The packaging is similar to La Roche Posay and Vichy's lip balm sunscreen.
It has a retractable mechanism which allows you to apply the lipbalm with one hand, quite useful for on the go.
The balm is colourless as you can see however I found that depending on how much you apply there might be a slight white cast, due to the sunscreen ingredients.
Ingredients
What I liked
- Higher SPF protection
- Sunscreen ingredients offer both UVA and UVB protection. Most balms just have UVB
- Priced better than other known brands with similar products ($6.95 for 4g tube)
- Protects lips as it claims
- Whitish cast lightens lip colour - I could use this as a base to make lip colours pop more (similar to MAC Lip Erase)
What I didn't like
- it left a slight whitish cast, which is ok if you're using lipstick over it but would look funny on its own
- no tinted shades available. I think that would fix the issue with the white cast.
Overall
Great buy if you are looking for a sunscreen for lips higher than SPF 15. However best used under another lip colour due to the whitish cast of the sunscreen.
8 comments:
it has oxybenzone :(
so true, higher spf gives a super whitish color! :) I can totally remember my Burt's Bee Life Guard lip blam that makes me look sick without lipstick :)
whitish casts annoy me so much esp in lip balm - who wants to look like a corpse in summer? Good idea to use this as a base!
i dont think we have enough lip products with sunscreen! the only prods i use with spf is the dior lip glow and ysl lipstick o_O
It looks interesting...I'll give it a try if I can
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I heart the packaging! But a white cast on my lips? Ughh nooooooo =[
I agree with Nic Nic on this, there aren't enough lip products with SPF out there! Or maybe I turn a blind eye on those with >_>
oo lala! love the sun protection features :D i want to try this out!
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