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Organic Lip Balm Plush – Everkind

GOLD + EDITOR'S CHOICE
Best Lip Balm 2025

$18.50

Everkind’s Plush lip balm delivers soft, supple lips with its certified organic formula. Packaged in a home-compostable tube, it offers eco-friendly lip care that benefits both users and the planet. Perfect for combating dryness while promoting sustainability.

Formulated with excellent clean, Certified organic ingredients.
Everkind is committed to high-quality products that prioritise wellbeing over cost. Their offerings are made with the best ingredients, ensuring they are beneficial for health. The brand and its organic suppliers undergo annual third-party audits to uphold social justice and guarantee that all products are free from animal testing. All ingredients are certified organic and traceable to their origins. Everkind has received multiple awards for its ethical practices, including the 2024 Clean+ Conscious Award for Zero Waste Beauty for their Plush lip balm.
Everkind aims to minimise environmental harm and restore the planet through sustainable practices. They prioritise high-performance products with low impact, utilising certified organic ingredients and home compostable packaging. Since 2018, Everkind has innovated in paper packaging, featuring deodorants in paper tubes or jars, body balms in paper jars and a unique lip balm applicator that reveals organic ingredients. Their achievements include winning the TSB Business Award for Environmental Excellence in 2023 and sponsoring Organic Week NZ in 2023 and 2024, while they support local initiatives promoting sustainable living.
Everkind prioritises bodycare without compromising human health and wellbeing, ensuring that their practices benefit customers and those in their supply chain. They promote social responsibility by donating at least 2% of revenue to initiatives like Charity:Water, which provides clean water, as well as supporting small orphanages in India and various local charities, such as Women’s Refuge, Taranaki Hospice, Organic NZ and Sustainable Taranaki. Everkind also offers a 100% happiness guarantee to ensure customer satisfaction, emphasising their commitment to helping individuals thrive rather than simply selling products.

Product Reviews by Experts


This lip balm has a gentle, comforting fragrance and a wonderfully soothing texture that makes it a joy to use, especially in the colder months. It glides on smoothly, instantly relieving dryness and leaving my lips feeling deeply nourished and protected. I also really appreciated the thoughtful, sustainable packaging- the paper tube is beautifully designed, easy to use and speaks to the care and quality that’s gone into every part of the product. Everkind’s unwavering commitment to caring for both people and planet is genuinely impressive. Their certified organic supply chain, third-party audits and charitable giving show a level of integrity that extends far beyond the product itself. Their continuous innovation in compostable packaging reflects a clear dedication to sustainability and their ongoing support for social causes and local communities adds another meaningful layer to their impact.


Instant comfort! The scent is subtle and soothing and the texture is perfect- not too firm, not too soft which can sometimes be a problem with more natural balms. It feels like a genuinely nourishing balm rather than just a temporary fix. I love Everkind’s deeply holistic and transparent approach to sustainability. Their innovation in compostable packaging is not just admirable but industry-leading and their use of fully traceable certified organic ingredients sets a high bar for integrity!


I’m very finicky about lip balms and this one is a pleasure to apply. Lovely gentle scent and leaves your lips feeling smooth. The brands care for creating an ethical, quality product is also evident in the organic ingredients, plastic-free packaging and supply chain.

Organic Lip Balm Plush – Everkind
$18.50
Review This lip balm has a gentle, comforting fragrance and a wonderfully soothing texture that makes it a joy to use, especially in the colder months. It glides on smoothly, instantly relieving dryness and leaving my lips feeling deeply nourished and protected. I also really appreciated the thoughtful, sustainable packaging- the paper tube is beautifully designed, easy to use and speaks to the care and quality that’s gone into every part of the product. Everkind’s unwavering commitment to caring for both people and planet is genuinely impressive. Their certified organic supply chain, third-party audits and charitable giving show a level of integrity that extends far beyond the product itself. Their continuous innovation in compostable packaging reflects a clear dedication to sustainability and their ongoing support for social causes and local communities adds another meaningful layer to their impact.

–Niccii Kugler

Review Instant comfort! The scent is subtle and soothing and the texture is perfect- not too firm, not too soft which can sometimes be a problem with more natural balms. It feels like a genuinely nourishing balm rather than just a temporary fix. I love Everkind’s deeply holistic and transparent approach to sustainability. Their innovation in compostable packaging is not just admirable but industry-leading and their use of fully traceable certified organic ingredients sets a high bar for integrity!

–Ash Quinn

Review I’m very finicky about lip balms and this one is a pleasure to apply. Lovely gentle scent and leaves your lips feeling smooth. The brands care for creating an ethical, quality product is also evident in the organic ingredients, plastic-free packaging and supply chain.

