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Lip Balms — your faves?

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It’s that season. Although I find myself needing them all year. Sometimes I truly envy those people with naturally moist skin. Lucky them.

Some of the ones I rely on (sleep with in bed next to ,e as well as on my lips):



And also Carmex.

I am not always crazy for the menthol, maybe the manufacturers could lighten up on it. Or should I make my own. Nothing else to do/sarc.

I do not like the cloying sweet flavored lip balms. What do you find helpful?

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    Carmex and vaseline. Mainly carmex for chapped, vaseline nightly or if my lips aren’t chapped. And during other times, I honestly have been just using up what I have, whether it came from a shop or a hotel or was a gift kit.

    petalique thanked bpath
  • last month

    The Blistex, the middle in the photo, is my go-to lip balm. I've used it for many years. They once had the unscented version that I liked even more but cannot find it anymore. I am highly allergic to Carmex, makes my lips raw right away.

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    So interesting. Wildchild, you nailed it.


    I am off to locate the simple Chapstick.


    Remember in the old days when it was very wax-like? I heard that some people ( stars, models) used it as a base coat to help keep their lipstick on.


    Remember how it was difficult to apply in very cold weather if you happend to have it in an outside coat pocket?


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    Target sell the unflavored 3-pack,~ $3.89.


    Yippee!

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    Oh yes, Blistex too. I recently finished a tube that wasn’t the chapped kind, but very moisturizing. It was nice.

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    Naked Bee.


    For overnight, nothing beats good ol' Bag Balm.

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    My favorite Nivea Intense Moisture is no longer available. I've been using an Aquaphor stick and it's okay, but not great.

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    Nivea Intense Moisture —- Fun2BHere, if it had nofragrance, let’s write to Nivea.

    ETA — is it like this? (photo)



    What does ”melty type” mean? i wouldn’t want too melty.

    Target apparently sells this:


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    Aquaphor Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy is the best stuff I've ever used. My dermatologist recommended it. It's not in the convenient lip balm type tube, however. That's its major drawback but can be used on other body parts.

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    Thanks, Claudesmom. I think I have a sample of this from a dermatology clinic.

    A few years ago I bought some of that along with a sheepskin like pad for an acquaintance who was at risk of bed sores.




    My lips feel dry all the time. Sometimes I wonder if the menthol in certain lip balms doesn’t aggravate my sensitive lips.


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    I like these two. Melem was recommended to us at a ski resort many years ago when a granddaughter had really chapped lips and cheeks from skiing the first time. Was nearly healed the next day. We bought the round tin then and now they sell a tube.

    My other favorite is Bioderma. It glides on so smoothly and feels great (Melem does too). I cannot stand the waxy feel of Chap Stick or the sticky, fruity or menthol ones. Neither of these have that.



    petalique thanked OutsidePlaying
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    Target sell the unflavored 3-pack,~ $3.89.


    That's the one. I always buy the 3 pack too. Did you know it makes a great balm for those little mystery cracks on hands or fingers as well as paper cuts? I sometimes get dermatitis in the web area between my fingers. Chapstick to the rescue. I keep one for lips and another with a dot sticker for multi use.

    petalique thanked wildchild2x2
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    I like YOUR favs! I have lip balm in every drawer in the house and car cubby!

    petalique thanked Nicole
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    Helpful tip, wildchild. I sometimes get those chapped, cracked fissures.


    In looking up various lip balm and moisturizing products, I think I have encountered a few with vitamins. It appears that vitamins are not absorbed through human skin.


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    Another unflavored plain ol' ChapStick user here, for several decades. Never liked the greasy ones.

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    Burt’s Bees for me……

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    Plain, clear colored Avon lip balm. Or Vaseline. I’ve never been able to use Chapstick because it feels too heavy/waxy to me. So does Burt’s Bees.

    If I have severe cracking or a cold sore, I like Blistex.

    petalique thanked littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
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    Littlebug, I believe those two have some bees wax in the formulation. That might be why you don’t like them.

    PS Did you change your avatar?

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    @petalique

    Here is a picture of the Nivea that I can no longer find. It has no fragrance.



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    Thanks, Fun. It’s so annoying when I good product disappears or changes. There is something with the same or ery similar name. Doyou think the company might have just changed the packaging?

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    I also use Burt’s Bees. Kiehl’s lip balm is good (along with their Creme de Corps body lotion👍🏻).

    Our daughter gave me this night time lip mask I like.


    petalique thanked chloebud
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    I never bought their products, but many years ago a friend gave me some Mary Kay lip balm that she would buy from a friend of hers. It was the best I've ever used and I used it for years...then they discontinued it. I buy and try many different kinds but nothing ever compared. I don't like chapstick because it's too firm and tears my lips. I also don't want petroleum products in my mouth.

    I recently tried a little pot of Earth Mama's Organic Nipple cream that I read about somewhere. For nursing mothers, but it says you can use anywhere (I figured if it's safe for babies, I'm good). I love it! The only downside is it comes in a little jar, so not as handy as a tube, but I find I don't need to apply it very often.

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    “Earth Mama's Organic Nipple cream.” What an enticing name!

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    O'Keefe's Lip Repair. The Night Treatment comes in a (very) little jar, and rescued my lips when I was in the hospital. For the first few weeks I was too sick to think about what was happening to my lips, and they got so bad I looked as though I'd been in a fight.

    O'Keefe's Working Hands is the best thing I know for those painful finger cracks that can happen in winter.

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    Alisande, I love O’Keefe’s foot cream! Non-greasy and effective. I didn’t know about their other products that you mention.

    petalique thanked littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
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    Littlebug, I didn't know about their foot cream--thanks!

    petalique thanked Alisande
  • 29 days ago

    Blistex is the only lip balm for me - and I have tried just about everything. Though I understand it's not exactly ideal due to some of the ingredients. I have one in every coat pocket, car, three kitchen drawers, living room end and coffee tables, multiple desk drawers, two in my purse, and stashed in various other places too numerous to name. It's probably all in my head, but I cannot rest if I don't have a Blistex on my person or within arm's reach.

    petalique thanked Bluebell66
  • 29 days ago

    @Bluebell66, that would be me, too. I almost go into panic mode if there’s not one very close by.

    petalique thanked chloebud
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    @Blubell66 and @chloebud — I am with you on that. Burning chapped lips drive me mad-nuts; so I have to be sure lip rescue is always with me.

    I have been sleeping with the three brands in the top photo and prefer the Blistex Medicated lip balm. The mint or menthal is not as strong as the others. It goes on in a light coating and seems to stay on well.



    It contains some lanolin. I like that. Made in USA, $1.20




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    Re O’Keefe’s, I’ve never used any of their products other than working hands but will try the lip stuff based on the above rec. How quickly it heals my deeply cracked fingers seems almost unnatural!

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    Thanks for reminding me, FOOD. DH often gets split fingers from dry weather. I used to think it was from chalk use, but it seems to be dry weather. What is the name of the product you like?

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