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| The Eco Lips Story |
In the early 1990s,
Andrea Danielson began brewing small batches
of natural lip balm in her kitchen for her
friends and family. She took great care in
handcrafting the balm and packaging it in
small amber glass jars to preserve the
freshness of the pure ingredients. Andrea
didn’t realize that by giving a sample of
her natural lip creation to Steve Shriver,
her life would be changed forever.
Having larger than average lips, Steve was
continually searching for a better lip balm.
When Steve met Andrea in 1995, he
immediately fell in love with the lip balm,
and moments later he also fell in love with
Andrea. They were married in 1997 and Steve,
a lifetime entrepreneur, quickly spent
Andrea’s life savings on ingredients and
packaging for the couple’s first product,
Hemp Lip Buzz.
By 2003, Steve and Andrea had built a
specialized private label natural body care
company focusing on making high quality
products for many other successful brands.
Their company rapidly became a leading
natural body care manufacturer in the
Natural Products industry.
Much of the growth of their business was due
to their top sales representative and
entrepreneur, Jim King. Working out of his
California office, he founded and grew a
successful and environmentally friendly
promotional products company called Access
Eco. He enjoyed the process of building
other peoples' brands through promotional
products, but something was missing.
Jim had a vision of creating a lip balm
brand like no other. He became obsessed with
lip balm! Jim looked at every lip care brand
currently on the market, buying them, one by
one, until he had acquired over 200
different samples. From petroleum-based lip
care to natural brands, he packed all of
these samples and flew to Iowa to meet with
Steve about his dream.
Jim and Steve spent hours mulling over a
10-foot conference table layered with what
would soon become their competition in the
lip balm industry. The goal was to create a
brand image and an organic formula that
would take market share from petroleum-based
lip balm brands.
Voilà! Eco Lips was born! Jim and Steve
swiftly brought the product to market and
began raising awareness of the importance of
pesticide-free organic products.
Today, Eco Lips organic lip balm is
handcrafted in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. With the
mission of satisfying the needs of every
customer, Eco Lips has been first to market
with several innovative organic lip care
products and packages. With environmental
initiatives in place, a focused marketing
and sales strategy, award winning packaging,
and a relaxed, yet productive work
environment, Eco Lips is making its way
around the world, one set of lips at a time.
NATURAL vs ORGANIC
The term “organic” can only be used on
products that are grown and produced without
pesticides, and other harmful chemicals.
Products that host the USDA Organic Seal are
produced under the high standards set forth
by the US Dept. of Agriculture. There is no
legal definition of what the term “natural”
means. Natural foods can include organic
foods, but not all natural foods are
organic. Look for products with the USDA
Organic seal and you’ll be making the right
choice for your health and the environment |
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Eco Lips Organics
Here are our
selections for Eco Lips Organics Skin and Body Products. Click on the
links below to take you to the product section for that
specific item. Find the item you wish to see using
your scroll bar. Click on "See Detail" button to take
you to the product purchase page. More information on
using these products from this vendor can be found under our Beauty
Advice area.
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Bodycare Products
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Unscented Gold (my favorite)
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Hemp Vanilla
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Bee Free Vegan Lemon-Lime
- EcoLip Lip
Tints
BODY CARE
PRODUCTS
This section
contains natural lip salve and lip balm with and without
beeswax, including hemp alternatives. Two selections
are tinted to give your lips a healthy glow.
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ECO LIPS
ORGANICS
"Gold" Unscented Lip Balm
Made with
the finest certified organic jojoba oil. 95% certified
organic. Vitamin enriched. The ultimate lip moisturizer.
We use an astronomical amount of certified organic
golden Jojoba oil to create the Worlds Best Lip
Moisturizer. Jojoba oil is high in Vitamin E, and is a
superior skin moisturizer due to it's molecular
similarity to the skin's own natural oils.
Feedback: This item is great
for mixing loose mineral colours to create your own
special lip glaze. It offers a shine and
protection with not a strong taste due to mild
ingredients.
