Jadewicks Lip Balm

Jadewicks
Lip Balm

$3.25 each (+ $1.60 S&H)
3 for $8.25

[Soy Wax, Avocado Oil, Apricot Kernal Oil, Meadowfoam Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Rice Bran Oil, Jojoba Oil, Cocoa Butter, Illipe Butter, Mowrah Butter, Sal Butter, Castor Wax, Flavor]

These lip balms should really be called Lip Butters. They glide on so smooth and so lushly... it's divine.


I got these balms in Lychee Martini (no alcohol though!) and Vanilla Sugar. The Lychee Martini is a perfectly sweet and light lychee scent and flavor. By far the best lychee I have experienced in my lip balm endeavors. The Vanilla Sugar is another great demonstration of a flavor. It is a warm and hearty vanilla, almost as full as a chai, but not actually a chai. It is very refreshing and I would even say this would be a great holiday flavor.

These balms glide on smoothly, coating the lips and wrapping them in moisture. They absorb slowly but are not greasy or waxy. The texture is so full and velvety, it is pleasing to have on your lips. There is a slight gleam to your lips, but not a heavy gloss.

These balms wear for a long time. I would say they surpass 4 hours of wear, however they do not stand up to drinking or eating. And a warning, these lip balms are one of those balms that when you drink from glass or crystal, they leave a residue which you may have to hand wash.

Overall, these lip balms, although I fully support them being called lip butters, are fantastic. the $3.25 might seem a bit much, but really, the luxury these provide is worth every penny. Great scent, great flavor, great feeling, and great moisturizing qualities. The only downside, low heat resistance.

Rating: 4.9

Random Lip Balm

So through my travels, I often stop at random places with the sheer desire of finding some small company or stay at home mom selling their wears, especially lip balm. This blog is a simple run down of 3 balms I have recently purchased at random, un-balmy places.


Woodman Farms Beeswax Lip Balm
$2.00 at craft fair in Lockport
Scent: Wintergreen
[not on label... My guess... Beeswax, castor oil, essential oil]

First, what the heck. There is a giant bump like growth on this balm when I first opened it. I think this balm is hand filled and the person didn't want to waste any...but gees... it makes putting it on hard.

This lip balm has a nice firm texture, which makes application easy. It has a light gloss to is, so your lips look wet. The scent is almost nauseating. It smells like chewed gum. When you put it on, it doesn't get better.

This balm lasts through drinking but not through eating and remains on your lips for a good 2 to 3 hours.

Overall, this balm is in my "sick balm" bag. I can't handle the crappy smell and taste, but it does it's job and it shan't go to waste.

Rating: .5 outta 5 (they are from New York... I have to represent)
DO NOT BUY


Ganache for Lips
$4 purchased at Butterwood's on Main Street in Williamsville
Flavor: Mocha Latter

[Ingredients per lip balm found @ website by clicking flavor]

This little splurge came after a great meal of sweets and some warm mocha. (If you are ever in the Buffalo area I recommend without hesitation Butterwood's or The Chocolate Bar... both the same company.)

So this lip balm is a chocolate lover's dream. It is made with real chocolate and coffee bean extract. It is very rich and flavor and the wonderful mix of ingredients becomes a delightful texture to put on your lips. It is smooth and just glides on leaving your lips feeling so moist.

It does not wear through eating or drinking but it does last at least 4 hours, if you can resist licking your lips!

Overall, I consider this a great investment. It is a great pick me up when I wanna chow down on chocolate that I don't have laying around.

Rating: 4.5 outta 5
GREAT BUY! GO GET YOUR OWN!


Wei East White Olive Tinted Lip Smoother
available here or at random beauty conventions
(I got it as a gift and I didn't wanna know)
$10 online

Tint: Pink Peony

[ingredients were MIA]

Well...yes. There is a butt load of money to spend on such a small container of lip balm. 0.28 0z. It is bigger than your standard stick but it doesn't look like that.

It doesn't smell great and you wont be licking your lips, but I have to give it up; this balm is the bomb. Have you tried the new O-Gloss from smashbox? Well... this pink is the exact same pink that the O-Gloss turns on my lips. (This is one way I justify the fact someone may have spent $10 on this for me.) The tint is great, and perfect for my pale complexion. It feels uber luxuroius on my lips. It has a creamy texture that is thick, in a good way, and makes your lips feel like they are wrapped in healthiness.

