Chapstick?

half a rusty soup can full of bear-fat, just like the inuit do. Or there is some stuff that comes in a blue and yellow tin thats expedition grade wind-burn guard.
 
Bag Balm. Yeah, it smells like a machine shop, but it sure works. Anything that is made for cow udders has to be good, right?

But ARKnives, I love the Chapstick Man Project. The heat shrink idea is pretty good too - as long as you don't melt the Chapstick in the process.
 
powernoodle said:
Bag Balm. Yeah, it smells like a machine shop, but it sure works. Anything that is made for cow udders has to be good, right?

But ARKnives, I love the Chapstick Man Project. The heat shrink idea is pretty good too - as long as you don't melt the Chapstick in the process.
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Thanks man ill have to try that. I'm already working on the chapstick sheath project.
 
I think the use it/need it theory of lip balm is a myth. The exception to that is Carmex. It is nominally for cold sores and contains salicylic acid. Salicylic acid dries up sores. So Carmex contains both moisturizing and drying ingredients and works at cross-purposes when applied for moisture.

Chapstick, Blistex, Burt's Bees are only moisturizers, mostly petrolatum, ie Vaseline.
 
MarkPinTx said:
I think the use it/need it theory of lip balm is a myth. The exception to that is Carmex. It is nominally for cold sores and contains salicylic acid. Salicylic acid dries up sores. So Carmex contains both moisturizing and drying ingredients and works at cross-purposes when applied for moisture.

Chapstick, Blistex, Burt's Bees are only moisturizers, mostly petrolatum, ie Vaseline.
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Where do you see petro-anything in the Burt's Bees ingredients?

cera alba (beeswax, cire d'abeille), cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, lanolin, tocopherolrosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, glycine soja (soybean) oil, canola oil (huile de colza), limonene.

http://www.burtsbees.com/Beeswax-Li...d.html?cgid=beeswaxLipBalm&start=1&q=#start=1
 
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DoctorWho said:
You can get Burt's Bees in a tin.
http://www.burtsbees.com/Beeswax-Li...d.html?cgid=beeswaxLipBalm&start=4&q=#start=4
I've always preferred a tin to a stick, as far as lip balm goes. No matter what kind of case you fashion for a stick, it's still gonna look a little bit like you're puttin' on lipstick... maybe that's what your buddies chuckle about. The tin is where it's at, IMHO.
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Thanks for the tip, I didn't know there was such a thing. Will get some first chance I have.
 
Google fixn wax. Works way better than chap stick. I also use it to waterproof my boats, on my bow string, and on wooden handled knifes. If you add less bees wax it will be soft just like chap stick.
 
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