i really have no idea if this thread will bomb or not.

anyways. its get cold and lips are getting dry. what are your feelings on lip balm? my personal favorite is blistex complete moisture. it soothes and softens. it has a suble lemon flavor. and it doesnt leave that gross white ring on the inside of my mouth.

but, yeah. so chapstick? carmex? vaseline?

i love watching boys put on lip balm.

I never use it. My big, beautiful lips are tough.

My sisters swear by lip balm, though. I can't think of what kind they use, but it's not one of those ones you named.

Same here. My lips are naturally moist and supple. Some people I know have even become addicted to it, feeling they have to have it on at all times and keep reapplying and reapplying.

Plus I hate it when it gets all over your face when you make out.

no rachel, dont doubt yourself on this one. this is so awesome.

okay, so, i have pretty full lips, and when i was younger they would get chapped all of the time and even get to the red dry ring around the lips that seemed to happen to a lot of people when i was young [especially that guy that always had the red line actually above his upper lip where he had licked all the way up to catch the snot]. in seventh grade, i drew the line. my lips got extremely chapped from using victorias secret lip gloss in the winter and they were swollen beyond the point where you think you are going to live through it. i remember saying to myself in my seventh grade tennessee geography class, "with god as my witness, my lips will never go chapped again. [i was a dramatic tween]"

from that day on, i havent left the house without chapstick in my pocket or clutch. that makes EIGHT YEARS of intense chapstick experience.

now i have tried a lot of chapstick in my life, and i have yet to find the best. i have been known to use carmex, especially at night. i like the ones that burn the best, usually with menthol or something. i like softlips a lot, but not the "extra moisture" kind. a drawback to softlips is that it doesnt last and you have to reapply it a lot [which could be good for you chain smokers]. let me just point out that there are a lot of chapstick brands that actually make your lips worse, and i find that the "extra moisture" lines are usually like that. i dont need the extra moisture, i need extra healing power. right now, i am using a new blistex line called pro relief. it has a very mild flavor, good lasting power, and a new packaging design that actually makes the chapstick flat and fit into your pocket less noticably. the drawback is that it doesnt give me that great burn of a good menthol chapstick. i like to know its working when its working. vaseline? bah. vaseline isnt even good for dry skin! people think that if you put it on your dry skin that it will re-moisturize. not true! ladies, try putting vaseline on your dry heels and wearing socks at night. it washes off in the mornign! if you are interested, my pedicure girl told me about a great replacement for vaseline when it comes to dry skin, and that is eucerin dry skin cream. you can also get the generic kind [equate] which works jsut as well. it is really creamy but not oily at all, and i swear, if you put it on your feet and wear socks to bed every night for about 4 days, you have brand new feet! try it on feet, but also try it on legs, elbows, and hands. its really miracle shit. no stupid scents, no pretty packaging. just miracle shit, and quite easy on the beauty budget.

anyway, back to the chapstick. i am still on the search for the best one, and i do not hesitate to throw bad ones away that dont work or make my lips feel the least bit unprotected. i have tried them all, i think. i like the blistex fruit flavors because they last a long time. i hate the blistex overnight shit- its the kind that doesnt last one lick. i have even tried clinique by a recommendation, and it didnt do me any good at all. i guess thats all i have for now.

(Edited by stopforme at 9:16 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

This is a huge issue for me. I don't think there's a lip balm in existence that could protect my lips from Chicago wind for more than 10 minutes. I have, however, found some notable luck from Burt's Bees and Kiss my Face lip balm. Burt's Bees makes a "weatherproofing" lip balm but it turns your lips really pink, so I prefer the normal kind. Yes organic lip balms are the answer.

