Luscious lipspreads. (Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action).This summer, bring a little of the tropics tropics, also called tropical zone or torrid zone, all the land and water of the earth situated between the Tropic of Cancer at lat. 23 1-2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn at lat. 23 1-2°S. to your life with delicious, organic lip spreads from the islands of Hawaii. Mama Coco's is an Earth-friendly, cruelty-free company based in Honolulu that offers lip balms made in the time-honored island tradition of hand pressing fresh, sun-roasted coconut meat to produce virgin coconut oil. This tropical oil tropical oil Nutrition A cooking oil from palm and coconut trees, which differs from other vegetable oils in that, like animal fats, it is high in saturated fatty acids, and thus may have atherogenic potential. See Cis fatty acids, Fish oil, Olive oil, Transfatty acids. has natural sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays. sun·screen n. properties and healing moisturizers moisturizers hydroscopic agents, applied to the skin and hair, as creams, rinses or shampoos, to increase hydration of the stratum corneum. Examples are propylene glycol, glycerine and lactate. and has been used by Hawaiians for centuries to protect their skin from the sun, wind and sea. All of Mama Coco's lip balms are made with organically grown and certified ingredients, including cocoa butter, beeswax beeswax: see wax. beeswax Commercially useful wax secreted by worker honeybees to make the cell walls of the honeycomb. A bee consumes an estimated 6–10 lbs (3–4. , honey and vanilla extract. Some of the delectable flavors are Coconut Cream, Hawaiian Vanilla and Ka'u Orange Cream. For $5, they soften lips, have delicious natural scents and are packaged in quarter-ounce "retro" recyclable tins that are just the right size to fit in the pockets of any scant island gear. CONTACT: Mama Coco's Hawaiian Lip Balm, (808)524-5722, www.mamacocos.com.--L.R.Z. |
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