Questions and answers about Lips by Rudolph Care
We have answered the most frequently asked questions about Lips by Rudolph Care.
Lips by Rudolph Care combines the concepts of lip balm and lip gloss by bringing together intense nourishment and care and a bright shine and gloss effect. With its high content of organic shea butter, pomegranate seed oil and açai oil, this lip gloss has the same nourishing properties as a lip serum. The lip glosses have an added natural, food-grade standard* color and the glosses Josephine, Elisabeth, Andrea and Isolde are as well enriched with a sparkling, easily degradable mineral.
*The European Food Safety Authority has taken a new standpoint towards one ingredient in Isolde (03) Limited Edition. Read more about it here.
That depends on what you are doing, of course. If you are drinking, eating or kissing, it will disappear faster than if the gloss is left untouched. But shea butter has a protective effect as the beneficial fats are not removed from the skin when you wash or lick your lips.
Lips by Rudolph Care is not a lipstick, but a toned gloss and care product in one. Our certifications set out a string of requirements that we have to meet in order to carry both the Ecocert Cosmos Organic certification and the Nordic Swan Ecolabel – these requirements impose various limits on color intensity. On the basis of these certification requirements, we have therefore chosen the colors we liked the best. These natural colors are food-grade standard*. Andrea and Marie are the glosses with the strongest color.
*The European Food Safety Authority has taken a new standpoint towards one ingredient in Isolde (03) Limited Edition. Read more about it here.
It means that Lips by Rudolph Care is not like any lip gloss you have tried before. Our range of lip gloss is the first in the world to combine the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and the Ecocert Cosmos Organic certification.
This means that you can be sure that Lips by Rudolph Care is concerned about and cares for you and nature in a full life cycle. It also means that you get a 100% natural lip gloss without preservatives, suspected harmful chemicals and endocrine disruptors, synthetic colors and perfume. Moreover, the Nordic Swan Ecolabel puts forward requirements for the use of emulsifiers that your lip gloss naturally also lives up to.
No, they do not. The taste and fragrance you experience come from the 100% natural ingredients.
Choose Elisabeth (01) for a transparent gloss that emphasizes the natural color of your lips. Choose Josephine (04) for a discreet rose tone. Choose Andrea (02) for a red glow and Marie (05) for a freshly pink berry color. The philosophy behind Lips by Rudolph Care is that the products should first and foremost be nourishing and moisturizing lip products – with the added benefit of a discreet color. The colors we use in Lips by Rudolph Care are food-grade standard*.
*The European Food Safety Authority has taken a new standpoint towards one ingredient in Isolde (03) Limited Edition. Read more about it here.
Elisabeth is neutral and transparent whereas Josephine has a subtle rose color. The way the color will look on you depends entirely on the natural color of your lips. All lips are different, and the look of Elisabeth and Josephine may vary from person to person.
The Lips products are first and foremost a carefully combined list of nourishing, softening ingredients that provide intense care for your lips. That is why all the versions are full of all the best from nature to emphasize and nourish the naturalness of your lips.
Honey
Honey is rich in vitamins and minerals which makes this well-known ingredient a natural sealant that attracts and retains moisture in the skin and ensures that your lips stay well cared for.
Raspberry
The oil from raspberry seeds has a strengthening and moisturizing effect, especially on dry and damaged lips that lack life and vitality.
Pomegranate
Pomegranate seed oil is full of antioxidants that protect and nourish the skin on your lips.
Beeswax
Beeswax gives Lips by Rudolph Care structure and texture. The natural wax makes the skin elastic and leaves it soft and supple.
Castor oil
The cold-pressed, organic castor oil has been extracted from the castor bean and is full of nourishment and a strong ability to lock moisture into the skin.
Saltwort
Extracted from the green herb that grows naturally on the Danish coastline, saltwort is known for properties that help the skin lock in and preserve nourishing moisture.