Relating to the wind and cold weather, I'm also searching for a good hand lotion. Preferably something I can carry around in my bookbag. Any suggestions?

for some reason i totally knew youd be into this thread.

foldsfan, i am one of those people.

the main reason i discard certain lip balms is because of that damn white ring. i dont know if this just happens to me or not. maybe because of the shape of my lips, maybe because i reapply so often. anyways, 87% of the lip balms/glosses i use eventually end up caking up around the inside of my lip making this white.. gunk. its really not cute. does that happen to anyone else?

i used to use carmex. it would work, but it would make my lips really bright red and it looked bad. softlips never worked for me. plus the stick was way too thin so it took like ten minutes to apply. for making lips worse, i just stopped using one of those. it was called badger balm. it would make them really soft for a while, but then they would get so soft that skin would start coming off of them and id have to like exfoliate and then put more on. why did i always put more on? not sure. but i did. and continued the vicious cycle.

i used to use vaseline because it made my lips look really pretty but i was called out way too many times on carrying a jar of vaseline in my purse. i do the sock trick with body cream every night.

anyways, if you are still reading this, you should definatley try the blistex complete moisture. no menthol burn, but it works very very well.

oh. and i really am getting sick of the balms where you use your finger to apply. you always have to find a place to wipe it. bottoms of desks, and insides of pockets/purses usually work well but its so much easier when its a stick.

i belive its crabtree & evelyn that makes this really great lavender hand cream. its a convienient sized tube and smells lovely. they have other scents if lavender isnt your schtick.

People aren't addicted to your lips, you conceited asshole. Or, are they...hmm

Dear GOD people, I can sum up the correct answer with 2 words

CHAP STICK

by A.H. Robins Company (Richmond, VA)

ps all the best things come from Virginia. quite possibly the best state in existance.

i have yet to find the perfect lip balm. right now i'm using some silly avon thing.

etc: i know it's kind of expensive, but aveda has a great hand cream. i think brynne works there, so maybe she can hook you up with a discount. i like aveeno lotions; i have very sensitive, dry skin.

chapstick sucks. and it smells bad.

I've used the same ghetto tube of Scooby Doo chapstick for the past two years...methinks I should change that...

hmmm......well its worked fine for me for the last 23 years. And being a brass player, participating in many holiday parades during times of cold weather, its held up to the test.

I guess too, I'm a straight guy, and smells, colors, and or pretty labels arent really important. I'll stick with the good old trusted Chap Stick from Richmond VA.

that's laughable

Hmmm,......well TN is pretty laughable too, ....being the most illiterate state in America. Maybe VA isnt the best state. But neither is TN. The Features and the Carter Family are the few things I can think of right now that came from TN that is any good. The the Carter family was closer to VA anyway.....

Actually, I'm pretty sure that the Carter family is from VA... I have a friend that frequents the Carter Fold, which was the home of June and family. It is in VA.

I like Virginia okay. It is arguably better than Tennessee in a lot of ways. I can't really make any judgements as to what is the BEST state, though, because I'm sure each has its pros and cons. Plus, I haven't been to a lot of states, sadly.

I guess I just said it was laughable because of the extreme nature of the comment..

Yeah, well.....I think you suck.

Actually I lied. I think Mississippi is the most illiterate state. BUT Ed Kimbrell said TN was when i had him for Mass Comm. and if Ed Kimbrell isnt full of shit, I dont know who is.....or wait, he knows what he's talking about?

(Edited by GrungeSlobTearPants at 11:01 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

Yeah, anyways....Burt's Bees is the best. I have at least three tubes at any given time...one in the purse, one in the car, and one somewhere in the room. It goes on clear, and it's got a naturally tingly kind of feel to it. Most Burt's Bees products are great, including but not limited to hand lotion, and they have little bottles to keep in your bag. They are all kind of pricey (in my opinion), but it's worth it for the quality.

Burt's Bees!

if i have reeeally chapped lips, burt's beeswax is good. i just dont really like it for anything else, though.

i got a burt's bees shampoo bar one time. you lather it up like soap then use it. it was awful shampoo, but very cool.

That's the only product I've never tried...the toothpaste was iffy. However, I love the clay mask, and the coconut foot cream. And every lotion. Most of the soaps...lots of the makeup....I am a total whore for Burt's Bees. Oh, the milk bath poweder is fab!

they sell little kits that make great gifts. ive tried a lot of products through those. there used to be one burt's bees product that i loved and was never without... but i cant for the life of me remember what it was.

Yeah, that is laughable considering you can't spell "existence". And your sentence about the Carter's had two consecutive uses of "the". You serve your argument well. And, Mississippi is the most illiterate state, closely followed by Arkansas and Alabama.

