The Body Shop - Mango Lip Butter

To be honest I’m not the biggest lip balm fan in the world. Well apart from Carmex, I never really bother with others. However, this was before I bought a lip butter from The Body Shop. Have I converted to a lip balm world?

I went to London for Christmas to visit my parents, while there I bought a magazine which had a Body Shop gift card for £3 free inside. Free gift card? I wasn’t leaving London without spending this. When I went into The Body Shop I remembered the curse of hand luggage.... 150ml products. Since I could not buy any body butter or body oils I decided to try a lip butter. The Mango lip butter caught my eye, it was hand luggage safe and only £1 after the gift card.

I was actually genuinely surprised how much I liked this lip butter. It’s so creamy and leaves my lips actually feeling moisturised. (I know the whole point of the product but I have had a lot of ‘lip balms’ in the past that leave my lips even drier! Grr) I love the texture it’s smooth and doesn’t make my hair stick to my lips, which is always a plus. This also smells deliciously good.

Would I buy again? I think so. Yes, I think my official I hate lip balm phase has come to an end. Well for now at least!

What do you think of The Body Shop’s lip butters? Yeah or nay?

Laura x

Palmer's Dark Chocolate and Peppermint Lip Butter

When I was in Belfast one of the products I bought was Palmer's Dark Chocolate and Peppermint Lip Butter. I'm a big fan of Palmer's hand cream so I was very interested in a lip butter! This lip butter is designed to soften and sooth dry chapped lips with Cocoa butter and peppermint oil, while adding a subtle gloss. It smells AMAZING just like After Eight chocolates! The peppermint oil also is designed to freshen breath naturally. Pretty handy eh?

The Lip Butter comes in a small tube 10g. Its a squeezey tube so no product will be wasted. The packaging design is simple like the hand creams and body butters. 100% pure Cocoa butter is used so it feels very creamy and moisturising. The lip butter itself is clear and non sticky. I love the fact that the formula is non sticky. This is great for Irish weather as I hate when it's windy and my hair sticks to my lip gloss! It's the perfect gloss for during the day. 

Moisture wise it properly would not be as good as Carmex but the smell is divine! If you are a chocolate fan this will give you your chocolate fix without the calories! Price wise it's not too expensive. I paid £2.75 up north so I would say it's about €3.50 in the Republic. I will definitely repurchase this again!

Have you tried this lip butter yet?

Larry xx

Avon Candy Land Lip Balm

My lips are in bits with the cold weather we are having. They are in constant need of lip balm to keep dry sore lips at bay. My ultimate best lip balm has to be Carmex but when I saw these cute lip balms for only €1.30 I had to give them a try.

I picked up Avon Candy Land Lip Balm in the colours 'Lollypop' and 'Candy Apple'. They are currently on a special offer at €1.30 (They are normally €3.30) They are designed to 'Give your lips a treat with sweet flavoured lip balm' 

'Lollypop'

'Lollypop' is a shocking pink colour and smells like sweets. 'Candy Apple' is very green almost Kermit the Frog green. Don't worry though they both appear sheer on the lips. Candy apple smells gorgeous and reminds me of the smell of apple drops sweets.

'Candy Apple'

Moisture wise they are ok. (They are no Carmex though!) Lips do feels moisturised after application but this wears off very quickly. I do like the smell and packaging but the moisture does let the product down. I will probably throw it into my handbag however to keep for emergencies as I'm ALWAYS loosing my Carmex!

Larry xx