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Lip balm has been around for over
100 years. But it took a wrong turn right at the beginning. The inventor
of lip balm, Dr. C. D. Fleet, started an unfortunate trend by using
petroleum jelly in his Chap Stick lip balm, and it's only become clear
in recent years just how ineffective petroleum jelly is as a lip balm.
At best, since petroleum jelly isn't absorbed by the skin, it provides
only a short-term fix for dry, chapped lips. And since it keeps the skin
from breathing, it can -- if used frequently -- actually make your lips
more chapped. Hemptons’ natural lip treatments contain no petroleum
jelly or mineral Oils. Our lip treatments are made from 100% natural
ingredients: hemp butter, coconut oil, cacao butter, beeswax, extra
virgin olive oil, grape seed oil, almond oil, rosehip oil, vitamin E
etc.
Hemp- and Cacao butters’ effect on
the skin is different from that of petroleum jelly. Instead of lying
inert on the surface of the lips, it is absorbed by the skin cells.
Because it improves the moisture retention capacity of your lips, your
lips are treated and healed..
Why Hemp & Cocoa Butter Lip
Treatments Work
In early adulthood, all of our skin
cells - including those in our lips -- begin to become more porous and
less elastic. If hemp Butter - a substance that both moisturizes the
skin and restores the skin cells' elasticity - is applied to the lips,
then not only are the cells hydrated, but they gradually regain their
natural elasticity so that they are better able to keep moisture from
escaping. Because unrefined hemp and cacao butters contain both a high
moisturizing fraction and an extraordinarily high healing fraction, it
is a wonderful agent for revitalizing our skin cells so that they get
back their moisture retention capacity.
Why Petroleum-based Lip Balm Doesn't
Work
Petroleum-based lip balm doesn't
pretend to fix the problem that causes dry chapped lips. Instead, it
basically acts as a band-aid - slightly moisturizing the surface of the
lips and trapping the moisture there, thus temporarily making the lips
less dry. But to keep your lips moist using petroleum-based lip balm,
you need to frequently reapply the lip balm. Well you might as well just
lick your lips all the time - that has the same temporary effect, it's a
lot cheaper, and it doesn't run the risk that bacteria will be trapped
between the greasy lip balm and the skin, causing further irritation and
even infection.
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