Intelligent Nutrients lipgloss Review: Say hello to toxin free make-up!

Intelligent Nutrients, the brand behind our favourite spray on detangler has created a range of really exciting products when it comes to non-toxic beauty.
Founded by Horst Rechelbacher (the original founder of Aveda), Intelligent Nutrients use 100% food-based, safe, non-toxic & organic ingredients. And all after-tax profits from the sale of Intelligent Nutrients products are donated to environmental and social causes.

Image borrowed from Intelligent Nutrients

All Intelligent Nutrients (IN) products are certified organic and are cruelty free. IN also collaborates with  Henry Ford Hospital & the Mayo Clinic, ranking  #1 (with a rating of 9.5/10) in a study of 50 natural & organic cosmetic brands conducted by Organic Monitor.

This review covers Intelligent Nutrients Certified Organic Lip Delivery Nutrition, and the 3 Lip Delivery Antioxidant Glosses; Purple Maize, Cranberry and Clear frosting.

Personally speaking, I've never been able to wear lipgloss - it's not that I haven't tried or that I don't like it, it's because I have intolerances to so many things. In the instance that I do wear normal brands of lipgloss or lip balms, my lips swell up a little and all the remains of the lip gloss is a line of goo on my lower lip. Not a good look or a good feeling.

So, when I found this range I wasn't sure what to expect. All of the Ingredients looked great and safe but prior experience had taught me to wait until the run through.

Update: US readers can buy straight from the Intelligent Nutrients site

Certified Organic Lip Delivery Nutrition Review

The bottom line of this product's description reads:

"Softness. Smoothness. The seductive and irresistible allure of not being coated in petroleum."

Sounds sexy, right? Ok, maybe not sexy but for some reason I can hear it being read in a husky voice while classic perfume ad music plays quietly in the background "mmmm, no petroleum".
Joking aside, that can only be a good thing. I'm pretty sure petroleum and it's byproducts weren't designed for being slathered over the body (check this article by Stacy Malkan, author of Not just a pretty face: The ugly side of the beauty industry, at the campaign for safe cosmetics and be sure to read the NY Times piece about the findings of the president's cancer panel's research here.)
And while we're talking about things that aren't in this lip balm you can also count on the fact that you won't find mineral oil or lead in this product.

But enough about the health dangers of common ingredients that simply aren't here. What about this lovely non-toxic lip balm. Simply put, it's perfect; lasting softness, intense lip nutrition, and it won't leave any goop on your lips.

TBT Rating: 5/5, available for £14.00 (17.50 Euros / $23.94) inc P&P from Feelunique, Being Content, Lovelula & Naturisimo.



Ingredients:Beeswax*, Coconut Oil*, Sunflower Seed Oil*, Red Grape Seed Oil*,**, Cranberry Seed Oil*,**, Castor Seed Oil*, Palm Kernel Oil*, Red Raspberry Seed Oil*,**, Pumpkin Seed Oil*,**, Rose Hips Seed Oil*, Black Cumin Seed Oil*,**, Shea Butter*, Vanilla Plantifolia Fruit Oil*, Peppermint Oil*, Natural Orange Mint Flavor*, Corn Mint leaf oil*, Nutmeg Kernel Oil*, Limonene,*,***,  Eugenol*,***,  Isougenol*,***, Vitamin E.  
*Certified Organic
**Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex
***Naturally Occurring Component of Organic Essential Oil Blend

Intelligent Nutrients Lip Delivery Antioxidant Glosses, 12 ml, the Review

L-R: Cranberry Glow (only available as part of the In Joy Set in the UK), Purple Maize, Clear Frosting & Lip delivery nutrition.

After failed attempts at getting swatches that looked like the colour I realised that the swatches on the site are true to form (aside from the clear frosting which gives you a really nice light shimmer).

