The Winter Tide Glossy Chapstick has an incredibly hydrating and healing base of Tallow and Lanolin. It came about because I learned that lip balms that are made with herbal oils and waxes are amazing and soothing but for dry cracked lips however they aren't actually hydrating. Oils and wax are occlusives and emollients so they don't actually provide moisture but rather just seal in and protect. If you already have dry lips there isn't any moisture to seal in. So to actually bring moisture back to the lips you need to add an anhydrous ingredient that will emulsify a small amount of water soluble ingredient. So, we dove down the rabbit hole and learned that Lanolin can hold water, it can actually hold 2x its weight in water and is super moisturizing. Boy did that make a difference! The Chapstick also has Marshmallow root glycerite emulsified into the blend as its incredibly soft and slippery due to the mucilage adding additional moisture and healing.