A Closer Look: Bare Natural Lip Balms
What’s one thing you’ve always got with you when you leave the house? For many (myself included) it’s the humble but mighty lip balm! It’s a staple in many people’s beauty routines, providing a quick and easy way to keep lips soft, smooth, and kissable! It’s been around for thousands of years and according to historians, the ancient Egyptians were the first to discover the natural oils, beeswax, and honey used for lip balm. Hey, if it’s good enough for the Egyptians!
Bare Natural lip balms have been carefully formulated to ensure nothing but the best nourishment and protection for lips, with the main focus on being all natural! What are the benefits of using a Bare Natural lip balm? Take a closer look…
♦ Moisturising – An obvious benefit but a very important one! The natural hydrating ingredients provide essential moisture for lips, helping to restore their natural oils and keep them soft and supple.
♦ Healing – our soothing balms can help dry and cracked lips providing relief from discomfort, and even prevent further cracking and bleeding.
♦ Protects lips from damage – it can also create a protective barrier that shields your lips from harmful UV rays and constant exposure to other environmental triggers like windburn, cold, and more.
♦ Helps protect new skin cells – When you sleep, your lips regenerate and produce new skin cells, however, doing this can cause your lips to lose moisture. So using a natural lip balm can keep your lips hydrated while they flush out toxins, which protects newly produced skin cells.
So what do we use to make our Bare Natural lip balms? Many traditional lip balms on the market today contain a number of harmful ingredients, many of which are known carcinogens, toxins, and irritants. They also use a paraffin or petroleum wax base which are petrol by-products, in addition to unnecessary additives like artificial fragrance, flavouring, and colouring. At Bare Natural, we wanted to create a straightforward, beautiful and 100% natural lip balm to keep your lips soft and smoochable! The skin on our lips is incredibly thin and sensitive, so when formulating the recipe we took utmost care in choosing ingredients that are effective, organic, safe, and nourishing in a way that only natural lip balms can be! Let’s go through some of the ingredients used in our recipes and why…
Beeswax: This is the main ingredient in our beautiful balms and for good reason! Beeswax is a 100% natural, organic substance that’s produced by honey bees and has a number of benefits when used on the skin. It seals in moisture and protects against dryness, has anti-inflammatory properties that can help to soothe chapped or irritated lips. It can also help to create a barrier between the lips and the environment, making it ideal for use in windy or cold weather conditions!
Vitamin E: Full of humectant and emollient properties, this deeply hydrating ingredient supports the skin barrier. It can also help blood circulation, speed up cell generation and make lips smoother, plumper and softer.
Shea Butter: It supplies your lips with extra nutrients and the lightweight texture does not feel greasy or sticky at all. Shea butter makes for an especially effective lip balm for the cold, winter months due to its humectant properties that prevent moisture loss from the delicate skin on your lips.
Castor Seed Oil: This oil is extracted from the fresh kernels of the castor plant, which is also used in skincare, hair care, and cooking. Castor oil prevents dehydration from the upper surface of the skin so that the skin stays moisturized for longer hours. It also contains ricin oleic (omega-9) which protects the skin from drying, flaking, and chapping.
Explore Our Range…
Cherry Natural Lip Balm
Mint Chocolate Natural Lip Balm
Strawberry & Vanilla Natural Lip Balm
Coconut Natural Lip Balm
Natural Lip Balm (non scented or fragranced)
