Lip balm
Lip balm
Lip balm
Lip balm

Lip balm

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With locally sourced ingredients!

 

Pucker up, Butter Cup! You’ll love our new lip gloss - once again made with natural, local ingredients. Your lips will be kissably smooth, soft and shiny with our three flavours: natural for those going for a neutral look, and watermelon or peach for lips with a bit of tint that want to taste as good as they look!


Buy the three pack and get a FREE reusable muslin bag. Great as a gift or to spoil your own lips!

 

Size: 15ml aluminium tins

 

Ingredients:

 

Base:

  • Shea butter - unrefined, organically certified, fair trade certified by Ecocert
  • Olive oil - Canberra region, extra virgin, grown in Collector
  • Beeswax - rescued from wild hives that are relocated in Canberra


With Colour:

  • Natural flavouring (the kind you can get for cakes)
  • Mica - a naturally occurring mineral for colour
  • Titanium dioxide - a naturally occurring mineral for colour
  • CI 77491 - copy of natural iron oxide for colour (copied because the natural stuff is often attached to unhealthy other minerals like lead)


 

That’s it! Nothing more.

 

 

About Shea Butter

Shea butter is a fat that's extracted from the nuts of a Karite (shea) tree which is native to West Africa.

 

Most commercial cosmetics with shea butter will only used the refined version of it. That's because the unrefined version tends to have a nutty or smokey smell. Furthermore, it can change in colour over time (though it doesn't hurt it's nourishing properties).

 

We purposely choose to use the unrefined (raw) version despite this because the refinement process uses high levels of heat and sometimes chemicals. This process actually removes a great deal of the bioactive ingredients (some say up to 75%).

 

Some of the benefits of unrefined shea butter include:


  • Moisturising effects
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • High levels of Vitamin A and E which promotes anti-aging agents
  • Anti-bacterial
  • Anti-fungal
  • Boosts collagen production
  • May reduce stretch marks and scarring
  • Naturally Contains ~SPF 3-4

 

Note: if you see white coloured specs in our unrefined shea butter products, it's completely normal.

 

Rescued Beeswax:

The beeswax we use in our products is very special. Sometimes wild beehives end up in the wrong places - like homes, utility boxes and businesses. Our beeswax is rescued when these hives are moved to nature parks around Canberra. Otherwise, the wax and honey would be wasted if left behind.

 

As bees are most active in the warmer months, there's always a chance that we could run out of this special beeswax because it's not commercially produced. So, we're hoarding what we can get from last spring/summer even though it is definitely more expensive.

 

About Olive Oil:

Ancient societies have been using olive oil on their skin for as long as anyone can remember, and today scientists and dermatologists understand why.

 

We purposely use a single source, extra virgin (raw) olive oil in our products because the refined versions are treated with heat and sometimes chemicals, impacting its natural benefits such as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties . However, this means that our products could vary in colour, smell and texture as it comes straight from the olive groves.

 

Some of the benefits of extra virgin olive oil include:





  • Natural Antioxidant
  • Moisturising effects
  • Contains Vitamin E - proven to help with skin conditions
  • Antibacterial effects


About Mica:

Mica is a naturally occurring mineral dust often used as a colour additive in cosmetics. Because it has reflective properties, it provides a natural shimmery effect too.

 

Free From:

Synthetic detergents, parabens, artificial preservatives, synthetic foaming agents, artificial thickeners, palm oil.

 

100% Natural – Vegetarian – Cruelty Free