Do your products contain petroleum products, synthetic fragrances, fragrance oils, parabens, formaldehyde releasers, or other synthetic preservatives?

No, never -- this is very important to me. My passion, which became my business, stems from my reverence for natural, minimally processed beautiful materials, and from my own profound chemical sensitivities -- so you can be sure that my none of my products will ever contain these sorts of materials. My products are truly, radically all natural.

What do you mean by radically all natural?

That's a tough question to answer in a short space. But, in essence: there's no standard definition for what "all natural" means in the bodycare and cosmetic world.* Different people have different definitions, and I often see products labeled "all natural" that contain dubious ingredients. What I mean by radically all natural is that every single ingredient I use would fit anyone's notion of what it is to be natural. My products are made from simple, elemental, minimally processed ingredients like herbs, clays, essential oils, oils, and beeswax. Good, clean food, basically! *In fact "all natural" isn't a regulated term, and any company can call their products natural, even if they contain synthetic fragrances, preservatives, etc.!

Given that your products are all natural, how long do they last?

Quite a while! Typically 1-3 years. I formulate my products to be enjoyed over time, and each product is labeled with its batch number and with an "enjoy by" date. The shelf life depends on the particular oils in the product -- just as you wouldn't cook with olive oil that's a few years old, so also will the natural oils in bodycare go rancid over time. If you get to the end of the stated shelf life and your product still feels and smell fresh (no gumminess to a balm, no whiff of old oil), feel free to keep using it! I am pretty conservative when stating shelf life, so products typically last months longer than indicated.

How should I store and care for my Priya Means Love products?

Away from sunlight and at consistent room temperature is ideal -- your medicine cabinet or a shady dresser top is perfect. No need to store in the fridge. Think of it like how you'd store dried herbs -- sunlight steals the mojo of these products, and heat can dull the aromatics over time. And repeated fluctuations from very warm to very cold can change the texture of body butters and creams, A few places to *avoid* storing your goodies: in a car (big temperature swings!), on top of a radiator, on a sunny windowsill. Because my products are made from natural oils, butters, and waxes, they may become softer in very hot weather or harder in cold weather. These texture variations are normal and won't affect the performance of the product.

Notes on allergies and medical conditions.

My products are rich in botanicals, which speak to our bodies in complex, profound ways. But with plants, allergies are always a possibility. Please read ingredients lists, know your own allergies, and ask questions; when in doubt consult your doctor and/or do a patch test. All the descriptions of my products and ingredients are for educational purposes only.

Are your products cruelty free? Vegan?

My products are cruelty free and always will be. I am personally against animal testing, and I will never test my products on animals. To be cruelty-free, a company's ingredients must not be tested on animals either. Part of the reason I use simple, natural ingredients with a long history of human use is that they sidestep the supposed "need" for animal testing, because they're already known to be safe. My products are all vegetarian (like me!), and many are naturally vegan. The only non-vegan ingredients I use are beeswax from local farmers who use good bee-friendly practices, natural lanolin (extracted from sheared sheep's wool), and powdered milk. Many of my products can be made vegan on request -- feel free to convo me!

Packaging return program.

I try to avoid bringing more packaging into this world! Most of my glass packaging can be returned to me for a refund of $1 per piece. Unfortunately I'm unable to cover shipping expenses, so I recommend saving up a handful of containers before mailing your glass packaging back to me. Convo me for my shipping address; when I receive your packaging, I'll issue you a refund on a previous order or via PayPal.

A few years ago I bought a lip scrub / perfume / body butter from you that I LOVED and it's no longer in your shop -- do you have more, or can you make another for me?

Quite possibly! Feel free to email me to ask -- you never know!

Where can I smell and feel your products in person? Do you offer wholesale?

Follow me on Instagram @priyameanslovebodycare to find out where I will be vending in person! WHOLESALE INQUIRIES: Have a beautiful shop where my organic products would fit in? Please contact me at priyameanslove at gmail dot com.

Who makes all this stuff? Where?

All of my products are handmade from scratch by me! I formulate and handmake everything in my Vermont home workshop, using only radically all natural, minimally processed ingredients, most of which are organic or wildharvested. I aim to make my products as from-scratch as possible, starting with herbs, some of which I grow, wildharvest, or source from a nearby farm. My workshop is always brimming with herbs infusing in oils and tinctures brewing, raw materials that will end up in my Deep Radiance Face Cream, Balsam Fir Deodorant, Lavender Mud shampoo -- you name it!

