Maybelline Baby Lips Swatches and Review

If anyone has been to the drugstore or Target or Walmart lately you might have seen the displays of Maybelline's Baby Lips lip balms. I passed them by without noticing the first time as I thought they were just regular balms. And two of them are. The other 4 in the line are tinted lip balms. When I read a review on them (and it was from an underwhelmed person) I knew I needed to try them. When I went to Walmart I saw they were selling for $2.97, and at that price I just had to buy all 4 of the tinted balms.
I'm lazy when it comes to lip color. I want something low maintenance that I can pull out of my purse and apply without a mirror. I constantly smooshing my lips together so I like glosses and balms- things with a smooth creamy texture. So tinted balms are perfect for me. They aren't as boring as a clear balm, but still moisturize my lips and they satisfy the "no mirror" requirement.

I know a lot of people have trouble get tinted lip balms to show up on them. I have pale skin and not very pigmented lips so it doesn't take much for something to stand out on me.

Maybelline Baby Lips

Maybelline Baby Lips

The '80s child in me really loves the bright colored packaging and the big, graphic letters. My only complain is that I'm not too big a fan of the balms/lipsticks with the clear plastic covers. I carry my lip products in my purse and with this type of packaging the clear plastic top will crack and not stay on the tube very well. But these seem fairly sturdy so I'll have to test them out.

Maybelline Baby Lips

Maybelline Baby Lips from left- Cherry Me, Grape Vine, Pink Punch, and Peach Kiss

I was actually pleasantly surprised by these. I wasn't expecting much because of the price. As you can see they aren't SUPER pigmented, but they definitely show up on me. I don't think they would show up so well on darker ladies, but at 3 bucks it's worth a shot. Lip balms normally wear off on me in an hour because I smoosh my lips so much, but I wore the pink one (Pink Punch) for 3 hours and it still felt moisturizing (not exactly close to the 8 hours they promise on the package, though. I usually ignore all that stuff. "Clinical strength"? C'mon...). The color faded a bit, but it faded evenly and began looking more like a stain.  Oh, and I like that these are SPF 20. It's easy to forget that our lips need protection, too! Each one was a different fruity scent. It wasn't overwhelming to me and it didn't smell overly chemical-ish or synthetic. I do detect a bit of the sunscreen smell, but it doesn't bother me.

Bare lips for reference

Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me

This is the color I wish my lips were! It brightens up my natural lip color, but still looks fairly natural.

Maybelline Baby Lips in Grape Vine

This is probably the sheerest of the lip tints and the only one I was a little disappointed in. I was hoping the purple would show up more!

Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Punch

This one is my favorite! It's the brightest and most opaque.

Maybelline Baby Lips in Peach Kiss

This is the only one with shimmer. It's a pretty silvery shimmer that isn't overwhelming at all. I think even people that don't like shimmery lip colors would like it.

So would I recommend these? Yes, I think they're at least worth a try. I really love 'em, but it you hate them you are only out a couple bucks!

Available:

• These are available at drugstores and places like Walmart and Target. The retail price is $3.99 but you can find them cheaper (I bought them at Walmart for $2.97 each)

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Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Rose Swatches and Review

So I feel better today. Emotionally anyway. And I'm so silly, I FINALLY realized why so many little things were affecting me. It happens every month, if ya know what I mean, I freak out to why I'm feeling so sad. And then I look at the calender, and go ,"Ahh, now it makes sense." Being a girl sucks sometimes, but I don't care, I still wouldn't rather be a man! :-P

I think the packaging of these are so cute! They are a little over packaged for my tastes, though. Especially since my dumb city doesn't have a recycling program!

Here are the ingredients.  I'm not sure why Burt's Bees decided to ONLY put the ingredients on the outer packaging. There is plenty of room on the tube, but they're only here on the part you throw away.

The brown tube is pretty ugly isn't it? Well, at least it's distinctive, which makes it easy to find in my purse.

The tint barely shows up on my arm, but it is noticeable on my lips. The smell is rather fruity and it doesn't smell like any other Burt's Bees Lip balm I have tried. The texture isn't as waxy as the regular lip balm, but not as emollient as the Replenishing lip balm. It isn't the most moisturizing lip balm I have ever used, but my lips don't feel dry when it wears off. Also, it doesn't last as long as some of the other Burt's Bees lip balms, but that may be because I feel like a have to have my lip balm be a centimeter thick on my lips before I feel like it's working.

Bare lips for reference

The tint shows up on my lips much better than it does on arm. Which is nice, as I am not in the practice of wearing tinted balms on my arms. I wasn't sure how I felt about this tinted lip balm at first but I decided I really like it. As much as I try to get into more pigmented lip colors, I just think they look weird on me. And I rarely apply lip products with a mirror so what I mostly end up using are products like this that I can apply without looking. I just wish these weren't so expensive. Burt's Bees regular lip balms sell for $3 on their website, while the tinted balms sell for $7 for the same amount of product. That is over twice as much for a little bit of tint. But then again, I've paid a lot more than this for lip products I rarely wear.  I haven't tried any of the other colors in this line, so I'm not sure how pigmented those are. But this one is perfect for me.



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