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12 Kissable DIY Lip Balm

Recipes

Hello! I’m Lorraine Dallmeier and I run DIY Beauty Diva (www.diybeautydiva.com). Thank you so much for downloading my free eBook on 12 Kissable DIY Lip Balm Recipes.

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I’m a Botanical Skincare Scientist & Biologist with a love of herbs. I’ve been writing my own skincare recipes for years and regularly share my knowledge and skills through my articles and recipes. As well as running DIY Beauty Diva and my Herb & Hedgerow skincare science blog, I am also the Director of Formula Botanica, the international online Organic Cosmetic Science School.

Lorraine Dallmeier Botanical Skincare Scientist

About the Author

We have taught over 400 students in more than 35 countries around the world how to make their own natural & organic skincare and have watched dozens of brands launch and grow because of their training with Formula Botanica. I also sell BeautyCraft app for iPhone, which contains over 90 fun recipes for DIY beauty products that you can easily make with ingredients in your local supermarkets and has been downloaded in over 60 countries. I hope you enjoy this free eBook and that you enjoy experimenting with my 12 Kissable Lip Balm Recipes!

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Table of Contents Chapter Page

Why do we use lip balms? 4

How to make a lip balm 5

Formula for a generic lip balm 6

Lip balm ingredients: Waxes 7

Lip balm ingredients: Butters 8

Lip balm ingredients: Plant oils 9

Lip balm ingredients: Essential oils 10

Equipment 11

1. Tinted Rose Lip Balm 12

2. Tinted Red Lip Balm 13

3. Vanilla Chai Lip Balm 14

4. Sensual Lip Balm 15

5. Zesty Lip Balm 16

6. Vitamin E Lip Balm 17

7. Mint Choc Chip Lip Balm 18

8. Sexy Chocolate Truffle Lip Balm 19

9. Spicy Orange Lip Balm 20

10. Christmas Spice Lip Balm 21

11. Turkish Delight Lip Balm 22

12. Honey & Almond Lip Balm 23


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Why do we use lip balms? Lips are used in so many different activities – we use them in facial expressions, when we talk, when we eat, when we drink and when we kiss. Given how much we use them, it’s important to keep your lips soft and supple and to keep the skin on your lips healthy. The skin on your lips is comprised of only 3-5 cellular layers, which is why your lips can so easily start to bleed if they are chapped or dry, or if you pick the skin off them. In comparison, the skin on your face contains up to 16 cellular layers. The skin on your lips is also generally much lighter in colour than the rest of your body’s skin. Particularly in light-skinned people, your lip skin contains fewer cells called melanocytes – these are the cells that produce melanin, which determines our skin colour. Given that your lip skin is only 3-5 layers deep, there are no sweat glands. This means that your lip skin doesn’t sweat and it doesn’t produce sebum, your skin’s natural oil. Without sweat and sebum your lips dry out quicker than other parts of your skin. Dry skin is damaged quicker, which is why chapped lips are such as a common occurrence. A lip balm effectively provides that protective layer that you would normally get from your skin’s natural oils. In covering your lips with an occlusive layer, it does two things – firstly, it locks moisture in and secondly, it makes it harder for the heat and cold to dry out your lips.


All natural lip balms are a blend of waxes and emollients (skin-softening plant oils and butters) and essential oils for fragrance and flavour. You can choose ingredients purely for their smells; fruity essential oils are popular because they taste like fruit too. You can also just make plain lip balms which are just a blend of waxes and butters with no overt flavour or scent to them at all. When making your own lip balms, keep in mind that the blend needs to be fairly thick so that it sticks to the lips and doesn’t just drip off or absorb too fast. A good balm should have staying power!

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How to make a lip balm

WARNING! Because we are using essential oils on our lips (which as we just saw have very thin skin), we only use a maximum 1% dilution of essential oils. Essential oils are effectively potent natural chemicals which contain sensitisers. We don’t use essential oils neat on the skin and we don’t use high percentages of essential oils on our lips. Some of the recipes in this book also use citrus essential oils which are can cause sensitivity in some people and need to be used at a low concentration.


