I’ve been in a meeting for around 4 hours and have had to reapply lip balm (I use aquaphore) about 6 times. I’m not drinking or talking, and not licking my lips. Where is it going?
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Most chapstick shouldn’t need to be reapplied so often. Their main ingredients are waxy/oily substances that slowly absorb into your skin and rub off.
Aquaphore uses a long chain fatty alcohol, called [Octyldodecanol](https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredients/704230-OCTYLDODECANOL/), as its [main ingredient](https://www.en.eucerin.ca/products/aquaphor/aquaphor-lip-repair-stick?gclid=CjwKCAjwzuqgBhAcEiwAdj5dRpN0gE2WejiHdkpsINLha7f5kMbxrzaALYMwoSbtW05fuC9gWReZuRoCE8EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds).
Alcohols disinfect, but they also dry your skin out, causing you to have to reapply more often. So, it suffers from the normal chapstick issues (absorbing in and rubbing off) AND it evaporates away and dries your skin out.
You’ll have better luck with another kind of chapstick, like ones made with beeswax as their main ingredient (without any chemical ending in -ol).
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