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As you all know we just loooooooooooove Bubble & Bee products. We’re their #1 fan. Stephanie of Bubble & Bee is so increditbly knowledgeable about chemicals and ingredients that we go right to her first if we ever need an ingredient scrutinized. Her products, as a result of her knowledge, are so pure and safe I hate using anything else.
Years ago before I learned about skin care and the hazards of all the chemicals I was dumping into my body every day I was a Bath & Body Works Junkie. I admit it. You walk in there and everything looks so tempting and relaxing. I owned almost the entire True Blue line and always stocked up on my favorite scent: Coconut Lime Verbena. When I learned more about the ingredients, I sadly tossed all my BBW products and searched for safer ones. I never did find a good replacement to my beloved Coconut Lime Verbena… until NOW.
Thanks to Stephanie’s constant product development, she has added a lovely Organic Coconut Lime Soap to her collection as well as a Coconut Lime LIP BALM. Its as if she read my mind. I loved her Coconut Lime lotion stick already and wished there were more. And now there is. Her soap smells devine and lathers wonderfully. I feel so tropical after a shower. And I can keep the feeling all day with her delictable Coconut Lime lip balm… which if you have ever tried her lip balms, they rock. This one is no exception. It’s my new favorite lip balm flavor (and you know how much I adore my lip balms) and I want to hug it and squeeze it call it George. Ok no but I do carry it everywhere. It even tastes sweet!
Get Some! Thanks Stephanie for all your great products and new scents! Shop for Bubble & Bee products on her website BubbleandBee.com! Don’t forget to visit her Chemical of the Day Blog where she answers reader questions about ingredients.
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Categories: Bar Soap, Bubble and Bee, Lip Balm
Hello, your friendly neighborhood lip balm addict here. I’ve come to a very important conclusion lately about lip balms and I need to share it with you. Lately, I’ve been lamenting about how many of my natural lip balms start out great, and then turn into lumpy bumpy sticks that aren’t that pleasing to apply. (And I type lip BLAM every single time…why can’t I get it right?). 
I always thought that maybe it got too hot in my bag and the ingredients were revolting against each other or something but I think I figured out the real reason. Shea Butter? Every lip balm I have that contains shea butter seems to eventually turn into a bumpy lip balm. I don’t know if it ’s the formulation or the ingredient itself or a lack of beeswax or if it’s even that at all, but it seem to be a common theme. If anyone can enlighten me, please do.
Anyway, I came to this conclusion because I have a couple lip balms that seem to stay intact… smooth and lip balmy just like I like them. One of those lip balms are Badger’s Certified Organic Lip Balm. The main ingredients are Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Beeswax and Castor Oil (all organic) which seem to keep these in their smooth state so applying them is like a lip balm should be.
They have a zillion yummy flavors, my favorites seem to be the citrus-y ones like Pink Grapefruit and Tangerine but they all perform. They use all Certified Organic ingredients when possible as well as fair trade cocoa butter. I just love the conscientiousness of this company and can’t stop singing their praises (as evident by my love for their sunscreen and anti-bug balm too).
Get Your Balm On: You can purchase Badger Lip Balms in many places, but if you want to grab one (or 10) online you can find them on their website BadgerBalm.com and on Amazon.com!
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Categories: Badger Balm, Lip Balm
I’m seriously turning into Kathy, and quickly. This winter has been very raw and dry for us. Something I don’t quite remember last winter, our first one back after living in California. We’re all feeling the pain of dry skin, and my lips have been no exception. Even my son has been becoming friends with lipbalm. I have at least 17 tubes of it in my handbag and I use every single one.
For Christmas, my husband surprised me with some Alima Pure nourishing lipbalm. What I love is that this lipbalm also comes tinted too.
I really love Alima Pure’s makeup. I ended up with tons of eyeshadow samples for Christmas, which I’ve been loving all of. But this lipbalm, I love, because not only has it been keeping my lips soft, it also adds a bit of color, which actually lasts, thanks to natural pigments. The light colors are great for a hint of color for daytime and the darker colors are great for going out. Use it as a base for your regular lip gloss or lipstick to keep your lips from drying out or just use it by itself. And because they’re just a regular tube of lipbalm, it’s not big and bulky, which means you can fit one, or 20 in your handbag.
Alima Pure has several shades of this product, along with all of their products. One of the many things I love about them.
Get it: You can order any of Alima Pure’s products, directly from their website.
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Categories: Alima Pure, Lip Balm
Hello, your friendly neighborhood lip balm addict is back in action. Lip balm is a staple for me. I have about 8 in my purse at all times, not because I need all 8 but because I can’t stop trying new ones. One of my favorites before I learned more about cosmetics and beauty products, was Softlips Lip Balms from the local drugstore. I had several and loved the slim tube and girlie scents. I appreciated the SPF 20 in them as well. But after learning about sunscreen chemicals, petroleum and other icky ingredients I chucked all my conventional lip balms for more organic and natural ones.
