Hello! It's like thousand years since my last post. Now I'm coming back with a review of various lip balms that I ever used.
PS: My lips are super dry, easy to get chapped, and sensitive so that I can't survive from bleeding if I don't apply lip balm *geez* *sigh* *ohwhyme*
1. LIP ICE Lemon Lip Balm
The first one is Lip Ice Lemon Lip Balm. I used this product several years back then when I was in junior high school (PS: I'm a sophomore in university now). I decided to buy this very first lip balm just because my friend dragged me to cosmetic store to buy this. I only like the smell because the lemon scent reminds me to Stella Air Freshener or Freshcare hahaha. At that time Lip Ice is rocketing since its first advertisement in Indonesia TV channels so I just buy it.
- (+) The lemon scent is quite nice
- (+) It has no color
- (-) The icy effect after using this lip balm turned into burning effect for my very sensitive lips
- (-) I can feel the menthol all over my lips (it's really uncomfortable)
- (-) It doesn't protect my lips at all
- Repurchase? NO
2. NIVEA Fruity Shine Cherry
Description: Taste the scent of summer cherry while bathing your smile in a glossy shine, with deep red tones on top. The new formula of NIVEA Lip Care Fruity Shine Cherry combines rich almond oil, jojoba oil and shea butter to keep your lips as soft and fresh as they can be!
- Delights young delicate lips with fruity scent and smoothing, long lasting care
- Naturally enhances your lips with shimmering pigments and a soft glossy colour
- Contains SPF 10, protection against UVA and UVB rays
After getting allergy from the-previous-icy-menthol-lip-balm then I decided to use nothing (kinda weird, huh?) Actually I used to flake my dry lips skin so my lips are chapped and sometimes it's even bleeding. I also tend to lick my lips when it's dry but for my-beauty-sake I never do those things anymore. Then I tried this product and I also fell for its scent. The color is shiny red because its cherry flavor and it has shimmer. It was not bad for just covering my lips in order to not looked so pale, but it's a bit heavy cause of its color.
- (+) I like the red color
- (+) It last quite long for a lip gloss
- (-) I hate the shimmer effect
- (-) It's heavy for daily use (for me) because this shiny lip gloss is sticking to my lips
- Repurchase? NO
3. ORIFLAME Tender Care Lip Balm
Description: Find all the benefits of legendary Tender Care with a delicious chocolate flavour. A softening and protecting formula for lips, face, cuticles or any area that is dry and rough. 15 ml.
I thought it's the most suitable one for dry season. I first purchased the chocolate scent from my friend who was a member of Oriflame. This balm was really tender just like the name and it hydrated my lips as well. I loooooove this product more because it is in a large size. Then I also ended to be member of Oriflame and I splurged my money to buy a box of Tender Care Lip Balm. The packaging was elegant with a beautiful box. It contained four lip balms, there were Cherry, Caramel (my favorite one), Vanilla, and Coconut. I'm kinda greedy LOL then I gave the Cherry and Vanilla balms to my mom and my sister, and continued using the Caramel one. However I were no longer using this because my lips get allergy and irritation from this balm T.T I confused because I have used that for a year but I get irritation just after a year. I searched in Google and there were research said that you could get allergy from using a product continually (because there are some ingredients that your body cannot receive). My lips were getting red and swollen. It made me like a person whose lips are stung by a hornet geez! I stopped using it but I still use the Coconut one to moisturize my dry skin (elbow, knee, etc).
- (+) Available in various sweet scent
- (+) It can be used to moisturize every part of your dry and chapped skin all over the body
- (+) In my opinion all the scents is good except the Cherry scent
- (-) It moisturized well but it might be irritant for some people
- (-) I need to dip my finger to the pot every time I want to apply it to my lips
- Repurchase? NO
4. SILKYGIRL Silky Lips Color Lip Balm
It was my almost favorite lip balm with Cherry Red color. Well I love red for my very pale lips so I didn't look like a-person-with-illness. The packaging was so cute with pink dot pattern, well it was such a-cute-girly-thing. It was also very affordable about IDR 20.000 or US$ 2. The color was light so it's a perfect color lip balm to be used when i want to go outside yet looked fresh.
- (+) It's affordable and easy to get in cosmetic stores
- (+) Cute packaging
- (+) Available in some colors (but still I love this one!)
- (+) It has light color that will blended well with no make up face
- (-) I have to reapply it because it can't moisturize for a long time
- Repurchase? MAYBE
5. ORIFLAME Beauty Wonder Balm
Description: Protective and moisturizing lip balm containing soothing Aloe Vera extract coupled with Vitamin A and E. Infused with pearls for a shimmering appearance. 4 g.
I decided to buy this one because the description told me that it's a moisturizing lip balm. It came in a package looked like a lipstick instead of a lip balm. Its color is pink but in the description written that it was infused with pearl so I think the color was gleaming soft pink. Personally I didn't like this product because it didn't work at all for my dry lips. It didn't moisture my lips and it had a strange color. When I applied it my lips become glittery in silver color and made me looked even more pale. It also came in a compact shape like lipstick. Its texture didn't have tenderness like other lip balm. However I still used it to coat my lips after using lipstick to get the shimmer effect.
- (-) It's too solid to called a lip balm
- (-) It doesn't work for dry lips
- (?) If I want have a shimmering lips then I could coat my matte lipstick with this infused-pearl-lip-balm
- Repurchase? NO
6. SILKYGIRL Silky Lips Magic Pink Lip Balm
Actually this was my roommate's lip balm and I also used it because it as soooo good. I thought I'm in love with this brand because it provided lovely and light color for teenagers. It had a cute color as usual that swayed to me every time I see it lol. This balm was a real magic. It had white color and after I applied it to my lips for seconds the color was turning pink. The color wa strong pink so I don't need to apply it a lot. It also moisturized my lips and it has menthol effect. Anyway this balm didn't irritate me with the menthol effect and suited magically well to my dry lips.
