You only get one set of smackers! (Labello Lip Balm)

Member Name: ihatebroccoli

Product:	Labello Lip Balm
Date:	12/11/00 (2113 review reads)
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Advantages: Very moisturising and protective, each product in the range has a different benefit

Disadvantages: none

Labello products have now become Nivea! Have you noticed that all the Labello lip balms have now been renamed, and are “Nivea Lip Care” now? The products and the company are still exactly the same though, and the packaging is still in the same colours, so as not to confuse. You can buy these lip balms virtually anywhere, Boots, Superdrug, most pharmacies and Supermarkets.

I first tried this product when I was desperate for some lip balm on a trip to Germany years ago. I just bought the first one I found, and I am so glad I discovered it. I bought the Rosé one, which is a brilliant non-greasy balm, and which also leaves a slight pink tint on your lips.

The brand name Labello has been going since 1909, and I have since discovered it was and is made by a German company – Beiersdorf. That would probably account for the fact that I found it so easily the first time in Germany when I was looking.

Why do we need to use lip balm?
The skin on our lips is especially sensitive and thin - only apparently about a twentieth of a millimetre thick. Our lips also have no sweat glands to keep them moist and no sebaceous glands to keep their surface lubricated. They also have very little brown pigment of their own to protect them from ultraviolet radiation.

What’s the difference between the products in the range?
The lip balms are attractive and effective, and come in a variety of different “flavours”, in other words; different problems call for different solutions so there are various different types of this lip balm:

The pink one (Rosé) is a regular lip balm, but which also leaves a pleasant pink sheen to your lips. It is moisturising, *and* you get a bit of pinky colour at the same time. Ideal for winter, if you still want to wear lippy, but protect your lips aswell. It’s a great antidote to chapped lips, and gives them a bit of colour as well.

The yellow one, which I also h
ave, and usually use in summer, has an SPF of 18, and offers protection from harmful ultra violet rays. It is also resilient enough that it doesn’t come off in the water, so it’s brilliant for if you go swimming.

The blue one, is the original lip balm. Ideal for basic lip care. It has no scent or colour – it’s white.

The green one, is for sensitive lips, though, whose aren’t?! It acts as a lip repair, and is usually slightly more expensive than the others in the range. I saw it in Tescos for £1.75, when all the others were £1.35 bizarrely! Not sure if that’s consistent everywhere though.

Why does the packaging actually benefit the product?
The best thing about the packaging is probably the fact that they don’t have a fiddly little lid, the lid is the same size as the entire stick, and so it’s not as easy to lose or drop.

Lips are pretty sensitive things, the skin on them is very thin, and therefore they need a lot more care than most areas. They can get cracked, chapped, dry and sore if they’re not protected against the elements – wind and cold etc… and how quick is a stick lip balm to apply? Very! It’s much quicker than having to mess around with a pot of balm, getting it on your fingers, and then getting grease everywhere else.

All right, so most stick lip balms do the trick, but it’s the remembering to put it on which is the real key. It’s no good having a whole range of products for colour, SPF, or repair qualities, unless you actually remember to apply them. Stick lip balms are really convenient, and I have been using them since I was at school. They are non –messy, and with this product in particular, it’s pretty handy that the lid is the same size as the stick – so it’s less easy for it to slip out of your fingers, and disappear under the car seat etc…

What’s in the lip balm?
Ever
y Labello/Nivea lip balm contains jojoba oil, and shea butter, and Labello Rosé also contains Vitamin E. The SPF of the “Yellow” one is also due to be increased to SPF 25 from SPF 18. So, it’s all good stuff, and there’s no excuse not to have protected lips all year around.

Priced at around £1.35 in Tesco, and virtually the same everywhere else.

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