Comments on: Is lip balm a sustainable, ethical, safe, environmentally friendly or green product?

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:31:14 +0000

@nazima: No problem hon; hope you have fun. I’m going to have a go at making deodorant this week

@Small Footprints: Jennifers recipe was awesome; I hope you manage to make something nice I’m sure you will!

@Laurie Grassi: I’ll check that product out thanks laurie!

By: Small Footprints

Small Footprints — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:20:32 +0000

Wow … you are a woman of many talents! Both lip balms look fabulous! After reading Jennifer’s post (Not So Easy To Be Green) and recipes, and now yours … I’m ready to give this a try! Fabulous idea to give as gifts … I’m always looking for something different to give my family … they’d love this! Thanks, Mrs. Green!

By: nazima

nazima — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:10:50 +0000

Wow Rae just seen this and it is fab. I have just run out of lip balm so will make some this coming weekend. thanks for the recipe x

By: Laurie Grassi

Laurie Grassi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:47:49 +0000

Glad you liked my blog and the John Masters item! The body wash I covered really is wonderful; you must try it if you have it in the UK.

I’ll definitely be keeping up with your blog; it’s fun to read what like-minded people are up to in other parts of the world!

Cheers,

Laurie

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:00:35 +0000

Hi Laurie,
welcome to the site and thank you for sharing about the article your wrote on lip balm. It’s great to hear that the company might soon offer this option in the UK - the comments on your post indicate that it’s a lovely product.

Good luck with your Natural Chic blog; it looks great and covers a subject that we feel passionately about too.
I see you covered John Masters today - I’m a great fan of his products myself

By: Laurie Grassi

Laurie Grassi — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:35:37 +0000

I write a blog on everything green and eco friendly for your home and family in Canada, and I recently posted an item about a new lip balm sold here called Softlips Pure Natural Lip Balm that’s made entirely of food-grade ingredients, and it’s just fabulous.

It contains things like aloe vera, beeswax, vitamin E, and shea butter oil, almond, jojoba and grape seed oils and no crappy chemicals. You can check out my blog post here: http://www.styleathome.com/blogs/naturalchic/2009/02/19/the-perfect-lip-balm

The lip balm is made by a company you also have in the UK, Mentholatum, but I’m afraid it seems they don’t offer this lip balm there yet. Maybe sometime soon? Cheers!

By: Kissable lips with organic, vegan lip balm from Yaoh | Little Green Blog

Kissable lips with organic, vegan lip balm from Yaoh | Little Green Blog — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:52:29 +0000

[...] those days are over and in true self sufficient style, I now make my own. My recipes for these have been one of the most popular pages on Little Green [...]

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:07:54 +0000

Hi Karen,
You are very welcome. I hope you manage to find all you are looking for and enjoy the recipe.

I will definitely try out your recipe - this week maybe as I am having a zero waste week, so that means no shop bought pizza bases in plastic wrapping!

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:38:35 +0000

Thank you so much! I’m going to see what I can find at our local coop store, but I’m so glad to have some mail order sources online in case the local stores don’t carry these things. I really would like to give this a try.

With regard to homemade bread, I have a really great pizza dough recipe on my blog that is very easy to work with. If you ever want to give bread-making a try, that would be a great project.

Thank you again for your help!

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:56:10 +0000

Hi Karen, good to see you. I’ve been admiring the bread on your blog - the one thing I have never mastered is the art of making bread by hand
In answer to your question; I’ve made the first recipe. Beeswax and cocoa butter I bought from Neals Yard (http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/) and jojoba oil I bought from essentially oils (http://www.essentiallyoils.com/) I like the latter because they do not have a minimum order, but I don’t know how competitive their postage charges are for international orders.
I use Tisserand for my essential oils (http://www.tisserand.com/) and honey, I just use whatever I have in my cupboard.

Have fun!