Description
THALASSA – for a classic warm earthy red lip
All natural, unscented lip balm made from Australian native macadamia oil and pure unbleached Victorian beeswax, in a 100% home compostable push up tube. Naturally soothing and highly nourishing, great for sensitive lips with no flavours or fragrance and deeply moisturising without being glossy – for planet-friendly, petrolatum-free, luscious lips.
The tinted balms (which double as a beautiful cheek tint!) are a little less pigmented than lipsticks but still have plenty of vibrancy and the colour is somewhat buildable as you warm the wax against your skin. Colours in photo are faithful to real life product.
Though they don’t stain skin, the colour stays put for many hours without smudging or bleeding, but will naturally come off with eating and drinking.
HOT TIP: The natural balm makes a great soothing barrier balm for minor cuts, sores, burns & abrasions – beeswax has natural antibacterial, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory qualities, while macadamia oil is a superhero when it comes to nourishing skin, full of important fatty acids and phytosterols to help it heal and regenerate.
100% AUSTRALIAN INGREDIENTS
cera alba (unbleached Victorian beeswax), organic macadamia integrifolia seed oil.
(Tinted Lip Balms will also contain a blend of ethically lab-made pigments (all certified lip and eye safe) which are comprised of clays (iron oxide, zeolite, titanium dioxide, fluorphlogopite, zinc oxide) and mineral pigments (synthetic mica**).
Comes in a 12mL home compostable push up tube.
**a note about mica: Natural mica has many issues attached to it, namely that it is mined from the earth (environmentally destructive), and poses great health risks as a skin, eye and respiratory irritant for artisan miners in India where most of the global cosmetic industry’s supply of natural mica comes from, and where the use of child labour in mica mining is a massive humanitarian issue.
We proudly use synthetic mica, which is a crystal pigment engineered in the lab to have microscopically smooth edges – so it’s perfectly safe for cosmetic use, i.e. non-irritating for lips / skin / eyes, AND is environmentally innocuous, presenting no threat to other species when washed down the drain, effectively behaving in the environment like a very fine sand. Synthetic mica is used in edible glitter for cakes for these reasons, and there are no toxic by-products produced in its manufacturing.
Once empty, the whole tube can go in the home compost, green waste bin or buried in soil where it will biodegrade. Yes, even the inks and adhesives in our labels are plant-based, non-toxic and 100% safe for the compost.
Other Lip Colours available are:
NATURAL – clear (no colour)
SIREN – a sweetly seductive bright rose pink
LEUCOTHEIA – a golden tangerine shimmer
SCYLLA – for your darker side…a deep blood plum shimmery tint
NEPHELE – a peachy coral pink
