I eternally have dry, cracking lips. (Blame it on my laziness to drink enough water daily)
My hubby finds it disturbing when I try to pull off dry skin from my lips using my teeth.
A disgusting habit, I know, but I like doing it just to irritate him, hehe.
But as much fun it is to annoy the hubby, it’s equally frustrating having dry lips all the time. For one thing, I could not wear lipstick. Wearing lipstick defines my cracked lips even more. (I’m fond of wearing dark plum lipstick for that emo look, hur hur hur!)
I am forever envious of people who can wear different shades of lipstick on their luscious lips. *sigh*
I, on the other hand, am stuck with plain ChapStick on normal days, and tinted lip gloss (which I have to reapply a gazillion times) on more festive occasions.
FORTUNATELY, I came across Skysenshi’s blog post on The Face Shop’s Plus+1 LipCare. She swears by how it is the only product that has ever provided her cracked lips with enough moisture to actually bring her lips back from dry wastelands.
It has 2 variants: Shea Butter and Vitamin. I got the Vitamin one.
Skysenshi is a fellow dry skin lip chewer and her own lip woes hit close to home. If the product worked for her, I was hoping it would work for me, too!
The first time I swiped the lip balm on my lips, I was disappointed. It didn’t moisturize my lips as much as I thought it would.
Recently though, I read this certain tip on how to keep your puckers moisturized: Lather lip balm on your lips before sleeping.
I had long stashed the Plus+1 LipCare cream in the bottom on my makeup kit along with other disappointing products, but it was the product that came to mind when I decided to follow the tip.
So lather I did, and off to sleep I went.
I normally wake up with lips so dry, I end up cracking my lips till they bleed when I yawn. But the next morning, I was happily surprised to have soft, moisturized lips!
Then it dawned on me: So THAT’s how you use a lip balm! :P
The first time I tried the product, I swiped a thin layer of the balm and rub my lips together.
Apparently, to use a lip balm effectively, you need to apply a thick layer of the balm on your lips and let it settle on/get absorbed by your lips.
So now I’m pretty happy with The Face Shop’s Plus+1 LipCare Cream! It keeps my lips moisturized for a good 4-6 hours before I actually have to reapply :)
The more often I use the lip balm, the more improvement I notice on my dry lips :)
Not bad for a P200+ product. (Forgot the exact price, oops.)
This is a popular brand now and have some good products though.
try mo yung Lip Ice and Carmex one time!! those are also nice balms at less than P100.
You had me at less than P100! :)
The only other product I’ve tried from Face Shop is their foundation :)
Why don’t I remember reading this post before?! Anyway, I will try it out. Thanks! :3
Hi Clair, let me know how it works for you! :)
Congrats on the blog award! That news got me interested in dropping by… I must say, you’ve got good reads here… And yes, I’m a dry skin lip chewer (and peeler) too. Human Heart Nature (HHN) has lip balms (less than 100 pesos too) that helps me. As you have experienced, It helps to use it at night (their sunflower oil does a great job in moisturizing lips too)… but for added measure I apply it the first thing as I start dressing up for the day. By the time I apply lipstick, lips are amply prepped! :) HHN’s Natural Tinted Lip Balm (Flame Tree) is my current favorite because it colors enough to allow me to even forego lipstick and just go with natural, healthy-looking lips.
Please keep on writing! More power to you in 2012!
Hi Che, thank you for dropping by my blog! :) I looove Human Nature. I think I got one of their lip balms as a gift and I really liked them, too :)
Hi Lia! So far it’s been good. My lips still dry out sometimes but at least they don’t crack anymore :D Thank you <3
Hi Clair! Did you get the vitamic shea butter? :)