- (+) Affordable and easy to get (about IDR 25000 or US$ 2,5)
- (+) Cute packaging
- (+) It has a magical cute color
- (+) It moisturizes in quite long time and the color doesn't fade
- (+) Repurchase? YES
7. NIVEA Med Protection
Description: The new formula of NIVEA Med Protection with Vitamin E soothes dry lips. The invisible protection layer moisturizes your lips and effectively prevents them from drying out.
- Gives intense, long-lasting moisture
- Soothes dry lips & prevents future dryness
- Protects against UVB (SPF 15) and UVA rays
Now I will introduce my lips' best mate! Finally I found this long-lasting-moisturize-lip-balm-ever. I read the description after using this lip balm for quite long time and that's the first time I wa not being fooled and tricked by the company's description lol. It worked really like the description so I thought I didn't have to describe it for more.
- (+) It's very suitable for dry and very dry lips
- (+) It moisturizes for a long time
- (+) It doesn't affect negatively on sensitive lips
- (-)The scent is a little bit sweet but strange
- (-) It's a bit solid so I have to apply a lot in the beginning
- (-) It's hard to find it nowadays in drugstore or supermarket T.T
- Repurchase? YES
8. NIVEA Essential Care
Description: NIVEA Lip Care innovative moisture store effect – highly effective formula based on skin’s own hydramine and grape seeds extracts long lastingly supports the natural moisturisation of the lips, leaving them soft and smooth.
- Provides long lasting and intensive care
- Effectively protects your lips from drying out in all weather
I couldn't get any stock of NIVEA Med Protection in my hometown, geez! So I decided to buy this and my roommate also recommended me this product. This product was really intensive care and I thought it is over-moisturizing the lips! It is reallyyyy tender and again over-tender so when I apply this my lips is greasy and sticky. It is also easy to melt like butter and one day I found my lip balm was reshaped just because i put it in my bag -_- However it will absorb well 30 minutes after I apply it and it leaves my lips really smooth and chewy!
- (-) Over-moisture and over-tender
- (+) Once I apply this I barely had to reapply it again
- (-) It makes my lips greasy and oily
- (+) In my opinion this lip balm is similar to butter, very tender but easy to melt
- (+) It has a sweet scent
- Repurchase? MAYBE
9. Pixy Lip Conditioner
The description itself told that this lip balm contains Vitamin E and Lip Conditioner Agent to moisturize lips and makes it smooth. Well yeah I hated when I was back and forth from cosmetic stores in my hometown, and the NIVEA lip balms are Out Of Stock! It feels like "God damn, why???????!!!!!!!!" Mental breakdown attached me and makes me sooo desperate to find my daily lip balm. Then I asked to the storekeeper about which no-color lip balm that was still available and he showed me this one (yes, he -_-). I just purchased it and hoped that it won't turn out bad to my lips. The packaging was like a lipstick. This lip balm was also too solid like a lipstick and has powdery scent (I hate this!) Anyway I survived using this for about a week in order to prevent my lips are getting chapped. After using it, the corner of my lips were getting dry and chapped (alert of irritation!!!) so I stopped use this product.
- (-) The scent is not good and powdery like flour
- (-) It's too solid so it doesn't moisturize my dry lips
- (-) It leaves white dry skin when my lips are getting dry
- (+) it's cheap
- Repurchase? NO
10. AUBEAU Volage Lip Care
Sorry for the low quality picture T.T I couldn't find the HD picture of this product in Google so I took a picture by myself using my only-2MP-cellphone-camera.
Description: Moisturizer & Volumizer, plumps the lips and redifines their contour. Enriched with Vitamin Complex and Sun Screen to prevent dry or chapped skin.
This morning I went to a cosmetic store around my campus. I intended to buy NIVEA Med Protection lip balm because I could only find it in that store. However everything was turning out like I-dont-know-how-I-ended-buying-this-product ._. Actually when I asked about NIVEA lip balm then the SPG suddenly promoted about a lip product from her brand. She passionately promoted that a very dry lips like mine needed a long-lasting moisture care yet light to use. She said that a tube balm like I used to use could only moisturize lips from the outer part. In her explanation she said that an inner care was really needed to keep lips are smooth and natural. Her lip balm was in gel so it is easy to apply and absorbs quickly once it is applied to lips. At first I hesitated to buy it but her explanation was not kinda tricky and finally I gave a try for this local brand. When the SPG talked a lot to promote her product I suddenly remembered about a scene in Miss Korea (Korean Drama). In that drama, the company person is working really hard to sell his cosmetic products and showing that a local brand is also could compete with imported products. So I'm looking for the evidence of the SPG's explanation. I've applied it once and it did well in my lips and I hoped I'm not getting irritation anymore *sigh*
- (+) It comes in gel so it feels cool and absorbs quickly once I apply it
- (-) At first I feel like my lips are watery
- (+) It leaves my lips smooth and chewy after 10 minutes
- (+) It is soooo light and I feel like not using any lip product (the salesgirl was so good explaining this)
- (+) It moisturize well and long-lasting
- (-) It is quite expensive for a local brand
- (-) It smells bad (I can't stand products with medicine-like smell)
- Repurchase? NO
So these were bunch of lip balm I've ever tried. If you had super dry and sensitive lips like mine, you have to be careful while choosing for the suitable lip balm for yours. I'm still looking for the best one for my lips and if I try other brand I'll let you know. Stay tune and see ya in my next post XOXO!
Pics credit: Google images
