Blistex, Incorporate is an American consumer products company headquartered in Oak Brook,

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. Founded in 1947 in the business of developing and marketing lip care products, its offerings have grown to include other brands including

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, Stridex, and Kank-A.

Description

Blistex, Incorporated was founded in 1947 as a private, independent company in the business of developing and marketing lip care products. It manufactures and sells a wide range of

lip balm Lip balm or lip salve is a wax-like substance applied topically to the lips to moisturize and relieve chapped or dry lips, angular cheilitis, stomatitis, or cold sores. Lip balm often contains beeswax or carnauba wax, camphor, cetyl alcohol, l ...

, lip

ointment A topical medication is a medication that is applied to a particular place on or in the body. Most often topical medication means application to body surfaces such as the skin or mucous membranes to treat ailments via a large range of classes ...

, and other

lip The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be ...

-related products under the Blistex brand name. The company owns and markets additional consumer health and personal care brands including

(foot care), Tucks (rectal care), Stridex (acne care), Ivarest ( anti-itch ointments), Kank-A (oral pain relief), and Glysomed (moisturizing

lotions Lotion is a low-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to the skin. By contrast, Cream (pharmaceutical), creams and gels have higher viscosity, typically due to lower water content. Lotions are applied to external skin with bare ...

). Blistex is headquartered outside of Chicago in Oak Brook,

. The company operates a production facility in Oak Brook, Illinois and is a member of the

Illinois Manufacturers' Association The Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) is a trade association for manufacturing companies in Illinois. It bills itself as "the oldest and largest statewide manufacturing trade association in the United States." Based in Oak Brook, Illinois ...

. , Blistex products are sold around the world.

Cultural impact

* The use of Blistex's lip care products extended into space when

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

included two tubes of Blistex in the Emergency Medical Kit during the

Space Shuttle program The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its ...

. * In 2021, Blistex Lip Ointment earned fourth-place honors in the "Coolest Thing Made in Illinois" contest sponsored by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association.

References

External links

Blistex Official website
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