Lippy4u Lip Balm

Lippy4u Lip Balm
From their Etsy

$3 (+ $1.50 S&H, $.30 S&H for each additional balm)

[avocado oil, beeswax, cocoa butter, shea butter, flavor oil, soybean oil, castor oil, vitamin e acetate, coconut oil]

With flavors such as Shirley Temple and Coconut Bubble Tea, how could I resist?

The cute, simple, PAINT inspired labels are adorable and add a really fun appeal to this balm.

When you uncap the Shirley Temple, it smells great. A nice seltzery drink rich with cherry goodness makes your nose happy. When you put it on it has a wonderfully sweet and crisp taste. It is a great sweet taste, which at first provides a super sweet licking opportunity, but when you start to lick, the shea and cocoa butter flavors come out and detour you from doing so.

The other scent/flavor is Coconut Bubble tea. I got this for the sake that there is a bubble tea reference. I love boba, it's Asian and delicious. I am not a fan of coconut, but wow...this is a great scent and flavor. It is not overly coconutty, and surprisingly there is even the subtle hint of a milk flavor. How accurate! I was not tempted to lick my lips with this on.

Both balms are a great consistency. They are hard, but seem to melt as they glide over your lips providing a nice smooth feeling. I really like the firmness of this balm. It is awesome because it has a very high heat tolerance. According to their Etsy Shop page, the high heat may melt your balm, but I have not found that to be true at all.

This balm lasts the average lip balm time, 2 to 3 hours, however I have noticed something very odd about this balm. It does last past drinking, not past eating, but when you drink an ice cold beverage, this odd waxy feeling covers your lips. I do not know if this is a coincidence or a reaction to something in the balm with the cold, but it is such a weird feeling. I just reapplied and carried on with my day.

Overall, aside the weird occurance of waxiness when drinking a cold beverage, this lip balm is pretty nice. It is not vegan, nor organic, but it is a super cute and yummy lip treat. I think these are also just super rad from my point of view of a Straight Edge gal who loves her party drink alternatives.

Rating: 4 outta 5