Maybelline Baby Lips New Bright Collection Tangerine Pop Color Lip Balm Review

Maybelline Baby Lips Tangerine Pop Review

Maybelline has just launched 3 new bright colors in its raved and famous Baby Lips lip balm collection. This is a review of the shade Tangerine Pop from the newly launched 'New Bright Collection' of Maybelline Baby Lips. Don't go by the name 'bright' or you will be disappointed because Tangerine Pop is a gorgeous soft peachy orange shade, nowhere near to 'bright'. It is a translucent lip balm. It looks like you have applied lip gloss but it is totally non-sticky. It gives a healthy peach glow to lips making them look natural and full. You can buy it from HERE.

Price: INR 150

Quantity: 4.5 gms

SPF 16
Shelf Life: 36 Months from Mfg.

Made in Thailand
Imported and Marketed by L'Oreal India Pvt. Ltd. (Yes, Maybelline is owned by L'Oreal)

Maybelline BabyLips Lip Balm Anti-Oxidant Berry Review

This is a review of Maybelline Babylips Lip Balm Anti-Oxidant Berry. This range of Maybelline lip balms comes in 7 flavors: 2 transparent and 5 tinted/colored.

Maybelline Babylips lip balm is around for almost a year now, and even after reading a few reviews, I didn't buy. I used to have ever dry lips as I take my tea very hot. It was when one day I kissed my little one and it pricked his soft cheeks, he asked me why my lips were so 'sharp'. That hit somewhere in my heart and I ended up buying this one for it's clams of 8-hr hydration.

Price: INR 125 (different for different flavors)
Quantity: 4gms
SPF 20
Color: Light Pink/ Transparent on Lips
Shelf Life: 36 months from date of Mfg
Made in China

PRODUCT CLAIMS:

Instant 8hr Moisture
Rejuvenated Lips in One Week
Enriched with Centella Wax

It's proven: Centella Essence increases cell turnover to literally transform your lips:

• Fine lines reduced
• Elasticity increased
• Suppleness increased

MAYBELLINE BABY LIPS ANTI OXIDANT BERRY INGREDIENTS:

MY EXPERIENCE WITH MAYBELLINE BABYLIPS ANTIOXIDANT BERRY LIP BALM

Used Tube. Actual length was more than this.

The first time, I applied Maybelline Babylips Antioxidant Berry lip balm at night on very chapped lips and woke up the next morning with super soft lips I had never felt for years. So it is true to its claim of giving you baby soft lips. Night was the best time to apply as your skin cells undergo repair during sleep.

Next day I applied in the day and even after two small meals, my lips were still soft and I didn't need to reapply. Within a few uses, it made the lips appear fuller and pinkish. My lips used to be dry so they never looked so pink earlier. When the skin is deeply hydrated, the translucent skin on the lips becomes more see-through and the lips appear pinker. This lip balm keeps lips soft the whole day with just one application, but you may reapply as per your requirement.

It is non-greasy. There is a slight shine when you apply, but it looks good and not too shiny. The color is baby pink but it is transparent on the lips. I didn't like the berry taste. Every time I apply it, I am reminded of mixed fruit jam :) I mean when I apply, I feel flavored fumes hit my mouth's roof, though I can't feel any taste on my tongue. Thankfully the fumes go away within a couple of minutes. But that's just a personal preference. Most of you should be fine with it as it is not a negative point.

I find this to be a good product and would like to try the tinted/ colored versions later. I have already tried it in direct sun and it gave good protection. This tube should last me pretty long and I don't like hoarding stuff. This is great value for money.

PLUSES:

• True to its claims of hydration
• Repairs lips quickly
• Doesn't need frequent reapplications
• Stick packing is convenient, hygienic and travel friendly
• SPF 20
• Transparent color is suitable for both men and women
• Cheaper than other variants, has higher SPF and hydration power
• Value for Money

MINUSES:

People with dark/pigmented lips may prefer the other flavors in colored variations.

The flavors of Maybelline Babylips Lip Balm released in India are different from their International flavors in other countries. Here are the other flavors available in India that you can try out:

Maybelline Anti Oxidant Berry and Mango Pie flavors are both transparent on lips, have a higher SPF (20), higher hydration power (8hr claim) and cheaper than the rest of the flavors.  The colorless application makes these two flavors perfect for both men and women: great sun protection and hydration all round the year.

Those who prefer tinted lip balms, can try the remaining 5 colored flavors with SPF 16 and 6hr hydration claim. 

Easily available online and in local stores. Which one have you already tried and how's your experience with it?

