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4 Lip Balm Ingredients to Avoid
Are you constantly reapplying your lip balm, because no matter how much you put on, your lips just dry out again five minutes later? It could be that you're experiencing a lip balm ingredient to avoid. Many lip balms have ingredients that actually dry your lips out or have other negative properties.
Doing Drugstore: Palmer's Dark Chocolate Peppermint Lip Butter
I have a hard time going into Walgreens without picking up some sort of lip thing or other, and my initial purchase of Palmer's lip butter ($2) was no exception. I've always loved Palmer's cocoa butter — my dear mama swears by the stuff, and even sometimes sends me care packages with sticks of it — but I've only used it as a hair and elbow/knee moisturizer.
I assumed anything made with cocoa butter would be creamy and need a little heat to deliquesce, so I was pleasantly surprised by the lip butter's moist, gel texture (I think the result of added vitamin E).
Reader Review of the Day: Yes to Carrots Lip Butter in Carrot
Yes to Carrots makes a whole range of purportedly eco-friendly beauty products at drugstore prices, which in my estimation is a good thing. But sometimes cheap and green do not the perfect product for you make, as reader Oni1 found out when she tried the Yes to Carrots Lip Butter ($3.69). She says:
At first try, I thought this was the best balm ever, but now I've been using it off and on for several months and have concluded it's just OK.
In the Lip of Luxury: The Priciest Balms
I wear cheap lip balm. There, I said it. It's not that I don't wear pricier lip stuff, too, it's just that I sort of buy lip balm whenever I see it, so that at any given time I've got 12-20 little sticks floating around somewhere, and most of those cost less than $4.
Serena Serves Her Pomegranate Lip Balmer
I'd imagine lunging for a drop shot would cause some wind-chapped lips over time. (I'm imagining this while sitting my lazy bum on the couch.) Anyway, athletes who face the elements while practicing and competing, need to protect their lips.
To help keep her game face ready, Serena Williams worked with Mission Skincare to create a silky balm that takes her through the whole set.
Love It or Hate It? Bacon Lip Balm
Oh my. This bacon-flavored lip balm is a curiosity. It's from the same people behind Baconnaise, a vegetarian sauce that combines the gloopy sauciness of mayonnaise with the salty taste of smoked pork.
This Vegan Balm Brings Bliss and Heaven to Lips
Calling all Kubrick fans with dry, chapped lips! Lips by Wong has created Clockwork Orange Creamsicle lip balm ($4) to let you look DeLarge and in charge. (The vegan balm has a vanilla-orange scent, hence the name.) Creator Kaia Wong, who plays in bands such as Mixel Pixel, makes the vegan treats in Brooklyn.
Splurge of the Week: Payot Hydratation 24 Protection Levres
When it comes to lip balm, I tend to spend less than $10. I'm just too scatterbrained and forgetful to drop more than that on balm, because inevitably I lose it and feel like a chump for doing so. But now that I've tried Payot Hydratation 24 Protection Levres, I can understand why some people pay a little more.
What Causes Chapped Lips?
Mr. Bella and I were sifting through some old photos and after looking at each year's school picture, it was obvious that the poor guy spent the majority of his elementary days with chapped lips. It's pretty unavoidable, especially in moisture-depleted Winter months — and especially for that cute little guy who couldn't stop licking his sore, flaky mouth for relief.
Reader Review of the Day: Honey Lip Balm by Burt's Bees
Are your lips chapped or dry right now? Mine are just coming down after a little cayenne pepper experiment gone awry. So, I did a little search for lip balms to take out some of the sting, and what did I find?
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