(Edited by richarddawson at 11:23 pm on Dec. 4, 2003)

1. Burt's Bees - that's the stuff I was trying to think of.

2. The Carter Family was most definitely from Virginia. Their first recordings, however, were made in Tennessee (barely - Bristol).

3. Lots of great things besides the Features have come from Tennessee. Off the top of my head: Justin Timberlake, miniature golf, and Goo Goo Clusters.

4. Virginia is Washington D.C.'s bitch.

5. Our literacy rate may be low, but at least we have nice, smooth roads.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 1:00 am on Dec. 5, 2003)

gotta get the non sticky kind, Blistex Regular Lip Balm SPF 15.

tastes good and isn't messy at all.

i cant stand nonstick chapstick. it makes my lips more chapped.
burts bees is fine, but i think its pretty overrated. im really glad its organic and everything, but i think my lips need more synthetic treatment.

i'm glad you clarified, i was about to for you.

Ooh vaseline all the way for me!

(awaits FILTHY comments )

Yeah, I guess I should apologize for my drunken statistics. They never seem to be as informative as I had hoped the next morning.

You guys are sooo right. I'm not sure what I was thinking. Tennessee Kicks DC's little bitch right up in the ass. Kinda like how Chevy beats the hell out of Ford.....or is it the other way around??? I forget.

Anyway, JC's reasons sold me.


I actually think Wyoming is the best state ever!.......this statistic is real! It has the smallest population per area of any state. New Hampshire is kinda cool too. I like seeing a big moose walk through the front yard.


Yeah........so anyway......I think that chap stick works just fine for lip protection. That Burt's Bees stuff sounds decent too! My stepmom likes it quite a bit, she's big into health, and organic stuff, and tofu.

(Edited by GrungeSlobTearPants at 8:36 am on Dec. 5, 2003)

Funny, true, yet sad story. When Mrs. Frog and I moved to Little Rock (1996-early 97) we were greeted with the following vote in their local indie paper, like the Scene. Arkansas was changing their state motto, and requested submissions that would then be voted on in the statewide paper (Arkansas Dem-Gazette).

"At least we ain't Mississippi" was running away with the votes and there was genuine concern as to what they were going to do about it. The Natural State was second, so they chose that as not to inflame the already existing border war on who has the claims to be the most stupid (stupidest?) state.

I've lived in AR & TN and I can say hands down, AR is far worse off. Now, being from Iowa, I can proudly say that the "crappy public school" we all made fun of in our elitist private school would probably outscore 90-95% of all schools in TN, private college prep included. That's what a hard nosed Midwestern farm work ethic will get ya.

Yeah, well screw you... you German! At least we have smoother roads than Arkansas and Iowa combined!

In fact I'm all for the extraction of Arkansas and the bringing together of Texas and Tennessee. It would make that drive to Christmas so much easier!

What you say? That's impossible to do? Well damn...

I don't think anyone would miss Arkansas... nobody lives there but Arkansans... "Tells us what it is like in the outside world!!!"

And as far as the German thing goes... we always get a bad rap. Ok, so WWI and WWII were some minor inconveniences, I mean who needs France anyway? But who's bitching when they fire up their VW, Mercedes, BMW, Porcshe, and every other fine piece of German engineering? My Braun shaver did a nice job this morning.

The Holocaust is a whole 'nother ball game. No excuses there, and even though my family would have been persecuted under the Nazi regime, I now know what it feels like to have a bad apple spoil the whole bunch.

Now go eat your mushed peas and drink your watery ales and shut your shepard's pie-hole!!!

(Edited by Peace Frog at 10:05 am on Dec. 5, 2003)

you do have big, beautiful lips. very pretty color, too.

oh wow did I just set myself up...

(Edited by mindylieu at 11:06 am on Dec. 5, 2003)

Arkansas' road construction involves a man with a broom and pan who scatters gravel about here and there over MILES and MILES. And it must also involve some sort of construction just after crossing into Arkansas on I-40. It backs you up forever but then you never actually see what they're doing. But they sure can close lanes like there's no tomorrow!

