Oi ........... (Other Lip Balms)

Member Name: idodoyou

Product:	Other Lip Balms
Date:	18/11/01 (144 review reads)
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Advantages: Kissable lips all year round!

Disadvantages: Is there a disadvantage to all year round kissable lips??

..... com' ere' and gissa a kiss big boy!!

Neutrogena Lips!

Bugger me. He's walking over. Oh Christ. Whatta I do now?
You have just, in a wild and totally unladylike moment propositioned this really really gorgeous guy to get his cute little buns across the busy road for a Christmas snog. The Mistletoe is dangling over your puckered up cherry red lipped kisser as he saunters over, wraps you in his big strong arms and goes in for the gentlest of kisses. And he does. Go in for the gentlest of kisses that is .... ummmmm.

Get your heads out of the clouds. This scene does not end well. Instead of him sweeping you up and bundling you into the back of his chauffeured driven car to a cabin in the hills, or whereever. He lets go of you as if you were ice. Clutches his lips, and staggers off leaving you in no uncertain terms that he did not enjoy your brief interlude.

Because you, ya daft old cow have got lips so chapped that this guy, the man of your dreams has just had to kiss some old tart with lips like sand paper!!

It's no good looking at me like that? It's true isn't it? G'wan, run the tongue round em? See, lips like a newly laid shingle drive.

And is it any wonder really though? I mean, look at our weather? It's cold. It's wet. And it's windy. 'Cold' and 'windy' do not like ladies lips (or guys for that matter!) It doesn't. And it didn't help that you've had a busy day at work and you've been chewing your bottom lip for most of it either. Look, you've got a crack down the middle deep enough to rival that of the Grand Canyon.
Your lips are a mess girl!

See, the thing is ladies, (and gentlemen) if you are going to put yourself in compromising situations such as above, you really need the tools to carry out the job. And in this instance, you really did need kissable lips.

In order to have kissable lips at a
ll times; they will probably need some work doing to them.
Oh yeah, there are lipsticks out there that help a little bit when it comes to keeping your old 'teeth curtains' supple and soft, but they don't really provide all the ingredients needed. I mean, a 'lippies' main job is to look colourful and good isn't it. It won't give you what you need.

You need Neutrogena Lips. Yes you do, don't argue!

Made by the same manufactures that gave us 'Norwegian formula' hand cream, Neutrogena has used those miracle ingredients once again, and given us this lip balm. Not the exact ingredients you understand. If that was the case, you might as well just use the hand cream for your lips too.

Packaged like any other ordinary lip balm or lipstick, you know, with the 'lift of the lid and then the turning' thing at the bottom that propels, as if by magic, the stick of lip balm up above the protective casing leaving it ready and waiting for you to apply. Just like any other lip balm packaging really. But of course, this is just not any other lip balm.

This is the crème de la crème in the dry, cracked and chapped lips department.
With ingredients such as ~
Ricinus Communis, Parrafin, Cera Alba, Cetyl Palmitate, Octyl Methoxycinnamate, Isopropyl Myristate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Ozokerite, Bisabolol, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Sodium Sulfate, Euphorbia Cerifera, Stearic Acid, Propylene Glycol, BHA, Propyl Gallate, Citric Acid, and .... Parfum, how could it fail to be anything less than the best hey?

And it is. The best. You know it is?
Believe me when I say, that when it comes to lip balms, I've tried them all.
Boots. Body Shop. Nivea. Blah,blah, blah!! Oh, I'm not saying that they don't work, I'm just saying I've tried them ..... And weren't that impressed.
But as soon as I applied this little number ... 'my lips had come home&#
39;!!
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To start with, when applying it's the simple and usual procedure. Pucker lips and slather on. Easy. And after the puckering, and the slathering, it's then you notice that although you got a good covering, it's not too thick. Not too greasy. Just right. I find that with Boots lip balm, no matter how little I use, I find it goes on really thick, and somehow makes my whole face feel greasy. Bluerghh! This doesn't. This balm stick is kinda hard. Not soft and easy to slather on. You almost have to work at putting it on. It's as if the makers don't want you use it. Or rather, they don't want you to use a lot! Not that they are being mean of course. Simply because you don't need a lot. I reckon one sweep a lip should do it? Of course, the amount of 'sweeps' depends on the size of lip coverage needed? A camel would probably need more than you or I? Understand?

The balm itself is basically a stick of hard Vaseline type stuff. It has a white tinge to it though, but leaves your lips clear. There's no colour.
And it tastes of nothing. No fancy flavours here I'm afraid. But it smells. Nice smell of course. Fresh. Subtle. Delicate even. And not unlike the Neutrogena hand cream. This is going to sound stupid, but it smells as if it is working. Clean, and natural. Not 'chemicallyfied' at all.

I'm not saying that this is a miracle cure. I mean, if you do happen to have cracks to rival Cheddar Gorge in your lips, I'd head for Blistez rather than this. Neutrogena is like preventive medicine if you will? If you put this on, and use it regularly, kissable lips will be yours all year round.

Once applied, it lasts a while. There's no need to reapply every 20 minutes. Of course, if you have active lips (??) I'd disregard the aforementioned time suggestion. The reapplying time is purely up to you and your active lips?
What I'm trying
to say it, you can reapply as often as wanted. Or needed. But it isn't needed that often if your lip usage is 'normal'!! Get my drift?

If my words have made sense, got you thinking thoughts along the lines of, 'My god, you know, that idodoyou makes sense (and she's great at these op things~teehee). Or I've triggered a long buried and embarrassing memory (how did she know about the kissing thing?) and you are thinking that maybe you want to give your lips a little luxury? I'd head for Boots, any good Pharmacy, or leading supermarket with your purse. It'll set you back around £2.69 for a 4.8g stick so it ain't cheap. But it's worth it. I've had my last tube for about 6 months now, it's being used at least 3 times a day, and it's still going strong. The stick doesn't actually seem to go down you know. Kinda like the lip stick version of the Tardis!

If you've read my 'I had Norwegian fisherman's hands' op (it's not a plug!) you'll know that I rave over Neutrogena products. Not all Neutrogena products mind you. Just the ones I've used and think that they are worthy of raving over.

And believe me, this is one lip balm that's worth the rave!

Anyway, don't take my word for it. Stick some on ya kisser today, Christmas is coming and the mistletoe is a plenty ;)

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