Lip balm love.

I use such original blog post titles ;)

A while a go I was stuck for lipbalm inspiration and a lot of you came to my rescue! These are the ones I'm currently using:

Nivea pearly shine- perfect for adding a bit of extra shimmer to a lipstick or for toning down a bright colour, very pretty!

Palmer's cocoa butter formula lip balm- Not too slippy yet very moisturising which makes it my first choice for under lipstick.

Blistex relief cream- this is the one that I reach for when my lips are cracked and sore, it works well whatever but I like to use it overnight and within hours lips are soft and hydrated.

Blistex daily lip conditioner is one I use every night to maintain lip hydration, it smells lovely (as it contains cocoa)

Vaseline- I generally use this on top of a lipstick or for when I know I'm going outside to protect my lips.

Burt's bees lip shimmer- Rhubarb and Peony- perfect for days with less make up, colour and great moisturisation all in one!

L'Occitane shea butter lip balm- by far the most expensive of the bunch but smells beautiful and does a wonderful job for day-to-day moisturising!

Superdrug currently have 2 for £3 on Blistex products so it's the perfect time to get your hands on them!

What are you girls using on your lips at the moment?

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Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer Review

So after my request for suggestions for lip balms to keep my lips at a decent level of non-chappedness Burt's Bees came up, and I decided on a coloured one.

Ingredients include sunflower oil, beeswax, cocoa seed butter, lanolin, vitamin E, peppermint and rosemary leaf oil and carnauba wax. The balm itself is the perfect consistency, it transfers easily from the tube to your lips and it stays there really well. It has a peppermint scent that smells very natural and not sweetened up which I really like.

The lip shimmer that I got my hands on is the shade Rhubarb and it's described as a "Luminescent and sheer colour" I would say that it's colour isn't that sheer once on the lips, though swatched it does look it. It's only a couple of shades darker than my natural lip colour and it's lovely, not too overpowering and still natural looking. It's currently my first choice over lipstick as my lips are needing a lot of TLC and this provides that as well as some colour!

These retail for £5.99 on the Burt's Bees website though a quick search will find you certain colours (including Rhubarb) at clearance prices on other sites so it's worth looking around before buying!

Are you a Burt's bees fan? 

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