I’m always on the lookout for new recipes or projects I want to try, but often times I never get around to trying them at all.
Then there are those times when I try a new recipe or project that I found on Pinterest, Food Network, HGTV, a magazine or cookbook and the results are disastrous! ย And you rarely get a peek into those failures.
Well, that’s about to change! ย I’m starting a new series (probably weekly) called Hit or Miss! ย If it’s a hit, I will gladly share the source so you can try it, too. ย If it’s a miss, I won’t. ย I don’t want to be dissing anyone’s recipe or project. The failure could be completely my fault for not following directions correctly.
Ready for my first project?
Hit or Miss? ย Cherry Cherry Lip Balm
I’ve been intrigued by all of the homemade all natural lip balms out there, so I finally had to take the plunge and jump right in.
First of all, I had to order the beeswax pastilles since I don’t usually have beeswax hanging around in the pantry. ย I also had to order cherry essential oil and vitamin E oil. ย At least I had the coconut oil. ย (At this point, I was thinking it would have been much cheaper to just go buy lip balm.)
I came up with the cherry flavor on my own because I thought it would go well with spring – you know, cherry blossoms, etc. ย And I had some all natural red vegetable dye on hand.
Let’s Get Started!
ย What’s wrong with the above picture?
First of all, my cherry cherry lip balm is yellow, yellow lip balm! ย I stirred and stirred, but the cherry vegetable coloring sank to the bottom. ย Note to self: ย You can’t call something cherry if it’s yellow.
And when the directions said that it hardens very quickly, they were not lying. ย So hard and so fast, in fact, that none of the lip balm will come out when I swipe my fingertip into the little containers (which I bought at Hobby Lobby in the paint section and thought they were oh, so cute).
The clean up was beyond difficult! ย Trying to get the beeswax off of the inside of my glass measuring cup was a nightmare.
My Cherry Cherry Lip Balm was a big fat miss!
And what am I going to do with all that leftover beeswax? ย Any suggestions? ย The thought of trying to make lip balm again almost gives me nightmares!
Did you try anything new this week? ย Was it a hit or miss? ย Do share!
