Lip Balm Ingredients

Sweet Almond oil is rich in essential fatty acids and unsaponifiables, having regenerating, restructuring and hydrating properties. Rich in vitamins, it is suitable for dry and delicate skins. It is very pale yellow in colour and has little smell . Sweet almond is also very lubricating.

Fantastic natural product ideal for adding substance to your melts, lip balms and cosmetics.

Cocoa Butter is obtained from Cacao seeds (beans) found in the fruit of the Cocoa Tree grown mainly in South America & Africa.

Cocoa Butter has a long shelf life due to its high antioxidant levels, is mildly antiseptic and is an effective mild moisturiser that melts gently on contact with warm skin. As an additive in bath bombs it is very easy to use; just grate into your dry mix - try 1 part Cocoa Butter with 10 parts of dry bath bomb mix. Invaluable in lip balms where it can aid sore cracked skin and fantastic for adding some solidity to massage bars and melts - a verstile product

Shea Butter is obtained from the stones within the fruit of the Shea Tree which grows wild on the Savannah in many West African countries. An important source of income Shea butter also forms the basis of West African skin and hair care and is revered for its healing and regenerative properties.

Excellent used as is on dry problem skin it is also a very good carrier for other therapeutic products (Essential Oils etc) which are released more readily in Shea Butter than some other oils/butters. Refined Shea Butter has a longer shelf life than the unrefined version which can be prone to rancidity. As a testament to its properties, the use of Shea Butter within the wider cosmetics industry is fast increasing.