Most cosmetics are made of lanolin, which is a mixture of purified wool fat and water beaten up into an emulsion. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: BRAVE NEW WORLD - 2009] Reference
The investigations of Liebreich have shown that this is closely allied to lanolin, which is the purified fat of sheep's wool. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Tip: if you have any allergies to wool, avoid skin care products with lanolin which is made from sheep's wool. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
Most commercial vitamin D3 does come from ‘wool oil’ also called lanolin, which does indeed come from sheep’s wool. From Wordnik.com. [New York to Dallas (and more on vitamin D) | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
The investigations of Liebreich have shown that this is closely allied to lanolin, which is the purified fat of sheep’s wool. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia] Reference
Daily application of lanolin will hasten recovery. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: And some lanolin, too. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2006] Reference
Let it dry and then apply lanolin on TOP of the dry nips. From Wordnik.com. [The Boobityville Horror | Her Bad Mother] Reference
I have three words for you … lanolin, lanolin, lanolin!!!!. From Wordnik.com. [The Boobityville Horror | Her Bad Mother] Reference
I agree with the other commenters? who've said pure lanolin. From Wordnik.com. [The Boobityville Horror] Reference
A pomade on the hair was lanolin-based, of foreign manufacture. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Allergens such as benzyl alcohol and lanolin commonly appear. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel S. Epstein: Personal Care Products Pose Unrecognized Toxic Risks To Children] Reference
In front of him the television was singing about Dove with lanolin. From Wordnik.com. [Flux Tales of Human Futures]
I can't use anything with lanolin in it, either, which is limiting. From Wordnik.com. [Greenery] Reference
Many folks use lanolin or products with lanolin to repair the damage. From Wordnik.com. [booksellers hands] Reference
It's perfect, from the inside, white with only a few spots of lanolin. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
And as for the tack oil, it was lanolin, and his skin would absorb it. From Wordnik.com. [Elephant in the City] Reference
A glass bottle with remnants of lanolin and oil, possibly hand lotion. From Wordnik.com. [Bones Found On Island Might Be Amelia Earhart's] Reference
— A glass bottle with remnants of lanolin and oil, possibly hand lotion. From Wordnik.com. [Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart] Reference
I swear they never would have healed if it weren't for this lanolin ointment. From Wordnik.com. [The Boobityville Horror] Reference
Burt's Bees makes a fine lip balm with lanolin, Vitamin E, and herbal extracts. From Wordnik.com. [October Blahs] Reference
To prevent chafing, she rubs lanolin anywhere her swimsuit rubs against her skin. From Wordnik.com. [Open water draws teen to new Olympic event] Reference
From someone calling themself lanolin r fruitbat; I'll take that as a compliment. From Wordnik.com. ["In pimping General David Petraeus and in the violation of everything this country has been assiduously and vigilantly against..."] Reference
Under his cheek, soft aspirin-white feathers poured downward, glistening in lanolin. From Wordnik.com. [An astounding moment in Antarctica: bicycling the ice continent] Reference
I'm betting even money that lanolin fruitbar, phantom and fstop are one in the same. From Wordnik.com. ["It would be absurd to say that you can’t stick something under the fingernails, smack them in the face."] Reference
LanoLip perfected pouts throughout the day with samples of their lanolin rich lip balm. From Wordnik.com. [GBK Productions Gives Back at their 2007 MTV Gifting Suite] Reference
Moreover, it has been found that this lanolin is the very best substitute for the former. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Then there's the lansinoh lanolin cream which didn't help too much, but its worth a shot. From Wordnik.com. [The Boobityville Horror] Reference
She worried the cork out and stuck a finger in it, sniffing, smelling beeswax and lanolin. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
The natural lanolin moisturised my hands, and the finished sample only took a few minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
Neither triglycerides nor lanolin had this ability; the characteristic was unique to jojoba. From Wordnik.com. [5 Uses] Reference
Seated on them will be dancers wearing costumes made of cheesecloth soaked in beeswax and lanolin. From Wordnik.com. [A Downtown Dance Meltdown] Reference
Avoid lip products that contain lead, artificial colors, lanolin, or petrochemicals like petrolatum. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Rodale: Don't Just Be Pretty: Have a Smart Beauty Routine] Reference
Now that he'd been told, he recognized the smell of the lanolin that was the basis of the hermit's salve. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Last spring I began a rather elaborate comparison of paraffin with beeswax -- lanolin for use in grafting. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
It reduces the sensibility of the skin: and therefore the oil with lanolin is a useful application for eczema. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It's a place in our hobbies, our skills, our secret desire to know what a warm egg feels like in lanolin-wet palms. From Wordnik.com. [Jenna Woginrich: We're Not From Around Here] Reference
Plus we have beef cattle for food, and the old wethers and ewes go for hides, glue, tallow, lanolin — all war staples. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
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