Buxom Lips

I have to admit I have a love/hate relationship with Bare Escentuals Buxom Lips Lip gloss. I own quite a few in different colors: Trixie, Dolly, Amber, Brandi and the full color gloss Roxanne. First thing, it is supposed to be a lip plumper. I have never ever experienced any sort of plumping action from this gloss. There is a menthol tingle that accompanies the lip gloss but the "buxomness" is underwhelming. The scent/taste is what bothers me the most. I think it is supposed to be a cake batter-like flavor, but it just tastes so wrong to me. I also don't like the feeling it leaves on my lips and it doesn't have great lasting power. I know it seems like I hate this gloss, but I keep buying/trying because I desperately want to like it. The colors are fantastic, it is a more grownup gloss because it is shiny not glassy and the shimmer isn't overbearing. I like wand formula lip gloss. And the packaging for Buxom Lips is super cute. I love it. And I am pretty sure that everyone I know loves this gloss. I just think that I set my expectations too high for this one.

Buxom Lips retails for $18. Try it for yourself and let me know if you like it!
http://store.bareescentuals.com/Buxom+Big+Healthy+Lip+Polish/38776,default,pd.html

I say No to "Yes To Carrots"

One of the great things about recovering from surgery is I have to go to the drugstore a lot to buy new gauze and such, and I have been making it a point to always pick up some new lip junk in hopes of finding the next great drugstore buy. I have some hits, I have more misses and I have a lot of material to blog about.
Yes to Carrots is a line of Paraben Free products. (I will take this time to note that I am almost obsessed with the Yes to Carrots C-Through the Dry Spell Deliciously Rich Body Butter, I use it daily)
Anyway, I picked up the C Me Smile Lip Butter. It comes in a traditional "chapstick" like container, it is all natural and 95% organic. I was very excited to use it, and well as it goes I was disappointed. I can't get over the smell and taste. It smells nothing like carrot, has an oily sort of smell and whenever I put it on I have a craving for spring rolls because the taste on my lips is that of the spring rolls from my favorite Thai restaurant. I like spring rolls in my belly and not on my lips. I just can't get over it. And it didn't moisturize my lips any better than anything else I have laying around. I don't think I will even continue to use the tube. The Yes to Carrots Lip Butter made me frown.

Green Goes Glam

on10® Green Glam Gloss in Green Tea is interesting. I don't hate it. But I am not quite sure about it. I just got it in the mail today from Sephora. I was got it because I am a sucker for cute packaging. And it is cute. I expected it to be a little tin, but it is actually in a cardboard pot! So cute, so green! The flavor is just what is says, green tea and they are not joking. It has the taste and smell of a hot pot from your favorite Japanese restaurant. It has SPF 15, which is always a plus in my book. It is not greasy, and has no shine. Dont be fooled by the name, it is most definitly a lip balm not a gloss. It has average hydrating abilities, and over all it is so-so. But, I am sticking it in my purse beacuse I love the packaging! If you can' t live without green tea, go green and give it a try. It is $9 and sold exclusivly at Sephora.

Nivea =Labello

While spending summers in Germany and around, I was never with out a tube of "lebello." My German friend said it was the best. And she was right. I stocked up on many flavors to send home so when I finally got back to the US I could have the silky smooth lips I enjoyed thanks to my beloved labello. It wasn't just that the lip balm itself was moisturizing. There were so many flavors and treatments - I miss the goodnight kiss labello. I figured I would never get to be a regualr labello user again, and I moved on....Unitl now.

Apparently Nivea and Labello are one. Have you noticed in your drugstore tubes that look like this:
Pick it up. Try it. It is the same products, same tubing and so far I see the same results. This makes me happy! I am not sure how many flavors Nivea offers, but trust me I will find out and let you all know!