Oil Slick for Chapped Lips? I don't think so.. There ARE better alternatives to petroleum-based lip products

Lip balm has been around for over 100 years. But it took a wrong turn right at the beginning. The inventor of lip balm, Dr. C. D. Fleet, started an unfortunate trend by using petroleum jelly in his Chap Stick lip balm, and it's only become clear in recent years just how ineffective petroleum jelly is as a lip balm. At best, since petroleum jelly isn't absorbed by the skin, it provides only a short-term fix for dry, chapped lips. And since it keeps the skin from breathing, it can -- if used frequently -- actually make your lips more chapped. Many conventional lip balms that contain petrolatum-based ingredients like mineral oil that appear slick and emollient, but because the skin can't absorb them, they don't actually condition or heal chapped lips. In fact, they just lie on the surface, creating an impermeable barrier that can actually clog the skin and lead to breakouts and bacterial infections.

Instead, look for natural moisturizers like shea butter, beeswax, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, or hempseed oil, all of which actually penetrate the skin.  Shea butter's effect on the skin is different from that of petroleum jelly. Instead of lying inert on the surface of the lips, it is absorbed by the skin cells. If you're prone to breakouts or bumps on the lips, look for lip balms with antibacterial essential oils like rosemary and mint.  Because it improves the moisture retention capacity of your lips, your lips become dry and chapped much less frequently.The delicate tissue on the lips, easily chapped and prone to bacterial infection, is vulnerable in any weather. Wind and winter chill sap moisture from the lips, but so does exposure to the sun, surf, and chlorinated swimming pools.

Why Our Lip Balm Works

In early adulthood, all of our skin cells -- including those in our lips -- begin to become more porous and less elastic. If shea butter -- a substance that both moisturizes the skin and restores the skin cells' elasticity -- is applied to the lips, then not only are the cells hydrated, but they gradually regain their natural elasticity so that they are better able to keep moisture from escaping. Because unrefined shea butter contains both a high moisturizing fraction and an extraordinarily high healing fraction, it is a wonderful agent for revitalizing our skin cells so that they get back their moisture retention capacity.

Why Petroleum-based Lip Balm Doesn't Work

Petroleum-based lip balm doesn't pretend to fix the problem that causes dry chapped lips. Instead, it basically acts as a band-aid -- slightly moisturizing the surface of the lips and trapping the moisture there, thus temporarily making the lips less dry. But to keep your lips moist using petroleum-based lip balm, you need to frequently reapply the lip balm. Well you might as well just lick your lips all the time -- that has the same temporary effect, it's a lot cheaper, and it doesn't run the risk that bacteria will be trapped between the greasy lip balm and the skin, causing further irritation and even infection.

AVAILABLE NOW:

Peppermint and Rosemary
*NEW* Lavender
*NEW* Lemon Lavender

Planting your Green Canary Soap Wrapper

The paper wrapped around your Green Canary Soap is unique.  Not only is it made from recycled materials, the paper is loaded with wildflower seeds!

While we don't have pictures yet, please follow these easy instructions to plant your soap wrapper!

Tear the paper up into 1/4 size bits.
If you are planting in a flower pot, fill the bottom 1" to 2" of the bottom with rocks, or gravel for drainage.

Fill your flower pot with soil, or loosen up about 2"of soil in your garden.
sprinkle the paper bits evenly around where you want to plant them.
Cover the paper bits with a little saved soil. (just barely, about a 1/8 of an inch)
keep the soil moist, and near sunlight for about 2 weeks, and they should begin to sprout!

Have fun!  Take pictures!  We'd love to see them, and who knows, they may end up on this blog!

The Green Canary - All Natural Products

Here it is!  Check out our newest blog for information on our all new green line "The Green Canary"!

Also, we will be posting interesting articles, information, ideas and tips about living green!

www.TheGreenCanary.blogspot.com

The Green Canary Blog

Over the past couple years, while creating and developing our product lines, we have had more and more people ask about all natural products, and whether or not we would be offering them.  After extensive research, playing around with different options, and some trial and error, we are ready to roll out 'The Green Canary' line, in addition to all of our regular products that we will still continue to offer.

The Green Canary products will be similar to our products that we have carried, and will continue to carry, over the past couple of years, but with a new twist.  The ingredients are all natural.  The scents are all natural Essential Oils, instead of imitation Fragrance Oils.  And even the packaging is eco-friendly!

Visit www.TheGreenCanary.blogspot.com to learn more about our all new, all natural line, as well as articles, tips, and other great information about green living!

Introducing...

While washedUp soaps co. will always be a staple for us (and is not going anywhere) we wanted to branch out bit, and encompass a larger selection of products.
After many long hours of research, and experimenting, we are excited to introduce to you our newest venture:

The Green Canary

The Green Canary will be paired along side washedUp soaps, but will focus more on "green" or natural alternatives.  Encompassing everything from hand soap, bath and body products, shampoos, conditioners, pet shampoos and conditioners to start, and eventually encompassing everything all the way down to household cleansers (for example laundry soap, dish soap, etc.), and other specialty products!

