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Best Lip Balms — No Petroleum, No Fragrance
Lip balm gets licked off, swallowed, and reapplied all day — so it is effectively a food. Petroleum-based balms (petrolatum, mineral oil) are fine in small amounts but do not heal cracked lips; wax + plant oil blends actually repair the barrier.
What to look for
- Beeswax, candelilla wax, or carnauba as the base
- Shea butter, cocoa butter, or coconut oil for repair
- No petrolatum / mineral oil as the first ingredient
- No synthetic fragrance
- SPF at least 15 with zinc oxide for sun exposure
Our top-scoring picks
Every product below scored 75 or higher on our 0–100 ingredient-and-nutrition scale. Links go directly to Amazon; as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Piña Colada Lip Balm
Sun Bum Coco Balm
Raspberry tinted lip balm
Hurraw
Unscented Lip Balm
Portland Bee Balm
Sweet Mandarin Moisturizing Lip Balm
Burt's Bees
Shea + Passionfruit Lip Balm in Paper Tube
Burt’s Bees
Herbal Peppermint Tea Tree Lip Balm
Woods & Hunter
Natural Lip Balm classic
Benecos
Strawberry Moisturizing Lip Balm
Burt's Bees
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