Lipstick is my favorite thing to wear on my lips, but when I’m not wearing it, I like to wear things that are easy and quick to apply, but still give me some color so I still look polished and pulled together.
If it’s moisturizing and good for my lips too, even better! Here’s my round up of my favorite balms and good for you lip favorites.
I love these for the applicator, which swivels the product like a lipbalm, and makes it easy to use and it doesn’t take up much space in my purse. The colors are sheer, free of sparkels, and full of moisture thanks to mango and shea butters. I can truly say that these leave my lips feeling better after I use it.
Fresh Passion Sugar Lip Treatment
This stuff is so luxurious and beneficial. It’s the only lip balm with sunscreen that I have ever found that doesn’t have an overwhelming sun screen taste. Plus the color is a beautiful sheer red, it’s amazing stuff!
Ok, so have you figured out that I LOVE shea butter? This is what I apply before bed every night. It’s very “balm-y” so it stays put and I wake up with soft lips. It’s great for winter, if you have dry, cracked lips I swear this can heal them overnight. It’s that fast. The fact it’s so thick and not glossy or shiny also means that it makes a great base for applying lipstick. Just apply, wait a minute, blot and apply lipstick.
I picked up this tasty little tin at Birdies Lingerie & Swim Boutique. It’s made by For Strange Women, who have an Etsy store for those who can’t pick it up somewhere local. They also make lots of other yummy products as well. The name of this balm is intriguing and the tin reminds me of a strawberry balm that came in a gold tin as a kid that I was obsessed with. This stuff smells like black licorice, or Absinthe as the case may be, and it’s packed with all natural stuff like almond, coconut and avocado oils, vitamin e, and shea butter to keep your kisser ready for anything. Lip pencils glide over it nicely too, so it makes a good lipstick base. Yum yum.
3 comments
Sarah says:
Jan 11, 2012
I’m always on the look out for a good lip balm. One that I love is called “Chicken Poop Lip Junk” (http://www.ilovechickenpoop.com/). I think I’ll have to try Fresh Sugar Passion to give me a little cool.
Louise LeMans says:
Jan 11, 2012
Sarah I’ve seen that chicken poop stuff before! I had no idea it was actually good and not just a gimmick! The Fresh Sugar balms are really great, I’ve had the Rose one too. They are expensive but do last quite awhile and feel really good on.
Miss Julie says:
Feb 26, 2012
I enjoy that you wrote free of sparkles on the Chubby Sticks. To me, that is super important if I’m going to meeting and don’t want to look 13. Great reviews!!! Keep them coming!!