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After a long winter, cold winds, in constantly changing weather conditions, our delicate lip skin is constantly suffering. And we so want to wear matte lipsticks, bite our lips sexy and show off our lips! The Woman’s Day editorial team spoke about their favorite spa treatments, homemade recipes and balms for delicate lips.
June Jacobs, Lip Kit for skin care, 4100 rubles
– I constantly use bright lipsticks and most often matte. Lip skin needs to be soft and nourished in order for the product to be applied perfectly, which is why I was happy when a friend of mine gave me a spa complex for lip care a year ago.
Expectations: June Jacobs is known for his skincare products, I once used their face day cream and loved it. Any product for lip tenderness should exfoliate and moisturize your lips perfectly.
Reality: The Lip Kit includes three products: Lip Scrub, Lip Masque and Lip Renewal. They will protect against damage, relieve dryness, restore moisture balance and restore smoothness and tenderness to the skin of the lips.
The first step is to apply a scrub: a sucrose-based product will remove dead skin cells and soften it with sunflower seeds and avocado oil, generous with amino acids. The second item is a kaolin-based mask: in five minutes, the product will turn lips into silk!
The latest product is Lip Renewal, an anti-aging balm. The product contains nourishing oils and vitamin E, which smoothen the skin of the lips and carefully care for it. I try to do this ritual every week throughout the year, and I apply the balm every night before bed. My lips had a wonderful winter this winter – soft, delicate and ready for ultra-matte lipstick at any moment.
Rating: 10 of 10 points. By the way, after I used the funds for a whole year, there were a little less than half in the jars. Be sure to take good care of your lips to keep them nourished and hydrated at all times.
What recipes do you have for softening your lips?
Pure Love, lip balm with orange oil, 590 rubles
– Regular readers of the Wday Testing column have probably already understood that Pure Love is my favorite Russian cosmetics brand. It was with them that I found the perfect lip balm for all seasons and situations based on natural ingredients.
Expectations: I always expect strong hydration and nutrition from lip balm. It is important for me that the product is invisible on the lips, has a pleasant natural aroma and is suitable for any season. The product description says that it heals wounds on the lips well, prevents moisture loss, has a regenerating effect and deeply moisturizes. Consists of a solid natural product: foamberry oil, macadamia oil, raspberry seed oil, jojoba oil, orange oil and beeswax.
Reality: at first I liked the aroma: the balm smells very fresh and unobtrusively orange. Moreover, the aroma is not chemical. After application, the lips smell for a while as if I just ate an orange. I have been using this tool for a whole year (yes, it is very economical) and have never regretted buying it. The balm perfectly nourishes the lips and protects them in frost. In the spring, he helps me remove peeling and heals wounds. In summer, it behaves well in the heat and saves from light sunburn. After application, the lips become very soft and smooth. Another plus is that the balm has no taste. Some girls who have used this balm complain that it gives their lips a yellow tint. On my lips, the balm looks transparent. I think the color of the balm is visible only on pale lips with light pigment.
Rating: 10 out of 10. For me, Pure Love Balm is the best lip treatment I have ever used. Even the similar products Weleda and Lush cannot compete with it!
Fish oil (vitamin A), from 45 rubles
– In the spring, my lips are constantly dry and cracked, in connection with which I experience many painful moments. Not only is it unaesthetic and uncomfortable, it’s also unsafe! I’m not talking about kissing, when you have dry lips, you also have to forget – no pleasure! Therefore, as soon as the first signs begin that the lips need vitamins and super hydration, I immediately go to the pharmacy! What for? To buy fish oil, of course!
Expectation: I have been using this proven product for a long time, so I know for sure that it nourishes, moisturizes and protects the delicate skin of the lips.
Reality: vitamin A is very important for the lips. Firstly, it helps to cope with drying out, secondly, it perfectly nourishes and moisturizes and, thirdly, prolongs the youthfulness of the skin. In addition, this vitamin promotes regeneration processes in skin cells and stimulates collagen synthesis.
Therefore, I always have several packages of fish oil at home, which are especially indispensable in the spring-autumn period. It is very easy to use them. The product is sold in a soft package (capsule), which must be easily pierced and applied to the lips (several times a day is enough).
However, be careful! Excess vitamin A can lead to roughness and cracks. So don’t get carried away. By the way, you can revise your diet and add dishes from carrots, cabbage, bell peppers, herbs, liver, eggs and cottage cheese to the menu. Believe me, all this will also help to improve the condition of the skin and preserve its beauty and health for a long time.
Rating: 10 out of 10. Some folk remedies do not lose their relevance today.
