Colour, smell, texture:

The Clear Lip Protector is a creamy colour in the tube and the Tinted Lip Protector is dark brown in the tube but just gives lips a slight brownish tint, bring lips out without looking made-up. 

No added scent, but has a delicious hint of the organic cocoa butter.

Texture is creamy and rich.

Natural:

100%

Organic:

98% Clear, 95% Tinted

Cruelty-free:

Yes

Vegetarian:

Yes, but not vegan as contains cruelty-free organic and fair trade / local beeswax.

Petrochemicals:

No

Synthetic preservatives:

No

Synthetic fragrance:

No

Nut allergy:

Kernel and seed oils.  No almond oil.

Pregnancy:

Safe

Produced:

Bath, England.

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Apricot kernel oil

Prunus armeniaca

A highly nutritious, soft smooth oil rich in fatty acids and vitamins A, B17 and E.  Enhances skin elasticity and very good for sensitive skin.

Cold-pressed from the dried seeds of the fruit of the apricot tree

Organic

Beeswax

Cera Alba

Excellent protective qualities.

Cruelty-free local beeswax

Organic

Cocoa butter - black

Theobroma cacao

Imparts softness, nourishment and protection.  Reduces skin cell degeneration and helps restore skin flexibility and is thus beneficial to the prevention of stretch marks.

Cocoa bean from the cocoa tree. Ecuador community project.

Organic, fair trade

Jojoba oil

Simmondsia chinensis

An excellent moisturising and protective organic cold pressed liquid wax with a high omega 7 & 9 content.  It resembles human sebum and can help balance for the skin. It contains myristic acid, a natural anti-inflammatory and is beneficial to problem skin.

Cold-presssed from the seeds of the jojoba plant.

Organic

Green tea oil

Camellia sinensis

Full of vitamins and antioxidants.

Green tea

Organic

Castor oil

Ricinus communis

An organic cold-pressed fair trade oil from a community project in India.  A rich, cleansing oil.

Bean of the castor plant

Organic, fair trade

Vitamin E natural

Tocopherol

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, that is, it protects against the destruction of the connective tissue and cell damage caused by free radicals, and has healing and skin cell growth regenerating properties.  Bath Spa Skincare uses a high therapeutic percentage of vitamin E so that it is effective. 

A mixture of natural tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta) from non-GMO soy, wheat and corn; however there should be no gluten in the finished product.

Natural

Rosemary extract

Brassica Campestris, Rosmarinus officinalis

Our rosemary extract is standardised to have 4% carnosic acid in a rapeseed oil base. Carnosic acid is an extremely potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and photoprotective (protects against UVA).  It can also prevent P. acnes bacteria-mediated inflammation (i.e. the inflammation associated with spots).

Rosemary from Europe

Organic