Once you understand how to formulate a generic lip balm, you will be able to design and create your own formulations. Play around with the ratios to find the ones that you enjoy best and remember that certain ingredients such as coconut oil behave differently in colder or hotter climates so you might have to adjust your recipe slightly. •  30% Wax •  30% Plant Butter •  30% Plant Oils •  5% Vitamin E or botanical extracts •  4% lecithin (gives creamy texture) •  1% Essential oil maximum When you want to design your own formula from scratch, this is a generic lip balm percentage formula that you can use as a template. Vegans Although beeswax is the most common wax to be used in lip balms, there is a vegan alternative— it’s called Candelilla wax and comes from a Brazilian palm. Method All natural lip balms are made the same way—by melting the waxes, butters and plant oils in a bain-marie and then removing the blend from the heat to allow to cool slightly before adding the essential oils. The balm is then quickly poured in little 10ml lip balm pots and then allowed to cool and harden fully.

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Formula for a Generic Lip Balm


Waxes give hardness to your lip balm. If no waxes are used the lip balm may melt too fast (particularly in warmer climates) and slide off your lips.

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Lip Balm Ingredients: Waxes

•  Candelilla wax — a pale yellow hard wax often sold in granular form, it is slightly harder and more brittle than beeswax and has a melting point of 67-71 degrees C. As it comes from a palm it is therefore suitable for vegans. Use instead of beeswax for a vegan option. You might have to use slightly less as it can set harder.

Please note Waxes such as rose wax, soy wax and almond wax are not true waxes, they have been chemically altered and cannot be claimed to be 100% natural.

Two natural waxes include: •  Beeswax — a golden honey-

scented wax produced by bees. Beeswax has a melting point of 62-64 degrees C and shouldn’t be heated above 85 degrees C. It is a soft wax and helps to emulsify the other ingredients in the blend.


Plant butters form the creamy nourishing part of your lip balm. They are natural moisturisers and help to protect the skin on your lips.

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Lip Balm Ingredients: Butters

•  Cocoa butter - In its basic form cocoa butter is sold as a yellowy hard butter which has a delicious chocolate scent. Cocoa butter is solid at room temperature (in our colder climates!) but liquefies around body temperature so it melts when it comes into contact with our skin. This rich plant butter is highly moisturising and hydrating because of this melting point which is why it is perfect for use in soaps, lip balms and body butters

•  Mango butter — a white butter from the mango pip, thick and soft and creamy.

There are lots of different natural butters for you to experiment with! These are the basic natural plant butters in skincare, but you can have lots of fun experimenting with Kombo, Murumuru, Cupuacu or Illipe butters, to name but a few other options.

Examples of natural butters include: •  Shea butter — an off-white sticky

butter that is very moisturising and has good staying power once applied. It is also claimed to have some protection from UV rays.


Plant oils add extra nutrition and skin-repairing properties to your lip balm. They also act as occlusive agents, creating a barrier effect which prevents moisture from being lost.

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Lip Balm Ingredients: Plant Oils

Examples of natural plant oils include: •  Evening Primrose oil - rich in unsaturated

fatty acids which are used to repair and maintain skin tissue.

•  Rosehip oil - high in essential fatty acids,

which are thought to smooth wrinkles by hydrating the skin.

•  Apricot oil - similar in makeup to almond oil, apricot kernel oil is also a great emollient and nourishing oil.

•  Avocado oil – extracted from the flesh of the avocado, this oil is

high in Vitamin E which can improve the condition of the skin.

•  Calendula oil – obtained by infusing calendula’s orange petals in another vegetable oil in order to extract its properties. Calendula is known for its great skin properties and can be for chapped and dry skin.

•  Sea buckthorn oil – contains high levels of essential fatty acids

and is used to heal skin injuries such as eczema.


Essential oils add fragrance, flavour and botanical skin conditioning properties. They are potent natural ingredients and should only be used at a maximum concentration of 1% dilution (so if you make a 10g lip balm, don’t use more than 0.1g essential oil!).

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Lip Balm Ingredients: Essential Oils

Examples of essential oils which are suitable for lip balms include: •  Citrus & fruit oils – orange, grapefruit, blood

orange, lime and lemon. Citrus oils are photo-sensitising so they can make you more sensitive to the sunlight, which is why they should be used in low concentrations of no more than 0.5%.

