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	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Business (Carmex Addiction)
		Not one of the "addicts" described what effect Carmex had on her, what withdrawal from the balm was like, or what her doctor thought of the addiction.
		There was a quote from Carmex's spokesman, but it was a carefully chosen one that could easily be construed to mean Carmex had something to hide, and its meaning is highly dependent upon the context in which it is presented.
		Carmex is a cold-sore and chapped-lip salve that was invented in 1936.
	www.snopes.com /business/secret/carmex.asp (647 words)

	Creator of Carmex found a lip-smacking success [Free Republic]
		Carmex went out of production during World War II when lanolin, a key ingredient, was impossible to get.
		However, both Carmex and Blistex make you lips drier and more chapped in an hour or two (due to the camphor.) Hence, urban legends saying Carmex is addictive -- it IS in a way as it makes your lips dryer and dryer the more you use it.
		Carmex and Blistex were designed to dry out cold sores and make them scab quickly.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b0ab3ac55ee.htm (1351 words)

	Reviews on Carmex Cold Sore Reliever and Lip Moisturizer Look at tests, reports and read reviews: dooyoo.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Carmex lip balm seems to be a fantasticly well kept secret of the beauty industry.
		Carmex is sold in a little yellow and white metal and plastic pot, containing 7.5g of this miracle formula.
		Carmex lipbalm was recommended to me by a friend as my lips were very dry and sore.The product is provided in a cute pot with an eyecatching yellow and fl lid.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /makeup/carmex-cold-sore-reliever-and-lip-moisturizer/reviews (956 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Life
		She roots through a little fl purse and comes up with not one, not two, but five different tubes and jars that spill from the palm of her hand.
		There's the jar of Carmex; a glittery, straw- berry-flavored kind; a squeezable tube with tiny pink beads; one that tastes like milk and cookies; and a jar filled with a shimmery, chocolate-colored gloss.
		Carmex has a link on www.carma-labs.com, its homepage, devoted exclusively to addressing the myths associated with the cold-sore remedy known for its distinct white jar and yellow twist-off cap.
	www.dmregister.com /life/stories/c4788996/20883193.html (1031 words)

	Carmex Cold Sore Reliever and Lip Moisturizer - Review - Carmex reaches parts other lip balms don't... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Carmex Lipbalm is one of those beauty institutions, like Vaseline, Elizabeth Arden's 8 hour cream and Yves Stlaurent's Touche Eclait.
		Carmex has not actually been widley avalible in the UK for that long though, so it's been one of those go-over-to-the-states-and-bring-me-back-ten products.
		Carmex comes in two forms, in the little tub, and the sqeezable tube.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /makeup/carmex-cold-sore-reliever-and-lip-moisturizer/216721 (410 words)

	The Industry of Addiction: Carmex
		Carmex is a cold sore and chapped-lip salve that was invented in 1936 and made mostly of menthol, camphor, alum and wax.
		An inch deep and the diameter of a half-dollar, a Carmex pot is not convenient, modern or unobtrusive.
		By the time you develop into a full-blown Carmex junkie - after the first swipe is offered by "a friend" - it wouldn't matter if the container were the size of a baby goat.
	www.kevdo.com /lipbalm/carmex.html (1323 words)

	FAQs About Carmex Lip Balm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Carmex is a blend of Menthol, Camphor, alum, salicylic acid, and fragrance in a base of petroleum, lanolin, cocoa butter and a mixture of waxes.
		Although we make Carmex for treatment of cold sores and chapped lips, many of our customers report using it as a general antiseptic ointment for cuts, burns, insect bites, and even athlete's foot.
		This is the fifth year in a row that Carmex ranked highest in a survey of over-the-counter lip balms recommended by pharmacists across the nation.
	www.garden.co.uk /carmex/CarmaFAQs.htm (249 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Carmex Lip Balm at Epinions.com
		I first discovered it when I was in Vegas several years ago and I was suffering from very dry and chapped lips (chalk it up to a Vermont guy being suddenly stuck in the middle of the desert and hiking for a week).
		While Carmex may liquefy in the car, I’ve never noticed it happening while it’s on your lips – so no balm running down your chin when you least expect it (wouldn’t that be funny?).
		Just be aware that if you are using this as lip balm, it offers no protection against UV rays and with worries about skin cancer and UV rays, it is a good idea for everyone to be wearing some sort of sunblock whenever you will be in the sun for any extended period of time.
	www.epinions.com /content_117409615492 (805 words)

	JS Online: Carmex blowing the lid off tradition
		In 1987, they started putting their lip balm and cold sore treatment, Carmex, in squeeze tubes as well as the traditional ceramic pots.
		Carmex has drawn some of its staying power from its constancy and quirks.
		When it still came in glass, committed users could tell that a co-worker was about to dip into a Carmex jar from the sound of the lid being unscrewed.
	www.jsonline.com /bym/news/oct05/366614.asp (672 words)

