SOS Lip Balm to the rescue (Nivea SOS Lip Balm)

Member Name: diffyb

Product:	Nivea SOS Lip Balm
Date:	27/03/06 (476 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Delivers exactly waht it promises

Disadvantages: None

During my recent attack of flu, I found myself using kitchen roll to blow my nose which had some unfortunate side-effects - firstly, my wife went mad when I used the entire roll and secondly, it made my top lip and nasal area extremely sore.

In fact, the skin directly below my nose was an angry red colour and had more chaps than Bonanza (a 1970s cowboy series for you yougsters out there).
As my runny nose refused to stop streaming fluid I had to keep blowing it and with each tissue used my top lip became worse.
As I am sure Bill Clinton would agree, I needed instant relief.

As I scoured the medicine cabinet a small tube dropped onto the kitchen work surface and at first I mistook it for one of the wife's lip gloss tubes but on closer inspection I noticed that it said "SOS Lip Balm" - just what I needed !

The tube itself is white and around 3 inches in length and has a screw-cap which, when removed, reveals an angled tip similar to a highlighter pen through which the contents can be squeezed.

The wording on the tube reveals that SOS Lip Balm is part of Nivea's lip care range and promises "Instant relief for sore lips".

I squeezed the tube and a small amount of the cream oozed out - it was quite thick and had a pleasant, clean aroma which made me think of flowers and soap (or soapy flowers) for some reason.

I gently rubbed the cream onto my sore lip and nose and was surprised to discover that it was rather viscose and clung to the area it had been applied to making it difficult to spread around. However, I learnt that by applying smaller amounts I didn't need as much cream and avoided rubbing my already sore skin more than was necessary as it simply soaked into the skin beneath.

Another surprise was that this cream really did give instant relief - the rawness on my skin began to fade within about 20 seconds of applying it.
That's right - 20 seconds, not minutes.

I applied the cream every couple of hours and after 1 day, my skin was almost back to normal save for a tiny amount of redness.

Having done a small amount of research I discovered that SOS Lip Balm contains Calendula Oil and Panthenol to protect and repair the skin.
It is also free of any kind of preservatives so as not to irritate chapped skin.
The tube which I had was a 10ml size which sounds small but as you only need a tiny amount it lasts a very long time.
My wife paid £2.89 for it from a local chemist.

So if you are unfortunate to suffer from dry, chapped skin then give this a go as it really does give instant relief.

Summary: SOS Lip Balm - it really works.