PEMANFAATAN VIRGIN COCONUT OIL (VCO) DALAM PEMBUATAN LIPBALM DI PERUMAHAN BSS 2

Abstract

BSS 2 Housing in Moncongloe Bulu Village, is a tropical area, and has few trees, dry places and hot weather. This condition is caused by the rampant massive mining of land for the purpose of landfills for development in the city of Makassar. This hot weather impact on the skin, especially on the lips. Lips become dry and peel so moisturizer needed that can maintain healthy lips like lip balm. The ingredients that can be used to make lip balm is virgin coconut oil (VCO). The people in this village have limited access to knowledge about the benefits of VCO for skin health and do not know the technique of making lip balm using VCO. VCO is made using a heating method. Lip balm is made from natural ingredients, mixture of VCO and beeswax. VCO was colored by adding dragon fruit and carrot skin extract. Through the community service program, an introduction was given and taught how to use VCO in making lip balm in a simple and practical way. Partners were enthusiastic during the PKM activities. The provision of the equipment and materials needed was carried out so that partners could make VCO and use it in making lip balm. Keywords: Moncongloe, VCO, dragon fruit extract, carrot extract, lipbalm