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A few years ago, I was at a self development event and I wrote these words in my notebook: Piss off more people! I still laugh about it, but the gist of it was to stop making myself small for...

Making natural lip balms and dessert flavors is what my brand is all about. So when people ask if we consider making an unflavored lip balm, I have to admit my inner child is downright horrified at the idea. The...

You know, I thought it would be a perfect day to talk about our exfoliating lip balms!  Our exfoliating lip balms looks just like a regular lip balm, but when you open it up you'll notice from the texture like...

I feel like I've had several people ask what makes my brand different from others, and I think that what they don't understand is that you don't need to reinvent the wheel as a business in order to be viable....

For a few years, I exhibited at a lot of trade shows which are industry-only events that aren't open to the public. I travelled to Halifax, Toronto, New York and Atlanta. And while I'm really proud of how I represented...

People often leave me comments telling me how they can get a drugstore brand lip balm for less than one of ours. And I just wanted to let you all know that this isn't exactly a surprise to me. I'm...

I know a lot of people start businesses with the hopes they’ll go viral right away, but I am honestly so glad that it didn’t happen that way for us. Eclair Lips has been in business for 7 years now,...

I was surprised to see a comment recently from someone suggesting that our reviews are fake, but I think we've all heard of situations where reviews weren't 100% honest.So, I thought I'd share how we handle reviews! To make sure...

I often get comments from people asking if they can have a free sample of our lip balm, and the answer is no. First off, the cost of making a sample is too high for a small business like ours...

One of the interesting things about going viral is that we were faced with a huge demand for our lip balms and had to react fast. Normally, we buy supplies a few times throughout the year, but I had to...

We get a lot of questions about the ingredients and our lip balms, which is to be expected, and we're always happy to answer them. But every once in a while, we'll have someone asked us if we consider changing...

It’s true, most of the lip balms out there have a lot of the same ingredients. In many ways, cosmetic formulation is a lot like baking. No matter what kind of cookie you're making, you're going to need a few...

People ask me all the time if we’ll start shipping to countries other than Canada and the US soon, and unfortunately it’s not something that in the cards for us right now. It’s not so much the shipping - it’s...

People often ask us if we've thought about using eco-friendly packaging and the answer, of course, is yes! On the shipping front, we use recycled padded paper mailers. There's as much plastic in a bubble mailer as there is in...

People often suggest we add fruit to our lip balm. And while that sounds natural and delicious, real fruit will actually spoil really quickly and grow bacteria and mold unless there's a preservative to keep it from going bad. Food...

Knowing how much flavor to put into the lip balm is really important and there's a method to it. Anytime you buy an ingredient that can be used for making cosmetics, it comes with usage guidelines that tell you the...

I'm sure you won't be surprised that one of the big reasons I started my business is because I wanted to make a better lip balm. I wanted something that was natural but fun too and because of the sensory...

I think starting my business was the culmination of a lot of different things and interests of mine coming together. From the time I was about 12, I was really into reading teen magazines. And it's funny to look back...

Experimentation is how my lip balm formula came to be.  The first time I ever made lip balm, it was with a recipe that I found online and I had fun making different ones with different ingredients to see which...

If you're looking for a tray or a labeling machine similar to what we have, I can't give you the exact supplier. But I'd love to help you get started on finding those things for yourself! The biggest hurdle that...

In short, the answer is no. But that'll make more sense once I explain the difference between a recipe and a listing of ingredients. In my videos, I'll often mention some of the ingredients we use. And if you visit...