Pure+simple grapefruit and basil lip balm

Who else hoards lip balms? You know you have a lot but you just have to keep buying more because you haven't found "the one". Well, when you buy cruelty free it's even worse, no lip balm seems to moisturize your lips enough so you move to the next one. While in search of a new one I stumble upon this brand called Pure+Sinple, I went to their website and found shipping was free when you bought 2 so I said why not and took the plunge. A month later they finally arrived at my door, one of them had some oil on it, sign that it had melted a bit in transit but nothing major.

They have a variety of flavors and you can choose between the regular one which is beeswax based and the vegan one, I went with the vegan ones.

Right when I opened the grapefruit and basil one I noticed it has indeed melted and looked kinda weird so I popped them in the freezer for a few hours. When I took them out I decided to only use one and store the other one for later use.

When I used it right out the freezer I noticed the smell was really faint and I got disappointed, then upon puting it on my lips it instantly melted and felt like I had just put plain coconut oil on my lips, a few minutes passed and it was just sitting there on top of my lips, it never absorbed and it didn't make my lips feel moisturized at all.

ingredients: organic cold-pressed extra virgin coconut oil (cocos nucifera), pure natural African shea butter (butyrospermum parkii), pure natural candelilla wax (euphorbia cerifera/euphorbia antisyphilitica), pure steam-distilled or cold-pressed essential oils

The main ingredient in this is coconut oil but it has some other oils to make it more moisturizing but you can't actually tell and that's a bummer because I really wanted to love this balm, I'm all for cruelty free companies that use natural ingredients, unfortunately this was a miss for me.

I have really dry lips and I always carry a lip balm with me but with this one you can't because if you keep it in your pocket it will melt and cause a mess and if you live in a warm place it will definitely melt even if you keep it in a purse. I have to store mine in the freezer and honestly I only use it when I have nothing else around and my lips hurt but I can't keep it on me or it melts.

I don't feel the inclusion of the other oils their ingredients say it has, I will keep using it but I will not be repurchasing, I really hope the lavender one gives better results.