003 - eos Lip Balm
FACT: Winter can leave you with chapped lips!
Chapped lips suck. Really, there’s nothing worse. Like when you have little bits of skin hanging off of your lips, or when you’ve been sleeping, and you open your mouth and your lips stick together, or maybe your lips get so dry, that they split down the center, or at the corners.
Now there are plenty of lip balms out there to sooth and prevent chapped lips. Though, every one of them seems to have flaws. Maybe one is super moisturizing, but tastes like campho penique. Or it tastes really nice, but its a little kids brand like Lip Smackers, so it’s more like candy than lip balm. Or you have something like Burts Bees, which is great, but it’s way too expensive, and gets used up too fast!
So what do I want in a lip balm? It has to be very moisturizing, it has to taste and smell good, but not be TOO over powering, and it has to hold its value. I’m willing to spend good money on a product, as long as that product lasts a good, long time. Also, being organic is defiantly a plus!
So, after going through many a tube, pot and squeeze bottle of lip balm, I decided to try something a little different.
eos, (evolution of smooth) is a cosmetic company that specializes in smoooooooth. They make shaving creams, lotions, and lip balms. And their “Smooth Sphere” lip balms are the best. I own the Summer Fruit and the Lemon Drop flavors. ALL eos lip spheres come in these super cute egg shaped containers. The large, rounded ball of balm makes it easy to just swipe it across both lips and be done with it. It makes a great base for lipsticks and glosses too.
Let’s start with the Summer Fruit. It’s the most generic of the eos line, along with Honeysuckle Honeydew and Sweet Mint. It’s 95% organic and 100% natural. They are free of most allergens and preservatives, like gluten (a common allergen produced from wheat), paraben (a preservative that commonly causes skin irritation and allergic reactions), petrolatum (petroleum jelly) and phthalate (trust me, this shit just sounds gross. It’s used to strengthen industrial plastics, sometimes used as a preservative).
The Summer Fruit balm is long lasting and super soft, goes on clear with no stupid colors or shimmer, and tastes really really good. But the flavor and smell isn’t overpowering. It’s actually flavored with real blueberry extract, strawberry extract, and peach extract. I keep the Summer Fruit sphere on my desk and just slide some on whenever I remember to.
I also have a sphere of Lemon Drop eos balm. It’s different from the Summer Fruit and other flavors because it contains an SPF 15, with broad spectrum, UVA/UVB protection. Its free of the same preservatives. Both balms are packed with vitamin E, shea butter and jodoba oil. The balm glides on super smooth, and isn’t waxy like other balms can be.
The Lemon Drop flavor/scent is totally my favorite. It’s flavored with real lemon peel oil keep this one in my purse and take it out with me, because of the SPF, it’s good for on the go. Eos also has a medicated lip balm in tangerine flavor.
Eos doesn’t test any of their products on animals. They used natural, organic ingredients like palm oil, olive oil, hemp seed oil, rosemary extract, shea butter, jojoba oil and beeswax.
So, back to my list of lip balm requirements.
Very moisturizing: Check. With so much vitamin E, shea butter and essential oils packed into these little spheres, you won’t have to reapply for quite some time.
Smell and taste good: Check! Eos uses real fruit and herb extracts to flavor their lip balms, so it’s never too over powering, and the tastes doesn’t get all stuck in the back of your throat.
Organic: Check! Most ingredients are organic and all natural, and they’re all free of nasty preservatives and allergens.
Price fits quality: Check! Each sphere is $3.29 USD, and lasts for several months! I’ve had my Summer Fruit Sphere since July (about 6 months), and I still have a lot more to use from it. Also, the packaging is just so darn cute.
You can buy eos lip balms and other products from their website, or from walgreens!
So there you have it. Eos lip balm is... the bomb :C BAD PUN IS BAD. SEE YOU TOMORROW.