A funny story here. My daughter is a competitive gymnast and a pretty good one I might say :-) In the past she's used lanolin on the rips on her hands she gets from doing bars. I told her that Udder Balm would be a very good cheaper replacement. She looked at me like I was nuts and told me her coach recommended Hand E Balm. My wife did some research and found out some dad years ago didn't like the idea of his little gymnast using a product for cows and took it to a chemist. The chemist identified the non FDA approved ingredients, removed them and they made Hand E Balm. My daughter won't touch my "cow butter" as she calls it, but has no problem using a $3.00 a 2 oz. tube of her gymnast balm. I jut shake my head and laugh it off. I think it's 100% peer pressure. If her teammates found out, it wouldn't be pretty. randy

I have not tried the SoapCrafters flavor oils. I have tried the ones from the sage.com. Good results. Also, if one wants sweetened flavors, they sell one called Sugar Kisses. BTW, I suspect licking your lips too often is not good for them, but not because of digestive enzymes in saliva. The only digestive enzyme contained in saliva, digests starch.

I agree with morz8's DH. I usually have Blistex or Chapstick with me throughout the winter. I prefer the Blistex raspberry flavored version but I haven't seen it in the stores in years, partly because I haven't needed to shop for it in about a decade. At some point my wife had a short consulting gig with Wyeth at the ChapStick manufacturing plant in Richmond. In additional to paying her, they also gave her a bag containing about 50 different ChapSticks.

Before you go with copper, read some post about copper sinks - I think there are some on Houzz - do a search under "copper sinks" in the area of advice and even do some other internet searches on what people think of copper sinks. Copper takes on a patina that some people love, and others dislike. It will not look like it does new without a lot of upkeep - or be comfortable with copper patina. The two major materials for white farmhouse sinks are fireclay and cast iron. I had a cast iron sink previously and was very happy with it. It still looked good after 18 years so I put it in my basement kitchenette. No surprise I went with cast iron for my farmhouse sink. Also, I found I did not have to get a new sink base or do a major overhaul on my sink base with the "short apron" Whitehaven. I did consider the Ikea Domsjo but it does seem to get chipped as noted in the last post of this thread: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2468250/ikea-farmhouse-sink-pics-and-opinions-please?n=50 I believe there are some acrylic farmhouse sinks - they are inexpensive but will scratch easily IMO - I really do not know much about them. If you are getting new cabinets and are getting a farmhouse sink base - you have a lot to choose from. The Whitehaven would be the easiest to install, but an experienced installer should be able to do a good job with any farmhouse sink. Rohl and Shaw make popular fireclay sinks but they are just as expensive or more so than the Whitehaven. Kohler does make other cast iron farmhouse sinks, but they are all more expensive than the Whitehaven. If you want to keep your original sink base, the Kohler is your best deal for durability and ease of installation. The Ikea Domsjo is a possibility, but even though much less $$, you could go through 2 or three in the lifespan of a Whitehaven - so in the end, not a savings. Here is a funny article which I found after I had decided on the Whitehaven and speaks to many of the same concerns I had. http://victoriaelizabethbarnes.com/apron-front-farmhouse-sink-options-decided-against-fireclay/