Product Description
Named in honor of the British sir who sailed towards our tiny island, this lipbalm is english breakfast tea flavoured with hints of vanilla and caramel. Take your cuppa tea with you, a truly unique and relaxing scent. For tea lovers, this one is just mind blowing.
Shophouse Sixtyfive range of lip balms is handmade in small batches, with names inspired by Singapore and its culture. I purchased Sir Stamford Raffles Lipbalm just because hints of vanilla and caramel sounds so delicious enough to be on the lips.
Clear and colourless, they are perfect to be layered on bare lips or prior to lipstick application. I hardly ever use lipsticks because my lips are so red, so bare lips are the way to go. I always need a lipbalm wherever I go, its an essential item in my purse as my lips are always so dry and flaky. Now that I don't work in an air-conditioned office 8 hours a day, my lips condition is so much better. However, I still need a lipbalm to nourish my lips.
Clean with a hint of vintage feel and interesting names, Sir Stamford Raffles Lipbalm certainly holds much memories for me - times spent memorizing all my history notes pertaining to Sir Stamford Raffles and all those dates and contents of the treaties. And I got an A1 grade for my exam eventually! * pats myself on the back *
Made with beeswax, essential oils, flavour oils and vitamin E, Shophouse Sixtyfive Sir Stamford Raffles Lipbalm smells good initially, but gives way to a less than desirable scent after several weeks. I don't think it turned racid, it just doesn't smell that good anymore, probably because of the humidity in our country.
Sir Stamford Raffles Lipbalm started off on a good note, leaving my lips soft and well-hydrated, to being sticky and not smooth enough to glide on the lips, after several weeks of usage. To minimize that issue, I use "dab" motions instead of gliding it all around the lips. The stickiness is still there, but much lesser. However, the pet peeve is the white debris left on my lips, making it look drier than it ever was. My lips looked much flaky instead of looking softer and hydrated.
Then after leaving the lipbalm in the lurch ( in my bag ), because I was frustrated with it, I turned back to using it, after several weeks later and guess what? Everything was back to normal. The good scent was back, it was able to glide on my lips smoothly, leaving a sheen behind and there was no stickiness or white debris. Queer, indeed.
However, after a couple of days of usage, I get the same problems all over again - the stickiness and the white debris. Noooooooooo......
Other than the inconsistent performance, there was no batch code and the printing fonts on the packaging came off after some time, similar to the Font Canning lipbalm . The twist and turn lock also does not hold well after awhile, as the yellow lipbalm would be pushed up ever so slightly on its own, smearing the contents around the opening, each time I opened the cap. Pure wastage.
The price has increased slightly, from $9.50 a pop to $9.80 a pop. Unfortunately, as much as I would like to support local brands, I have to be convinced of its effectiveness and right now, Shophouse Sixtyfive lipbalms are just not suitable for my lips, because of its inconsistent performance and poor packaging.
However, I believe such lipbalms would make a good gift for tourists, just because the names are so uber-cute, with Singapore in mind.
Source : Chalkanddoodle
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