As a Brazilian living by the beach, I had never had much of a problem with dryness of the lips. I had heard of lip balm and all that jazz, but I'd only ever use anything if I wanted some color instead of care. Then I started taking some meds and the main side effects of them were extreme and I mean
extreme dryness.
That's when I first got acquainted with
La Roche Posay's Ceralip.
It was all over the internet, the miracle French lip balm. Sure, it cost me $30 for a tiny teeny tube, but, apparently, I had no choice. To be fair, it
was really good, but my lips were in desperate need and my budget couldn't take that much of Ceralip in.
That's when I heard of Bepanthen. It's weird, here in Germany (and I only knew this years later) there's this whole Bepanthen line, with body moisturizers and lip balms and nose balms and hand lotions... but in Brazil we only had one type of Bepanthen, the
Nappy Rash Barrier Cream. You can imagine the look on the saleswoman's face when I told her I intended to put it on my lips.
Anyhow, it works! It's the best lip balm I've ever used and now that I live in a very cold country it's proven itself to be better than ever. It's basically pro-vitamin B5, which accelerates the the natural healing process of the skin and it's oily and thick, which keeps them protected. There are no contraindications and it gives a gorgeous glossy look to the lips. Best of all, it's quite inexpensive.
Have you used these products? What creative ways have you moisturized your lips?
Comments (3)
Vaseline! And I use this lip balm from bath and body works. It's called Ginger Mentha, by CO Bigelow or something. I use a lot of their other lip balms as well, and they work really well and taste good :) PLus, it's 7.50. but you can find really good deals on them, sometimes they're 2 for 1
burt's bees! :]
vaseline