...the Dior Crème de Rose lip balm.
Like anything that ACTUALLY works, it won't immediately sort you out. Need a couple of uses or...even more! As the lips heal.
Mine were in a terrible state the first time I used it. Almost bleeding, cracking, one big blister waiting to happen (if I smiled too widely in a wayward wind. Winsomely).
First use...okay, softer, smooth, shiny...shininess doesn't distract me from the scraggly bits underneath. Is this just a veneer with no benefits? Are you just humouring me, having successfully conned me out of a substantial amount of money that could have gone towards Perfection Personified's diaper fund?????
Second application...hmm, what happened to those flaking bits? Third...better, better. Fourth...why am I using this again?
Better than every commercial lip balm I've tried, not better than pure lanolin.
However, while lanolin gives great immediate effect, it doesn't soothe or heal--my lips seem to get worse with every use. With this, their rehabilitation is gradual. But that lovely soothing layer seems to absorb better and last longer. Unless you have a Yummy Young'un, too, with sparkling eyes, in which case all the hugs and kisses will mean you'd have to reapply every hour or so. Worth it.
(BABY ATED PIZZA TODAY!
IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE MASHED, HE HELD IT AND BIT CHUNKS OFF LIKE A REGULAR BASEBALL FAN!!)
Comes in a white container which wouldn't look out of place on a Rococo dressing table.
Sweet pastel rose tint (barely discernible once on), soft rose scent, good good good. I LOVE the texture. It's supposedly "smoothing and plumping"--well-moisturized and wrapped in this creamy cushion, of course they will look fatter.
Absorbs well, but not so well that your lips are left vulnerable and shivering. Neither too heavy nor too light. Not greasy. Makes a good base for lipsticks that tend to deflate and shrivel yon...lips. It's a bore to say "lips" so many times in a row. Let's break it up a bit. Jack jumped o'er the candlestick.
This Dior __ balm is indispensable for L'HIVER (OMGGG, MUN... I REMEMBERED MORE FRENCH), so swing by the counters and buy it already. IT'S ALMOST NOVEMBER PEOPLE.
Oh, a good cheapie tip I heard from Bobbi Brown once: to use eye cream on lips as an overnight treatment. (BB no believe in lip balm, nor unicorns.) Which I've done, in moments of desperation. (Doesn't work. I'm a hard case). Of course, eye cream is usually tres ka-ching, plus WHAT IF YOU INGEST NASTIES?!?!? (Can't be worse than Coca Cola, mutters a wise man).
Oh by the way it has chemical SPF, so if you're allergic to that, avoid and do a honey facial, not sparing the lips. Will moisturize them. Somewhat. For a whole three minutes.
Like anything that ACTUALLY works, it won't immediately sort you out. Need a couple of uses or...even more! As the lips heal.
Mine were in a terrible state the first time I used it. Almost bleeding, cracking, one big blister waiting to happen (if I smiled too widely in a wayward wind. Winsomely).
First use...okay, softer, smooth, shiny...shininess doesn't distract me from the scraggly bits underneath. Is this just a veneer with no benefits? Are you just humouring me, having successfully conned me out of a substantial amount of money that could have gone towards Perfection Personified's diaper fund?????
Second application...hmm, what happened to those flaking bits? Third...better, better. Fourth...why am I using this again?
Better than every commercial lip balm I've tried, not better than pure lanolin.
However, while lanolin gives great immediate effect, it doesn't soothe or heal--my lips seem to get worse with every use. With this, their rehabilitation is gradual. But that lovely soothing layer seems to absorb better and last longer. Unless you have a Yummy Young'un, too, with sparkling eyes, in which case all the hugs and kisses will mean you'd have to reapply every hour or so. Worth it.
(BABY ATED PIZZA TODAY!
IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE MASHED, HE HELD IT AND BIT CHUNKS OFF LIKE A REGULAR BASEBALL FAN!!)
Comes in a white container which wouldn't look out of place on a Rococo dressing table.
Sweet pastel rose tint (barely discernible once on), soft rose scent, good good good. I LOVE the texture. It's supposedly "smoothing and plumping"--well-moisturized and wrapped in this creamy cushion, of course they will look fatter.
Absorbs well, but not so well that your lips are left vulnerable and shivering. Neither too heavy nor too light. Not greasy. Makes a good base for lipsticks that tend to deflate and shrivel yon...lips. It's a bore to say "lips" so many times in a row. Let's break it up a bit. Jack jumped o'er the candlestick.
This Dior __ balm is indispensable for L'HIVER (OMGGG, MUN... I REMEMBERED MORE FRENCH), so swing by the counters and buy it already. IT'S ALMOST NOVEMBER PEOPLE.
Oh, a good cheapie tip I heard from Bobbi Brown once: to use eye cream on lips as an overnight treatment. (BB no believe in lip balm, nor unicorns.) Which I've done, in moments of desperation. (Doesn't work. I'm a hard case). Of course, eye cream is usually tres ka-ching, plus WHAT IF YOU INGEST NASTIES?!?!? (Can't be worse than Coca Cola, mutters a wise man).
Oh by the way it has chemical SPF, so if you're allergic to that, avoid and do a honey facial, not sparing the lips. Will moisturize them. Somewhat. For a whole three minutes.
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