Stay tuned for links, and more information coming soon, and watch for products to start rolling out under "The Green Canary" name this summer!!

Changes Are Coming.....

Thanks to all of you, we have grown so much over the past year!
Since we started washedUp soaps co., we've branched out from simple bar soaps to all sorts of new products, with more awesome ideas still in the works! 
And soon, we will reflect that in how we present our products to you.

Please stay tuned for exciting new changes, news and products coming soon!

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Millcreek Spring Arts Festival

The historic Baldwin Radio Factory will be the location of the Millcreek Spring Arts Festival, where attendees can enjoy fine art, live music, and crafts made from more than 30 local artists. Come visit us, soak up the warm (hopefully) weather, listen to some good music & enjoy the evening!

Awesome music line-up including well-known classical guitarist, Michael Lucarelli, playing from 5:30 to 7pm, and The Trophy Husbands, funky jazz jam band, from 7:30 to 9pm.

 

Date:	Saturday, May 8, 2010
Time:	4:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:	Flynn Artipelago Studios
Street:	3474 S. 2300 E.
City/Town:	Salt Lake City, UT

 

Tom & Lucy's

Tom and Lucy's Art Shoppe

We're super excited to let you know that we will be at the
Tom and Lucy's Art Shoppe in lehi,  April 22nd - 24th!

Come check out our new products, and all the other fun stuff that will be sold there by other creative folks.

Don't Forget, Mother's Day is Sunday, May 9th!

Kids Soap

These cute little soaps are sure to get your little ones excited about washing their hands before dinner!

Made with 100% glycerin and scented in a variety of scents (these are grape soda), these soaps are sure to make hand washing fun again!

we can put almost any toy you want into the soap, as long as it will fit, and have a variety of different fragrances kids will love.  

Bath Bombs

We're sure you are familiar with Bath Bombs...  You drop one in your tub and it fizzes away leaving your bath water smelling good, but its not always about smelling good that we care about... 

We have taken the time to research different oils and options to make sure that our bath bombs are a step up from the rest.  Our Bath Bombs not only smell great in your tub, but are made with high quality natural oils to help benefit your skin as well!

What OURS is made of:

Grapeseed Oil:  Grapeseed Oil attacks damaged and stressed tissues, posessing regenerative and restructuring qualities which allow for strong control of skin moisturization.  Grapeseed Oil used as an all-over moisturizer is known to reduce the look of stretch marks.  Grapeseed Oil also contains several antioxidants.

Jojoba Oil:  What's interesting about it is that its not actually an oil, but rather what they call a wax ester.  Why do we care? Because out of all the compounds found in nature, this was ester is the most similar to human skin oil (sebum).  It is believed that applying jojoba to the skin can "trick" the skin into thinking it is producing enough oil, thus balancing oil production.

Also contains Vitamin E.

To Esty, or not to Etsy...

That is the question....

Private Label - For Your Company!

We have had some requests for, and produced some fantastic products under private label!
We can produce any of our products, and brand it to your business with your logo and contact information.

The same idea goes for bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties, company events, etc!
Don't forget that we do custom orders!   Got a specific color in mind? Love a particular scent?  We can customize any order to fit your needs!

Contact us with your requests, or to get more information!

Valentines Day is coming!

New Spring Scents Available!
Just in time for Valentines Day!

New Scents Available:

Sweet Pea
Cool Citrus Basil
Eucalyptus Spearmint
Lemon Lavender
Grape Soda (Kids Soap)
Rose
Mixed Berries
Love Spell
Lilac
Lemon Drop Cookies
Cotton Candy Twist (Kids Soap)
and Sweet Honeysuckle

Don't Forget, we also can make Gift Sets of any of the above scents!

EVOLVE Salon and Day Spa

Our soap, lotions, lip balms and other products are available exclusively at EVOLVE Salon and Day Spa!

Evolve Salon & Day Spa was named as one of the Top 100 Salons in the United States by ELLE Magazine.  The announcement came out in their August 2009 edition. 
With EVOLVE appearing in Magazines, CitySearch.com 'best of' votes, and even TV appearances on major nationwide networks, we couldn't be more thrilled for Erika and Greg, and all they have accomplished over the past year or so, after opening the Salon. 

And a big THANK YOU to both of them for allowing us ride on their coat tails along the way!  We are so grateful to them for letting us to sell our products there.


Visit the links below for more information about the Salon, the stylists and technicians who work there, and view pictures!  Book your appointment today!

http://www.evolvesalonanddayspa.com/

Also, Congratulation to both of them on their new arrival due Feb 1, 2010!