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Eco Lips is deeply connected with nature, applying what we know about beneficial organic ingredients to better people’s lives. We’re restless at heart, so we keep exploring every corner of the world to seek out even better ways forward.
Like so many great American business stories, ours started small.
In the early 1990s, Andrea Danielson began brewing small batches of natural lip balm in her kitchen for her friends and family. She took great care in handcrafting the balm and packaging it in small amber glass jars to preserve the freshness of the pure ingredients. Andrea didn’t realize that by giving a sample of her natural lip creation to Steve Shriver her life would be changed forever.
Steve had larger-than-life lips, and was always searching for a better balm. When Steve met Andrea in 1995, he immediately fell in love with the lip balm, and moments later he also fell in love with Andrea. They were married in 1997 and Steve, a lifetime entrepreneur, quickly spent Andrea’s life savings on ingredients and packaging for the couple’s first product, Hemp Lip Buzz.
By 2003, Steve and Andrea built a specialized private label natural body care company focused on making high quality products for many other successful brands. Their company rapidly became a leading natural body care manufacturer in the Natural Products industry.
Their top sales rep, Jim King, also had a love for lip balm, and had a vision for creating a lip balm brand like no other. Together, the team pivoted from making products for other companies to making their own. Eco Lips had arrived.
Every time you make a purchase, you’re making a conscious choice. When you choose Eco Lips, here are some ways you’re helping to Spread the Good.
PEOPLE
Since introducing the very first organic lip balm in 2003, Eco Lips has helped make organics part of people’s lives. That’s good for people everywhere. Know what’s also good? How we source ingredients to ensure authenticity and that the growers receive a fair price – a practice that’s vital in helping developing communities share in our success. And even better, our day-to-day work happens in a setting that welcomes all.
PLANET
Our environment is so precious. That’s why every decision we make considers its impact on the planet. Why? We believe in the power of natural, organic ingredients over products that are petroleum-based or loaded with chemicals like other brands. This extends to packaging – our lip balms are packed in our exclusive Plant Pod®. It’s 100% plastic free. Plus, our production facility runs on renewable energy. Clearly, we don’t give lip service to sustainability – we live it every day.
PROFIT
As a registered B Corporation, we’re using business as a force for good. This comes to life in many ways, from Fair Trade practices with the growers we work with, to being generous with our profits to create impact in the communities we serve. This creates a better quality of life for our staff, everyone we work with, as well as people who use our products every day.
We’re a fusion of cyclists, climbers, disc throwers, disc spinners, glass blowers, clay throwers, music makers, bee keepers, boat floaters, yogis & yoginis, photo takers, foodie bakers, some daddies & mommies, who occasionally hug trees, eat dirt, splash air, get air, play notes, mountain pose, beat skin, touch fins, find peace within…this family, this tribe, this friendship exists because of our love for lips.
Eco Lips takes diversity and inclusion seriously. Eco Lips is a proud employer to a diverse group of people of all backgrounds and experiences. We create opportunities for our employees to live with dignity, support themselves and their families, and make a contribution to their communities. We not only care about our stakeholders, customers and employees, but pledge to keep the environment protected and its inhabitants fairly treated. We show up for each other. We act with empathy. We’re transparent. We’re growing our company not for personal gain but by developing our people into leaders who do the right thing. Because it’s great for the bottom line, but more importantly because it’s good for the world.
Our success as a company helps support these organizations and initiatives to foster a connection with nature, self and each other.
Trees Forever is dedicated to planting trees, encouraging volunteer involvement and promoting environmental stewardship through hands-on work focused on improving the environment through sustainable plantings and projects.
Connect CR brings together two major projects in Cedar Rapids -- the revitalization of Cedar Lake and the creation of an iconic pedestrian/trail bridge south of downtown, which will span the Cedar River at the site of an old railroad bridge that was wiped out in the historic flood of 2008.
The Nature Center's beekeeping program benefits the local pollinator population and harvest honey, but also to provides a hands-on learning opportunity for those interested in beekeeping at the hobby level. Our sponsorship supports the rebuilding of the apiary, which includes materials, maintenance, and operations.
The impact of Prospect Meadows on our economy will be astronomical but the impact on the quality of life in Linn County will be even greater. Eco Lips’ support will go directly to quality of life assets such as attractions, retailers, restaurants and entertainment.
