Evolution of Smooth, or EOS, makes a great organic lip balm that soothes your lips without leaving using synthetic ingredients that could be harmful in the long run. The Summer Fruit flavor is quite feminine, so if you're looking for a more masculine lip balm, you might not like this one. It's also hard to carry easily in a pocket and is more suited to those who bring purses or backpacks with them, or to just sitting at home on a bedside table. EOS does make lip balms in stick form as well, and those are similar in shape to Nivea balms.

The ingredients, which I've copied from the product page to make sure that I didn't miss anything, are all-natural and packed full of different enriching oils. Contrary to most products that contain a dozen ingredients, the components of the EOS lip balms are naturally-occurring oils and extracts that don't require a search engine to decipher.

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Beeswax (Cire D'abeille), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Natural Flavor, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf/Stem Extract, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract, Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit Extract*, Prunus Persica (Peach) Fruit Extract, Linalool.

The lip balm comes in a small, rounded container with a flat bottom, packaged with a clear plastic band. This is where the important information like flavor, directions and ingredients can be found, so be careful peeling it off if you'd like to read it. Luckily, there's a small tearaway strip that doesn't rip off anything important. Once the plastic is removed, you can fit your fingers easily into the indented sides to twist the ball in half. The lid comes off easily, leaving you with a spherical dome of lip balm. The Eos name is engraved in both the top and bottom of the ball.

This does feel very good on your lips, but the scent is something that I think will be much better on my girlfriend. It sort of clashes with our angry male deodorants, which smell like avalanches and volcanos. It's not the most long-lasting lip balm that I've ever used, but it will do in a pinch. For the price, I would have expected it to last a bit longer, but it does leave your lips feeling moisturized. EOS doesn't test their products on animals, but this product sadly isn't vegan-friendly because of the beeswax.

Other than the Summer Fruit, this is sold on Eden in Honeysuckle, Strawberry Sorbet, Lemon, Tangerine and Sweet Mint. It contains .25oz of product.

My girlfriend ordered herself a few new lipbalms as a part of the recent Facebook special, and had them sent here. I figured that I may as well give one a try, but I don't think that they're my speed. If she'd picked up the mint flavor, I might have been persuaded to keep one for myself, but the summer fruit is something that I'd rather kiss off of her lips than have on mine.

The Summer Fruit lip balm by EOS has a nice, light, feminine scent and taste. It's a good, all-natural balm, though not as long lasting as some, and comes complete with with a unique spherical design. Unfortunately, this makes it somewhat impractical to carry in your pocket, and at the price of $7 a "stick," I definitely wouldn't buy another one of these even if I liked the scent.