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Mora Lip Therapy: Iron Oxide, Alkanet Root Lipstick (Compostable Tube)

Name: Mora Lip Therapy: Iron Oxide, Alkanet Root Lipstick (Compostable Tube)
Brand: PriyaMeansLove
SKU: 994116763
Price: 18.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (52 reviews)

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Item highlights

Materials: organic castor oil, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic jojoba oil, virgin local beeswax, organic calendula blossoms, wildharvested alkanet root, organic essential oils, essential oils, wild candelilla wax, iron oxide, compostable paperboard tube, handmade label

Seller's description

* note: no longer tiny batch! You all love this one so much that it's now part of my regular line! *

Iron oxide lipstick! Cooler in tone than my Ochre Lip Therapy -- think blackberry or perhaps raisin. Highly pigmented, but slightly sheerer than my warm-toned Ochre Lip Therapy. Deeply nourishing, colored only using plants and iron oxide, in a compostable container. Zero waste makeup, yes!!

Formulated like my besteslling clear and tinted Herbal Lip Therapy, but with just enough modification to turn my favorite lip balm into a lipstick! I've used iron oxide to create this deeply pigmented lipstick (alongside alkanet root, as in my tinted Herbal Lip Therapy). What is iron oxide? It's RUST! And it's a mineral pigment with serious staying power on the skin. Iron oxide-containing clays and soils are ancient makeup, ritually adorning the skin as long as there have been humans.

Mora Lip Therapy is firmer than my regular Herbal Lip Therapy but slightly less firm than Ochre Lip Therapy. Features the same deeply healing botanicals that soothe and mend chronically dry, irritated, chapped lips: calming calendula and immortelle essential oil, regenerating rosemary, and humectant castor and extra virgin olive oils.

The color: it's matte, and I find it quite dynamic (as simple natural things often are) -- it's cool, blackberry, raisiny. Does it wink at goth just a little? As it wears off, it's like a stain version of my fuchsia Herbal Lip Therapy -- so pretty and easy to wear. I remain a makeup ignoramus, and I hope the swatch photos tell the tale! The third photo shows a swatch of Mora Lip Therapy on my arm. The fourth photo shows Mora (left) against Ochre (right), and the fifth photo shows (top to bottom) a single swipe of Ochre, a single swipe of Mora, and a few swipes of deep tint Herbal Lip Therapy (https://www.etsy.com/listing/594581126/fuchsia-herbal-lip-therapy-organic). Ochre Lip Therapy can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/763142602/ochre-lip-therapy-iron-oxide-alkanet

As an extra treat, I recommend using my Maple Lip Buff used beforehand to create a smooth, contented, plump lip surface: https://www.etsy.com/listing/744511854/maple-lip-buff-a-delicious-lip-scrub

0.15 oz compostable paperboard tube with handmade label. (This is the approximate size and shape of a standard plastic lip balm tube.) Important packaging note: Push up carefully from the bottom (using a pen or pencil if needed -- the opening is fairly small!), noting that once pushed up, lipstick cannot be pushed back down into the tube. Toss in the compost once it's finished!

Scent: a mysterious christmasy floral mint warmed by vanilla
Texture: firm but smooth, hydrating but goes onto the lips matte

Ingredients: organic castor bean oil, local beeswax, organic extra-virgin olive oil infused with local organic calendula blossoms, organic jojoba oil, wild alkanet root, iron oxide, wild candelilla wax, vitamin e from non-gmo sources, and organic essential oils.

60+% organic. Always 100% natural.

Price:$18.00

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Oct 28-Nov 5
Cost to ship

$5.98 to United States, 43215.
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Reviews for this item

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5.0

(52 reviews)

4.9 Item quality

5.0 Shipping

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5 This item

madjune Sep 17, 2026

beautiful, natural color can layer for more depth

madjune Sep 17, 2026

5 This item

Ashley Sep 6, 2026

I love the color! It moisturizes my lips very well!

Ashley Sep 6, 2026

5 This item

Karyna Apr 8, 2026

I love Priya's lip balm. The tinted version (I chose Mora) smells and feels just like the clear one, which I love. Same compostable tube but smaller. The color is buildable and turns out to be a beautiful cranberry shade. It will transfer easily but that is what I expected.

Karyna Apr 8, 2026

5 This item

Etsy buyer Feb 22, 2026

This is my go-to lip color. It’s beautiful, smells amazing, and keeps my lips moisturized and soft. I keep one in every bag!

Etsy buyer Feb 22, 2026

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May include: Two brown cardboard tubes with red lip balm inside. The tubes are labeled "Mora Lip Therapy" and "Fruta Means Love".

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PriyaMeansLove
Materials

organic castor oil, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic jojoba oil, virgin local beeswax, organic calendula blossoms, wildharvested alkanet root, organic essential oils, essential oils, wild candelilla wax, iron oxide, compostable paperboard tube, handmade label

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Oct 28-Nov 5
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Ripton, VT
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