Hello lovelies! It's that time of the year over here when low temperatures and humidity conspire against my lips so what a better moment to post my review on the MUA Lip Balms than a chilly day such as today, no? I've previously reviewed the Undress Me Too palette, which was a major disappointment so I wasn't particularly thrilled to try the other products I got from this brand. If you want to know what I think of this little lippy jars, please keep on reading : )
I must say that I do like these. The product itself it's midway between a gloss and a lip blam, though it's advertised and sold as the latter. They're inexpensive, glide effortlessly on the lips, last two-three hours (provided you don't drink much or eat) before fading, are very moisutizing without being too sticky and smell divine. Hot Lips is a hot red/pink and it's the most pigmented of them all, Sugar Lips has a soft rose/mauvey tint and Sweet Kiss is almost clear, with a faint peachy tone.
You know how much I adore lip balms (I have one too many!) and how picky I am when it comes to reviewing a product, so in my opinion, despite them being good and performing well, the packaging is a fail for me. Is there a more unsanitary way of applying balm on the go than doing so from a jar you have to stick your finger into to get the product out? Erm... NOOO! I do have to say that I'm grateful that these jars are wider than those annoying The Body Shop Lip Butters, which I loathe, by the way, but after a few uses, as you can see in the above photo, it starts to get messy. Even though I have hand sanitizer in every bag, backpack and small purse you can think of, I still can't help the dust and lint that fly around that get adhered to the surface. I will most certainly not carry a lip brush for applying them either. I get that this product might not be suitable to be sold in the form of a lipstick but they could have put them in tubes to solve the problem. I won't repurchase any of these because in this case the packaing issue is a deal breaker for me. Had it been a product so unique and wonderful that no other could compare, I would then consider it, but then I'm quite happy with the Nivea lip balms and those come conveniently in lipstick form. Thanks for stopping by and I hope this review was helpful. Have a great weekend my darlings ^^
