My wife and I were out running errands and we ran into some friends who wanted us to join them for dinner…We (I) were not really ready dressed for that. We found a button down I had in my truck (it was clean) I threw it on over my tank top and I was ready… except for my hair. We used some chapstick as a hair jell and it worked really well. We had to work it in a bit to get it warm and get my hair to stand up, but it worked. (My wife’s a genius) We were out with them for several hours and I Got a lot of compliments on my “strawberry-musk Cologne” at one point I had someone walk up to me and ask, because his wife liked the smell and said he needed to buy it. When I told him the story, he loved it and was happy it would cost him less than a dollar for the “wonderful cologne” I was wearing.

We have so much free chapstick swag... Now I'm going to make a set of chapstick survival kits for gifts

Works good on bow strings to protect from the rain too.

Okay, brother, gonna expand the box a bit: Don't wait until you're chapped or wind burned - if you are going to be out in the sun, take a bit on your fingers and rub your ears and face to get that SPF working before you're burned. Next, save that empty tube, fully assembled, make some PET balls and twist them into the tube, using the screw thing, until it's full . . . you now have a tinder dispenser -- turn the screw and pop out a tinder ball, then cap it to keep the grease inside.

Ive never seen anyone do a video on uses for Chapstick, let alone how to make a candle with one! Gotta get me some cotton twine tomorrow! Thanks!

It works well for lubing guns in extremely cold weather too. My dad was hunting in Northeastern Nevada and his Remington 740 was jamming because the gun oil was getting too thick. He wiped it down in the camper where it was warm and then lubed the moving parts with chapstick, then it worked fine.

This video is great. The comments section is full of good ideas too. Definitely sparked a good conversation.

I especially like the candle idea. Like you, I also experimented with different types and the Burt's Beeswax lip balm work extremely well. Thanks for this idea!

Outstanding vid and ideas. I've been using glue stick containers for fishing and fire kits for years. But this is even more compact. Thanks!

Thanks! I learn so much from you and others. Chapstick is now on my shopping list,along with dog bowls. Thanks

Carry a tube of neomycin. It's petroleum based, antibiotic, and does everything chapstick does. Chapstick does have more wax which is better for making a candle but the topical antibiotic of neomycin can't be beat.

Jump forward 5 years!

If you have a tent that's leaking in a seam.. you can take the Chapstick and seal the seam... Also take a empty chapstick.. remove the center part.. you can fit a couple of $20 bills in there.. or $50 bills.. it's your secret Cash stash that looks just like a ChapStick and no one will ever know.. you can hide other items inside.. scalpel blade.. matches with striker....Handcuff key . Use your imagination as to what will fit inside these tiny containers..

Very cool and true. I used some on my backpack zipper and it worked it didn't stick anymore. So yeah very good advice. Your just a walking talking encyclopedia with a wealth of information about everything outdoors and that's awesome.

Your first item. I take a couple cotton balls. I'll cut them in half. Screw out the entire chapstick out. Mix it into the cotton balls. Spin the chapstick back down. With a bamboo skewer I push the cotton also down into the tube until full and recap. When I need a fire starter I just screw one up at a time.

Great advice and tips, very useful information that can save lives. You’ve got a subscriber.

I had no idea there were that many uses for chapstick and kudos on the candle! That was very educational thanks brother and God bless you and your family for trying to help others and giving these tips to survive. I pray we will never have to use them but I think we’re closer than further to needing them.

Great. I try to have "items/gear" that help in more areas of survival. I keep them around to use as containers if i can. There are slight differences in size, and one can adapt the wax or container ideas to similar things. I do use one to store AAA battery with my streamlight.

This is really cool. And the chap stik grease could be used with your cotton ball, don't throw it away. The suggestion from another comment to put it with cotton in a medicine bottle in a car to heat and absorb would make it easy and cheap. Love watching all your teaching us. I Binge watch your videos and save them. Thank you so much 💗

Very helpful. Especially the blisters. I am surprised non of us in my fireside group had thought of that. Ty