Well imagine my sheer joy when I discovered that Softlips now has their lip balms available Certified Organic including a honeydew (my favorite) and Pomegranite… right at your local CVS store. They work just as well as the old synthetic versions (or better in my opinion) and smell great. Still in the same sleek skinny white tube only emblazoned with the USDA Certified Organic seal. They don’t have any SPF but I’ll take these any day. Plus it’s cheap… can’t beat that.
Get some: Available everywhere.. CVS, Amazon (6 pack woo!), and probably anywhere you’ve seen Softlips sold before.
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Categories: Lip Balm, Softlips
As a working mom on the go, I am always interested in finding safe products that are multi-purpose. So when I found Revolution Organics I went crazy over their All-Over Body Balm. This hefty tube of balm has over 22 possible uses. How can it get better than that? I’d rather replace the tubes of hand lotions, lip balms, cuticle balms and baby cream in my diaper bag with this ONE handy compact tube. It has a light citrus scent and really is a wonderful moisturizer. I use this as a lip balm, rub it on my hands and cuticles, relieve wind chapped kid cheeks and it can help with frizz when you’re in a pinch.
Revolution Organics uses no synthetic ingredients, parabens, synthetic fragrances, petrochemicals and they don’t test on animals. They are also certified USDA Organic which is only reserved for products with 95% organic ingredients. Now that’s something I can live with! After trying and failing with many Certified Organic products either due to their lack of performance or the overpowering smell (Aveda Organics I’m talking about you) I have really fallen in love with Revolution Organics.
They also offer a few other gret products including an All-Over Skin Creme (I keep in on my desk for hands and elbows during my workday) and a yummy All Over Lip Balm that I’m dying to try.
Get It: Pick up any Revolution Organics products at Saffron Rouge, Lilou Organics or on Beauty.com
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Categories: Body Balm, Body Lotion, Lip Balm, Revolution Organics
One of the first items from my Saffron Rouge deliveries was a lip balm from Intelligent Nutrients. For those not familiar, Intelligent Nutrients is a company founded by the man responsible for Aveda, which he later sold to Estee Lauder. His new company bases it’s products on the objective of health through organic ingredients. The product lines range from hair and scalp care to vitamin supplements to help battle the effects of aging and hydration of the skin and hair. They even go so far as create organic sugar substitutes and organic coffee.
Back to the lip balm. I was excited about this one since I had to retire my petroleum based Soft Lips lip balm which I loved for the slim packaging. Lip Delivery Nutrition is a daily wear lip balm packed with moisturizing organic emollients to heal and moisten dry lips while delivering antioxidants to help prevent aging. One of the things that age visibly on women is their lips, and while I’m not a total wrinkle fest yet, I am 32 and starting to see the lines that will form if my family doesn’t get off my back and let me take a nap once in a while. (Ok I’m kidding…. no, not really.)
All of their products are Certified Organic and contain no icky parabens, synthetic ingredients or fragrances. I am really curious about the hair products, as you all know we are always on a quest for better hair care… but a bottle of Hair Cleanser is $39. The Lip Delivery Nutrition is $17. If this stuff is as anti-aging as they say it is, it just might be worth the price.
Splurge: You can pick up many of their products on SaffronRouge.com
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Categories: Intelligent Nutrients, Lip Balm
I love lip products. I have become a huge Dr. Bronner’s fan over the past year for many reasons. Dr. Bronner’s uses mainly organic ingredients, many certified organic. The company holds much pride in their Fair Trade and no animal testing policies. Anyway, I spotted their lip balms in the new “Natural” section of the Target Beauty aisles and snapped up a tube of Peppermint and a Lemon Lime.
I consider myself a lip balm enthusiast… I try every balm I can find that doesn’t contain harmful ingredients. This is quickly becoming a favorite. This balm doesn’t have a shea butter base like many others do which gives it a much smoother feel and easy application. I love shea butter lip balms for their healing qualities but they tend to get a little bumpy if they haven’t been used in a little while. Dr. Bronner’s is a smooth silky application that glides on. Even my 2 year old likes it. Some of the natural balms tend to get overly fragrant with the essential oils but this is on the subtle side. All Dr. Bronner’s lip balms are USDA Certified Organic and have the Coalition for Consumer information on Cosmetics rabbit seal (not tested on animals).
One of the other things I adore about Dr. Bronners is that it isn’t hideously over-priced like so many organic things are. This lip balm is $2.99 and its worth it.
Get it here: I found them at Target but you can also order them on Dr. Bronner’s website. They come in Lemon Lime, Peppermint, Orange Ginger (I WANT THAT), and Naked Organic.
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Categories: Dr. Bronners, Lip Balm
