Go Green with Your Lips: Exploring Eco-Friendly Lip Care

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Lips are one of the most sensitive parts of your body, and as such, they deserve the best care you can give them. This is also where your skin is incredibly thin, so everything you put on your lips gets absorbed faster and can stay in your metabolism for a long time. 

There’s no overstating how important the quality of your lip care products is, but what about their environmental footprint? There are more and more companies that base their production on eco-friendly practices and all-natural ingredients in order to create lip care that will give your puckers all they need and then some.

If you’re trying to make “greener” choices and live a better, simple life, you should take a close look at the cosmetics you’re using and figure out what can be replaced with more natural options. Here are some tips to take into consideration.

Sustainable Packaging

Let’s start with the most obvious factor, which is the packaging. The majority of famous cosmetic companies use plastic packaging for everything, which results in far more waste than necessary. That’s why the first thing you should keep an eye on is the type of packaging your products come in.

Next time you’re looking to upgrade your lip care routine, do your research and go for the more sustainable options, made of recyclable and/or biodegradable materials. Not only will your conscious choice to buy eco-friendly cosmetics help the environment, but you’re also diminishing the risk of using products with strong chemicals that could hurt you in the long run. We don’t often consider the great impact our cosmetics can have on our overall well-being, which is an additional reason to take extra care when picking them.

Natural and Pronounceable Ingredients

There’s a simple rule you can use both when it comes to your food and your cosmetics – if you can’t pronounce most of the ingredients it contains, don’t use it. Unfortunately, this is easier said and done these days, but still achievable.

Your eco-friendly lip care products should be made of natural ingredients that will nurture your lips, and thankfully, there are quite a few businesses on the market that offer exactly that. Whether you’re looking for a new eco-friendly lip balm, natural lip oil, or lip scrub, most of them will have one or more of these ingredients:

• Shea butter
•  Almond oil
• Beeswax
• Coconut oil
• Jojoba oil

This is the list of the best and most used ingredients you’ll find in natural and sustainable lip care, but there are many more options to explore. You can even make your own homemade lip balm if you can find all the ingredients and have the patience to do it.

Cruelty-Free Products and Practices

Animal testing isn’t nearly as common as it used to be, but it’s still far from being completely removed from the cosmetics production processes. The best way to ensure that this happens is to use confirmed cruelty-free products. 

Companies dedicated to environment-friendly practices will always showcase their dedication to the cause by displaying a recognizable cruelty-free logo on their products. This is a good sign that they take their environmental practices (and protecting innocent animals) very seriously. 

You can also do your own research on the product to make sure that they’re genuinely cruelty-free, because there are businesses out there that stretch the truth, and those are not the ones you want to invest in.

Know What to Avoid

Just like you should know what to look for in your eco-friendly lip care, you should know which ingredients to steer clear from. The more unpronounceable words you see on the list of ingredients, the farther you should stay from that product. Another option is to learn more about the production processes to better understand the role and effect of those ingredients so that you can make informed choices.

There are many potentially harmful components in lip care products that you should avoid because their list of cons outweighs the pros. Parabens, petroleum, and artificial fragrances are at the top of the list – none of them actually help you nurture your lips and they can stay in your body for quite some time and even cause health problems. That’s why it’s better to err on the side of caution here and simply avoid them altogether.

Conclusion

Seeing that the skin is our biggest organ, it’s only natural that we pay a lot of attention to what we use on it. The same goes for our clothes and food, they impact our well-being on every level and should be picked with utmost care. 

Your sensitive lips deserve to shine and look amazing, and you can achieve that by using all-natural products with proven sustainable practices. All you need to do is familiarize yourself with the options you have and the type of cosmetics that would best fit your needs. Then you can be kind to your lips and to the planet, which is the ultimate win-win scenario.