•  Floral oils – lavender, rose geranium, neroli and chamomile. •  Spice oils – cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and vanilla.

•  Herbal oils – peppermint, benzoin, patchouli, frankincense and myrhh.

If you ever need advice on the maximum permitted concentrations of essential oils and any restrictions, visit the the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) website at http://www.ifraorg.org/


Lip balms do not require much equipment to make, just a few simple kitchen items and that’s it!

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Equipment

For preparing ingredients, you will need: •  Sharp knives and chopping board for harder

waxes and butters

•  Cheese grater for cocoa butter

•  Mini whisk for stirring

•  Digital kitchen scales for measuring out tiny amounts of butters and oils

•  Small containers for holding oils for weighing

For melting & making, you will need: •  A bain-marie or double boiler to melt your butters and waxes

gently. This is just a bowl on top of a pan of simmering water. •  A tea towel or oven mitt to protect your hands when you

remove the bowl of molten butters/ waxes •  A selection of lip balm pots and jars to pour your products into

•  Sticky labels so you can label each lip balm with the name and date


This lip balm has a delicate pink colour that adds a touch of blossom to the lips in a natural way. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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1. Tinted Rose Pink Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g mango butter •  15g apricot oil •  2.5 beetroot glycerite •  2g liquid lecithin •  0.5g Rose geranium essential oil

(0.5g = approx 10 drops) Method: •  To make the beetroot glycerite, grate some fresh peeled

beetroot and add the gratings to some glycerine in a jar until you have a rich red colour. Strain off the beetroot and keep the pink glycerine ready to use.

•  Melt the mango butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin and apricot oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.

•  Remove bowl from heat and add the beetroot glycerite, blend vigorously with a whisk until it has emulsified into a smooth pale pink blend.

•  Add your rose geranium oil quickly. Quickly pour into your pots to cool. Once it has cooled, add your labels and a lid.


This lip balm has a gorgeous deep red colour in the pot and on the lips. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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2. Tinted Red Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g shea butter •  17.5g coconut oil •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.5g Rose geranium essential oil •  0.5g Lavender essential oil

(0.5g = approx 10 drops) Method: •  Melt the shea butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the

coconut oil.

•  Add a few flakes of alkanet root into the bowl and agitate it. Keep stirring until a dark red colour has formed. Add more root if necessary.

•  Strain off the alkanet and add the lecithin, stirring vigorously.

•  Add your essential oils and stir them through the mixture. Quickly pour into your pots to cool. Once it has cooled, add your labels and a lid.

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Tinted Lipbalm (red) This Lipbalm has a gorgeous deep red colour in the pot and on the lips Ingredients:Ingredients:Ingredients:Ingredients: Dried alkanet root Beeswax or candelilla Liquid lecithin (sunflower is best) Sheabutter Coconut oil Geranium essential oil (optional) Formula in grams Formula in grams Formula in grams Formula in grams (to make 5 x 10g pots) 15g beeswax 15g sheabutter butter 17.5g coconut oil 1.5g liquid lecithin 1g geranium (optional)- 1g =20 drops MethodMethodMethodMethod 1. Melt the mango butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin and apricot oil. 2. Add a few flakes of alkanet root into the bowl and agitate it 3. Keep stirring until a dark red colour has formed. Add more root if necessary. 4. Strain off the alkanet and add the lecithin, stirring vigorously 5. Add your geranium oil quickly 6. Quickly pour into your pots to cool 7. Once cool add your label and a lid

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This yummy spicy lip balm tastes of your favourite cup of chai and has a beautiful spicy fragrance. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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3. Vanilla Chai Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g Cocoa butter •  17.5g vanilla oil maceration* •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.5g Cinnamon essential oil •  0.5g Nutmeg essential oil

(0.5g = approx 10 drops) Method: •  To make the vanilla maceration, chop 1-2 vanilla pods into

small pieces and scoop out the seeds. Put the chopped pod and seeds into a small jar of coconut oil and leave to stand somewhere warm enough for the coconut oil to stay molten. After several days it should smell strong enough of vanilla. Strain off into a fresh jar ready for use.

