I baked up my double chocolate chip cookies last night and took them to work today and went over so well! I think I have another staple cookie recipe to add to my rotation...I really should save my favorites. I think one day I want to start a cookie shop or something else like it.
Anyway...lip balm. It's that time of the year to not be without lip balm. I have big lips so it's extra important that I keep the lip ask away. I bought a few things from Mario Badescu because it's been a brand I've been curious about.
Mario Badescu claims:
Ultra-moisturizing, Rose-infused balm for petal-soft lips
It's a surprisingly affordable brand- especially if you wait for a sale. I bought mine on sale from Nordstrom for $6.80.Not the best price for just a lip balm but then again I have seen them priced higher.
First thing I noticed about it was the scent. It has the prettiest, light rose scent. It's not overpowering and fades away pretty quickly but for a minute it just puts me into a happy place. Really lovely scent unlike any other lip balm scent I have ever used.
Also it does work. The texture is really like vaseline and adds hydration and smooths lips out. It doesn't wear off and make my lip noticeably drier, nor does it seem to dry my lips over time. It really is a pretty nice product.
The only thing I don't like are the ingredients. I thought Mario Badescu was a more natural brand and I bought a few things without reading the ingredients. It has a few things I like but I really wish it skipped on ingredients like Dimethicone, Hydrogenated Polydecene, vinyls, and polymers. I just would rather not have those in products I am potentially eating.
ingredients:
Hydrogenated Polydecene, Cocoglycerides, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Dimethicone, Brassica Glycerides, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Glyceryl Behenate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Jojoba Esters, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Silica Silylate, Silica, Cera Alba (Beeswax, Cire d´abeille), Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Raspberry Seed Oil/Tocopheryl Succinate Aminopropanediol Esters, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Glyceryl Rosinate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil Unsaponifiables, Acacia Decurrens Flower Cera, Tocopherol, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Candelilla Cera (Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Cire De Candelilla), Polysorbate 80, Polyglycerin-3, Linoleic Acid, Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Sucralose, Aroma (Flavor), Linolenic Acid, Hydrated Silica, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Overall, I like it except some ingredients I could do without. I probably wouldn't buy it again, I was curious about the Peppermint variety but I think I'll stick to the Burt's Bee's original as my go to mint balm because I like the ingredients better.
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