eeeeeee! look what i got!

something so simple, and yet so divine!

i love making lip balm-- i make GOOD lip balm. REALLY good lip balm, if i do say so myself. but, like lining soap molds, there is an aspect of lip balm making that sort of sucks unless you have a little something on your side. in the case of soap molds, you cut out the time-consuming, pain-in-the-butt aspect of lining w/ freezer paper or plastic wrap with silicone or silicone-lined molds. with LIP BALM, this little plastic doodad w/ more air than plastic dramatically reduces the awful, painful, *loathesome* tedium of filling the tubes.

do you know how many tubes i've filled in my relatively young career as a lip balm maker? hundreds, literally hundreds. one by one. with disposable plastic droppers. SUCK.

this. this changes everything, and i am STOKED.

this weekend: honey-orange and honey-grapefruit are back on a roll. tea treelief and sweet cream (white chocolate) are ready to go.

now if only there was some plastic fix for the LABELING issue.