About MOUE

A moue is a little pout: the shape lips make just before a kiss, or while you decide between two flavors. It is short and soft, and you say it like "moo". For a balm you dab on with no mirror, it felt like the right word.

We chose the ten the way you choose from the jars on a sweet-shop counter: honey, strawberry, vanilla and cherry first, then watermelon, coconut, mint and blueberry, then a honey scrub and a lavender mask for the other moments. They all share one jar: small, squat and clear, with a cap in the flavor's color and a narrow ivory label with MOUE and the flavor on the front. One jar, ten colors, so they look like they belong together on a shelf.

A lip balm is a cosmetic, so we talk about what you can see, smell and feel: the flavor, the texture, the color in the jar and on your lips. Each page lists the key ingredients as the maker describes them, says what each one is, and stops there. We would rather say less than promise more. The full ingredient list will be printed on the jar, and we e-mail it as soon as we have it. Our Ingredients & Prop 65 page says what we ask the maker for before we take orders.

MOUE is operated by Rusy Pao LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company. Orders ship from our partner warehouse overseas to the 50 US states and Washington, D.C., with shipping and duties included. The details are on our Seller Information page.

A question about a flavor, an ingredient list or an order? Write to contact@mouebalm.com. We reply within 2 business days.