The Best Ingredients for Lips
How are Lips Different from Other Skin?
Unlike the rest of the facial skin, lips have a thinner outer-layer and harbor no hair or sweat glands. This thinner layer of skin requires more intense hydration than the rest of the facial skin.
Lips are an important feature of the face, and its important to take good care of your lips. Not to mention, everyone has lips to care for so it a great product to launch your brand with or add to your collection to reach a broad audience. There are a variety of ingredients to keep lips soft, smooth, and hydrated, but in this blog we will be reviewing our favorite and the most important moisturizing ingredients that should be included in an everyday skin routine to keep that perfect pout.
Hydrating Ingredients:
Hydration and Protection
First and foremost, it's important to keep your lips hydrated, and this is the main purpose of many lip products. Chapped or dry lips can be uncomfortable, and hydration will avoid this discomfort. Many butters, waxes, and oils that offer lips hydration will also offer lips a protective barrier.
There are many different beneficial ingredients for your lips, but at Genie Supply...all we do is clean so we always suggest clean butters, oil and waxes. We believe clean beauty is future and statistics show this to be true, so whether you are private labeling or custom formulating your own lip products consider using the following clean best ingredients for lips (Source).
Some of the best clean and hydrating ingredients for lips include:
Shea Butter
One of our favorite moisturizing ingredients at Genie Supply, this natural emollient is rich in fatty acids. These fatty acids help to nourish and moisturize the skin. Shea butter is also high in antioxidants, which can help to protect the skin from environmental stressors. Shea butter is a common ingredient in many lip balms and moisturizers and is our top pick as the best ingredient for lips.
Synthetic Beeswax
Synthetic beeswax is an emollient, which helps to seal in moisture, making it an ideal choice for lip balms and moisturizer. Synthetic beeswax allows your lips to reap the benefits of natural beeswax while still being a clean and vegan ingredient. It also has a protective quality, which can help to shield your lips from the elements, such as wind and cold temperatures.
While beeswax is a great ingredient for the lips, it can be difficult to keep a product clean with real beeswax so we always substitute synthetic to get the same benefits without the environmental costs.
Coconut Oil
SImilar to shea butter, this oil is rich in fatty acids to help moisturize and nourish the lip skin. It's also high in antioxidants, which can help to protect the skin from environmental stressors. It's especially helpful for those with dry or chapped lips, as it can help to keep the lips hydrated and form a protective barrier.
Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is a less common ingredient in lip products than those mentioned above, but it should not be overlooked. Sunflower oil is a less greasy oil that is still about to offer hydration. If you are looking to create a moisturizing lip product that is not as thick as traditional lip balm, this may be the perfect medium. It is also rich in antioxidants, which can help to protect the skin from environmental stressors without the thick layer some other lip ingredients may offer.
Luxe Vegan Lip Balm
Ingredients(Original): Synthetic Beeswax, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil (And) Hydrogenated Castor Oil (And) Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Diisostearyl Malate (And) Silica, Organic Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Punica Granatum Sterols, Cannabis Sativa (Seed) Oil, Tribehenin, Soybean Oil (And) Artificial Flavorings, Tocopheryl Acetate.
Some of the best ingredients for lips are ones that moisturize and offer a layer of protection to the lips. The above mentioned ingredients can be used independently or in combination with one another to create a moisturizing effect for any lip product. Our Luxe Vegan Lip Balm, for example is super hydrating and contains all of the lip ingredients mentioned above.
Healing Ingredients:
Besides hydration the best lip products should also contain a healing ingredient. While hydration is usually the first step to healing the skin of the lips, other ingredients can help to speed up the process of healing.
Heal and Repair
Vitamin E
A good ingredient for the lips, vitamin E is known for its antioxidant properties and its ability to help repair damaged skin. Vitamin E is used in other beauty applications to treat scars, burns, and other skin injuries, and these well known healing properties may also help to heal damaged or cracked lips.
In addition, vitamin E can help to improve the overall health and appearance of the lips by promoting collagen production, which helps to keep the skin firm and youthful.
Lip Cocoon
Ingredients (Original): Synthetic Beeswax, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil (And) Hydrogenated Castor Oil (And) Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Diisostearyl Malate, Cocos Nucifera, Punica Granatum Sterols, Cannabis Sativa (Hemp Seed) Oil, Tribehenin, Ethylhexyl Palmitate (And) Silica Dimethyl Silylate (And) Pentylene Glycol (And) Sodium Hyaluronate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil (And) Victoria Amazonica Flower Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil (And) Lupinus Albus Seed Extract (And) Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil (And) Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit/Leaf Extract (And) Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract (And) Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract (And) Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract (And) Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Flavoring.
Creating a Lip Balm that Has Good Ingredients for the Lips
There are many other ingredients that can (and should) be included in lip products. If you are looking to start your beauty line, lip products can be a great place to start. Lip products can help your brand to reach a large demographic from the very start!
Whether you are looking to start your brand with a lip color product or wanting to keep it simple with a lip balm, Genie Supply has your back. All of our products contain clean ingredients that are good for the lips.
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