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Lipology, Extraordinary High Pigment Tinted Lip Balm

Take note! This is flat out the best tinted lip balm that I have found to date! I am in love! I also can’t remember where I bought it! Ack!

Lipology tinted lip balm is so tinted that it perhaps it should be classified as a moisturizing lip stick, except that even the best moisturizing lippies do not feel truly conditioning like a balm. Lipology does. What is more, it included anti-aging peptides, broad spectrum sun protection, and it tastes fabulous. Below is a swatch of the shade Raspberry.

Like I mentioned, I can’t remember where I picked up my lipology balm, but I suspect it was at Ulta. Regardless, I can’t seem to find it online. It looks rather unassuming—just like a standard lipstick, and I initially thought that is what it was. When I wore it, however, I was immediately very happy with the balm’s texture. It feels akin to a medium balm that is just buttery/waxy enough to last for quite some time, but also very moisturizing. I would love it as a balm alone. But then it adds truly wonderful color that also wears very well. My Lipology tinted balm lasts longer than many balms do, and the color lasts longer than manylipsticks. This isn’t the wimpy color seen with most tinted balms either. It is a lipstick worthy pigment that can be worn for sheer (but not wimpy sheer) to medium coverage.

The Lipology tinted Lip Balm is also lightly flavored. It has a light mint taste that is not too strong. Instead, it is just enough to be pleasant and adds to the overall experience of the product being more like a balm than a lipstick.

Lipology makes a number of other lip products. If I can find them ,I’ll purchase some more to review. In the meantime if anyone comes across Lipology products please let us know where you found them! I am also sending an inquiry to the company about purchase locations.

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Lush None of Your Beeswax Vegan Lip Balm

Lush Cosmetics’ vegan lip balm, None of your Beeswax Lip Balm is a good vegan balm with lots of staying power. It uses alternate waxes over beeswax and has coconut oil and she butter for nice moisture. However, while Lush None of Your Beeswax Lip Balm is vegan, it is not all natural since it contains parabens—something I find interesting since there are several natural preservatives that are often used instead in lip balms. Anyway, I’m not a paraben hater, but with the large number of natural lip balm lovers out there, and Lush’s general feel good image, I was a bit surprised.

Lush None of Your Beeswax vegan lip balm comes in a tin and is on the medium to waxy side in texture, which is usually my preference. Because it is on the waxy side, it wears fairly long. However, it is not so waxy that it lacks a nice moisturizing feel. It still has a nice buttery side to it, especially after application. Lush None of Your Beeswax Lip Balm contains some citrus oils, but I generally found it to be fragrance and flavor free. Look for in online (see above link) or in Lush stores.

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Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Lip Treatment

In my opinion, Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Treatment SPF 15 is one of the absolute best lip balms out there. Unfortunately, at $22 it is also a bit pricey for a balm. However, it is a splurge that I find worthwhile, and I tend to buy one of the Fresh lip treatments every so often.

What I love best about Fresh Sugar Rose is the smell and taste. It is unique and lovely. The balm also packs in moisturizers, has a good medium texture that is not too waxy and not too oily, and includes a nice light tint.

Here are the product details:

Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15 delivers a hint of color while nourishing, softening, and protecting the lips.

Enriched with the same nourishing oils and hydrating butters as the best-selling Sugar Lip Treatment SPF 15.
Soothes, softens, and protects while offering the look of a sexy, just-bitten pout.
Provides essential year-round protection from damaging UV rays.
The bright addictive citrus flavor is infused with a hint of rose for an ultra-feminine effect.

Key Ingredients::

Sugar is a natural humectant that ensures long-lasting moisture.
Meadowfoam seed oil and apricot kernel oil are rich in super moisturizing fatty acids and vitamin E.
Sweet and tart blackcurrant oil cushions the lips with plumping fatty acids.
Antioxidant grapeseed polyphenols and vitamins A, C, and E provide protection from wrinkle-causing free radicals.
Paraben-free.

Fresh also makes some great cosmetics and spa items. All tend to have a bit high of a price point, but they also tend to be very high quality.

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CocoCare Lip Balm

I grabbed a CocoCare lip balm at a CVS and, despite a less than ideal ingredient list, I rather liked it. This balm is not all natural by any means.

Here are the ingredients:

Petrolatum; C18-36 Acid Triglyceride; C18-36 Acid Glycol Ester; Cocoa Butter; Aloe Vera Extract; Fragrance; Propylparaben; Butylparaben

However, the combo of coco butter and aloe vera gives it a nice buttery feel, but the petrolatum keeps it firmer and longer lasting than most all natural balms.

At $2.99 it is also nice and cheap. I would take this one over a regular Chapstick (but not over one of the newer Chapstick Fresh Effects Balms (link is to previous review)

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Chapstick Fresh Effects Lip Balm

Chapstick has a new lip balm out, ChapStick Fresh Effects, in two flavors: Refreshing Mandarin and Invigorating Green Tea Mint.

I gave both flavors a try and was quite pleased with them. The balm itself has some mint and other ingredients that create a light tingling and cooling sensation. Go figure that I threw out the box before I took a look to see just what ingredient made it tingle. I suspect menthol or eucalyptus, or something similar. Anyway, I rather liked the sensation.

The texture of these balms is quite nice. It is a bit creamier than standard Chapstick, which tends to be quite a bit on the waxy side. Yet, it isn’t so creamy or oil based that constant reapplication is needed. I tend to like my balms to be in that middle road area.

Mostly though, these balms taste good! I really liked both flavors, especially the mandarin one. You can find Chapstick Fresh effects at just about any drugstore, grocery store or big box retailer.

Note: This review is based on items sent to me by a representative of Chapstick. For more information please see my Girl Gloss disclosures page.

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Four Favorite Hard Candy Lip Products

Hard Candy Cosmetics are back, and they are at Walmart. I went out and bought a selection of items to try and the lip products were definitely my favorites. Hard Candy also sent me some eye shadows to try that I will review next week on Beauty and Fashion Tech.

The Balm Girls tinted balms give a nice sheer tint with good moisture. The package is cute too.
Mouthing Off Lipgloss is a high shine gloss that is not sticky and has pretty shades.
Button Your Lips Gloss is a twist up brush gloss similar to Stila’s glosses. This was my favorite of the bunch. Great pigment and low stickiness as long as you don’t try to go to sheer with it. I likes these better than Stila’s actually!
Visibly Wet Lip Pencil is a creamy, thick lip crayon that also has fairly good pigment and pretty shades.

Below are shopping links for the products at Walmart. You should also be able to find them just fine in the stores, although my local store was sold out of a few items–mostly eyeshadows.