•  Melt the Cocoa butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin and vanilla maceration. Stir the lecithin in really well until you can’t see it anymore. Remove from the heat and whisk while cooling.

•  Add your essential oils and stir them through the mixture.

Quickly pour into your pots to cool. Once it has cooled, add your labels and a lid.


This is a sultry exotic lip balm for lots of sexy kissing! This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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4. Sensual Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g mango butter •  18g Monoi de Tahite •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.5g Jasmine absolute

(0.5g = approx 10 drops) Method: •  Monoi de Tahite is a beautiful maceration oil made by steeping

Polynesian gardenia petals in coconut oil. The smell is heavenly! It is easily available to buy online.

•  Melt the mango butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin and Monoi de Tahite. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.

•  Remove bowl from heat and whisk while cooling. •  Add your essential oils and stir them through the mixture.



This is a fruity lip balm that tastes of citrus! This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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5. Zesty Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g mango butter •  15g Pomegranate oil •  2.5g Vitamin E oil •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.25g Lime Essential Oil •  0.25g Lemon Essential Oil •  0.25g Grapefruit Essential Oil •  0.25g Orange Peel Essential Oil

(0.25g = approx 5 drops) Method: •  Melt the mango butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the

lecithin and pomegranate oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.



•  You can make 4 different flavoured zesty lip balms by using each of the essential oils individually too!


Vitamin E oil is very nourishing and healing, try this recipe for sore, cracked or dry lips. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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6. Vitamin E Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g Kombo butter •  12.5g avocado oil •  5g Vitamin E oil •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  1g Patchouli Essential Oil

(1g = approx 20 drops) Method: •  Melt the Kombo butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the

lecithin, Vitamin E oil and avocado oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.



•  If you are unable to find any Kombo butter, substitute it with Shea butter.


This lip balm tastes of mint choc-chip ice cream and is delicious on the lips! This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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7. Mint Choc Chip Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g Cacao butter •  12.5g chocolate macerate •  2.5g Vitamin E oil •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  1g Peppermint Essential Oil

(1g = approx 20 drops) Method: •  Make chocolate macerate by melting 20g of coconut oil and

add ½ - 1 teaspoon of raw cacao powder to it. Stir well and stand in a bowl of hot water to keep the coconut oil molten. It will turn brown and chocolate scented after an hour or so. Strain through a fine muslin cloth or a coffee filter paper.

•  Melt the Cacao butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin, Vitamin E oil and chocolate macerate. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.

•  Remove bowl from heat and whisk while cooling. •  Add your essential oil and stir them through the mixture.



This delicious lip balm tastes of an expensive box of luxury truffles. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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8. Sexy Chocolate Truffle Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g Cacao butter •  15g chocolate macerate •  2.5g vanilla essence •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  1g Benzoin Essential Oil

(1g = approx 20 drops) Method: •  Make chocolate macerate by melting 20g of coconut oil and

add ½ - 1 teaspoon of raw cacao powder to it. Stir well and stand in a bowl of hot water to keep the coconut oil molten. It will turn brown and chocolate scented after an hour or so. Strain through a fine muslin cloth or a coffee filter paper.

•  Melt the Cacao butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin and chocolate macerate. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.

•  Remove bowl from heat, add the vanilla essence and whisk vigorously while cooling so the mixture emulsifies.

•  Add your essential oil and stir them through the mixture.



This delicious lip balm tastes of an expensive box of luxury truffles. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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9. Spicy Orange Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g mango butter •  15g sweet almond oil •  2.5g Vitamin E oil •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.75g Benzoin Essential Oil •  0.25g Cinnamon Essential Oil

(1g = approx 20 drops) Method: •  Melt the mango butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the

lecithin, sweet almond oil and Vitamin E oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.

•  Remove bowl from heat and whisk while the mixture cools. •  Add your essential oils and stir them through the mixture

quickly. Quickly pour into your pots to cool. Once it has cooled, add your labels and a lid.


