LIP BALM WITH SPHERICAL SURFACE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING
A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.
1 . A method of making a lip balm article comprising:
forming a lip contacting surface of a lip balm by introducing a liquefied phase of the lip balm into a portion of the lip balm article such that the interior surface of the portion of the lip balm article molds the lip contacting surface of the lip balm.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the article comprises lip balm enclosed within a final consumer packaging.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the portion is at least part of an upper portion of the final consumer packaging.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the portion is a substantial portion of the upper portion of the final consumer packaging.
5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the portion is an upper portion of the final consumer packaging.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior.
7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior.
8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the lip contacting surface is arcuate.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the lip contacting surface is arcuate in multiple dimensions.
11 . The method of claim 2 , wherein, when the final consumer product is open, the lip balm has an exposed arcuate surface in multiple dimensions.
12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the lip balm has an arcuate surface that corresponds with the substantially concave interior of the upper portion.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the lip balm has an arcuate surface that corresponds with the substantially concave interior of the upper portion.
14 . A method of making a lip balm applicator comprising:
forming a multi-dimensional arcuate lip contacting surface of a lip balm by introducing a liquefied phase of the lip balm into a portion of the lip balm applicator that is in a substantially upside-down position.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the portion is at least part of an upper portion of a final consumer packaging.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior.
17 . A method of making a lip balm article comprising:
forming an arcuate lip contacting surface of a lip balm by retaining a liquefied phase of the lip balm into a substantially concave portion of the lip balm article that is in a substantially inverted position.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the article comprises lip balm enclosed within a final consumer packaging.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the substantially concave portion is at least part of an upper portion of the final consumer packaging.
20 . A method of making a lip balm article comprising:
hot pouring a lip balm into a substantially concave portion of the lip balm article that is in a substantially inverted position.
21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the substantially concave portion of the lip balm article is part of a final consumer packaging.
22 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the substantially concave portion of the lip balm article is the upper portion of a final consumer packaging.
23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the final consumer packaging further comprises a lower portion that has a base on its exterior surface proximately opposite the upper portion.