OUR NEW LIP TUBES ARE ON THE WAY! (AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED)

Well the new tubes are finally printed and are on the way to us from sunny California to windy North Yorkshire and to say that we're a little bit excited is an understatement!

What are they?

These new lip balm tubes are a completely plastic-free alternative to the usual wind-up lip balm tubes. At present, our vegan lip balms come in tins. Although they can be recycled they aren't always the best way to apply balm to your lips. We've been told by some of our customers that they don't always like to apply the balm to their fingers and then to their lips especially when they're out and about. Unfortunately, there's no doubt that the old single use plastic wind-up tubes are convenient  : (

So when we found Eco Visions packaging we were very excited. Their containers are crafted from 100% post consumer paper, which is a renewable, biodegradable and recyclable material. They weigh 1.7g - a third of the weight of the plastic tubes which means a much lower carbon footprint. Not only that, they hold 20% more balm than plastic tubes, so they'll last longer.

Here are Eco Vision's tube design.

The tubes are mostly leak-resistant, even if the balm goes soft in hot weather. Just leave the package upright with the cap on, and when it cools, your balm is ready to use again.

The tubes are made with FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) paper and contain no PVA plastic adhesive which makes it non-toxic and fully home-compostable.

Although made in the USA and there will be some air miles attached to using these tubes, they are from an award winning eco friendly company. Most skincare packaging comes from China where its not as easy to get information about the production or the working conditions of their employees.

Here is our work in progress while we were thinking of designs for our new tubes. Just because they are the best eco friendly lip balm packaging available, doesn't mean they have to be boring!

Here's a link to Eco Vision's message about plastic free packaging.

We'd love to know what you think? Many of our products have been made after listening to suggestions. Let us know in the comments if you have any thoughts.