Best Lip Balms
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In my opinion, the best lip balms have natural and organic ingredients, and have no synthetic dyes, undisclosed dyes, undisclosed fragrances or “natural flavors:”
- Badger Organic Lip Balm Unscented ($10 or 10% off)
- Beauty By Earth Organic Unflavored Lip Balm (IREAD12 for 12% off)
- Earth Mama Organics
- Henne Luxury Lip Balm (READLABELS for 15% off)
- Pure Haven Mineral Lip Balm
For more information and product options, read below.
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The best lip balms:
- are made with all natural ingredients
- those ingredients that can be organic, are organic
- contain no synthetic dyes or undisclosed dyes
- use no undisclosed fragrances or “natural flavors.”
Consider the following options:
- Badger Company, Cocoa Butter Lip Balm, Vanilla Bean ($10 or 10% off)
- Badger Company, Organic Lip Balm, Unscented ($10 or 10% off)
- Badger Company, Organic Lip Balm, Pink Grapefruit ($10 or 10% off)
- Beauty By Earth Organic Unflavored Lip Balm (IREAD12 for 12% off)
- Earth Mama Organics Lavender
- Earth Mama Organics Mint
- Earth Mama Organics Orange
- Henne Luxury Lip Balm (glass jar, 15% off with READLABELS code)
- Henne Luxury Lip Balm V2 (aluminum tube separated from the product by a plastic insert, 15% off with READLABELS code)
- Kosmatology Lip Balm
- Primally Pure Lip Balm (READLABELS10)
- Pure Haven Mineral Lip Balm
Below is an overview of the lip balms that have not made it into the “best” category.
NOT-A-FAN
- ❌ Synthetic dyes (for product aesthetics)
- ❌ Undisclosed or synthetic fragrance
- ❌ Undisclosed flavors
- ❌ Petroleum-based ingredients (e.g. mineral oil, petrolatum, paraffin): may contain carcinogenic contaminants if not well refined
- ❌ Not all ingredients are natural
ALMOST BETTER
- ✅ No synthetic dyes
- ✅ No petroleum
- ✅ All natural ingredients
- ❌ Not Organic
- ❌ “Natural Flavor” (undisclosed, but “natural”)
BETTER
- ✅ Meets “Almost Better” requirements
- ✅ Partially organic
- ❌”Natural Flavor” (undisclosed but “natural”)
ALMOST BEST
- ✅ Meets all “Better” requirements
- ✅USDA Organic, but still contains ❌“Natural Flavors” or
- ✅Free of “Natural Flavors” but ❌ Not entirely organic