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I get a lot of questions about product labels, and I thought I’d put together a little series about them! Getting Labels Made vs. Printing Them Yourself First thing people ask is where to buy labels, and there are so...

Comments from trolls can be annoying, but sometimes, they can be pure gold. Like that time someone said we use flavors that contain secretions from a beaver's butt in our products.  Now, there is really a substance called castoreum that...

One of the things that I had to learn to do as a business owner is hire people. It was intimidating at first, but luckily I learned a few tricks along the way. And one of them is asking people...

While it sounds simple enough, there's actually a lot involved in sending staff to a long-distance event. We're a tiny company, we're currently a staff of four, and two of those people are me and my husband. So if any of us are away, it...

While I do my best to make respectful videos that address some of the criticism I get, I have to get myself in the right frame of mind to do it, which isn't always easy when people are mean. But...

I absolutely love my job, but it's not to say that there aren't some downsides. To start with the good stuff: I love being the one that makes decisions, that I get to be creative, and that I don't have...

Investing in machinery to automate our processes isn't something I feel is a good move for my business at the moment because we don't sell enough lip balm for it to make sense. But what if we did automate everything...

Have you ever seen anyone fundraising by selling lip balms? Probably not, which is what makes Eclair Lips such a fun and unique option for schools, groups, and non-profits. By registering with our fundraising program, organizations can order lip balms...

Someone asked if my kids think it's cool that we run a lip balm business. And, the answer is no. It's pretty much the only thing that they've ever known because we've been doing this for so long, so they...

Making and selling a product that I love sure helps keep me passionate. But knowing that each day I can push the limits of what others, and even what past versions of myself, have thought were possible for me is what...

Oh, this is an interesting question. Do I like making the scraping videos or the voiceovers more? Well, it might surprise people, but it's actually the voiceover part. About 15 years ago, I discovered that I really loved writing and...

One of the things that I'm criticized for is making videos responding to criticism. Some of it comes from people who want to encourage me and tell me to ignore the trolls. And of course, some of it comes from...

So how often do I make lip balm? That has changed a lot through the years. At first, I made a few dozen tubes every month or so because I was just starting out, and I really didn't sell that...

I've had some people asking why we make our own lip balm base when we could just buy a premade from a supplier. So, there are some pros and cons to both buying premade base, and making your own. When...

Someone asked me when I started making lip balm and how many hours I work. So, I started making lip balm at home for myself and as gifts for friends and family in 2013. All the while thinking it might...

We had our first price increase in over three years not long ago. In that time, the cost of our ingredients and packaging had gone up an average of 66%. Most of our customers were super supportive, and though we did...

SyI get a lot of suggestions from well-meaning folks who want to improve my production processes, and they frequently tell me that I should buy some machines. Now, there are some amazing machines out there that could automate pretty much...

Pep talk of the day for February 28: We all have our moments of self-doubt, but today let's remember to be gentle with ourselves. We're doing the best we can, and that's enough. So if you're feeling overwhelmed or insecure,...

Pep talk of the day for February 27: Sometimes life gets so busy that we forget to play. But reconnecting with our sense of play is essential for our mental health and happiness. So today, let's take some time to...

How do we advertise? And how has that changed as our business grew? In the early years, there was one big requirement for any type of advertising or marketing that I wanted to do, and that was it had to...

We’re having a 25% off Build Your Own Starter Bundle event for our email subscribers the week of February 20th, 2023, but some people are wondering why we don’t just do that all the time instead of limiting our first-time...