New Mexico is an amazing place to live. We have the best sunsets on the planet, our green chile kicks ass, and we鈥檙e way听less crowded than our neighbors up north in Colorado. We do, however, have some downsides.听One of which is the way our听dry climate wreaks havoc on your skin. If you find yourself without lip balm,听especially in winter, you can听bet on tasting blood from the cracks that form as air yanks any and all moisture from your lips. Consider yourself warned.
I grew up here,听so I learned the hard way.听I then wised up and started tearing through any and all lip moisturizers I could get my hands on. It鈥檚 been a long journey, but I came across 听($12听for one) and my lips are finally happy.
The ingredients are not revolutionary. The balm听has all the good stuff you鈥檒l find in other all-natural lip refreshers: coconut oil to repair听cracked skin, cocoa and shea butter to moisturize, and beeswax to help听keep the wetness听in. The big difference is the size. Each Stoked Goods tube听is three times bigger than a听normal-size ChapStick,听which means one stick听can get me through an entire ski season. That extra size also makes the tube significantly harder to lose. I know it鈥檚 in my pocket, and it doesn鈥檛 slip down to the very bottom of my bag. And the tube鈥檚 girth makes it much easier to grip and apply with gloves on while riding the lift.听
Because you get so much goodness in one tube, Stoked Goods rightly calls it a balm. You can apply it听to your burnt nose, but also to your hands听or any other piece of skin that needs a little moisture or repair. It鈥檚 not as good as hand repair lotion, but a little Stoked Goods as a spot treatment听on your knuckles prevents painful and repetitive cracking.听
Finally, I鈥檓 always glad听that Stoked Goods听comes in a biodegradable tube. Lip balm听containers are by no means the biggest culprits when it comes to our plastic problem, but they鈥檙e not helping. It鈥檚 nice to know that after my Stoked Goods balm is done keeping my lips and skin in good working condition, the container won鈥檛 cause any environmental听problems.听听