Product Description
Our Shea Butter Lip Balm will melt on your lips. 30% of this formula is unrefined shea butter – the highest amount in the market! Most others have 1 or 2%.
Our luxurious lip balm does more than taste good, it provides natural healing with healthy fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins A, E and F, that provides moisture to keep lips soft and supple.
This smooth formula is never drying or sticky. Cracked lips do not stand a chance.
No parabens, sulfates, petrolatums or propylene glycol. Shea Butter hand made in Benin, West Africa
This was a complimentary gift from iHerb after they read about my haul which was totally unexpected. Mine was the 15oz size. If not for them, I guess I wouldn't have come across this brand because its relatively unknown in Singapore.
My last lip balm review was more than 6 months ago *gasps* because I don't start using a new lipbalm without finishing my current one. The same goes to all my skincare products which is why I am not able to churn out so many reviews on a frequent basis.
I have to say this lipbalm is totally awful and I am glad that I have finally used it all up. I do not have severely cracked or dry lips so lipbalms usually work all right for me but this lipbalm is a test of my patience.
Most lipbalms come in a sleek handy size but this product comes in a chunkier size than norm. The grip is fine but its the usage on the lips. Because its chunky, it meant that the lipbalm covers a larger area on the lips. If you have thinner lips, the lipbalm would cover up till the outside of the lips. Just imagine you are applying a lipstick to your lips and the colour is drawn out of your lips.
In the case of this lipbalm, there will be a layer of greasiness outside your lips, if you are rushing for time and just apply without thinking. Fortunately, this has never happened to me. Gosh, I hope its not because my lips are thicker than the size of the lipbalm!
Most lipbalm is smooth or waxy when applied but not this lipbalm. The texture of this lipbalm is softer than others and has a gritty surface which is never smooth ( mainly because of the shea butter, I guess ), so after application, your lips would have some remnants of the shea butter flakes. You would feel those flaky bits on the lips which you have to dab it gently to clean them off. I hate this feeling because that meant, I always need a mirror whenever I use a lipbalm but thats ridiculous, in my opinion because I am not even using a lipstick. There has never been a need for me to check my lips whenever I use a lipbalm.
If you have severely dry lips, there is more friction between the lips and the lipbalm so there are more flaky bits leftover on the lips after application as the texture is quite soft and thus can be messy at times.
The last 10% of the lipbalm actually dropped out, when I tried to use it. Probably because its not adhered properly onto the base.
In conclusion, while it did leave my lips soft and moisturised and has a nice peppermint scent but the cons outweigh the pros and I have little confidence in this brand.
Source : OutofAfrica
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