Pucker Up

I finally completed one of my toughest missions thus far for my non-toxic beauty transition... lip products! It was easy to turn all of my lip balms into natural lip balms thanks to Burt's Bees and Yes to Carrots. The second less stressful task was finding great toxic free lip glosses - Bare Minerals and Josie Maran came to the rescue. My third and most challenging mission were toxic-free lipsticks. I personally prefer gloss or tinted lip balms, however my collection wouldn't be complete without the occasional red or burgundy moment. Here are my favorites for each category:

1. Lip Balms
I am a big fan of Burts Bee's honey and original lip balm. I also like their tinted lip shimmers (photo left). I found the toughest to find were lip balms with chemical-free SPF (Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide).

The best SPF balm I have found is Yes to Carrots SPF 15 in sweet fig (middle photo) and pomegranate. They're really hard to find... carried at Target but are always out of stock so the best thing to do would be to order online. This is a great daytime spf lipbutter; it literally goes on like butter. Love it! 

2. Lip Gloss
There are a gazillion lip glosses on the market, but so many are riddled with chemicals and some even contain traces of lead. I've found the best quality non-toxic lip gloss to be bareMinerals and Josie Maran. Bare Minerals glosses are super luxurious and last a really long time. Josie Maran glosses are lighter but great for summer and goes on evenly. I absolutely can't live without bareMinerals in 7 layer cake (photo left) Both are available on sephora.com

3. Lip Stick
So far my two favorite brands for non-toxic lipsticks are Pur Minerals (Ulta.com) and bareMinerals 100% natural lip color (sephora.com). Pur Minerals lipsticks are super moisturizing and contain shea butter and natural oils - Dusty Ruby is my favorite, a gorgeous must have deep red shade. (photo left)