Your Lips Will Love You

After searching far and wide for the very best lip balm for winter lips, I had almost given up hope. Lip balms that are too sticky, chapsticks that didn't work, $25 lip balms that were not worthy (like Fresh's Sugar Advanced Lip Therapy (click here for post).

I've seen my boyfriend use this Vaseline Lip Therapy, and decided to try it out (he said he got it in his Christmas stocking and used it since he was a kid, so cute!) What the hell, right? I know it doesn't seem like the most exciting beauty product ever but let me tell you - it WORKS and that's the most important thing.

After using my boyfriend's for about a week, I went to the drugstore and bought 2 for myself. In just over a week, I already see a drastic difference in how my lips look and feel. No dry skin or gross flaking, just pretty smoothness! I had also pumped the brakes on wearing lipstick lately, since my lips were in such bad shape. And dark lipstick on damaged lips has got to be one of the worst offenses ever in my book.

Thanks to this little product of awesomeness, my lips are back to normal and I couldn't be happier. And it's all thanks to my kick ass boyfriend (I know he is eating this up). I guess even a beauty addict can be taught something new, right? It's cheap, you can buy it at any drugstore, and trust me your lips will thank you!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! And Happy Valentine's Day! Any special plans? =)

Fresh - Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment

A makeup artist friend of mine suggested I try this lip balm from Sephora. I had a gift card, so I decided to go for it. As many of you know, finding the perfect lip balm for chapped, winter lips has been a battle of mine forever! So the verdict: there's some things I like and don't like about this balm:

Likes: The texture is really nice. It goes on nice and smoothly and makes a nice base for lipstick. It smells really lemony and fresh, and I like that the bullet is thick and grabs every inch of your lips

Dislikes: It was $25. Ahhh!! This is a lip balm we're talking about, not gold! I know, I shouldn't talk after I just bought a Chanel lipstick not too long ago. If the balm was amazing and life changing, i'd probably replace it. However, I find myself reapplying it VERY often. My lips need extra care in the winter, and reapplying a balm all the time isn't fun. Most importantly, I don't see any real results or "repairs" to my lips. After using it for a few weeks, I half expected my lips to be in better shape than before. This wasn't the case.

All in all, i'm glad I tried it! I will use it up until it's finished, but I doubt i'll replace it. I've been using CO Bigelow Mentha Supreme interchangeably, and it lasts a long time! It has a wet, more gel type texture, but it seems to really stay on and keep your lips moisturized. And it's a hell of a lot cheaper =)

What do you guys use to fight chapped lips?