------------ What is it? ------------ This is not your regular lipstick from Clarins or from any brand for that matter. It is very unique and I have never seen one like this before. It is a lip balm, lipstick and lip shine in one. It has the lipstick in the middle and the lip balm surrounding it. ------------------------------------ What colours do they come in? ------------------------------------ They come in a purple which looks quite scary but I can imagine it would look nice. There is also a light candy pink, a bright coral and a deep red. The colours are actually called Crystal Lilac, Crystal Pink, Crystal ...  Read the complete review

I have spoken in the past about how I have been trying out some of the Clarins make up. I was first introduced to it because I had been trying their skin care products and when I happened to be buying a replacement toner they were offing a discount on other products. I had already brought quite a few skin pieces of make up so I have now decided that I fancied trying the Clarins Instant Smooth Crystal Lip Balm. I have always suffered with dry lips, no matter what time of year it is so I thought I would give it ago. I had been happy with my other lip balm, a Burt's Bees product but as this was on a reduced price I thought I would give it a try. As I ...  Read the complete review

=== The product === This is a lip balm from Clarins. It contains Vitamin E and is designed to feel very light on your lips. It is advertised as keeping your lips looking youthful and nourished. === The packaging === This comes in a lipstick style casing. The casing is very luxurious and everything about it screams luxury. The casing is a gloriously shiny silver and there is pink detailing to my lip balm, I am not sure if the packaging varies slightly per balm as I did not pick this at a counter but received it in the post with a large order of other items. === How to use this === Well you apply this much like you ...  Read the complete review

Being a huge make up fan I was delighted when my OH aunt walked through the door with a box of make up and offered it to me, of course I didn't refuse and was soon upstairs rumaging through all the make up, I was shocked to see that most of it was very expensive, Clinique, Dermalogica, Clarins! Estee Lauder..I couldn't wait to try out everything because I know that with some products you really do get what you pay for. The price of the lipstick is around £16.00 which is quite pricey, but if you have the money its no problem and such a great investment. If you really would like to try it though but its too expensive I would recommend looking around online as it ...  Read the complete review

I buy too many lip balms.  It's partly because I'm so disorganised that I forget to take one out with me, but the main reason is that I'm just a little bit obsessed with them.  Take last month, I was standing at the Clarins counter to try and cadge a few samples ('oh, but I emailed Clarins and they told me to come and see you') when suddenly I found myself buying one of their new Instant Smooth Crystal Lip Balms.  At £16 it's very highly priced, but I feel it's worth it as it does a fantastic job and also gives my lips a touch of colour for those days when I'm going for the more natural look. Outwardly the lip balm is designed to look like a lipstick, I chose ...  Read the complete review