What if you don't want the full coverage of traditional lipstick? What if you want the moisturizing power of a lip balm but wish there's a fun sheer color to it just for a little fling? I thought about it myself too. My usual Emu Lip Balm is made of:
Shea butter
Cocoa butter
Bee's wax
Candelilla wax
Meadowfoam oil
Emu oil
Castor oil
Cetyl alcohol
Stearic acid
Tocopherol (Natural vitamin E)
If you make your own lip balm using shea butter you would know how painful it is. Shea butter is great emollient and I love how it feels on my lips. But with so many people allergic to shea butter and it tends to crystallize and becomes grainy over time, I finally decided to eliminate this ingredient once for all. I've tried many different vendors and other heating methods but none works well for me. I simply replaced shea butter with mango butter in my new lip balm, eliminated cetyl alcohol & stearic acid, and readjusted the % all of other ingredients. I also reformulated the balm to have a harder body, somewhere between a soft balm and traditional lipstick, to carry sheer color for some fun. Let me introduce
Berry Pink Sheer
Island Kiss Sheer
Passion Sheer
Bite Me Sheer