Aloe Veda Chocolate Vanilla Lip Butter Review

This is a review for Aloe Veda Chocolate Vanilla Natural Lip Butter with Sun Screen. (This post has been updated on 7 Sept, 2012 and new observations have been added))

Aloe Veda recently introduced yummy lip butters in 6 flavors and I got this in Chocolate Vanilla Flavor. This lip butter IS utterly delicious in taste and smell, all natural and comes in a cute little packing easy to carry around. But is it worth buying? Read on...

Product	Natural Lip Butter (Chocolate Vanilla Flavor)
Quantity	10 gms / 0.35 FL OZ
Price	INR 115. Available for Rs 86.25 at medplusbeauty.com. Available at MRP at goodlife.com.
Shelf Life	36 months from mfg date
Ingredients	Sunflower Oil, Soyabean Oil, Beeswax, Sweet Almond Oil, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Vitamin E, Chocolate Flavour and Vanila Flavouring Agents, Octyl methoxycinnamate (Suncreen SPF 15)
Other Variations	Mango, Strawberry, Kiwi, Sweet Orange and CherryPlum
Brand Claims	Enriched with cocoa butter, sunflower oil, soyabean oil and vitamin E it hydrates, preventing your lips from moisture loss. Sweet Almond Oil makes your lips look hydrated and ensures that your lips that are soft, supple and luscious. Protects your lips in the winter season by retaining moisture within the lips and prevents it from peeling and getting flaky. It serves to relieve chapped or dry lips, angular cheilitis or stomatitis, and cold sores. Suits people with dry lips throughout the year by keeping lips nourished and hydrated as well as soft and helps them retain their shine.
Customer Contact	customercare@aloeveda.com, +91-44-42124187

How to Use: Apply evenly and liberally on your lips, as often as needed.

When I started using it in summers, the softness lasted a long time. But as winters are approaching and there is a little dryness in the air, the lasting power of the lip balm has gone poor. It fades away within an hour and sometimes less than that (without eating anything) and leaves my lips a little chapped.

I feel a slight tingling and sudden tightening of lips on applying, as if it is increasing the blood flow to the lips. But this is my personal observation, no such claim made by the brand.

Instead of healing dry lips, it makes the chapped skin soft, making it  shed off naturally by the next day. So if you exfoliate your lips regularly, this product surely helps the dead dry skin peel off easily. Besides that, it is a poor product in terms of healing or hydrating dry lips.

I also happened to develop a cut in my lips recently and applied this lip balm religiously. It DID NOT exactly heal the cut, but helped to lock in moisture and on the third day the lip healed on its own. Apparently the product does not live up to the tall claims made by Aloe Veda. It gives me the same protection as home made ghee or butter, except that it has Octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC) added as a sunscreen.

MORE ON OCTYL METHOXYCINNAMATE / OMC (The Suncreen):

OMC protects only against UVB radiations (and not UVA). On contact with Sunlight, it becomes less effective and needs the help of another chemical to actually provide any sun protection. OMC is commonly used in sunscreens, sun blocks and in every branded lip balm that claims to have SPF (VLCC, Nivea etc). Also, the use of OMC as a safe product is disputed just like the use of parabens.

I wrote to Aloe Veda customer care with my concern on OMC and a few other questions. They confirmed that based on similar feedback from other customers, their R&D team is already testing on replacing OMC with zinc oxide in the near future.

Further, they told me that the very small quantity of OMC used in this lip balm cannot cause any harm and you anyways apply a negligible quantity to lips. Every other lip balm in the market contains OMC as a sunscreen. How many of us actually read the ingredients and bother to find out more about them? Well I do and I want my readers to know.

Regarding my question on the possibility of adding actual chocolate /Vanilla instead of the flavor, they said adding actual food ingredients arises the need to add preservatives (parabens) to increase the shelf life. Since they do not use parabens in their products, they used flavoring instead.

THE PLUSES:

1. Not heavy on the lips as Vaseline.
2. Has SPF 15.
3. Available in six yummy flavors.
4. The lip butter has not turned runny even in dire heat. This, and the small packing make it travel friendly. Petroleum jelly melts and spills in such heat and spoils clothes.

THE MINUSES:

1. Children and pregnant women should avoid long term usage of this or any other product with OMC.
2. Unhygienic and poor plastic packing. The lid brokw off in one fall.
3. It’s spreads like actual ghee or butter on the lips, so those who don’t like that stay away from it.
4. Too pricey for the quality.

I have never looked back to this product.