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16 Lip Balms ELLE Editors Just Can't Get Enough Of
Keep updated on the latest news. Best lip treatment These are our picks for the bestnatural, non toxic, and organic lip balms made without petroleum products. Not only that, but they’re also free from other potentially toxic ingredients like fragrance, artificial dyes, BHT, ethoxylated ingredients, and more.
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Price: As mentioned above, most of our lip balms skew on the affordable side, but in case price is a consideration, we’ve noted how much you’re getting in a tube and the cost per ounce. Nurse Jamie NuLips RX Moisturizing Lip Balm and Exfoliating Brush Our lips deserve better, though it’s understandable why we don’t treat lip balm as a grooming essential. It’s a pretty recent invention. In the early 1880s, a doctor from Lynchburg, Virginia, devised what’s credited as the world’s first lip balm, a slow seller that caught wind only when the recipe was sold to another Lynchburg resident in 1912. The buyer, John Morton, owned Morton Manufacturing Company, responsible for the rise of the Chapstick brand.
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Contrary to the myth about becoming “addicted” to lip balm, there’s little to no downside to regular use. (The proper amount being roughly three times a day, per Dr. Kim.) Whenever lips seem prone to becoming chapped between applications, it’s likely due to external factors—cold winter climates or habits like biting or peeling lips—not a result of the balm formulation itself. Best lip balm with SPF Mineral sunscreen fans, this zinc oxide-based lip balm from Sun Bum that sits pretty on top of your lips is for you. It forms a protective barrier and blocks out the sun's UVA/UVB rays, leaving behind a natural-feeling matte finish. The formula uses shea butter, argan oil, candelilla wax, beeswax, and jojoba oil to keep things soft and smooth. While it does leave a slight white cast at first, it eventually goes away if you pat it in with your fingers.