	Salon Health & Body \| Lip balm anonymous
		Carmex is the name that comes up most often in discussions of lip balm addictions.
		There was once an entire section devoted to Carmex Addiction in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup on Usenet.
		Carmex president Paul Woelbing is not surprised to learn that my call has to do with the purported addictive nature of his product.
	www.salon.com /health/col/roac/1999/04/23/lip_balm/index1.html (799 words)

	SUPPLEMENTAL CASE 13-1
		Ever since Alfred Woelbing concocted the recipe for Carmex lip balm more than 60 years ago, Carma Laboratories has relied on just two things to sell its menthol and camphor-based lip balm: the quality of its product and the devotion of its ever-burgeoning customer base.
		To loyal customers the white Carmex jar with its fl and yellow metal cap are unmistakable, and competing brands unthinkable.
		When it decided to add to its sparse product line of Carmex pots and tubes with a new sunscreen stick, it was more than a year in the making, with the company testing 40 to 50 different formulas.
	www.faculty.uaf.edu /ffjal/BA151/Carmex_CASE_13.htm (523 words)

	*Dictator Princess*: Carmex
		I would not be surprised if the FBI busts up in the Carmex laboratory and finds out that they secretly put heroin in it.
		I've have tried everything to stop Carmex for almost five years now (when I tried to stop using petroleum based products, but that again is another story for another post).
		Burt's Bees and Blistex in the blue pot are the methadone to the heroin that is carmex; for those who are interested in stopping, i suggest alternating the three, eliminating the carmex, then eliminating the blistex, then eliminating the burt's bees, which i have done before with success but relapsed.
	dictatorprincess.blogspot.com /2005/01/carmex.html (617 words)

	Carmex - Uncyclopedia
		Carmex is an alkaloid found in leaves of the South American shrub Erythroxylon carma.
		The drug induces a sense of exhilaration in the user primarily by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the midbrain.
		Carmex, alas, offers only a tragically delusive short-cut.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Carmex (112 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com
		Carmex: The balm that heals chapping and cold sores all over the world is made and packed into those instantly recognizable yellow containers and tubes right here in town.
		Carmex was invented by Alfred Woelbing in 1937, after he lost his job at a department store, a victim of the Depression.
		He manufactured Carmex out of his house until its success necessitated moving to a Wauwatosa manufacturing facility 20 years later.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /articles/print/madeinmilw.html (1337 words)

	The History of Carmex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		But it was the silver polish that paid the bills and Carmex took a back seat to it.
		In fact, during World War II, production of Carmex was limited because one of its principal ingredients, Lanolin, was needed by the military to prevent rust and grease war equipment.
		After the war, Alfred and his wife continued production of Carmex from their home, pouring the mixture by hand into its little glass jars, from a 12-quart kettle they kept warm on a hot plate.
	www.carmalabs.com /CarmaHistory.htm (325 words)

	Lip Balm Anonymous: Is Lip Balm Addictive?
		Carmex is a little company that doesn't advertise, and puts out a product that is supposed to be used to combat cold sores.
		In his standard response to such questions, Paul writes, "As Carmex was originally developed as a remedy for cold sores, salicylic acid was included specifically for these properties.
		For those people who use Carmex as a lip balm but find that they have drying problems, we recommend that they find another product such as Vaseline or unmedicated Chapstick." He also aknowledges that it is an urban legend, comparing it to the story of the Chihuahua that was really a rat.
	www.kevdo.com /lipbalm/addict.html (3146 words)

	Jimbo.Info: carmex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Hmm...interesting: a brief Web search for Carmex produces several Carmex and other lip balm addiction conspiracy sites.
		According to Carmex, these myths and accusations are untrue.
		It pleases me to use Carmex, and nothing else seems to work for chapped lips other than unskimmed milk straight from the cow, but that's another story.
	www.jimbo.info /weblog/archives/2002/01/carmex.html (90 words)

	Carmex Lip Balm - Sale! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Use Carmex for cold sores, fever blisters and chapped lips.
		This is the fourth year in a row that Carmex ranked highest in a survey of over-the-counter lip balms recommended by pharmacists across the nation.
		Use for cold sores, fever blisters and chapped lips.
	www.basegear.com /carmexlipbalm.html (66 words)

	Salon Letters \| Letters to the Editor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Also present in Carmex is alum -- potassium aluminum sulfate -- a chemical derived from alunite, which forms in volcanic fumaroles where sulfuric acid interacts with the soft rock feldspar.
		So while I know from experience that there's nothing like a Carmex kiss, I'll be remaining a Chapstick man, since I'm not interested in putting wart remover or blood-coagulating chemicals on my lips, in any concentration.
		I learned from Mary Roach's tired refueling of the Carmex conspiracy that she is no different from any other journalist who will obfuscate or exclude salient facts if it makes the story scarier or sexier -- or, in this case, goofier.
	www.salon.com /letters/1999/04/30/nude_girls/index1.html (1491 words)