The tint and sheen last about 2 hours, and that is if you are not drinking or eating. Yet the effects of this balm last for hours. Even after I wipe this off, I can still feel my lips being moisturized. I love it. It has SPF too!

Overall, if you can afford this, you need to buy it. It is CHEAPER than O-gloss (and better for your lips)

Rating: 4.9 outta 5
PRICEY BUT PERFECT

{and BONUS!! if you go to their website they are offering a free hand & body lotion, you just pay $2.97 S&H... WELL WORTH IT!!! it's normally a $14 product! Click for details! The coupon code is "perfection"}


Hand Maiden's Garden
Orchard Blend Balm for Thy Lips
$3.50 per tube
I purchased this at the Sterling Ren Fest

[castor oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, wheatgerm oil, glycerin, beeswax, natural sweetener, artifical/and or natural flavors]

I was super pumped because I love Ren Fests (I don't dress up.... I'm not that into them) and I love lip balm. I saw this as a perfect combination. Oh how wrong I was.

The Orchad Blend was the most AMAZING scent int he form of candles, lotions, and perfume. I was unable to smell the lip balm because it was wrapped...for safety issues, I understand. Yet the balm smells like perfume...heavily scented with chemical florals, perfume.

The balm does have a nice consistency and glides onto your lips, only in turn to make them feel a bit greasy, not to mention the fake the balm then begins to taste like plastic. Yes... plastic.

I have yet to find someone who can stand it on their lips longer than ten minutes to figure out it's durability.... but I think that it is an irrevelant quality when the balm is putrid to say the least on your kisser.

I also think this reinforces my dislike of lip balms with glycerine in them. It's meant for Bush to sing...not for my lips.

Overall, LADY IN THE FRUMPY TIME PERIOD OUTFIT, I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

Rating: 0 outta 0
DO NOT BUY

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

The Scented Blossom Tinted Lip Balm

The Scented Blossom tinted Lip Balm
$1.50 - $1.75 (+ $1.50 S&H)
From The Scented Blossom's Ebay

[may contain: sweet jasmine, rice bran oil, cocoa butter, coffee butter, beeswax, mica, Japanese Camellia oil, aloe extract oil]

I was looking through Ebay for some natural lip balm, and these came up. I'm into Wei East right now, so I was really excited to see these Asian inspired lip tints.

I'm going to run down these by color, because they all go on a little different.


Beach Bronze Lip Balm

This smells like a fancy schmancy lip stick. It goes on with a nice glide and the sparkles are not gritty. They blend in smoothly and your lips feel nice and glossy. The color is a summer bronze. It is somewhat sheer, but as you can tell in the photo, the color is just enough to warm up your lips. It doesn't taste like anything in particular, but it is a peculiar flavor. It is not displeasing, just different. It is a warm flavor, possibly from the camellia oil. It wears for about 2 hours.

Rating: 4 outta 5

Coral Rose Lip Balm

Although this photo is somewhat blurry, this Coral Rose is a perfect light pink. It looks great on pale skin. It is warm and compliments the natural hue of the lips. It smells like the older Chanel lip stick my grandmother used to wear. It's a bit intense, but when you put it on, it fades. This glides on nicely, yet it is a bit harder than both of the other balms. This lip balm really made my lips feel nourished and silky smooth. I would not recommend licking your lips, it is does not have a pleasing taste. This balm lasts for about 3 hours, and does not stand up to eating or drinking.

Rating: 4.5 outta 5


Mocha Latte Lip Balm

This balm has the least amount of pigment. It is a sheer warm gold/brown that makes your lips glow in a way. It is the best smelling lip balm, reminiscent of a big, dark cup o' coffee. This balm goes on a bit waxy, but if you rub your lips together it smooths out to this wonderfully silky feeling. This, like the Coral Rose offers a quenching sensation on your lips, but it does not last that long, maybe a half hour. The wears for about 2 hours.

Rating: 4 outta 5

Overall, these balms are a great alternative for lipstick. It is a nice sheer color and shimmer, so even for a little girl, these are radtastic.

Overall Rating: 4 outta 5
(there are a lot of other flavors and colors available as well as some other natural bath, body and skin products!)

Midohana Lychee soap

Midohana Lychee Soap

I received a sample of just pink lychee soap, but now there is Lycheetini scent in the Sushi soap bar. A mini Bento box of these soaps are $8.25 (+ S&H)

[Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerin, Aqua, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Sorbitan Oleate, Soybean Protein, Titanium Dioxide, Parfum, Iron Oxides]

This soap smells DIVINE! So good I could eat it. I wished the sample I got was bigger because within a week it was gone, and man, do I miss it.

