my professional opinion on the Lip Sauve question

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I have looked at the ingredients of the ones mentioned to see if there have

been any changes since the last time

I examined them. I have given my professional opinion regarding them. Also

I want to mention that if someone

says that they use x lip balm all the time and they are addicted to it or

they can't be without it... that would

raise my eyebrows. There are so called lipbalms out there that really dry

the lips out and it is done intentionally

so you keep buying it. They use chemical laden junk in their formulations.

Personally I would only be using

Organically certified lip balms / butters that are completely free of any

nasty ingredients. You should be able

to use the product for a short period of time and then not need it again. I

know that after I treat my children

with Miessence for 1 week that was it and they didn't need any for 8 months

or more. Then it was just a one

time application.

As someone did mention, water and eating the correct amount of 'good' fats

is essential in dealing with

dry or chapped lips.

BURTS BEES

The lanolin is the issue in their products. IF they are sourcing their

lanolin from Certified

Organic Sheep.. then it would be fine, HOWEVER, I think that might be remote

considering the cost.

See lanolin will contain any chemicals that have been put on the sheep, and

in the cosmetic industry MOST

lanolin is highly contaminated with organo-phosphate pesticides and

insecticides.

CARMEX

This one has petrol chemicals in it. I would avoid.

DESERT ESSENCE TEA TREE LIP SALVE

This has ozokerite (occurs in association with petroleum) . It also

has propylene

glycol

a huge issue with safety actually. I wouldn't allow proplylene glycol near

me or my family.

Last the main ingredient is soybean oil (again something I wouldn't allow to

come near me

or my family). There are huge health issues with soybean oil and MANY lies

from the manufactures of

soy items. I personally wouldn't support the soy industry in anyway.

SHEA TERRA LIP BUTTER

They have a clean source of Shea butter which is

good. My question is what are the full ingredients ? Any one have a tube

and care to

share the list of ingredients ? I spent 2 hours looking for ingredients of

this Lip butter

and still never found a full disclosure anywhere. My concern with this one

is what is

the 'natural sweetener' they are using ? I saw it mentioned on the

website. Now obviously

this lip butter looks fine for someone who is *not* dealing with candida.

It is

clean and pure in my opinion. However, the sweetener may make is a

potential

problem for people dealing with candida.

Hope this helps. As always I believe that Miessense is one of the *best*

companies out there. I

have met Narelle and know her heart regarding purity. I am not saying that

there are not other

companies now following her example. Shea Terra appears it just might be.

I do know that with all my years of experience in the industry that

Miessense made a new mark, by being certified

organic, not putting any bad ingredients in their products (some companies

claim to be organic / natural

and then put things like parabens in and claim the have to in order to

preserve the product ... this is rubbish), and

she also patented the cold processing which mean that nutrients are retained

within the Miessense range.

in the UK

On 9/28/07, rpautrey2 <rpautrey2@...> wrote:

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> I use Desert Essence Tea Tree Oil lip salve/chap stick. It works well.

> Making sure to get plenty of water and oils/fat in the diet also help.

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> > My mom just went into a nursing home for Rehab. Her lips & throat

> are

> > really drying out - they say it is from the pain medication. What

> is

> > the best lip sauve I can get her? And what can I do to help her

> throat?

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> > Betty

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