A Long Lasting Relationship… “Karite Lips” Shea Butter Lip Balm with Vanilla extract. In 1990 Mode de Vie developed a lip balm with a high percentage of Shea Butter. It’s a lip balm that moisturizes and protects your lips without dooming you to an endless cycle of re-application. Karite Lips offers the natural sun protection found in Shea Butter . Not only does Shea Butter moisten and protect your lips, its high concentration of special ingredients Cinnamic acid (which plays a protective role against UV rays), Latex, Unsaponifiable matter and vitamin) Enhances to provide a protective barrier from the harsh elements, locking moisture into the skin of the lips, while Beneficial Effectsing them from drying out and becoming chapped.