Actually, that guy is there to sweep the rocks on the road so you crack your windshield. He gets the rocks from the chipper shredder they drive up and down the highways and break up perfectly good roads.

Everyone in Little Rock got all defensive about their interstates, always throwing out the "US Interstate system started here!" Yeah, but have you ever driven that stretch of road south of LR? This was before some brain surgeon thought up the clover-leaf. The exits exit straight off onto access roads going THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

It's Darwinism at its best. Once a week someone was getting waxed down there on that stretch of road. Why? Because the stupid fuckers never used their turn signals. A car going 80 exiting onto a 100 ft exit ramp and a car parked at a stop sign trying to guess what the people on the interstate was going to do was better than the chicken scene in that crappy Eddie Money video.

my lips don't get chapped because I use plenty of vaseline...Oh, and burts bees is great for the lips on your face. sorry, i couldn't resist. seriously though, I am a very dry/sensitive skinned person so burts bees products rule my epidermis. i love the carrot lotion because it makes my skin glow. the hand salve and mmmmm lemonnnn cuticle stuff saved my hands during my pottery days. the tingle the lip balm provides helps to assuage my 11 year addiction to lip products. it was getting harder to find a stronger product that could give me the fix that i needed but then i found burts. i was wondering about the weather proof stuff-thanks for the tip. i do wish the regular stuff had spf.

I do like the hand salve except it has this really powerful, fragrant odor, like Bengay or something, and I feel like everyone in my vicinity looks at me when I apply it. I tried the Burt's Bees milk and honey hand lotion in a store and I felt like I'd dipped my hand in melted wax. Powerful stuff, that Burt's Bees.

Also, on this state argument. I had a conversation with a man on a plane the other day who claimed Virginia Beach is heaven-on-earth. That's where the Neptunes are from so I may have to check it out.

I actually wouldn't even look toward the South for holding the most abominable states. It's all about the Midwest. The South doesn't have the same abandoned industrial atmosphere because heavy industries left areas like Illinois and Indiana for the South and West. Have you been to Indiana? (sorry exliontamer) I've just come to hold particular disdain for this state through my drives to Chicago. Especially Gary. It's an industrial wasteland. One drive through that town and you'll find yourself making a lot of excuses for poor Michael Jackson.

(Edited by etcetera at 10:53 am on Dec. 5, 2003)

East St. Louis.

I love how these forums have subplots. Lip care, and state discussions simultaneously. It's just like Star Trek!

Except our wormholes don't take us back to 1960's USA.

Gary, IN was still pretty decent then.

i ate some grape chap-it when i was a kid. i have big funny lips that chap easily. i used to like that unscented neutrogena stuff. i've used and not minded softlips, pink blistex, and spongebob cherry pineapple(which i may eat). i hate carmex. i've been using plain vaseline lately. it works well.

Anyone remember the Dr. Pepper flavored stuff? I used that a lot when I was a kid.

Gary is most certainly a hole. It gives me the creeps just driving over it (because you do drive over it in that crazy "skyway"). I get a kick out of that song from The Music Man that romanticizes Gary. What a joke.

Will

I think that's what makes Gary leave such a haunting impression on my mind. That it used to be such a thriving city. The entire city was basically built by the industries for their employees. So when industries left for the Sunbelt, the city just got left behind to fall apart.
I guess that's why the Midwest is so depressing to me. There's so much visual evidence of economic decentralization that left so many cities and people devastated. Damn suburbanization.

Yes Wiyum I see Gary when I drive to Chicago via the Skyway, but once Neuboy and I were curious and got off the interstate to drive through the town and get a closer look. We took a picture of a garage door with a huge Playboy bunny painted on it.

Also, much of the midwest is boring geographically. At least in the eastern states there are geographic contrasts. This will sound stereotypical, but driving through Kansas is very boring. Just fields and fields of nothing. Nevada was just baron desert. The great salt flats in Utah are sweet though. Talk about needing lip balm, when you step out from your car and walk on those salt flats for a few minutes, the salt residue collects on your lips, and you'll be thinking about some burts beeswax.

