Kissable lips. The high and the low.
I am thinking about doing a feature where I tell you my favorite product but in a high and low price. Department store and drugstore but everyone already uses those terms to death.
Today lets talk about kissable lips. I hate to have dry lips. I actually worry when I think they look dry. I know I don't like seeing it on other. Come on tell me you don't stare at someones mouth from time to time when they are talking to you. Sometimes Dave will be in the middle of a sentence and I pull out a lip balm and touch his lips up. It is so routine he doesn't even react.
For my birthday last year my inlaws bought me La Mer lipbalm. Read my full review here. La Mer is known for their $1300 16oz skin cream. My balm retailed for $45 and it came with $30 worth of free samples of their expensive creams. You can read about it on the other post but I LOVE IT. It give me soft for hours gently mint scented lips. I don't use my finger in the pot. I just kiss it to reapply.
Now for a cheaper equally as amazing alternative (not substitution because they are nothing alike but you get similar results).
I am OBSESSED with 100% pure Cocoa Butter sticks
. They sell all kinds of them but I am talking about the ones that are just Cocoa Butter with no added ingredients. They retail for about a $1-$2 at any drugstore or beauty supply place or Amazon. My favorite one comes in the yellow tube. There is nothing fancy about these. The tube isn't super functional. It works like a push pop. I wish they would come out with a screw up package like deodorant or chap stick. It feels like a hard stick and at first you aren't sure it is going to work. Cocoa Butter melts with your body heat so if you hold it against your lips for a few seconds it melts it and you can slide it on. Same with you body. Hold it in your hand for a few seconds to soften it up. I have multiples of this stuff one for body and one for lips. It smells like an M&M some people might not like that I LOVE IT. I will sit on the couch at night and reapply 10 time. It is very moisturizing too. Works great for dry hands. It is also supposed to help and prevent stretch marks.
What is your favorite lip balm?
Today lets talk about kissable lips. I hate to have dry lips. I actually worry when I think they look dry. I know I don't like seeing it on other. Come on tell me you don't stare at someones mouth from time to time when they are talking to you. Sometimes Dave will be in the middle of a sentence and I pull out a lip balm and touch his lips up. It is so routine he doesn't even react.
For my birthday last year my inlaws bought me La Mer lipbalm. Read my full review here. La Mer is known for their $1300 16oz skin cream. My balm retailed for $45 and it came with $30 worth of free samples of their expensive creams. You can read about it on the other post but I LOVE IT. It give me soft for hours gently mint scented lips. I don't use my finger in the pot. I just kiss it to reapply.
Now for a cheaper equally as amazing alternative (not substitution because they are nothing alike but you get similar results).
I am OBSESSED with 100% pure Cocoa Butter sticks
. They sell all kinds of them but I am talking about the ones that are just Cocoa Butter with no added ingredients. They retail for about a $1-$2 at any drugstore or beauty supply place or Amazon. My favorite one comes in the yellow tube. There is nothing fancy about these. The tube isn't super functional. It works like a push pop. I wish they would come out with a screw up package like deodorant or chap stick. It feels like a hard stick and at first you aren't sure it is going to work. Cocoa Butter melts with your body heat so if you hold it against your lips for a few seconds it melts it and you can slide it on. Same with you body. Hold it in your hand for a few seconds to soften it up. I have multiples of this stuff one for body and one for lips. It smells like an M&M some people might not like that I LOVE IT. I will sit on the couch at night and reapply 10 time. It is very moisturizing too. Works great for dry hands. It is also supposed to help and prevent stretch marks. What is your favorite lip balm?
Comments
for me, i live, breathe, and die by burts bees beeswax lip balm. it is exactly the consistency i like, and i love the tingly feeling of the peppermint oil on my lips.
Of course, this prevented the cracking / peeling but not the general dryness. For that, I've actually started using vaseline, just before bed. One swipe of that and I'm good for 24 hours!
It is a little weird to NOT be constantly reapplying all day! I did refill a small lipgloss pot with vaseline to carry around with me, just in case I need a fix - but now it's purely a psychological addiction!
http://www.softlips.com/colors.php
i am intrigued by both of yours. i love chapsticks and lip balms.
Bridgett I wonder if they make one without SPF I discovered recently I can taste SPF and it is not good. I did a test with all my lip products with SPF and I had to pitch them all. I used to love softlips in college.
evanadine is it gritty? The only one I ever had from them was gritty. I actually think its in my drawer **Starts digging**
jess if it unavailable and smells like chocolate all sudden I NEED IT
xo
sami