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Laura Geller Lip Strip Scrub

Laura Geller Lip Strip Cooling Sugar Scrub is a really nice lip scrub that tends to get high user ratings. With peppermint and spearmint oils, the formula is minty with sugar used for the scrub. I found it to be a good gentle scrub that was also tasty!

To use this, apply it to your lips and lightly rub. Wipe off the excess and apply your favorite color or balm. Why scrub? It helps keep your lips soft and smooth, providing a better base for lipstick or gloss, and helping treatments from balms and conditioners absorb better.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Easy Peasy Lip Scrub At Home

Today brings just a quickie lip tip for you. Do you need a lip scrub and don’t want to pay for a fancy pot scrub or balm? Simply get out a bit of brown sugar and mix it with a little olive oil. Rub in on your lips for a moisturizing scrub!

Another option is to use dry powdered strawberry jello (the kind with sugar, don’t get sugar free) for a bit of a scrub that will leave a tint behind.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Kenzoki Sweet and Smooth Lip Duo

Did you know that Kenzo, known for their perfumes, also does skin care? Well, they do, using the name Kenzoki, and here is a product that I already know will be on my best products of the year list. I can’t rave about it enough!

The Kenzoki Sweet and Smooth Lip Duo is a dual sided lipstick shaped balm. On one half, the balm contains sugar grains and lemon fibers as a natural exfoliator. The other half is a conditioning balm with Vitamin E. The exfoliating side is very gentle—you hardly feel it working, yet it does a decent job. The conditioning side is smooth and packed full of moisture. It has a nice balance between conditioners and thickness. Basically, it isn’t waxy, but it is thick enough that it feels like it says a bit. It reminds me quite a bit of another favorite of mine, the Caudalie lip conditioner (read review).

The balm leaves a sweet, sort of almond taste behind that I also love.

$22, and seriously worth that price in my mind, at KenzoUSA.com.

Popularity: 15% [?]

Garden Botanika Lip Scrub, Happy Scrubby Goodness!

Lips can benefit from a scrub just like the rest of your skin. One gentle way to go about it is with something like the Garden Botanika Lip Scrub.

This moisturizing scrub contains avocado oil and jojoba seed powder. The scrubbing action from it is slight, which is really all the lips need, and boy does it packs moisture! I love the feel of this one, but I have to admit that I would like a bit more scrubbing action, simply because I am one of those who would over do it with scrubs if I let myself.

Garden Botanika recommends that it be followed with their Vitamin E Stick, which I also happily recommend. If you haven’t tried a vitamin E stick before, you should! They are great general conditioners.

Garden Botanika is available at ULTA Beauty, or you can comparison shop for Garden Botanika at Shopzilla.

Popularity: 8% [?]

Peter Thomas Roth Lips to Die For, Lip Facial Trio

This is a great little kit! The Peter Thomas Roth Lips To Die For, Lip Facial Trio contains all that you need to give yourself a lip spa treatment.

For the lip product addict who has everything, this would be a unique an intereting gift.

The kit comes with three products:

Heavenly Lemon Sugar Scrub to provide exfoliation and prepare the lips for the next steps.
Super Smooth Lip Putty as a moisturizing mask for the lips.
Pink Bombshell Lip Balm conditions the lips, further moisturizes and protects.

Great for yourself or as a unique gift for a lip product lover.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

New Bourjois Duo Scrub Lip Balm

Now here is an interesting concept! The Bourjois Duo Lip Scrub and Balm has a mini buffer in the cap to exfoliate your lips. The balm itself moisturizes with glycerin emollients.

There is only one shade, which is a sheer “pearly veil.” So this will impart some sheen. I prefer glosses such as that over a lipstick shade, although they can also be nice when you want a more natural look, but don’t want your lips to look naked either.

The Bourjois Duo is priced at $17, which is mid-range for a gloss. I might have to give this a try!

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