	Myths About Carmex Lip Balm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Carmex contains a terrible acid that roughs up your lips and actually makes you need more Carmex.
		The only acid in Carmex is salicylic acid, which is closely related to aspirin.
		Again, all the ingredients in Carmex are listed on the container.
	www.garden.co.uk /carmex/CarmaMyths.htm (145 words)

	Products of Carma Laboratories, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Carma Laboratories introduces NEW Mint Carmex in the Click-Stick with an increased SPF 30 sunscreen protection.
		It's the first new scent of Carmex in 65 years.
		LANEX is made from natural ingredients and is available in 1 oz.
	www.carma-labs.com /CarmaProducts.htm (101 words)

	Walgreens.com \| Carmex \| Lip Balm Moisturizer with Sunscreen SPF 30
		Carmex Lip Balm seals in lip moisture and helps to prevent drying of lip tissue.
		Carmex Mint Flavor Lip Balm provides SPF 30 which is recommended for people who burn, and tan minimally.
		This is a personal care item, and should be used by one individual only.
	www.walgreens.com /store/product.jsp?CATID=100207&id=prod381347 (153 words)

	Ingredient Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		They had constant dry, cracked lips and used Carmex all day long, they could not be without it.
		Some of their friends were the same way with Blistex or Chap Stik.
		In Carmex, it eases the pain associated with the chapped lips.
	www.flutterbyearomatics.com /ingredientinfo.htm (891 words)

	s m u g - compulsion
		Here’s the thing: Carmex has eaten away at the very fabric of my soul.
		So one fellow camper offered me (and I believe, perhaps wrongly, that this offer was out of the goodness of his heart and not a malicious "freebie") a fingerswipe of his Carmex.
		I’ll never forget the distinctive clatter of the steel lid unwinding from the milky white glass jar, and the ethereally pale yellow color of the balm within.
	www.smug.com /15/compulsion.html (565 words)

	carmex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		carmex Structurally, hair consists of an inner cortex, comprising spindle-shaped cells, and an outer sheath, called the cuticle.
		LSD UN documents Hair is a biological polymer; over 90% of its dry weight is made up of proteins called keratins.
		The rate of hair growth increases and the heaviness of the hairs increases.
	buy.pr1ce.info /hair/carmex/carmex.html (612 words)

	Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > Carmex
		to every carmex size container you fill with Aquaphore, add about a couple of swipes of your favorite color and mix them together.
		I never heard that before! I've used Carmex in the past and I never experienced any side effects or otherwise from the product.
		Aug 15 2005, 06:09 AM Carmex is meant for treating cold sores and other mouth ulcers, not dry lips.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t45403.html (894 words)

	Carmex - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
		Carmex Mint Stick SPF 30 (12 ea) 0.15 oz.
		Carmex is a blend of Menthol, Camphor, alum, salicylic acid, phenol and fragrance Seals in lip moisture and helps to prevent drying of lip tissue Prov...
		Carmex is a blend of Menthol, Camphor, alum, salicylic acid, phenol and fragrance Helps to provide relief of the symptoms of cold sores and dry chappe...
	www.shopping.com /xGS-Carmex~NS-1 (553 words)

	The Skinny Daily Post™
		I have to make sure there are pots of it nearby all the time.
		Body care should be more like tooth brushing, the thing I do before anyone or anything else can enter the day's picture.
		I'm trying for a combination of the toothbrushing and Carmex strategies: A short series of old-fashioned calisthenics in the morning, just before tooth brushing, and/or a trip to the gym on the way to the office.
	skinnydaily.blogspot.com /2004_02_17_skinnydaily_archive.html (791 words)

	Product detail - Carmex Cold Sore Reliever and Lip Moisturizer, 0.5 oz. (15g) Jar
		Product detail - Carmex Cold Sore Reliever and Lip Moisturizer, 0.5 oz.
		Carmex Cold Sore Reliever and Lip Moisturizer, 0.5 oz.
		Carmex is a blend of Menthol, Camphor, alum, salicylic acid, phenol, and fragrance in a base of petroleum, lanolin, cocoa butter and a mixture of waxes.
	www.karenstore.com /html/ks-hb-cx204.html (56 words)

	21 December 1997
		I work in a pharmacy, and I always hate when people ask for Carmex in a squeeze tube.
		Well, Carmex in itself is nothing, but Carmex in a tube...
		Nothing like a little last minute holiday shopping, but you might want to slow down because I think Carmex is a little extravagant.
	www.blacksunn.net /receipts/index.cgi?Date=971221 (531 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Carmex Lip Balm Tube at Epinions.com
		Perhaps it is because I have taken to incessantly kissing my boyfriend.
		Carmex was my first choice in a long list of dire need chapped lips relief.
		What the heck is her secret to keeping those enormous sexy lips in top condition?
	www.epinions.com /content_143575977604 (474 words)

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