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Unhinged balm-based rantings (hopefully genuinely useful brand and industry insights)

  • So You Want to Make a Beauty Product?

    So You Want to Make a Beauty Product?

    Remember when I said Phatstix took two years to create? Here's why making a beauty product isn't quite as simple as first thought.

  • From Body Shop to Kitchen Table to The Lab to You

    From Body Shop to Kitchen Table to The Lab to You

    After spending nearly 20 years in beauty, you pick up more than a few things. Mainly that the industry is absolutely mad...

  • The Multi-Use Skincare Revolution

    The Multi-Use Skincare Revolution

    When first launching Phatstix, I thought we were creating a pretty straightforward solution: a giant lip balm that wouldn't get lost and would actually last.

  • The Feedback So Far: How You're Using Phatstix

    The Feedback So Far: How You're Using Phatstix

    When we created Phatstix, we knew we were making something different. A giant lip balm that breaks all the rules might have seemed mad, but your feedback has shown us something remarkable: you're not just using it, you're reimagining what a lip balm can be.
  • Why I Created Phatstix

    Why I Created Phatstix

    After two decades in beauty, I created Phatstix out of pure frustration with ineffective, tiny lip balms that either disappeared too quickly or felt like rubbing candle wax on your lips. What started as a kitchen experiment to solve my own chapped lips evolved into something bigger - literally. By refusing to compromise on size or ingredients, Phatstix became my answer to the beauty industry's 'nearly-but-not-quite-right' products, offering a genuinely effective, natural solution that lasts.
  • Big Phat Lip Balm

    Big Phat Lip Balm

    Tired of constantly replacing tiny lip balms? Meet Phatstix - the jumbo lip balm that's revolutionising lip care. At a mighty 30g, our huge lip balm isn't just bigger for the sake of it. We've created something that genuinely solves the frustration of constantly buying, losing, and replacing standard lip balms.