The Best Natural Lip Balm 2023

17th May 2023

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Why is it important to get the best natural lip balm available in Australia? According to Dr Oz, the average woman eats around 3kg of lip products per decade. Doing the math, it's a little under 1g a day. With the average lip balm weighing around 8g, that's a whole lip balm every week and a bit. I'm totally calling BS on his number, but the simple fact remains that anything you put on your lips, a portion of it is ending up in your stomach.

What ingredients are found in mainstream lip balms?

Here's just a small example of ingredients that you may find in mainstream lip balms, and these are ingredients that you are going to ingest.

Petrolatum (aka petroleum jelly or mineral oil)
Parabens - usually a flavour in cheap lip balms
Synthetic colours
BHA or BHT as preservatives

What ingredients are found in our natural and organic lip balms?

One of the original lip balm brands in our store back over a decade ago are Hurraw Lip Balm. They are all vegan formulas, with a variety of natural flavours and tints. Here's a list of ingredients they use to make them, remembering they are going to end up in your digestive system.

Safflower Seed Oil
Coconut Oil
Castor Seed Oil
Vitamin E (tocopherol)
Cacao Seed Butter
Candellia Wax
Beetroot Powder
Papaya Seed Oil

Best Natural Lip Balm for troubled lips

WINNER - Our top pick for lips that really need extra nourishment is the Weleda Skin Food Lip Balm
RUNNER UP - Ere Perez Papaya SOS Marmalade - a luxe multi skin repairer, not suitable to carry in your pocket all the time, but it's your best friend when you're in trouble.

Best Natural Tinted Lip Balm

WINNER - Hurraw Plant Colour in 3 shades for an 'almost' lipstick colour with all the nourishment of a balm
RUNNER UP - the barely there tings of the Black Cherry and the Raspberry from Hurraw

Best Plastic Free Lip Balm

WINNER - Raw Nature Strawberry Lip Butta (it also won the 2022 organic beauty award and was a finalist in the 2020 Australian Non-Toxic Awards
RUNNER UP - Ethique Lip Balm

Best Lip Balm for Kids

WINNER - No Nasties Sweet Strawberry Lip Gloss, it's natural, delicious and has a little hint of pink tint in it. Mum can pinch this one too!

Best Natural Lip Balm with SPF

WINNER - Hurraw Lip Balm has an SPF15 version, Tangerine and Chamomile. It's classed as a secondary sunscreen and not officially listed or rated with the TGA. It will offer limited protected with limited exposure. For days at the beach, we recommend you use sunscreen or step up to something like the Sunbutter Surf Zinc and then nourish your lips at the end of the day if they become dry from the zinc.