–Sarah Berry

Everkind’s Plush lip balm delivers soft, supple lips with its certified organic formula. Packaged in a home-compostable tube, it offers eco-friendly lip care that benefits both users and the planet. Perfect for combating dryness while promoting sustainability.
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$18.50
Review This lip balm has a gentle, comforting fragrance and a wonderfully soothing texture that makes it a joy to use, especially in the colder months. It glides on smoothly, instantly relieving dryness and leaving my lips feeling deeply nourished and protected. I also really appreciated the thoughtful, sustainable packaging- the paper tube is beautifully designed, easy to use and speaks to the care and quality that’s gone into every part of the product. Everkind’s unwavering commitment to caring for both people and planet is genuinely impressive. Their certified organic supply chain, third-party audits and charitable giving show a level of integrity that extends far beyond the product itself. Their continuous innovation in compostable packaging reflects a clear dedication to sustainability and their ongoing support for social causes and local communities adds another meaningful layer to their impact.

–Niccii Kugler

Review Instant comfort! The scent is subtle and soothing and the texture is perfect- not too firm, not too soft which can sometimes be a problem with more natural balms. It feels like a genuinely nourishing balm rather than just a temporary fix. I love Everkind’s deeply holistic and transparent approach to sustainability. Their innovation in compostable packaging is not just admirable but industry-leading and their use of fully traceable certified organic ingredients sets a high bar for integrity!

–Ash Quinn

Review I’m very finicky about lip balms and this one is a pleasure to apply. Lovely gentle scent and leaves your lips feeling smooth. The brands care for creating an ethical, quality product is also evident in the organic ingredients, plastic-free packaging and supply chain.

–Sarah Berry

Everkind’s Plush lip balm delivers soft, supple lips with its certified organic formula. Packaged in a home-compostable tube, it offers eco-friendly lip care that benefits both users and the planet. Perfect for combating dryness while promoting sustainability.
Categories:
Review This lip balm has a gentle, comforting fragrance and a wonderfully soothing texture that makes it a joy to use, especially in the colder months. It glides on smoothly, instantly relieving dryness and leaving my lips feeling deeply nourished and protected. I also really appreciated the thoughtful, sustainable packaging- the paper tube is beautifully designed, easy to use and speaks to the care and quality that’s gone into every part of the product. Everkind’s unwavering commitment to caring for both people and planet is genuinely impressive. Their certified organic supply chain, third-party audits and charitable giving show a level of integrity that extends far beyond the product itself. Their continuous innovation in compostable packaging reflects a clear dedication to sustainability and their ongoing support for social causes and local communities adds another meaningful layer to their impact.

–Niccii Kugler

Review Instant comfort! The scent is subtle and soothing and the texture is perfect- not too firm, not too soft which can sometimes be a problem with more natural balms. It feels like a genuinely nourishing balm rather than just a temporary fix. I love Everkind’s deeply holistic and transparent approach to sustainability. Their innovation in compostable packaging is not just admirable but industry-leading and their use of fully traceable certified organic ingredients sets a high bar for integrity!

–Ash Quinn

Review I’m very finicky about lip balms and this one is a pleasure to apply. Lovely gentle scent and leaves your lips feeling smooth. The brands care for creating an ethical, quality product is also evident in the organic ingredients, plastic-free packaging and supply chain.

–Sarah Berry

Organic Lip Balm Plush – Everkind
Everkind’s Plush lip balm delivers soft, supple lips with its certified organic formula. Packaged in a home-compostable tube, it offers eco-friendly lip care that benefits both users and the planet. Perfect for combating dryness while promoting sustainability.
Categories:
Review This lip balm has a gentle, comforting fragrance and a wonderfully soothing texture that makes it a joy to use, especially in the colder months. It glides on smoothly, instantly relieving dryness and leaving my lips feeling deeply nourished and protected. I also really appreciated the thoughtful, sustainable packaging- the paper tube is beautifully designed, easy to use and speaks to the care and quality that’s gone into every part of the product. Everkind’s unwavering commitment to caring for both people and planet is genuinely impressive. Their certified organic supply chain, third-party audits and charitable giving show a level of integrity that extends far beyond the product itself. Their continuous innovation in compostable packaging reflects a clear dedication to sustainability and their ongoing support for social causes and local communities adds another meaningful layer to their impact.

–Niccii Kugler

Review Instant comfort! The scent is subtle and soothing and the texture is perfect- not too firm, not too soft which can sometimes be a problem with more natural balms. It feels like a genuinely nourishing balm rather than just a temporary fix. I love Everkind’s deeply holistic and transparent approach to sustainability. Their innovation in compostable packaging is not just admirable but industry-leading and their use of fully traceable certified organic ingredients sets a high bar for integrity!

–Ash Quinn

Review I’m very finicky about lip balms and this one is a pleasure to apply. Lovely gentle scent and leaves your lips feeling smooth. The brands care for creating an ethical, quality product is also evident in the organic ingredients, plastic-free packaging and supply chain.

–Sarah Berry

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