A review: Kruitvat pure and nature lipbalm.

On Saturday I was browsing through drugstore Kruidvat. I wasn't in need of anything but I picked up this lipbalm. The ingredient list is what persuaded me to buy it, so let's see if it's any good! I also added a few alternatives that should be available in the UK.

Packaging

As all the lipbalms in the stand, this one is a twist up stick which is packaged in cardboard. The plastic tube is white and matte with navy and green print. Looks nice and clean! 

Ingredients

Ingredients are:

Ricinus communis seed oil (castor oil), cocos nucifera oil (coconut oil), cera alba (beeswax), simmondsta chinensis seed oil (jojoba seed extract), candelilla cera (candelilla wax), palmitic acid, stearic acid, butyrospermum parkii butter (shea butter), alea eurcandelopaea fruit oil (olive oil), tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E acetate), aroma, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), chamomilla recutita oil (chamomile oil), daucus carota sativa root extract (carrot root extract), beta-carotene, tocopherol.

Well, to me that looks great! So many natural oils in there. Apart from tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E acetate), only green boxes show up for the safety rating at cosdna.org.

Test
The balm applies easily and leaves a layer on the lips. I really like it because it nourishes your lips and they stay nice and hydrated even after you take the balm off. It works much better than balms based on mineral oil, and only costs just as much!

The pure and nature lip balm carries the NATRUE label, meaning that:

NO SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCES AND COLOURSNO PETROLEUM DERIVED PRODUCTS (Parafines, PEG, -propyl-, -alkyl-, etc.)
NO SILICONE OILS AND DERIVATIVESNO GENETICALLY MODIFIED INGREDIENTS (complying with EU organic regulation)
NO IRRADIATION OF END PRODUCT AND BOTANICAL INGREDIENTSPRODUCTS MUST NOT BE TESTED ON ANIMALS

Brilliant!

The lipbalm was €1.39. so my advice is: get your hands on this if you can!
As you can only get this in the Netherlands or Belgium, I've found a few good alternatives via the NATRUE website. Lavera basis sensitiv lip balm and weleda everon lip balm look good!

Sincerely,
R.