USDA Certified Organic Lip Balm Sticks
A great discovery, a great discovery! Finally! An organic, USDA certified, non-petroleum lip balm! Am I in heaven or am I in heaven? And no, you don’t have to shell out a fortune either…
Say “Yeah!” to “The Merry Hempsters Organic Lip Balm”!
Yeah!
Ok, here is my mini review:
This comes in a tiny tube, just like chapstick. Net weight 4g. I paid $3.99 Canadian, and it is worth every penny. I am putting this on my chapped lips, and I don’t have to constantly worry as to what happens when it ends up on my food. It’s a food grade item. Just look at the ingredients: Organic Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Organic Beeswax, Organic Essential Oil of Orange, Organic Calendula Extract, Organic Rosemary Extract, Vitamin E.
This balm is long lasting. It comes in a few flavors: peppermint, spearmint, lemon-lime, orange, vanilla, cinnamon… I went for the orange one, cause I was in a citrussy mood :-). The smell on my lips strongly reminded me of orange popsicles – it was both orangey and fresh.
The Merry Hempsters also have a vegan version, though that one is not certified organic, but most of the ingredients look good anyways. And all the products use certified organic hemp oil as base.
There was also another lip-balm option (at the store, where I was shopping…): “Dr. Bronner’s and Sun Dog’s Magic Organic Lip Balm”.
It’s also certified organic by the USDA. I saw these in two flavours: “naked” and “peppermint”. There are more flavours available from the manufacturer, so it’s a matter of what your health store carries. I haven’t tried it yet, cause I just couldn’t visualize what “naked” would taste like. If anyone has experience in that matter, give me heads up ;-).
I have also learned that Badger has a line of lip balm that is now USDA certified organic. It’s called simply “Badger Certified Organic Lip Balm”.
These lip balms contain about 99% organic ingredients, and come in a range of flavours such as Vanilla Madagascar, Pink Grapefruit, Lavender & Orange, Tangerine Breeze, Ginger & Lemon and Highland Mint. They also have an unscented version.
Badger’s other lip balm line is the Badger Cocoa Butter Lip Balm line, which contains organic cocoa butter (which makes it sound so yummy, I can’t wait to try it out). According to Badger it contains over 70% organic ingredients, and they are hoping to have it USDA certified 95% organic by the end of 2008. That line has flavours like Cool Mint, Sweet Orange, Lime Rocket, Coffee Roast and Creamy Cocoa. Kudos to Badger for their organic efforts.
I think these are some pretty good options. Simple, over the counter, and not expensive. And certified organic (or almost there).
I definitely believe that if there was just one spot on your face where you went organic, it should be your mouth. That stuff touches your food. You smack it of your lips. You leave it on your partner’s mouth…
So be good. Buy organic. You have choices now. Lip-smackingly good ones…
2 comments
Hi,
Using branded products or certified products is very advisable, because if we use those products there might not be any side effects. Thank you for the wonderful product information.
you’re welcome
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