It lathers okay. It is not super foamy, but it gets good a coverage lather. It works best with warm water.

It leaves a wonderfully soft and clean feeling afterwards. It is splendid. It even makes your skin tingle a little. It is really nice.

The after smell is just as real as the lychee fruit. It is sweet, but subtle, and it pairs well with Juicy Couture's fragrance.

This is something that you could wash with and go out on a date and blow that guys mind with your sweetness.

Did I mention it comes in the sushi form? Even better.

The price is a bit much, but for the novelty, I think it is worth it.

Overall, any sushi lover needs this. Any lychee lover needs this. I think you need it.

Rating: 5 outta 5

Daisy Cakes Soap Lychee Lip Balm

Daisy Cakes Soap Lip Balm in Lychee Fruit
Available through Etsy
$2.75 (+ $1.95 S&H)

[cocoa butter, candelilla wax, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, vitamin e, flavor oil]

As you know I have a fondness for all things Asian. Lychee fruit is something one can find in Florida as well as on the West Coast, but not often where I live. I love the smell of Midohana's Lychee soap so I really wanted to invest in some solid Lychee lip love.

This balm comes in a very plain and simple tube. Not too bad, but it is rather lack luster.

When you first take off the cap you get this super sweet scent of lychee. Lychee is sweet, but this is overpowering. I hoped that when applied the scent dispersed. The scent mingled with the cocoa butter creating this extremely unpleasant smell and even more, a terrible taste occurred.

The glide of this balm is very nice. It is solid at room temperature (up to about 68) but anything else it seems to get soft. I left it out on my desk, next to a window. The light coming in from my window and I guess the combination of the heat as I went to put this balm on prior to my review, it smooshed all over my lips. Uncool and super soft.

However, in normal lip balm conditions, this holds up well. The glide is lovely. Solid, but not wax-hard. It does not create an uncomfortable coating on your lips, rather leaves a nice smooth glistening sheen, that really feels like it is moisturizing.

It lasts about two to three hours. It does not stay on while eating or drinking, yet after eating a few pretzel rods, my lips still felt supplely soft.

Overall, this is not a great high heat balm, meaning it is not meant for the summer. Secondly, this is a dismal flavor. DISMAL. The scent is far to sweet to be accurate to the real deal and then the cocoa mixes poorly with the flavor. When will people understand it is easier to mix mango or shea butter with fruit flavors than it is to do so with cocoa butter?? The sad thing is that this could be a great vegan lip balm.... but only so in the winter, early spring or late fall. Add some carnuba!!!!

Rating: 1 outta 5

(Should have gotten a different flavor during a different season)

{Stock photo of lip balm}

Savvii Whipped Body Creme

Savvi Whipped Body Creme Samples
(Formally known as Blackberry Bath Works on Etsy)

$5 for three .75 oz jars of your scents of choice (+ $2 S&H)

(I think I paid $5 for the five .4 oz jars)

Some great scents to choose from too!

[Deionized water, Cetearyl Alcohol & Cetearth-10, Glyceryl Monostearate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Aloe Vera, Triethanolamine, Tetrasodium EDTA, Methyl Paraben, Propyl Paraben, Fragrance]


These little jars have gone a long way. For samples they are a great value and great way for a buyer to smell and try new scents. The following are what I chose and tried.

Lettuce: When you first smell it in the jar it does not smell all that crisp and refreshing but when you apply it, there is this wonderful fresh and lightly floral scent. It is succulent and clean. Very impressive. I found this a great and relaxing balm to put on when I got out of the shower and was going to bed.

Mango Sorbet: Of course I would pick the mango scent. It is very very sweet and mango-y. I loved it, but it was not an every day lotion because of how strong the scent was. When I was going out to the art gallery I found that this lotion complimented my Gwen Stefani L.A.M.B perfume very well. It is mouth watering though. YUM!

White Tea & Ginger: I thought this would be an interesting Asian inspired scent. It has the bite of the ginger when you smell it in the jar but when you put it on, it mellows out nicely to high light the scent of the tea. It is a very earthy scent. Something that could be used for everyday wear without using perfume.

Bamboo: Here I go again with the Asian love. It is a crisp scent, light but sweet. It seems to have some wood undertones and when you apply it, there is a warm and sweet scent. I wore this a lot. It was the first I finished because the scent just went so great with my everyday life.