Here's the blurb:

"combining powerful colorful antioxidant chemistry and nutritious food ingredients with a high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (antioxidant) ORAC value. Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss is free from toxic mined or mineral pigments, heavy metals, synthetic colorants. Every ingredient chosen to feed your lips with power-packed antioxidants and Intelligent Nutrients’ signature Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex to help battle oxidative stress and aid in fighting pre-mature aging while delivering delicious moisture and shine. The aroma/flavor is filled with certified organic Agave, Caramel, Coconut, Raspberry and Vanilla. It not only tastes good, it’s good for you."

These glosses are free from:

• Gluten
• Lead & Other Heavy Metals
  
• Mined Minerals & Synthetic Colour
  
• Synthetic Oils & Waxes
• Mineral Oil & Petrolatum
• Artifical Fragrances & Phthalates
• Silicones & Parabens

These glosses aren't sticky, if your hair blows into your face you won't have to go through the laborious task of having to gently pull your hair out of your lip gloss (and then try and comb the lip gloss out of your hair).

The staying power is great and the quality is brilliant.

Cranberry glow gives a really cute bitten lip lok and purple maize is a little more vampy, if you want more of a colour pop just layer up. The added benefits of these glosses is that they also act as lip conditioners and they taste delicious!

Is the In Joy The Shine Set worth it?
If you love lip glosses and are likely to buy at least 3 of the items reviewed then yes. The lip glosses and lip delivery nutrition balm are all full size and you get a handy tin to carry them in. Not to mention the fact that 3 items would add up to a minimum of £44 which is the same price as the set - and for that you get an extra lip gloss.

TBT rating: 5/5 available for £15 inc P&P, from:
Purple Maize: Being Content, Naturisimo, Feelunique, Lovelula.
Clear Frosting: Being Content, Feelunique, Lovelula
Cranberry Glow: Being Content
In Joy The Shine Set, available for £44 (inc P&P) from Being content, Feelunique, Naturisimo

Clear frosting Ingredients: Castor Seed Oil*, Beeswax*, Agave Leaf Extract*, Sweet Raspberry Natural Flavour*, Coconut Oil*, Vanilla Bean Natural Flavour*, Caramel Cream Natural Flavor*, Acai fruit Oil*, Cocoa Butter*, Shea Butter*, Carnauba Wax*, Coconut Cream Natural Flavour*, Jojoba Seed Oil*, Rosehip Oil*, Black Cumin Seed Oil*,**, Cranberry Seed Oil*,**, Red Raspberry Seed Oil*,**, Red Grape Seed Oil*,**, Pumpkin Seed Oil*,**,Vitamin E.
*Certified Organic 
*Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex

Purple Maize Ingredients:
Castor Seed Oil*, Beeswax*, Coconut Oil*, Agave Leaf Extract*, Purple Corn Extract*, Sweet Raspberry Natural Flavor*, Vanilla Bean Natural Flavour*, Caramel Cream Natural Flavor*, Acai fruit Oil*, Cocoa Butter*, Shea Butter*, Carnauba Wax*, Coconut Cream Natural Flavour*, Jojoba Seed Oil*, Rosehip Oil*, Black Cumin Seed Oil*,**, Cranberry Seed Oil*,**, Red Raspberry Seed Oil*,**, Red Grape Seed Oil*,**, Pumpkin Seed Oil*,**,Vitamin E.
*Certified Organic 
*Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex

Cranberry Glow Ingredients:
Castor Oil*, Beeswax* Agave Extract*, Sweet Raspberry Natural Flavour*, Coconut Oil*, Water, Vanilla Bean Natural Flavour*, Caramel Cream Natural Flavour*, Kaolin, Carrot Extract*, Radish Extract, Lemon Extract*, Annatto Oil*, Shea Butter*, Carnauba Wax*, Cocoa Butter*, Coconut Cream Natural Flavour*, Jojoba Seed Oil*, Rosehip Oil*, Black Cumin Seed Oil*,**, Pumpkin Seed Oil*,**, Red Raspberry Seed Oil*,**, Red Grape Seed Oil*,**, Cranberry Seed Oil*,**, Cranberry*, Orange Peel*, Rosa Damascenta Flower*, Vitamin E.
*Certified Organic 
**Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex