The Best Natural Lip Balm 2023

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.

If you're only going to change a portion of your beauty regime to natural products, it makes sense to swap lip balms, lipsticks, lip pencils and anything that potentially be ingested as as first step.

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

According to WebMD, petroleum jelly can trap bacteria and oil in your skin because it forms a barrier and seals water in your skin. Dermatologists like it for wound care for the same reason. You can put in your hair to effectively drown head lice (but not kill the eggs) but eating it in large enough doses can give you stomach cramps and diarrhea so we think it's best avoided in lip balm products.

(Side note: as it's an oil based product, it should not be used as a lubricant when using condoms because it may cause them to break.)

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

We always think the best natural lip balm is made with ingredients that are safe enough to eat if you accidentally ate it (and you're going to). 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