Our Prices Have Gone Up - Here's Why

This Monday, I took a deep breath, put on my big girl panties, and made the tough decision to increase the price of all our lip balms, exfoliating balms, and tinted balms by $1. While I don’t owe the world an explanation, I know many of you appreciate transparency about what it’s like to run a business from behind the scenes. So, here’s the scoop: I blame the chocolate.

Since our last price adjustment two years ago, costs have been climbing across the board, affecting everything from ingredients to shipping supplies. I’ve always tried to order in bulk to secure better rates, but there’s only so much that strategy can do to counteract rising costs.

The real eye-opener came when I was researching prices for my next bulk order of cocoa butter. My jaw literally dropped when I saw that the cost of those 50-pound chunks had more than doubled in just a year. After recovering from the initial shock, I did some digging to understand what was going on. Was there a chocolate crisis I wasn’t aware of? Surely, we’ve all faced enough challenges in recent years.

As it turns out, there is indeed a cocoa bean shortage, causing prices for cocoa products to soar globally. This is particularly impactful for us because cocoa butter is a star ingredient in our formulas, and its price hike hits us hard due to the large quantities we use.

Once I sat down to crunch the numbers on how these new costs affect our product pricing, it became clear that a price adjustment was necessary. 

I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your understanding and support. We have some incredibly exciting things in the works for you over the next few months, and I can’t wait to share them with you. And on a lighter note, the prices on our LippyClips remain the same—no chocolate ingredients there!

Thank you for sticking with us through these changes. Your support means the world to us. Stay tuned for the fun surprises we have in store!