Women may ingest around 7 pounds of petroleum jelly in a decade from regular use of conventional lip balm & lip gloss! If you’d rather wear something that’s safe to eat than drink gasoline, try one of these luxurious organic lip balms instead!

Lip Balm Addict: For chronic dry lips, you need a balm that’s going to provide long-lasting hydration – but what may be causing the addiction is lip balms that “over-stimulate” the lips. If you tend to rub your lips together, chew your lips, or lick your lips after you’ve applied lip balm, you may need a balm that doesn’t have a noticeable feel, flavor or scent so that you’re not tempted subconsciously to constantly consume and re-apply. Skinny Skinny’s Bare Naked Lip Balm is light but incredibly effective, matte and unscented so it wont encourage the cravings to rub and reapply.

Hint of Color: We love to use tinted lip balms when lipstick or gloss isn’t needed ( to work or to a brunch) for a pretty, natural day look or even when it’s cold and our lips look a little more blue than pink. Pick from the chocolate flavored Sweet Beauty ‘Taste’ Lip Confection or mint with Lulu Organics Ruby Mint Lip Balm.

Pick-me-up: When our lips and noses need a little pick-me-up, a sniff of the silky Buddha Nose Lip Balm with lemongrass, ginger & lime, is all we need! Natural Solutions magazine awarded this one their Beauty with a Conscience award for Best Lip Balm in 2009.

Multi-Purpose: We love a balm that’s just as perfect for healing and hydrating lips as it is for rough elbows, cuticles, heels and hair. If you only have one balm, make it RMS Beauty Lip & Skin Balm. Keep it in your purse and you’ll be surprised how often it’s just what you need.

Anti-Aging: Keep lips looking young, smooth and soft with Intelligent Nutrients Lip Delivery Nutrition. More than just hydration, it’s chock full of potent, wrinkle-fighting antioxidants from their proprietary Intellimune Seed Oil complex.

Most Kissable: Hot date? You’ll need silky, kissable lips and a lovely organic lip balm that smells so good, you’ll have to “share” it! For yummy lips, try All the Better to Kiss You With Lip Balm in Pomegranate, Lavender Vanilla, Chai Mandarin or Pepperminty.

Best Before Lipstick: The perfect base for lip color is a lip base that’s light, smooth, stays put, and fills fine lines. Before you perfect your pout with color, use Vapour Organic Beauty Lux Lip Conditioner and your lip color will last longer without bleeding.

Brave the Elements/Severely Cracked: The lip balm you’ll need in the dead of say, a Northeast winter, is going to have to not just deeply hydrate lips, but protect them as well. For lips that have already been cracked by extreme conditions or to prevent severe dryness, especially when outdoors, try MJ’s Herbals First Aid Salve. Healing ingredients like comfrey root and calendula, in a base of unrefined propolis & olive oil give your lips all the armor they’ll need.