Bravo Weleda for launching this new lip balm trio (Nude, Rose and Berry Red). Good news for most of us.  Brilliant news for the sensitive skin/lip crowd.
I remember buying a gorgeous, buttery lipstick one lunchtime when I worked in an office. Back at my desk just before the clock struck “2”, I slicked it on.
Mmmm" The rim around my lips felt irritated. Not good. A quick trip to the bathroom mirror and yes, a resemblance to The Joker in Batman was in development.
My lips had a faint reddish ring around them and  were not happy with my new sleek, cafe au lait shade French brand lipstick (begins with “C” but it’s not Clarins). They felt raw and warm, as if I’d applied a chilli pepper lip gloss to them. My lipline was burning. Clang! Lipstick in the bin. I’ve never had a problem with lipstick since, but because of that little drama any all-natural lip launches are interesting to me.  In all honesty I find natural lipsticks have a bit of catching up to do with their more mainstream rivals – re. texture, taste, shades, packaging, pigmentation quality, across the board… They’re either too sheer, too hard (difficult to apply) or good but inconsistent for example if they’re made in smaller batches (Kjaer Weiss’s lip gloss I like, but I was a bit less thrilled by their lipsticks despite the cool packaging when they launched last year and when I told their PR this, she put it down to the “batchR...