Saturday, April 4, 2009

Burt's Bees Lip Shimmers




I'm kind of on the fence with this lip product. On one hand it is such a great product because it is 100% natural (to the point that you can actually eat it), comes in cute packaging that is made out of partial recycled materials, and is not tested on animals (like all Burt's Bees products). I also like the temporary tingly mint feeling when the product is applied.  Now, on the other hand, it tends to streak and  bleed if applied in a large quantity straight from the tube to the point where I end up looking like a drunken drag queen that was raised by clowns. However, this can be easily remedied (thank god)! 

One way would be to use a lip brush and carefully paint it on and the other would be to gently pat it on with your finger to create a lip stain look. Another con with this lip product is the color choices, I personally don't really like the colors, they just look so cheap and wrong on me (again, the drunken drag queen look) but I find that if you  mix the lip colors together and melt it into a convenient lip palette or cosmetic jar anyone regardless of skin tone would be able to enjoy a truly pure product with their very own custom shade.

Ingredients: Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, ricinus communis (caster) seed oil, beeswax, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, lanolin, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, tocopheryl acetate, tocopherol, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, copernica certifera (carnauba) wax, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil. May contain: iron oxide, mica, carmine, titanium dioxide

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