The 11th best selling beauty product on Amazon.com this week is caramel flavored version of Burt’s Bees Lip Shimmer lipstick. Let’s look at the label to see what makes it so shimmery.
If your lips are smacking for some Burt’s Bees: Lip Shimmer Lipstick
Ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, Helianthus annuus (sunflower seed oil)
Note that this product consists primarily of oils that help it spread on your lips and waxes that give it a stick-like consistency. These are two primary oils that makes the product spreadable.
Beeswax, Euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax
The two primary waxes that give the stick stiffness.
Mentha piperita (peppermint) oil
Another oil, primarily added for flavor or to give a tingly feel.
Lanolin
Another waxy material. Think of it as sheep sweat.
Theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter
A low melting fat that gives the stick a creamy texture.
Copemicia cerifera (camauba) wax
A secondary wax to raise the melting point.
Tocopherol
Vitamin E.
Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract
Just a featured ingredient, doesn’t really do much.
Glycine soja (soybean) oil, Canola oil
Two more vegetable oils that give the stick smoothness.
May contain: carmine, titanium dioxide, mica, iron oxides, tin oxide.
Last but not least we see the sparkly stuff – a mixture of mica, titanium dioxide, iron and tin oxides. Carmine is a red color from crushed insect bodies.
Strangely, flavor is not listed as an ingredient so I don’t know how this stuff gets its caramel taste. Maybe this is another case of Amazon.com not providing an accurate ingredient list!
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