Active Ingredients: Natural Tea Tree Oil .25%, Octinoxate7.5%, Oxybenzone 3%
Other Ingredients: Beeswax, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Lanolin, Essential Oil of Peppermint, Comfrey Leaf Extract,
Rosemary Leaf Extract, Vitamin E, Vitamin E Acetate
- Tea Tree Oil, or melaleuca oil, is a pale yellow colour to nearly colorless and clear essential oil with a fresh camphoraceous odor. The indigenous Bundjalung people of eastern Australia use “tea trees” as a traditional medicine by inhaling the oils from the crushed leaves to treat coughs and colds. They also soak tea tree leaves to make an infusion to treat skin ailments. Tea Tree is will renowned worldwide for it’s anti bacterial and antiseptic qualities.
- Octinoxate is an organic compound that is an ingredient in some sunscreens and lip balms. It is a clear liquid that is insoluble in water. Its primary use is in sunscreens and other cosmetics to absorb UV-B and UV-A rays from the sun, protecting the skin from damage. It is also used to reduce the appearance of scars.
- Oxybenzone is an organic compound used in sunscreens. It is used as an ingredient in sunscreen and other cosmetics because it absorbs UVB and short-wave UVA (ultraviolet) rays. Oxybenzone was one of the first compounds incorporated into sunscreen formulations to offer enhanced UVA protection because its absorption spectrum extends to less than 350 nm
- Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. Beeswax is commonly used in lip balms for its gentle soothing effect on the skin. Coconut oil is an edible oil extracted from the kernel of matured coconuts, harvested from the coconut palm.
- Coconut oil is used as a skin moisturizer, helping with dry skin and enhances the feel of the Outback Series Lip Balm.
- Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil expressed from sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seeds. Sunflower oil is commonly used in cosmetic formulations as an emollient. In the Outback Series Lip Balm is plays an emollient role, retaining the natural moisture in the lips.
- Lanolin is a yellow waxy substance and is used extensively in products designed for the protection, treatment and beautification of human skin. In the Outback Series Lip Balm it is another ingredients which combines well to provide added skin protection. Peppermint is a hybrid mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint.
- Peppermint has a high menthol content, and is often used in, skincare products. In the Outback Series Lip Balm it adds a nice ‘zing’ to the feel on your skin.
- Comfrey is a healing herb often used for wound healing. One of the most common uses of Comfrey extract is as a skin treatment as the plant contains the small organic molecule allantoin, which is thought to stimulate cell growth and repair while simultaneously depressing inflammation.
- Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region.
- Vitamin E refers to a group of eight fat-soluble compounds that include both tocopherols and tocotrienols. Vitamin E has many biological functions; the antioxidant function being the most important and/or best known.
- Tocopheryl acetate, also known as vitamin E acetate, is a common vitamin supplement that is often used in dermatological products such as skin creams. It is believed that the acetate is slowly hydrolyzed once it is absorbed into the skin, regenerating tocopherol and providing protection against the sun’s ultraviolet rays
