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:”

For more information and product options, read below.

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The best lip balms:

Consider the following options:

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