Review: Chapstick Lipbalm (Cherry)

I remember buying this on impulse, just because my husband and I were listening to Katy Perry's song, "I Kissed a Girl". We were laughing and goofing around in the car because of traffic. Then he curiously asked me if it's true that a cherry flavored Chapstick would taste like cherry.

I said, "I don't know. I haven't even tried Chapstick before. Let's buy one, then I'll eat it!! hahaha!"

Believe it or not, this is my very first Chapstick...I remember way back in high school (I have no clue about makeup) my first lipbalm was a Maybelline brand and I was so happy with it that it didn't really piqued my interest to buy this lipbalm eventhough this was popular among girls in my school.

So yeah...we went to the drugstore to buy one and laughed all the way home.

Current Price: 

at around P80.00 (I bought this last, last year)

Place bought: 

Mercury Drug, but it's also available pretty much everywhere in Watsons and other department stores in health and beauty sections here in Manila.

the good ol' packaging I always see my friends in high school use.

Packaging:

Simple, no brain-er design. Makes me remember my high school days.

Honestly, when I saw that it was made by Wyeth (popular for baby's milk formulation), I had high hopes for this.

Just for reference, I still have very, very dry lips (maybe due to my atopic dermatitis too). EOS lipbalms doesn't work on me unless when my lips are in its "normal" state (which does not happen often) and the only things that currently works for me is the The Face Shop lip care cream and my new Nivea Med Protection lipbalm (I have to review this soon).

Ingredients, Expiry date and other info:

it's great that this is double sealed for protection from nasty customers who likes to destroy and open new stuff, then they don't buy it.

Scent/Taste:

it really is cherry scented, BUT it is not cherry flavored...yeah, quite unfortunate when I finally got to know it's not cherry flavored. So the song is kinda misleading??? hahahaha! just joking!!! hehehe! Anyway, although it is cherry scented, sometimes, the scent makes me a bit nauseous.

Pigmentation:

nothing. at least on me it doesn't have any.

Color in the tube is more of a berry red.

Formulation:

it feels a bit waxy and a bit greasy if you apply too much.

 Swatch:

when applied, it's colorless. I've layered that (in the picture) many times and it still gives no pigment. Oh well, I didn't really expect any. I did not bother to take a picture of my lip swatch because the color (if there's any) won't show up anyway. My hand is obviously way lighter than my lips.

Does it moisturize my lips?

it does TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, but it's not enough to make my lips not peel.

Will I buy this again?

probably not.

Any skin reactions?

none.

Review: The Face Shop Lovely Me:Ex Lip Care Cream in Shea Butter

 After all the lip balm/treatments that I've tried (and some of it, I haven't thought about making a review), this Lip Care Cream by The Face Shop is the best lip balm, so far, that I've ever used!

This is a life saver for me. Everytime I have dry, chapped and flaking lips, I would always reach for this. A thing I don't usually do to other lip products.

One of the reasons why I took a break at lip swatches of my lipstick collection is because I really had a bad case of dry lips that it tends to flake especially at the outline of my lower lip and it really looked very ugly. I also noticed that since my lips were very dry, the lines on my lips increased...really horrible.

Unfortunately, I did not get the chance to take a picture of my very dry, chapped lips before using the TFS lip care cream because, honestly, I wasn't expecting anything amazing or special about this lip treatment. What I only desperately needed and wanted was something good enough to moisturize my lips...

I only got the chance to take a picture of my ugly lips on the 1st month of using TFS lip care cream...

for me it was a big improvement, though my lips were still flaking a bit. I'm always anemic so there's nothing new about my sickly pale, gray lips.

...and yes, even EOS lip balm, Chapstick (haven't reviewed) and Burt's Bees lip balm (haven't reviewed this yet) couldn't remedy that problem. I'm not saying that EOS, Chapstick and Burt's Bees lip balms weren't good, it worked just average to me and it really did not give me what I needed.

This underrated, unpopular lip care cream really surprised me. It performed with flying colors!!!

The Face Shop Lovely Me:Ex Lip Care Cream in Shea Butter

with my cute mascot.

Place bought:

The Face Shop (Sm North Edsa)

Current Price:

P265 (very affordable especially for the amount that you're getting in one tube = 13ml)

I chose the number two which is Shea Butter. Number 1 is their Vitamin C variant which I also bought as a backup because I love it so much.

I not totally convinced if this thing really is straight up Shea Butter in a tube, but it looks like the color of shea butter while the Vitamin C variant looks like a clear light orange cream.

Smell:

I don't know the real smell of a true shea butter, all I can describe is that this smells like caramel candy. Doesn't really bother me, since the smell isn't overpowering and it only lasts for a few sec. to a min. Best of all, I can't taste the scent of the product like some other lip products out there that smells so strong, you can taste the scent of it. It can really make me gag after a few mins.

