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These are the best and natural lip balms, you can compare the pricing and also see the full ingredient list below.

Badgerbalm Classic Lip Balm Sticks
0.15 oz. $3.00
Base Ingredients: *Extra Virgin Olive Oil, *Golden Yellow Beeswax, *Aloe Vera Extract, CO2 Extracts of Rosehip & *Seabuckthorn Berry and *Castor Bean Oil
OTHER INGREDIENTS
Vanilla Madagascar: *Vanilla CO2 Extract.
Pink Grapefruit: Essential Oils of *Grapefruit, *Sweet Orange & *Cedarwood.
Lavender & Orange: Essential Oils of *Sweet Orange, *Lavender, & *Sicilian (Blood) Orange.
Tangerine Breeze: Essential Oils of *Grapefruit, *Mandarin, *Sweet Orange, *Sage & *Tangerine.
Ginger & Lemon: Essential Oils of *Cardamom, *Ginger, *Lemon, *Lemongrass, and *Sweet Orange.
Highland Mint: Essential Oils of Sweet Birch, *Lavender *Peppermint, and *Spearmint.
Unscented: Pure & Simple. *Extra Virgin Olive Oil, *Golden Yellow Beeswax, *Castor Bean Oil and nothing else.

Badgerbalm Cocoa Butter Lip Balm
$5.00
Base Ingredients: *Extra Virgin Olive Oil, *Cocoa Butter, *Golden Yellow Beeswax, *Castor Bean Oil, Extract of *Aloe Vera, and CO2 Extracts of Rosehip, & *Seabuckthorn Berry.
Other Ingredients:
Creamy Cocoa: Pure & Simple. Just our fabulous base
Mocha Cocoa**: CO2 extract of dark roasted *Arabaca Coffee Beans
Cool Mint: *Peppermint Oil, *Spearmint Oil, and *Sweet Orange Peel Extract
Sweet Orange: Essential Oils of *Sweet Orange Peel, *Sicilian Orange, *Mandarin & *Bergamot
Lime Rocket: Essential Oils of Lime, *Litsea Cubeba, and *Tangerine

Akamuti Ruby Fruits Lip Butter
15ml £3.75
Ingredients: Sweet Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Organic Olive Oil (Olea europa), Organic Beeswax (Cera alba), Organic Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Wildcrafted Fairly Traded Red Palm Oil (Elaeis guineensis), Red Mandarin Essential Oil (Citrus reticulata), Organic Sweet Orange Essential Oil (Citrus aurantium), Myrrh Essential Oil (Commiphora molmol).

Pai Bergamot Organic Lip Balm
7g £6
Ingredients: Sweet almond oil*, beeswax*, cocoa butter*, bergamot essential oil* (bergapten free)

suki lip repair butter
15ml £10.27
Ingredients: organic jojoba, grapeseed and sunflower oils infused with organic chamomile and calendula,beeswax and pure, premium steam distilled essential oils

Dr Hauschka Lip Care Stick
0.16oz $13.95
Ingredients: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Lanolin,Beeswax/Cera Flava, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Rosa Damascena (Rose) Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Anthyllis Vulneraria Extract, Cetyl Alcohol, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil (Jojoba Wax), Fragrance/Parfum (Essential Oil),Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Citral, Linalool, Farnesol, Rosa Damascena (Rose) Flower Wax, Lecithin

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The sun is the earth’s primary source of Ultraviolet radiation (UV), which is divided into at least three different categories based on wavelength:

UVA – 320-400 nm are only slightly affected by ozone levels.
Most UVA radiation is able to reach the earth’s surface and can contribute to tanning, skin aging, eye damage, and immune suppression. UV 400 Protection lenses are engineered to block 100% of all harmful blue light up to 400 nanometers

UVB – 280-320 nm are strongly affected by ozone levels.
Decreases in stratospheric ozone mean that more UVB radiation can reach the earth’s surface, causing sunburns, snow blindness, immune suppression, and a variety of skin problems including skin cancer and premature aging.

UVC – 100-280 nm are very strongly affected by ozone levels
The levels of UVC radiation reaching the earth’s surface are relatively small.

Solar UV radiation levels are highest during the middle of the day, and in total, almost half the daytime total UV radiation is received during the few hours around noon.

Exposure to small amounts of UV radiation over a period of many years may increase the chance of developing a cataract, and could cause irreversible damage to the retina.

It is always strongly recommended to wear quality sunglasses that offer protection to UV400 level, which will block out 99 – 100% of both UV-A and UV-B radiation and screen out 75 – 90% of visible light.

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Makeup is that it is meant to highlight and enhance your beauty – not to cover it up. So, do not apply coats of foundations or you will scare off more people than attract. After makeup always see if the shade of your face and your neck are different or not, if there is a difference tone down your makeup accordingly. Choosing the right makeup and applying it with the right degree of moderation is the key to look good.

