Product Description:
Organic melissa and l-lysine help and prevent fever blisters (cold sores). Emollient, nourishing coconut oil, grape seed oil and kokum butter soothe chapped lips and protect lips from dehydration. You’ll love how it smells and feels.
Directions:
Apply liberally and often to entire lip area.
Ingredients of Interest:
Organic Melissa Officinalis (Lemon Balm): A lemon scented member of the mint family, soothing with anti-viral properties.
Lauroyl Lysine: An essential amino acid derived from molasses possessing anti-viral properties. Effective in treating cold sores, imparts a beautiful silky texture.
Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter: An emollient skin treatment with the ability to soften skin and heal ulcerations and fissures of lips. Helps reduce degeneration of the skin cells and restores elasticity.
Other Ingredients:
Cera Alba (Beeswax): Anti-inflammatory, anti-allergenic, antioxidant, bactericidal, germicidal and skin softening properties. Helps lock in skin’s own natural moisture and creates a protective, long-lasting barrier against elements as opposed to petroleum waxes which suffocate and strip skin of its natural moisture.
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil: Demonstrates humectant and skin conditioning
properties. Creates a protective barrier against the elements while providing excellent stability and dispersion characteristics.
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil: Non-filmogenic active moisturizer that penetrates the skin easily, rich in vitamins and minerals, fortifies without leaving an oily texture.
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil: Dry oil that quickly penetrates the skin, powerful antioxidant properties, anti-aging properties (protects skin’s own collagen, elastin, & hyaluronic acid), rich in flavonoids, inhibits allergic reactions.
Organic Ginkgo Biloba (Ginkgo) Leaf: Stimulates the internal production of the antioxidant Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in the epidermis of the skin and protects from the toxic effects of excessive exposure to UVB radiation. Stimulates the production of collagen by fibroblasts.
Rosa Canina (Rose Hips) Flower: Promotes tissue growth, aids in the protection and production of collagen, soothes and restores.
Organic Passiflora Incarnata (Passion Fruit): Antioxidant with soothing properties.
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Extract: Provides real coconut taste to lip balm
Pistacia Vera Extract: Provides real pistachio taste to lip balm
Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891): A naturally occurring compound mined from the earth. The “natural” choice for a physical sunblock because it is more cosmetically pleasing than zinc oxide. It performs as both a UVA and UVB protectant against skin cancer and wrinkling due to sun exposure. Also used for cosmetic benefit imparts a sheen to the lips and gives body, texture and color to the product. This ingredient is not nano-particle sized.
Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E) Oil: Made from vegetable sources, a major antioxidant nutrient that retards cellular aging due to oxidation. It repairs and prevents damage to the skin and is excellent for cuts and scars. One of nature's most dynamic moisturizers, it aids cellular renewal, healing, improves skin elasticity, firmness and tone. Also has a natural preservative benefit.
Stevia Rebaudiana (Stevia) Extract: Inhibits growth of bacteria and reputed herbal cold-sore remedy. Contains proteins, high levels of chromium, iron, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc, rutin (a flavonoid), true vitamin A and vitamin C.
Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea Complex) Leaf: Powerful antioxidant, soothing, nutritional qualities and increases the effect of sunscreens. A bacteriostatic (an agent that causes inhibition of the growth of bacteria without destruction of vital nutrients) that also prevents irritation of the skin caused by glycolic acid.
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