I didn’t take any fun lipsticks with me to Europe because my boyfriend stupidly refuses to kiss me on the lips if I’m wearing colour – even if I’m wearing a lip stain, he wipes his lips for a full five seconds afterwards. So instead, I’ve been using lip balms and tinted lip colour for this trip.
In my last iHerb haul, I picked up a couple of Hurraw! lip balms on the recommendation of some of you on my lip care post (thank you!). I grabbed the Blue Chamomile Vanilla Moon Balm and the Coconut lip balm.
The ingredients are pretty similar. The main difference is that the moon balm has a hefty dollop of avocado oil added to it:
Blue Chamomile Vanilla Moon Balm: Persea gratissima (avocado) oil, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, Euphorbia cerifera wax, Theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, Ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, Olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, Argania spinosa (argan) kernel oil, Rosa rubiginosa (rose hip) seed oil, Limnanthes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil, Tocopherols, Vanilla planifolia bean, Myroxylon balsamum oil, Matricaria recutita flower extract.
Coconut Lip Balm: Prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, Euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, Theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, Ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, Olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, organic flavour, Tocopherols (vitamin E)
Both balms are really lovely and moisturising, though Moon Balm has slightly better staying power – it’s as good as my favourite Nivea balms, which is high praise from me! They both glide on smoothly and smell delicious. My favourite thing about them though, is their oval shape – I’ve always suffered silently through the annoyance of my lip balms rolling off the bedside table into random nooks and crannies, but these don’t budge. I’m a convert! It’ll be hard not to add one to every iHerb purchase I make from now on – there’s one with SPF, and tinted balms, and even an Earl Grey scent (get them on Amazon here, or you can use the code NUD131 for $10 off your first order on iHerb).
The other lip product I’ve been road testing lately is Luk Beautifood Lip Nourish*. Luk Beautifood is an interesting brand that makes make-up from really unusual food ingredients, like a concealer with blush or dark chocolate mascara. Lip Nourishes are sheer lipsticks made from natural ingredients – kind of like a tinted lip balm in an elegant slim tube. They come rolled up in a cheerful, handy microfibre cloth.
The formula is based on avocado, sesame and castor oils, which results in a very moisturising lipstick. It’s free from a bunch of ingredients that aren’t too bad but get a bad rap – synthetic flavours/colours/fragrances, phthalates, petroleum byproducts, parabens and GMOs, so it makes a really good present for picky people.
I tried this in Lemon & Mint, a subtle brownish pink with a light citrussy scent. As you can see, it’s a very sheer shade that just adds a wash of colour to your lips. It’s not too shiny, and the slim size is perfect for neat application. It does tend to wear off pretty quickly, but it’s not patchy – great for low-key days, if you don’t mind reapplying a bit.
You can check out more Luk Beautifood products here.
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I’ve been using the Hurraw Vanilla lip balm and quite liking it! I really like the oval shape too, whenever I whip it out to use it, someone is always like “whoah! What a weird shape!” haha!
Tasha // shiwashiful.
I love the Hurraw Blue Chamomile Vanilla Moon Balm! I find it so moisturising and long lasting on my lips 🙂 I find that with some all natural lip balms, if they contain a lot of castor oil, this can not only smell funny but it leaves a dry feeling in my throat should I accidentally lick my lips (I know that probably sounds super strange!). Luckily I don’t have that problem with the Hurraw lip balms 🙂 I’d like to try the cherry one next! And the different shape/packaging is awesome!
I think I’ve tried the Luk Lip Nourish before, but it wasn’t that memorable despite the great ingredient list…
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I am glad you like the Hurraw! balms! The shape really is pretty great.
Try jojoba oil as it has many uses for lips such as Lip Moisturizer, Lip Balm, Lip Gloss, and Lip Scrub.
I find the coconut one very similar to my yes to coconut lipbalm O.O maybe it’s the oval shape
Interesting! I didn’t even know that the Yes To range had lipbalms! They don’t in Australia 🙁
I believe I only saw 2 range with lip balms in my target so it’s probably not a popular thing. It really is an interesting shape though, haven’t seen it anywhere else.
I was flipping through your blog( I may have binge read half of all your posts…all 120ish pgs… too interesting stuff to miss 😉 and I wanted to try ALL the lip balms you recomended!! (I have an addiction I know QAQ) so when I found out the nivea repair and protection one wasn’t available in the US I nearly died inside QAQ. I will try the lip butters though but I’m still iffy on the tin packaging, sticky fingers mean sticky keyboard and a lot of tissue for messy me…
Thank you! I’m so flattered 🙂
One thing I sometimes do with the lip butter tins when I don’t want to get my fingers sticky is I dip a regular lip balm in instead and use that to apply it. It feels a bit silly but my fingers stay clean!
Genius!! I like to layer my lip balms anyways so it sounds like a great idea XD, I now have another reason to buy them, off to drugstores!! Thx 😀