Nevada isn't exactly the Midwest there chief... and if it wasn't for the "boring" fields of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois et all, you'd be one hungry little mother. You can't live on cotton and peanuts...

right right.......i was commenting more on the depressing nature rather than the agricultural importance.

What's so depressing about a farm field? I'm lost. It's one of the most romanticized things in our nation. Or are you refering to the "Rust Belt"?

Now I'll agree that Gary, IN, East STL, Detroit, Cleveland etc., are not great looking cities. But it's these cities that drive the nation's economy. It's all about manufacturing. That's why places like Bowling Green, KY, Smyrna, LaVergne, Springhill, etc and every other small town in the south is bucking like crazy to get manufacturing plants from the north to come down here.

ah....well let me explain. I was on a week's drive across the country, coast to coast in 1999. Of the states I went through, Kansas and Nevada were the most boring. There was nothing to see except the same scenery. I enjoyed states like Colorado, Utah, and CA. East coast states were alright too. I'll admit. Agriculture can be and is beautiful. But while driving extended periods of time, seeing the same corn field gets pretty boring and depressing. This is the standpoint I'm coming from. Every state in the US has its good points and bad points, and most of the states have elements that are necessary to the success of our nation as a whole. But as said above, when traveling, I enjoy contrasting scenery. I just know I was happy to get the hell out of Kansas.

Fair enough... I misunderstood... carry-on.

Signed,

The Midwestern Beat Police

So, when your lips are chapped, and you get pieces of lip skin that are peeling off, how do you not pick them off?

Man that makes me mad when I put my lipstick on and there are bumps from peeling skin. Of course, I don't want anyone to have to look at that nastiness, so I pick at it to make the surface smooth. However, this just makes my lip bleed.

What to do?

The only solution I have come across is to wear vaseline only or light colored lipstick that is somewhat shiny until my lips get better. It kind of hides the edges of the peeling skin.

I usually bite off the skin, let it bleed then go drink some grapefruit juice... but I'm like that...

lightly exfoliate with a soft toothbrush. and make sure you put on chapstick before lipstick.


i agree that tennessee and texas should be connected. and i hate indiana.

When I don't wear chapstick or lipstick, I'm constantly licking or biting my lips, and I hate that. Hell, even when I'm wearing something I purse them together 'cause it feels cool.

Has anyone ever noticed that a lot of women on Jerry Springer have really, really, really thin lips?

i've noticed a pattern in both trashy girl's teeth and lips. and ive never seen this shape of mouth/teeth/lips on anyone who wasnt trashy...

I've tried the toothbrush thing, but it only exacerbates the flaking problem for me. At the end of my "lip brushing" I have a bunch of pieces of skin sticking up from my lips that must be picked off to make a smooth surface.

Also, when you put on lip balm before the lipstick, then it makes my lipstick bleed all over the place...

I guess I will never solve this horrid problem.

Maybe if I drank more water...

try 2000 grit sandpaper...

Just find some cute girl to kiss your lips until they're better. That always works for me!

Whoa, you're all over the place here, like that shit that keeps flying out of your avatar, you sick fuck! I start your paragraph off with the midwest and how boring it is and before a paragraph break, or in the very least a geographical break that might help smooth over what comes next, you've somehow magically whisked Nevada and Utah and it's great salt flats next door to Kansas.

Sure, you try to explain yourself in your next post but I'm simply too busy to quote it here and it certainly can't keep me from ranting at the moment! Okay, rant done.

To keep things on topic I just occiasionally use Chapstick and I've gotten a ton of these things for years as stocking stuffers but they're never handy when I actually need them. I wonder, where in the hell do these things go? There must be a lip balm gnome or something.

Geeze......well..... I'll admit I am one sick fuck. I realize that Nevada and Utah are not next door to Kansas. On a 7 day trip across country they seemed relatively close.


I need to work on my thought organization obviously.


I'm pondering how I got to the point of annoying everyone on the board within virtually every post. But I suppose now would be a great time to retire. Soon I will be taking another trip across the states, only this time through the lower states. I'll be sure not to log on to tell you guys about it. I'll see you guys at the show tonight. Ciao

i was born in ohio, and in all discussed areas, it is the worst state in the entire country.

i, too, am a victim of awkwardly big lips. i don't often have a problem with chapping, but they're not always as smooth as i'd like. right now i'm on blistex daily conditioning treatment (spf 20). it gives a nice burn, but i'd like a stronger one. in between trying new lip balms, i always stick to carmex. and i agree that regular vaseline works as merely a lip gloss at best. no healing power there.