Similar eyeliner is meant to define your eyes and not frame it. It will make your eyes look smaller and less beautiful than they really are.

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Lipstick has evolved over a period of years, it is hard to give one person total credit for the invention.

In as early as 2500 BC it is noted that women would use crushed red stones to color their lips. Cleopatra used crushed beetles and ants to paint her lips. To add glimmer and shine to the lips, fish scales were added to the lip color.

During World War II became a household item for most women. Hazel Bishop a chemist, in 1949 perfected the lipstick we now use today. In the 1940′s she, experimented in her mother’s kitchen, finally inventing a stick of lip color that proved to be long lasting on the lips.

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Does having good hair always mean going to the salon? The answer in no. With basic hair products such as good shampoos and conditioners there’s already so much that you can do.

Try not to use shampoo everyday as over washing can also damage the hair. Shampoo should be diluted with water applied on the scalp area for cleansing, while conditioner should be used on the tips and strands of the hair to give it a shine.

After washing, dry your hair with a towel. But as you squeeze off water from your hair, try not to rub your hair against each other or twisting your hair inside the towel as this may cause your hair to tangle and break.

Brush your hair every once in a while with a wide-tooth comb to keep it from tangling. You can also use your fingers to do this, starting always from the tips of your hair. And lastly, keep hair accessories such as headband, pins, or ponytails handy to help hold your hair when needed, or simply to add style.

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Everyone is so excited to go at the beach and play under the sun. Here are some summer essentials to carry with while we enjoy under the tropical heat.

Hat – Shield your head before the sun can give you a possible sunbeam hit. So when you cannot stay away completely from the sun, make sure to always have this with you for some cooling fix.

Facial Spray – Give your skin a boost of moisture and help you stay refreshed all day long. It is best recommended to habitually spritz on some cool water on our face such as evain water spray or pukka rose water.

Sunscreen – After a long exposure under the sun, sunburn or tan is produced in our body. This is the inflammation of our skin caused from the ultra violet radiation. Aside from dehydrating our body, it leads to some scary wrinkles. That is why it is advisable to wear some sunscreen 30 minutes prior to sun exposure to be able to shield us from the striking sun beams.

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The first reason people perceive someone as beautiful is obviously due to natural beauty resulting from good features.

Many actresses and models have pretty faces, but they often spoil them with the excessive use of chemical cosmetic products. This is because chemical cosmetic products contain lots of chemicals that, even though make you look attractive, in the long term tend to destroy the freshness and health of your skin. If you look at an actress or model without her daily dose of cosmetic products, you would barely recognize her.

Most of us only put on makeup on special occasions once or twice a week, or maybe a month, and this does not damage our skin as compared to those who wear makeup everyday. So wear makeup “sometimes” or when “absolutely necessary”.

Many brands now make herbal based makeup that is all natural. Because herbal products contain natural ingredients, they are mild and beautify your skin.

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One of the ways to keep the hair out of the face while you are doing something is to braid it.

Braiding also helps keep the hair clean. Thus, you don’t need to wash them frequently leading to less exposure to harmful chemicals such as shampoos, gels.

Do you know that it can also prevent split ends? Thus, if your hair is prone to split ends, braid it to end your hair problems.

There are certain home remedies that can give you a healthy and fair complexion but you need to follow these in perfect order to see a difference in skin color within days.

But the first thing to follow is spending as less time possible in direct sunlight. Among different beauty secret ingredient, lemon has been used as one of the best ingredient to lighten skin color. Lemon contains vitamin c and is also considered as a natural antioxidant. Mixture of lemon juice and honey in equal parts applied regularly gives best results.

Another lemon recipe – Make a mixture of lemon juice, sugar. Applying this grainy scrub regularly, removes the tan color giving you a fairer complexion.

Rub potato slices on your skin and wash after 15 minutes. This is a natural bleach and good for dry skin.

Tomato juice mixed with some oatmeal or clay is a great clarifying mask.

Other natural bleach that improves complexion is a mixture of honey, pinch of turmeric and cucumber juice.

You can apply a paste of gram flour, pinch of tumeric and milk to your face, neck and body. After it dries up, scrub it out gently. With regular use it reduces the body hair growth and also lightens your skin.

Milk powder, some honey and water lightens up the skin.

Yogurt is natural bleach that can make your skin very soft and fair. You can replace yoghurt with milk in the above face pack recipe.

Massage your face daily at night with some almond oil and honey mixture and wash it with cold water after few minutes. Do this on a regular basis to get an extra glow in your skin.

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Lemon juice and brown sugar, are good for your skin, and will leave it feeling super soft.