The final scent I got was Cherry Blossom (yes more Asian inspired smells). I passed this one on to JB for her comments and concern. She has quite the tale to tell about this whipped body creme.


The Cherry Blossom is a great lotion and a great...lip balm, if you'll humor me. I discovered this when I was given the product to test. The conversation went something like this:

Miss Beauty Fiend: Here, I got this to review for the blog...
Me: Mmmm, lip stuff! Hey, it looks like lotion! (applies to lips)
MBF: Umm...it's not for your lips, but ok.

You do have to admit that these little pots look like there could be lip balm in them. My over-eagerness led to the discovery that applying this lotion to your lips makes them ridiculously soft and smooth. And it works right away, unlike most lip balms, which you have to rub in and allow time to soak into your lips. I wouldn't put it on right before eating or lick it too much though, because it tastes like...well, you know. Lotion.

The scent is also fan.tas.tic. Very sweet and fresh and clean-smelling, like it has a yummy cherry ice cream sort of smell (does ice cream have a scent?), but it's floral at the same time. I found myself opening the jar just to smell it.

As a lotion, I found that the scent lasts about three hours. It's strong enough that it could definitely be used as a perfume on it's own. It's a sweet smell, but also sophisticated enough that you could wear it to a wedding or something. It works great on softening your skin. I have really dry hands in the morning, so I put it on then, and it was wonderful.


These whipped body cremes, or in other words, lighter lotions, are great. They are non-greasy and absorb quickly. Their lotions are sophisticated and can be worn alone with the scent acting as a perfume. Looking at the new packaging, you get more which is awesome and the labels are brighter than the ones in the picture above. The only negative thing is the fact that there are parabens in these. Some people may not be all that excited about that, but these are VEGAN!! So there are some bonus points. Its a personal choice, but I think these whipped body cremes and a must try. The scents alone are just phenomenal.

I did not experience any redness or sensitivity to these cremes. I have uber-sensitive skin and often times fragrances are a source of irritation for me. However, these lotions left my skin feeling soft, quenched and fresh. No irritation at all.

Overall, these whipped lotions are a great buy. Inexpensive and they go a long way, and I'm sure they'd last longer now being in the container almost twice the size of when I ordered mine.

Rating: 4.5 outta 5

epli Asian inspired lipbalm

epli lip balm
Chopstick lip balm in Sudachi and Kabosu
$3 per balm or $5 for "Pair of Chopsticks" (+ $2.50 S&H)

[soy wax, cocoa butter, beeswax, palm stearic, fractionated coconut oil, candelilla wax, rice bran oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, sweet almond oil, evening primrose oil, citrus]

and
Pout Premium Lip Balm in Yuzu
$5 (+$2.50 S&H)

[soy wax, rice bran oil, camellia oil, macadamia oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, apricot kernel oil, cocoa butter, illippe butter, mowrah butter, sal butter, menthol, yuzu citrus oil]


I am in love with Asian inspired everything. I stumbled across these on Etsy. I had no idea what a Sudachi or a kadosu was. Well, I found out (thanks wikipedia!!!) that they are these delightful citrus fruits from Japan. The Pout is a bit pricey but these balms rock!!

The glide of these balms is heavenly. It is smooth, yet firm, and you can feel the great mix of butters and oils settling nicely onto your lips and absorbing. I cannot express how fantastic this balm feels on. It has a nice cooling sensation and such a sweet, light, citrusy aroma it's intoxicating.

These Chopsticks have wonderful tastes/scents. True citrus bliss. The Kabosu is a flatter combination of grapefruit and lime. It is not overly acidic. The Sudachi is a more broad blend of flavors. It reminds me of lime, grapefruit, clementines, and a hint of lychee. This has a more acid scent to it, clearly denoting its citrus roots.

The Pout in Yuzu is a great representation of the yuzu fruit. A nice grapefruit like flavor. The menthol crystals in it gives your lips a nice tingle. It is very refreshing.

These balms also wear for a long time. A few hours, and depending on what you're eating, it lasts through your meals and drinking.

The only negative thing I have to say about this balm pertains to the Pout primarily. It softens rather fast. I have been using these as my primary balms because I love them so much, and I cannot keep the Yuzu in my pocket. It gets very mushy within an hour from your body heat.

Overall, this balm is worth every penny. I plan on purchasing more of this and keeping it stocked. It is a great "adult" balm with an exotic flavor that is surprisingly pleasing for people who are not big fans of change or risks. Oh and I almost forgot. These are VEGAN!!!!

Rating: 5 outta 5