Açai oil
The açai berry which grows in the wild and lush shadow of the Amazon is the heart of Rudolph Care. That is why you will also find the oil from the berries in Lips by Rudolph Care – and with good reason. Açai berries have revitalizing properties in their unique concentration of antioxidants, vitamins C and E, omega 6 and 9 and minerals (incl. iron and potassium).
We have added natural, food-grade standard* color to all the Lips products.
*The European Food Safety Authority has taken a new standpoint towards one ingredient in Isolde (03) Limited Edition. Read more about it here.
No. All the lip products contain lanolin, certified organic beeswax and honey and Marie (05) contains natural carmine. We have chosen to add these ingredients for their nourishing and nurturing properties and good color effect – and for their contribution to a soft, luxurious consistency in the product. We only use certified organic honey extract and beeswax to ensure that we only use ingredients from happy bees who live a good life. The lanolin we use is exclusively a by-product from wool production.
No – all variants contain no preservatives.
When you have opened your lipgloss, it will stay fresh for six months.
Lanolin is a fat found in sheep’s wool. The lanolin used by Rudolph Care is exclusively a by-product from wool production. Lanolin is excellent for dry and cracked skin because it places a fine barrier on the skin and protects it against loss of moisture – as well as preserving the skin’s elasticity and flexibility.
Marbling occurring in your lip gloss is normal. The marbling has no impact on the benefit or care of the product, and it usually disappears when you use your lip gloss regularly and increase circulation in the packaging. The marbling happens when the product is placed in its packaging, and the natural ingredients react to temperature changes. Lips products consist of 100% natural ingredients that both live up to and combine the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and the Ecocert Cosmos Organic certification. This in itself is a task that both brings strengths and imposes very natural (good) limits on the use of emulsifiers, for example.
Does the color of your lip gloss not look quite the same as the one in the picture – or the one you bought previously? There is an explanation for that. All the versions of Lips by Rudolph Care have been created using 100% natural ingredients, but depending on harvest conditions and processing colors may vary. Lips by Rudolph Care does not contain synthetic colorings – only natural ones which may also mean slight variations from production to production.
The castor oil used by Rudolph Care is organic, cold-pressed and is of excellent, exclusive quality. It has been extracted from the castor bean and is a nourishing and moisturizing oil.
Generally, castor oil is a raw material that can fluctuate in quality depending on the industry, supplier and manufacturer you work with – which is why Rudolph Care has a clear goal of using only excellent, efficient and luxurious castor oil as approved by both the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and Ecocert Cosmos Organic.
We use the castor oil in pure, organic form, but also combined with other ingredients to achieve a unique combination of softness, nourishment and just the right consistency.
The Marie gloss gets its color from natural carmine that gives the lips a a fresh raspberry tint. Carmine is a red color of natural origin that is food-grade standard.
Isolde (03) Limited Edition contains titanium dioxide, which has been deemed problematic in the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) latest report on the naturally occurring dye. Data in the EFSA report that have cast doubt on the safety of the dye are primarily based on nano form titanium dioxide. Nano denotes the size of particles and refers to 1-100 nanometers. A nanometer is equal to one millionth of a millimeter, which according to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency is approximately 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. At Rudolph Care, we do not use titanium dioxide in nano form, as our Ecocert COSMOS Organic certification does not allow it. Titanium dioxide is being phased out in foods as a precautionary measure but remains approved for use in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
Since going into production, the Nordic Swan Ecolabel has decided to follow the EFSA's assessment as a precautionary measure and will in future not certify lip products that contain titanium dioxide - this is why we won't be restocking Isolde. Our current stock of Isolde is still Nordic Swan Ecolabeled and may be sold as such.
Your safety is most important to us. This FAQ is intended to provide you with the information about titanium dioxide that you need in order to make an informed choice.
If you want to avoid titanium dioxide in your lip gloss entirely, we recommend that you choose one of the four other Lips products: Elisabeth (01), Josephine (04), Andrea (02) and Marie (05).