Lip Balm | English Hempseed (Vegan)

Cannabis sativa seed oil, butyrospermum parkii butter, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, theobroma cacao seed butter, tocopherol (vitamin e). * Occurs naturally in essential oils.For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Discontinue use if irritation occurs.

This lip balm is suitable for all skin types and is fully vegan. The lip balms come in a fully recyclable cardboard container with a push-up mechanism. The tubes hold 2–3 times more product than standard lip balms, yet they're still small enough to pop in your pocket.

Gently push up the balm from the base and enjoy!

Hemp has fed, clothed, and healed us for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found hemp fibre in Chinese burial sites dating back to 2800 BCE, and the plant travelled westward along trade routes long before it had a name in English. The Anglo-Saxons knew it as hænep - one of their most useful plants -and by the 16th century it was so essential to English rural life that Henry VIII fined farmers who failed to grow it. Rope, sail, paper, medicine: hemp held things together.

Its oil has always been the quiet part of that story. Cold-pressed from the seed, it carries an exceptional balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids - the same essential building blocks the skin uses to maintain its barrier, hold moisture, and calm inflammation. Herbalists have long reached for it to soothe and soften, and modern skin science has followed that same instinct. On the lips, it hydrates without heaviness, calms without numbing, and protects without sealing the skin away from itself.

Hempen Organic in Oxfordshire are growing it now the way it has always grown best - patiently, regeneratively, in relationship with the land. The plant that held the ancient world together is still doing its quiet work.