This recipe makes a heavenly gold (orange), frankincense and myrrh lip balm to represent our winter festivities. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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10. Christmas Spice Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  17.5g coconut oil •  15g pomegranate oil •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.25g Sweet Orange Essential Oil •  0.25g Cinnamon Essential Oil •  0.25g Frankincense Essential Oil •  0.25g Myrrh Essential Oil

(0.25g = approx 5 drops) Method •  Melt the coconut oil and wax in the bain-marie and add the

lecithin and pomegranate oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it.

•  Remove bowl from heat and whisk while the mixture cools. •  Add your essential oils and stir them through the mixture


•  This lip balm makes a perfect Christmas gift! You can even decorate the top of the pot with gold leaf.


By combining sensual rose and lemon, this lip balm smells of sweetly divine Turkish Delight. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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11. Turkish Delight Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g mango butter •  15g macerated rose petal oil •  2.5g honey •  1.5g liquid lecithin •  0.5g Rose Essential Oil •  0.25g Rose Geranium Essential Oil •  0.25g Lemon Essential Oil

(0.25g = approx 5 drops) Method: •  Make macerated rose petal oil by stuffing dried rose petals into

a jar of almond oil and leaving for a week or 2 in a warm place to become fragrant. Strain and bottle ready for use.

•  Melt the mango butter and wax in the bain-marie and add the lecithin and macerated rose petal oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it. Then add the honey.

•  Remove bowl from heat and whisk vigorously while the mixture cools to make sure it emulsifies.

•  Add your essential oils and stir them through the mixture



This lip balm contains no essential oils but lots of honey which will protect and moisturise your lips. This recipe will make enough lip balm for 5 x 10g pots or jars.

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12. Honey & Almond Lip Balm

Ingredients: •  15g beeswax •  15g coconut oil •  15g sweet almond oil •  5g honey •  1.5g liquid lecithin

Method: •  Melt the coconut oil and wax in the bain-marie and add the

lecithin and sweet almond oil. Stir the lecithin in really well so you can no longer see it. Then add the honey.

•  Remove bowl from heat and whisk vigorously while the mixture cools to make sure it emulsifies.

•  Quickly pour into your pots to cool. Once it has cooled, add

your labels and a lid.


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This eBook makes every attempt to provide good, honest advice about beauty product ingredients. We make no guarantees of success, but strive to provide you with good quality advice for home-made beauty products that can help improve your beauty and skincare regime. Please be aware that the advice provided in this eBook is not intended as a replacement for professional medical/dermatological treatment and advice for any skin or health problems. Some herbs and/or their essential oils may interact with prescription drugs. Should you indeed suffer from any skin or health problems and seek to use these natural beauty ingredients as self-medication, we strongly advise you to consult a medical practitioner before using any of these beauty ingredients, especially if you have an existing medical condition, are taking medication, are pregnant or are breastfeeding. Please be aware that the advice provided in this eBook is intended only for application to the skin and hair. Do not apply the beauty ingredients described in this eBook to other parts of the body. Do not use any of these beauty ingredients on children under the age of two and check the cautions on any specific ingredients before using on older children.

Any individual can be allergic to even the most benign of natural ingredients. Don’t use any ingredients to which you know you are allergic. Always do a 24-hour skin test before using to check for allergies, particularly if you have never used one of the ingredients before. When doing a skin test, apply a small amount to your inner arm, just below the elbow, or on your wrist, cover with a lint-free dressing and leave for 24 hours. If there is any soreness, redness or irritation, your skin is having an allergic reaction and you should not use the ingredient. It is recommended to buy organic ingredients, wherever possible. Fruit and vegetables are often sprayed with pesticides and these can be harmful irritants, particularly when applied directly to the skin. Always wash fruit and vegetables properly before use in any DIY beauty treatments.

Home-made cosmetics have no preservatives to give them a long shelf-life, unlike the ones you buy in the shops. The advice in this eBook has been written under the assumption that these ingredients will be used immediately. If you do choose to store your beauty products for a few days after you make them, please note the following instructions: •  Make sure that your storage jars and/or bottles are completely sterile. You can sterilise glass storage

containers by washing them thoroughly in hot soapy water, then placing them in a warm oven (130°C) for half an hour.

•  Always follow the storage guidelines. Home-made beauty products keep for longer when stored in the fridge. Make sure to discard any beauty products that smell bad or have changed in texture.


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