99% certified organic
ingredients. Cruelty Free. Gluten free. No Hydrogenated
Oils. Petrolatum Free
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ECO LIP
ORGANICS
Hemp Vanilla Lip Balm
Infused with organic herbs,
vitamins and the finest organic hemp seed oil to deliver
a natural balance of essential fatty acids (EFA's) and
essential amino acids. These are the very nutrients your
lips need to stay moist, soft and supple. Eco Lips Hemp
nourishes and rejuvenates! We can't say enough about the
healing properties of hempseed oil. Hempseed oil is a
very thin oil, it absorbs easily into the skin. Hempseed
oil delivers Omega 6 and Omega 3 essential fatty acids
in near-perfect proportions, including gamma linoleic
acid (GLA), a very rare nutrient also found in mother's
milk. Highly nutritious Organic Eco Lips Hemp is a lip
healer and protector. Eco Lips Hemp Nourishes and
Rejuvenates!
99% certified organic ingredients. Cruelty Free.
Gluten free. No Hydrogenated Oils. Petrolatum Free.
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ECO LIP
ORGANICS
Vegan Bee Free Lip Balm
Bee free and feel the
difference! Enjoy our botanical base of certified
organic oils, vegetable wax, and butter blended with
certified organic essential oils.
The highest certified organic content of any vegan lip
balm on the market! This blend of organic jojoba oil and
organic cocoa butter leaves your lips incredibly soft
and supple.
Vegan, Over 78% certified organic ingredients.
Cruelty Free. Gluten free. No Hydrogenated Oils.
Petrolatum Free.
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ECO LIPS
ORGANICS
EcoTint Moisturizing Lip TintsThe lipstick with the
least ingredients!
Give your lips sheer
satisfaction with Eco Tints naturally glistening lip
moisturizer. Organic plant oils, Beeswax and Aloe Vera
nourish your lips while working in harmony with natural
earth minerals to provide a beautiful shimmering glow.
2 shades available, Rose Quartz and Mocha Velvet.
Feedback: Those here at our office just had to have them
when they sampled them themselves. Rose Quartz came as
top pick on color, Mocha Velvet as second.
Over 90% certified
organic ingredients. Cruelty Free. Gluten free. Carmine
Free. No Hydrogenated Oils. Petrolatum Free.
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Headlines:
Solar Powered Lip Balm Project for Eco Lips
Small things can make a big difference!
A year ago we contacted our good friend Rich Dana who is
with IRENEW (Iowa Renewable Energy Association) to help us
add solar power to our manufacturing plant. This small
initiative has turned into one of Iowa’s largest Solar Power
Projects ever, getting immediate support from the State of
Iowa, Alliant Energy, and the Department of Natural
Resources. We are excited to be able to utilize the natural
power of the sun and plan to keep you updated as to our
progress. Thanks for your support!
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We urge
customers to purchase samples first, as not
all items are returnable. Our shipping prices
are estimates for international orders and
are subject to change if need be. Every
person's skin is unique, and as with all
cosmetics we recommend that a person apply a
small amount of the product to the inner
wrist for 1-2 days before applying elsewhere
to ensure comfort and compatibility.
The
information on this website has not been
reviewed by the FDA. These products are not
intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or
prevent any disease.
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| WHAT IS ORGANIC |
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‘Organic’ refers to
how food is produced. Organic food is
produced by farmers whose production systems
avoid the use of synthetically compounded
fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators,
and livestock feed additives. Organic
farming systems utilize biological methods
such as crop rotation, crop residues, animal
manures and mechanical cultivation to
maintain soil productivity and tilth, to
supply plant nutrients, and to control
weeds, insects and other pests. All organic
foods are required to be certified under an
organic certification program. Organic
farmers place a greater consideration of the
impact of the farming system on the wider
environment inclusive of wildlife
conservation as well as public health.
Organic agricultural practices hold great
promise toward remedying the negative
effects of global warming. Here’s four
examples how: Use of farm-yard manure, green
manures, and cover cropping methods keep
soils nutrient-rich, improve soil structure,
restore organic matter (making for quicker
nutrient uptake), maintain and/or increases
soil fertility, and increase soil moisture
retention all of which enables the farming
ecosystem to better self-regulate. The
complete exclusion of synthetics in the
farming operation (herbicide, pesticide,
fertilizer, etc.) eliminates
high-maintenance soils and crops, and
subsequently lowers levels of CO2 and
associated GHGs released into the
atmosphere, while simultaneously lowering
nitrate leaching rates and removing risks of
ground and surface water pollution. With
respect to usage of non-renewable energy
resources, organic methods of agriculture
use far less direct and indirect energy
sources (fuel, oil and synthetic chemical
applications respectively). Combating
resource depletion, organic methods increase
the biodiversity of flora and fauna,
contribute to integrated pest management
efforts (natural pest control), as well as
shape aesthetic landscape values. |
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