Such a sight could NEVER imply economic depression!

Wow. Exploring Gary. I don't have the tolerance for saddness to do that.

Will

Not stereotypical at all. After a quarter in Illinois, I can't wait to go home to "the hills of Tennessee" for a few days. The flatness slowly drives me crazy.

Will

Well, as etc has been saying, cities like Gary, East STL, and Flint are so depressing because they used to drive our nation's economy. Every Spring Hill or Smyrna that gets one of these huge plants is taking that economic drive from a Flint or a Gary.

Will

I totally reflect the sentiments of BrianW. I have, and possibly always will, hate Arkansas. The worst roads and some of the most ignorant people come from there. What's worse than driving through Arkansas? Driving through it during an ice storm. The salt truck obviously was not in commission that day. the ice formed to the ruts in the road, so not only were you sliding around, but there were half foot waves you'd go over. Thinking back on it that was kind of fun. Thank you Arkansas.

To be fair, most of the South suffers from having a poor ability to deal with snow and ice. People in the North are always amazed to hear how easily schools close in the South when it snows or even freezing rains. But it does so infrequently, there is just no reason for cities in the South to invest in the equipment needed to deal with the problem.

Will

For proof, watch any documentary on the West Memphis Three.

[Cue the really cliche Bill Clinton slams.]

I have always had a slight obsession with lip balm and have tried a million kinds since I was a wee child. I usually have at least two different kinds on me at all times. However, despite my love and need for the stuff, I am astonished there is a thread five pages long on the subject.

helllllaaaa yeah...the burt's bees rocks me. that pep'o mint tingle just does a girl (or boy) right. and it comes in the traditional chapstick type tube. no messy fingers being dipped in goo and then searching for somewhere to put it. just a fyi...i always wipe it on the inside left cuff of my blue jeans when i use that kind. oh, and if you do like that kind...naturistics carries this red strawberry gloss that i love...it is gooey and you have to use your pinky to get to it...but it gives your lips that perfect tint...as if you have the perfect tint naturally.....ahhh.
a word to the wise: the burt's bees "lifeguard's choice" contains zinc, or whatever that white sheesh lifeguard's rub on thier noses so they don't burn, in it....i bought the crap not noticing it was different from my regular burt's bees goodness....and my lips were totally white...for hours...no one told me at work either...they must have thought i was doing some kind of new wave fashion trend or something. who knows...just stay away from it.

i love that this thread has gone on for this long...

(Edited by Im1drwoman at 1:38 am on Dec. 8, 2003)

if only. a good three pages were about why the midwest sucks.

The Midwest does not suck... that was the concensus.... duh

Yeah, read it and weep.

i wipe lip gloss finger & cheetos/doritos crumbles on my socks. but blue jeans would work too. i just wash my socks more frequently than my jeans.

that's a good wiping place. i always wipe mine on the underside of the right side of my shirt.

where are everyone else's secret lip balm finger wiping places?!

my ass... keeps the chaffing down considerably

I always used the inside of my sleeve. If I'm wearing a t-shirt, just on the inside of the waist.

i use the inside of the back pocket on my jeans. if im not wearing jeans ill use the bottom of a desk or the inside of my purse.

There sure is alot of wiping going on! Don't your clothes get goey after a while? What happened to good old kleenex?

When I have something to wipe, my handkerchief serves me well.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 7:23 pm on Dec. 8, 2003)

Remind me not to borrow that...

The thought of toting around a piece of cloth with dried up snot on it (and God knows what else creeping around in the folds) has always creeped me out. I don't understand the appeal!

I know you wash it, but if you sneeze into it in the morning, then you carry it around all day long. blech!

99 days out of 100, it never even leaves my pocket.

The inside back of my right side pants pocket, most of the time.

Strangely interesting question...

