Monday, October 17, 2016

~LIP BALM MONDAY





I'm always trying new lip treats, and my most recent discovery is Eco Lips MONGO KISS Organic Lip Balm in Vanilla Honey.




It contains mongongo oil, which is very nourishing and is sourced from a rural village in Zambia, Africa.  Other ingredients include sunflower seed oil, cocoa seed butter, and beeswax.  Complete ingredient lists are on each product page on the website.




Eco Lips balms are handmade in Iowa and are 100% natural (including the flavors/scents).  I see that some of them (such as this one and this one) probably taste sweet, due to the fact that stevia, which is a natural sweetener, is on their ingredient lists; this is worth noting, as artificial sweeteners are sometimes used to achieve this.

To make matters even better, they're USDA Certified Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified.  The cocoa butter and some of the coconut oil this company uses in some of their balms are Fair Trade Certified (*I plan to visit fairmoments.org in order to learn more about this and to read about the "10 Principles of Fair Trade," via the World Fair Trade Organization).




My balm has such a lovely, subltly sweet scent, and the consistency is perfect--it's glossy, buttery, and emollient without being heavy, sticky, or waxy.




I can't wait to try some of their other offerings, such as the ONE WORLD Repair balm in Mango Ginger (this line of balms comes in "eco tubes," which are made of paper and are biodegradable/compostable) and the ONE WORLD Renew balm in Orange Spice.

Interestingly enough, Eco Lips' Pure & Simple balms, along with their lip scrubs, are 100% edible!

They also have balms with sunscreen (the active ingredient is zinc, which is mineral-based), balms that are "bee free" (and therefore vegan...no beeswax!), tinted (mineral-derived color) balms, and a medicinal balm that utilizes the healing properties of tea tree oil, camphor, lemon balm, and calendula.

I like that 1% of purchases are donated to a charity called Pencils of Promise ☺






*Here's an interesting lip balm facty...
Some balms do indeed taste good because they're sweetened.  But, they don't actually taste like the different flavors they sometimes come in, such as chocolate, or sugar cookie, or raspberry; the scent you're smelling tricks you into thinking you're tasting the same flavor that you're smelling!

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