Meet Derek & Krysta

The Faces Behind the Balm

Two friends, one kitchen, and a very ambitious batch of lip balm. Since 2014, Derek and Krysta have been proving that clean, natural lip care can be just as pretty as it is kind.

From Then to Now

2014: Derek launched Bloke Sweet Mint Lip Balm (still our #1 best seller!)

2016: We change our name to Poppy & Pout and get a completely new brand look!

2018: We (briefly!) expand to skin and hair care.

2019: Updating packaging to our iconic full color tubes.

2021: Our Lip Balm 10-Pack was featured on Oprah's Favorite Things!

Lip Tint, Farrah - Poppy & Pout

2022: Our new Lip Tints are featured on Oprah's Favorite Things!

2024: Sweet Mint Lip Scrub wins an Allure Best of Beauty award!

2024: We move into our new warehouse!

Lip scrub being applied to lips with gold spatula

2025: Sweet Mint wins Allure BoB again!

2026: Our third Allure Best of Beauty win 🥹

Filled with our 

signature clean and 

natural ingredients.

Teal lip balm tube with illustrated floral cap and 'Sweet Mint' text, Poppy & Pout logo on tube

Too much? Gently push product down using your pout or the back of your hand.

Eco-friendly recyclable cardboard packaging

Gently push up from bottom of cardboard tube to reveal more product.

All of our products are made in small batches in the USA.

All of our products only use clean and 100% natural ingredients.

All of our products and suppliers are cruelty-free, which means they do not conduct animal testing of any kind!

Since 2014 our lip balms have been packaged in recyclable, cardboard tubes. We also use glass jars that are recyclable or reuseable, and do not use any plastic in our shipping methods!

Pile of Poppy & Pout Wild Honey Lip Balms.

All Natural Lip Balms

We’ve been making our all-natural lip balms by hand in Idaho since 2014. We started with a formula inspired by nature, poured it by hand into the most beautiful tube we could dream up, and it’s been true love ever since! Poppy & Pout products look beautiful on your shelf, but they’re also kind to the environment. We never test on animals, every ingredient is 100% natural, and you can recycle our cardboard tubes when you’ve used it down to the last swipe.

The Flower Powered Difference

  • 100% Natural Ingredients
  • Eco-Friendly Packaging
  • Leaping Bunny Certified

Other Lip Balm Brands

  • Artificial Ingredients
  • Plastic Packaging
  • Not Cruelty-Free
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