Simply take a cotton pad and moistion it with some lemon juice, then sprinkle some brown sugar on the pad. Rub it all over your face and neck for about a minute or two.

Once you’re finished rubbing it, rinse your face. It leaves your skin soft and refreshed with a radiant complexion. I try to do this about 3 times a week.

The lemon juice contains both an AHA and a BHA while the brown sugar contains Glycolic acid. These are all mild peeling agents.

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Facial masks include both deep cleaning and moisturizing ingredients within them. This allows the pores in the face to be cleansed completely of the trapped dirt. Masks also help slough off dead skin. This brings younger, healthier cells to the skin’s surface and gives you a tighter skin and a more glowing complexion.

In spas, these masks are applied with special soothing and relaxing motions with a massage. At home you can give your own face a soft massage just prior to applying the face mask so that is exceptionally soothing. All masks should be applied to a freshly washed face. This opens the pores and maximizes the effectiveness of the treatment.

Apply the mask in a circular motion making it relaxing and stimulating at the same time. Lie down and rest. Finally, when it is time to rinse the mask, do so in cold water. This will help close the pores, tone your skin.

Make your own facial masks from normal household products like bananas, avocados, honey, butter, clays, essential oils, fruit purees, tomatoes, rose petals, oatmeal, yogurt, milk.

Not all natural skincare brands are equal. A jar of aloe vera cream from one brand may contain 1% aloe vera while a tube of aloe vera gel form another brand may contain 99.7% aloe vera. Both are labelled aloe vera products since they do contain aloe vera. Look at the list of the ingredients. See if they contain any fillers and thickening agents.

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For Japanese women, the bath is not only a cleaning regime, but is a complex ritual of skin care, and relaxing processes. First, the dirt and dead cells are removed by exfoliation massage using special exfoliating ingredients. Then it’s the main bath, which has chosen nourishing ingredients like soy milk, sandalwood oil, marine salts, rice water and cherry flowers. These are all added to the bath tub. After 15 or 20 minutes of relaxing in the water, pat dry and apply some body butter enriched with almond oil.

Rice flour has nourishing properties. It regenerates the skin by absorbing the excess sebum. Lotus extract is rich in moisturizing agents and it’s a perfect remedy for dry skin and dry fragile hair. Green tea is a natural antioxidant and is known worldwide for its strong anti-aging properties. Cherry flowers has a calming effect on the skin, it’s delicate aroma will leave your skin beautifully perfumed. White tea improves the cellular metabolism and helps with the natural rejuvenation.

Rice water has nourishing and regenerating properties. It absorbs the excess sebum and purifies the skin.

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One of the most popular body scrub recipes is the brown sugar scrub. Brown sugar is full of molasses which makes it brown and moist. It is a perfect exfoliant. It gently and easily sloughs off dead skin cells. It is yummy and soothing, smells great, and leaves the skin smooth and luscious.

We need

2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons ground oatmeal
1 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon almond oil ( in case you don’t have almond oil, use olive/sesame/sunflower/coconut oil ).

Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl.

The benefits of a sugar scrub are cleaner and healthier skin. This is the result of lifting dead skin, and stimulating the skin.

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According to ayurveda, you should wash your face pack when it is semi dry. Leaving the face pack to completely dry on your face spoils the complexion.

A common question often asked is “What is the best skin type?”
Normal, Dry or Oily?

The answer is one that is soft and moist and has a healthy shine on it making it look hydrated, glowing and luminiscent.

The best skin type doesnot depend on your skin type but on it’s moisture content.

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Wear pink! Go for a pretty pink on cheeks, eyes and lips for all over rosy, pretty glow.

Prepare your face by applying foundation and blend in thoroughly with your finger tips for a dewy finish.

Using a large blusher brush apply a baby pink cheek color if you are fair, a medium rose if you have medium to dark skin or fuchsia if you have ebony skin. Dust the blush on your cheeks. The dust the remaining blush on the brush lightly across your forehead, nose and chin for all over radiance.

Apply a pink eyeshadow on your entire eyelid and line the upper lash line and outer edge of the lower lash line with black khol.

Line the inner corners of the eyes with white shimmer eyeshadow.

Paint baby pink lipstick on your lips if you are fair. If you have medium to dark skin, paint on a rose pink lipstick. If your skin is really dark, then use a fuchsia lipstick.

Also paint your nails in pink too.

That’s it. You’ve got a pretty in pink look that is perfect for a summer romance.

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Mineral makeup is composed of minerals that are extracted from the earth. They are first pulverized into a powered form and then sterilized so they are safe to use.

The makeup is a combination of zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and micronized minerals. Unlike many liquid makeup types, mineral makeup contains no talc, perfumes or dyes. There are no chemicals (which is a common cause of irritation and inflammation in the skin). Mineral makeup also contains natural iron such as iron oxides.