– What about my lips? In principle, they “behave well”, only sometimes let down by the fact that they begin to somehow abruptly and suddenly regenerate. Old skin peels off, giving way to new ones. I always have enough chapstick throughout the day on such occasions. And at night I put baby cream or panthenol. It was all the more interesting to try a hand-made lip mask. I decided to test the honey lip mask, which attracted me with its ease of manufacture and delicious ingredients. Small spoiler: the ending will be unexpected 🙂
Expectations: So, I found the easiest lip mask to make. It contains only two ingredients: honey and butter. I always have both at home. There is no allergy to honey. I love sweets (and, as it turned out later, not only me). So, rubbing my hands, one evening I started preparing and testing the mask. I really wanted the lips to become tender, like that of … a baby. Yes, yes, I remember how a common phrase sounds, but isn’t all parts of a baby’s body tender?
Reality: Take a teaspoon of honey and softened butter, mix thoroughly until a smooth mass is obtained. Apply to lips and leave on for at least 20 minutes. But in fact, it is not possible to keep the mask on the lips for a quarter of an hour. Firstly, due to body temperature, it begins to melt and simply drain from the lips. Secondly, it is delicious, and it is very difficult to hold back the impulse and not lick your lips. Therefore, after 15 minutes “wearing” the mask, I went to wash it off. And not from the lips, but from the chin. The sensations from the mask remained pleasant, but nothing super unusual. Therefore, having wrapped a cup with a mask in plastic, I left it until the morning. The next day, before breakfast, I applied the mask again. The same 10-15 minutes, while I was preparing food, brewing coffee, painting, the mask gently slid onto my chin. After washing off the mask, it seemed that the lips still became softer. Then I decided that the mask should not disappear, in the evening before going to bed I will repeat the procedure. And so, having supper after work, I began to look for the coveted cup: not on the table, on the other table too, not in the fridge, not even among the washed dishes. While I was quietly perplexed, my mother-in-law came into the kitchen, holding that very cup in her hands and smacking her lips … No, I didn’t say anything. The mask is really tasty 🙂
Rating: 5 from 10… The mask can be used if there is no special product at home and the lips require urgent care. But other things being equal, it is better to give preference to a cosmetic product. It seemed to me that it would be more effective than a honey mask. True, it is unlikely that it will turn out to be as tasty.
Lip balm Cicaplast Levres, La Roche Posay, 710 rubles
– I have been using La Roche Posay balm for a long time and at any time of the year. Sometimes I try to switch to another tool, but, disappointed, I return to where I started.
Expectations: I expect moisturizing, nourishing, neutral scent and color, and fast absorption from lip products. Oddly enough, but all this is given by my favorite Cicaplast Levres, La Roche Posay …
Reality: the balm has an incredibly pleasant thick texture that fits perfectly on the lips and is absorbed in a second. No shine remains on the lips, but they look incredibly well-groomed: soft and moisturized. Moreover, in any weather: in the heat and in the cold. But the most amazing thing is that I don’t have to constantly apply the product. Whatever happens on the street, I use it once a day: in the morning before leaving the house. During the day I can eat, drink, be outside for a long time at a temperature of + 30C or -30C, but my lips do not care!
In the description for Cicaplast Levres, La Roche Posay says that it also deals with irritations around the mouth, nose and other damaged areas, and is still free of parabens and fragrances and is suitable for both adults and children.
In general, with Cicaplast Levres, I completely forgot about scrubs, nourishing masks and other lip restoration products.
Rating: 10 out of 10. I advise everyone!
Hygienic lipstick Avanta “Strawberry”, 20 rubles
Of course, I have tried dozens of different lipsticks and balms. Some helped and liked it, while some turned out to be useless. But, after an unexpected acquaintance with Avanta brand hygienic lipstick, I quickly got rid of all the means in my cosmetic bag, preferring a new product. “Strawberry” won me over three years ago. I then went to the pharmacy and in the meantime bought a lip balm, not suspecting that this purchase would be a real discovery.
Expectations: Considering that the new hygienic lipstick cost me only 15 rubles (three years ago, now it is 20 rubles), I could not even imagine that its properties are so good.
I would like to tell you a little about the composition, before I was not very interested in such moments. However, this time the new miracle balm aroused curiosity.
And again, surprise, I could not even imagine that such a large number of components are included in the composition: liquid petroleum jelly, beeswax, sunflower seed oil, castor oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, vegetable wax, paraffin, cocoa butter and much more. In short, in my opinion, there are enough moisturizing and softening components.
Reality: Outwardly, the design of the lipstick is super simple – you can guess the taste only by the large inscription on the cap itself. The smell is insanely pleasant, it is applied very easily. The lips become soft and get extra brightness and shine. To be honest, I don’t even want to use decorative glitters and lipsticks. I love!
As you already understood, I am very pleased with my purchase. I have not changed the balm for more than three years. I used to think that for such a price it is impossible to get good quality. It turned out that there are exceptions!
By the way, there are three types of balm – strawberry, raspberry and sea buckthorn. I’ve always liked the “strawberry” the most because of its excellent smell and additional red shine.
Evaluation: 10 of 10
In my opinion, lipstick has only one drawback – nondescript packaging and case. But do you really pay attention to this, knowing that the effect of its use will be good?