Will

i wipe excess lip gloss on my sweetheart's lips.

i heard that real gentlemen carry handkerchiefs, and from what i know of JC this must be true.

Gentlemen are nice. Too few nowadays.

so, what sort of things do boys wipe?

i think its very intresting how everyone has thier own little place.

I'm a longtime Carmex user... I get painfully chapped lips every winter. I thought that was the question.

Though I may wipe something else there on occasion, I can't imagine what it is right now.

I also find it interesting that everyone is different.

Will

they make carmex in a tube, you know.

my dog ate my blistex last night and my lips are going through withdrawal.

but the question i'm wondering is...what's your dog going through? eeek!!

I'm sure his stomach lining is nice and kissably smooth!

i noticed last night that frodo and sam were in dire need of lip balm on mt. doom. Another chance for product placement missed.

double post

(Edited by holeypeacoat at 10:17 am on Dec. 19, 2003)

i like neutrogena lip boost.
this is my last post.

im not sure if ive mentioned this before since ive said far too much on lip balm in this thread. but anyways, im a big fan of lipsmackers again. reminds me of fifth grade.

this probably isnt my last post.

Can we revive this topic? My lips have been very dry lately and I'm not sure that Kiehl's Lip Balm # 1 is doing it for me anymore. Suggestions?

Also, thanks to smee's suggestion I did end up trying Aveda's hand cream. After 2 years of faithful use I have decided to turn over the crown for Best Hand Lotion to L'Occitane for their Shea Butter Hand cream. Aveda is a close second though.

i was so going to revive this topic to post about kiehl's lip balm #1. i was so excited about the kiehl's store opening, i wouldn't have to deal with ms. thang that worked at private edition. (fyi: ms. thang is a black guy). anyway, me and boy went in the new store to get the red tinted stuff and it so isn't tinted. at all. boooo.

does your kiehl's lip balm #1 taste like the smell of cardboard or is it just mine? but yeah, my two complaints is that i have to use my finger and that it tastes like cardboard.

There is a definite cardboard quality to Kiehl's # 1. I used to think it was the miracle lip product, but lately its moisturizing powers seem to last about 30 minutes and then my lips feel drier than ever.

I love the new Kiehl's store. If only the Calendula toner wasn't $40 a bottle...I think I've abused the samples.

I just can't wait until Sephora opens next year. Then I can really go crazy with my lip balm and hand cream experimentation.

i could never commit to just one lip balm. i'm doing mark. by avon's grin and bare it sheer colour tint on the side.

ok, now you're just tryin to make a girl cry.

well, being a baller on a budget, i use a lip exfoliant by mary kay (not just for old ladies) folllowed by neutrogena lip boost. however, i find that the lip boost doesn't do much for me unless i use it right after the exfoliant.

i'm looking for a new moderately-priced shampoo. i just ran out of my two huge bottles of aveda shampoo and conditioner and my pocketbook won't allow me to buy anymore for a while. i've been doing aussie moist and i'm getting tired of it. i need something to mix it up. suggestions?

I glossed over everthing else, but I appreciate the Nappy Roots reference.

Glossed over? Good one.

I don't know if I've already said this, but i hate any kind of lip care products. I don't like the filmy feeling they bring.

plus, who needs them when they are naturally moist and supple like mine?



I did try some kind of irritant that makes them bigger that some girl friends had. It looked ridiculous on me.

Wow, that was completely unintentional. I'm so hilarious, I make jokes even when I'm not trying.

bag balm or burt's bees. accept no substitutes.

Is that for venereal diseases?

lip venom.
i love that stuff. not really because it makes my lips look nice, but because i like the idea of kissing someone then having their lips burn for the next hour or so. thats hot.

by the way, i was STUNNED when i saw that i created this topic.

i wouldn't doubt it. it's a salve originally created to soften cow udders, but it happens to moisturize extremely well on humans too. the smell is a bit medicinal, but the results are well worth it. plus it comes in a cute green tin. win-win.

burt's bees isn't the greatest. the orange oil is bad for the sun.

I'm really regretting not buying the Bit 'O Honey chapstick I saw at Books-A-Million last night. But, I figured I have about six different lip glosses and chapsticks in my purse already....