Zerra & Co. The Jelly, Castor Oil Swap for Petroleum Jelly

Zerra & Co. The Jelly, Castor Oil Swap for Petroleum Jelly

✨ Zerra & Co.: small-batch clean beauty, handmade in Baltimore. The Jelly is a castor oil balm made to replace petroleum jelly (the Vaseline kind), for dry lips and hands, slugging, cuticles and scrapes. 2 oz.

🍃 Ingredients (as listed by Zerra & Co.): Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Ricinus Communis (Castor) Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E).

✅ The Good: Three ingredients and no petroleum, unlike the classic jelly it replaces.

💚 Progress Over Perfection: The hydrogenated castor oil is processed to make it thick, and tocopheryl acetate is a lab-made form of vitamin E.

📦 Packaging: A glass jar with a metal lid, per Zerra & Co. They take empty containers back through their container return program.

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Eco-Roots Plant-Based Lip Balm in Paper Packaging

✨ EcoRoots: Tinted vegan lip balm, 2-pack. A light natural tint with a lingonberry scent. Three times the size of a standard balm.

🍃 Ingredients (as listed by EcoRoots): organic coconut oil, organic olive oil, wildcrafted candelilla wax, organic shea butter, organic jojoba oil, vitamin E, rosehip seed oil, organic sunflower seed oil, iron oxide, organic neem seed oil, organic rosemary leaf extract, natural lingonberry oil.

✅ The Good: Plant oils, butters and a plant wax, with a mineral tint. Mostly organic. Vegan.

💚 Progress Over Perfection: Nothing to flag. Every ingredient is plant- or mineral-based. The tint is iron oxide, a mineral color that is usually made in a lab for purity.

📦 Packaging: Compostable paper tube, no plastic.

River Organics Vegan Zero-Waste Beauty

🛍️ River Organics – Vegan, zero-waste curated collections for natural to bold beauty looks.

🌿 Material: Organic Coconut, Jojoba, and Safflower oils, Shea Butter, and non-nano Zinc Oxide.

🚫 No Nasties: Plastic-free, with conflict-free lab-made mica.

🛢️ Petroleum-Free: 100% plant-based waxes and oils; zero synthetic dyes or mineral oils.