberries, 5 raspberries, 2 drops Peppermint oil, 1 teaspoon Fractionated Coconut Oil

Pomegranate-Grapefruit: 2-3 tablespoons, pomegranate seeds, 1 drop Grapefruit oil, 1 teaspoon Fractionated Coconut Oil

Got your ingredients gathered together for your chosen flavor? Great. Now follow these instructions:

Place your chosen fruit and essential oil into a small bowl. Add coconut oil and mash the fruit into a soupy mixture. Drain the liquid into an airtight container, removing any chunks. Store in refrigerator for long-term use. Apply a layer or two to lips and enjoy your gorgeous and custom-made natural lip stain!

Voila! Now let’s learn how to mix up a batch of Orange Creamsicle Lip Balm. You’ll need:

½ ounce beeswax

½ ounce coconut oil

¼ ounce shea butter

¼ ounce cocoa butter

30 drops dōTERRA Wild Orange

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Place everything but Wild Orange and vanilla into glass measuring cup or bowl. Fill large saucepan with one to one-and-a-half inches of water. Bring to boil. Once boiling, place glass measure cup in center of saucepan. Stir every few minutes until ingredients have melted and are combined. Once all wax is melted, remove from heat and let sit three minutes. Add vanilla extract and Wild Orange oil. Pour mixture into lip balm containers and cool.

Refreshingly simple ideas, right? They’re perfect for girls’ nights of every age and stage. Enjoy better beauty with dōTERRA!