I haven't opened my Vitamin C one, but I smelled the tester in the store and it smells like an orange fruit candy. very sweet smelling, but again, I prefer products that I put on my skin to be scentless/fragrance free 'cause I have really sensitive skin.

the tube has a slanted tip that is great in dispensing and spreading the product on my lips.

when applied (thick or thin), it goes on colorless which is great for me because I use this more often at night since it doesn't have any spf.

Formulation:

not sticky and feels like a light moisturizing liquid balm. It also feels very smooth on the lips.

**Tip: 

sometimes I put on more than enough to soak my lips with the lip care cream then I massage it in after a few mins. to remove the flakes and other dead skin cells. It really gives me a "very smooth feeling" lips. It's like my very gentle lip exfoliator minus the abrasive particles. Works really well for me.

There is only one CON for this product:

it's the packaging.

After using this religiously every night for 7 months, the packaging seems to have "cracked" on the side. I've seen a review also complaining about this. This may happen to you too especially if you're like me who likes to squeeze the tube from the bottom-up like a toothpaste.

Oh well, it's quite annoying sometimes, but I'm almost finished with this anyway. I'll even cut this and scoop out the remaining product inside then transfer it to another container because for me, it's really THAT GOOD.

After months of consistently using The Face Shop Lovely Me: Ex Lip Care Cream

There's a big improvement on my lips compared to the previous picture above.

Sorry for the wet hair. hehehe!

Review: EOS Lipbalm (Holiday Collection)

These EOS lipbalms was part of their 2010 holiday collection with Pomegranate Raspberry as their limited edition flavor which I'm currently using.

                                          

Where: online (Getsophisticated onlineshop facebook page)

Current Price: P700 with shipping

The holiday collection comes in a pack of 3's that fits inside this mini pouch. this mini pouch is reusable, by the way. 

Ingredients: (Click picture to enlarge)

As you can see, the company used "all natural" ingredients to make this lipbalm.

Comments:

Pros:

- cute packaging.

- smells nice and tastes sweet.

-made from "all-natural" ingredients...I'm not really particular with this, but it still good to know.

Cons:

- a bit expensive for a drugstore brand.

- not available locally.

- performance is SO-SO for the price. I currently have dry lips that the sides of my mouth has a crack in it and it stings! This lipbalm only moisturize my lips for about 4 hours or so before I have to apply again, but it soothes my crack lips quite well.

 I did not swatch these anymore because it goes on tintless anyway. (^_^)v 

Other observations: 

The "Sweet Mint" smells like Burt's Bees Lipbalm, but I haven't tried it out yet to know what it tastes like.

Review: Maybelline Lip Smooth Color&Care w/ SPF 16 in Strawberry

I bought it out of boredom and because they said that they have the new packaging of the old Maybelline Lip Smooth.

This is the old version....

pictures courtesy of sasa.com

You see, this was my very first lipgloss/lipbalm before I started with all of this makeup craze I'm having...This was like my "complete" makeup look..I remember I used the cherry flavored one....my mother likes this too...that's why she never returned it to me...(-_-)...

Anyway, now that they have a new packaging and "formula"..I was excited to try it again...

I was eyeing the cherry flavored one first before I decided to get the strawberry because many people have been raving about the "great tint" it gives on your lips...How I wish I bought the cherry flavored one...I should have listened to my conscience...hahaha! Not that this strawberry one looks bad on me, but I like a bit more pigmentation in all of my lipgloss and lipbalms..I hate the natural pigmentation of my lips...

                                 The new packaging is just so-so for me...nothing really special...

    what it looks like...

Comment:

 Pro:

- very affordable (P89)

- available at almost every department stores, drugstores, convenient stores, etc.

- I think if I chose the CHERRY one, it would give me more pigmentation...

- very moisturizing

- It smells really good! Reminds me of my first lipsmooth...hmm...

- doesn't feel sticky or heavy on the lips.

Cons:

- this strawberry variant is not that pigmented enought for me.

- I don't know if I'm the only one who notice this, but everytime I unconciously lick my lips, there's a very, very slight weird taste and the smell of the lipbalm becomes a bit overpowering which sometimes makes me nauseous...THIS HAPPENS IF I LAYER THE LIPBALM A BIT TOO MUCH.

All in all, I would still recommend this for you to try...but I still miss the old version of the lip smooth...hmm...

Lip Swatch:

 yep, I hate the pigmentation of my lips...anyway, here's the lipbalm with just one swipe...

what it looks like when it is layered on...not much of a difference...

Hope you enjoyed my review!!