Can candle wax be used as lip balm?

It is softer than Carnauba wax and is often used to make candles. Use Candelilla wax in lip balms, lipsticks, body butters, creams, lotions, hair pomades and other products. This all-natural alternative for petroleum based white petrolatum can be used as a base for lip balms, pomades, creams, or lotions.Click to see full answer. People also ask, can we use candle wax instead of beeswax?Candle wax is not usually pure beeswax, because beeswax is relatively expensive (although pure beeswax candles exist). Usually a mix is used of paraffine and stearine. According to Wikipedia, paraffin wax is a white or colourless soft solid, derived from petroleum, coal or oil shale (Paraffin wax – Wikipedia).Subsequently, question is, is lip balm wax? Lip balm or lip salve is a wax-like substance applied topically to the lips to moisturize and relieve chapped or dry lips, angular cheilitis, stomatitis, or cold sores. Lip balm often contains beeswax or carnauba wax, camphor, cetyl alcohol, lanolin, paraffin, and petrolatum, among other ingredients. Herein, which wax is best for lip balm? Candelilla wax is derived from the leaves of the Candelilla shrub which grows in the southwestern United States. Softer than beeswax, Candelilla Wax is perfect for creating soft creamy lip products. If you prefer a harder product, you may prefer the Lip Balm Base which contains beeswax.What is the difference between candle wax and beeswax? Beeswax is Clean Burning Beeswax candles burn very cleanly when the wick is trimmed properly, producing hardly any soot. All organic compounds when burned will emit some carbon (soot) due to incomplete combustion. Beeswax burns hotter than paraffin wax and therefore will have less overall soot.