Drugstore Lip Balms Comparison

Hello there, I have been wanting to do this post for quite a while now. But never find the right time to do so.  Today, I just had no excuse not to! Based on the header, yes. Today’s post will be a comparison on drugstore lip balms. I have a few with me, and I just had to buy them to do a special post for you guys out there! The plan on posting this has been delayed, for about 2 months. Eep!

There’s three lip balms that I have in hand to be exact. Listed as per below,

1.       Maybelline’s Baby Lips Color in Berry Crush

2.       Nivea’s Fruity Shine in Cherry

3.       Mentholatum’s Lip Ice in Strawberry

Now, they all come from different brands, also they have their own specialties. I got them that way on purpose. So I could see what each could do best. Shall we start, on Maybelline’s Baby Lips being the first on the list?

Maybelline’s Baby Lips Color in Berry Crush. Okay, to be honest out of the three that I got. I thought I will be liking this the least. Why? I thought, Maybelline would not be producing good lip balms knowing the main focus of products from them are on Mascaras, Liners, and Lipsticks. And suddenly, this baby right here, wowed me! I cannot lie, this is the one I have on my vanity. Also the one I would apply every time I’m done moisturizing my face. Sometimes, once I am done with my make up, I would actually skip the lipstick as the Maybelline’s Baby Lips Color since it is already naturally tinted on the lips! Which is why, I love this more,it works as a hydrating and tinted lip balm and also it smells amazing! That’s like a 3 in 1 combo kind of thing right? This lip balm retail at RM 8.40 only!

Nivea’s Fruity Shine in Cherry. I got this just because, I’ve always wanted a lip balm that smells like cherry! I know how silly. But I also heard, that Nivea is good at what they produce. So I thought, why not right? When I first applied this, out of the three I thought this is the most easiest to apply with. As it is super moisturizing! As you can see on the picture above, the colour of this lip balm is in deep red. Pretty right? However, the colour does not pay off. It’s not tinted like the Maybelline one. This is just a normal sheer lip balm with a hint of red. And that’s about it. I would only wear this on certain days, where I don’t leave the house but still needs hydrations on my lips! Other than that, if you’re looking for a good moisturizing lip balm you should go for this one! Nivea gives moisture at its best!  This lip balm retails at RM 10.90 .

Mentholatum’s Lip Ice in Strawberry. Now, this one was the last choice out of the three. I just got this to see if it is any good. This is just a sheer, lip balm. Not a hint or a tint in it if you get what I mean. After 2 weeks, of testing this. I did not like it as much as the others. I feel like, it darkens my lips in a way. I don’t know if that is just me though. What I like about this is that it has this ice cold feeling on the lips once applied. Like how it mentioned on the product itself “Lip Ice”.  I feel like this doesn’t suit me much. Even if it is just a sheer lip balm. I also feel like, this would fit school kids who needs hydration but does not want to show colour at all. This retails at RM 5.00! Reasonable right? Amazing, how a lip balm could still cost RM 5.00 these days! Great deal though, Metholatum! Kudos!

And there you have it, comparison on all three! I hope you enjoy this post, and do let me know if you feel differently on these lip balms!

Much Love,

Aleen A

November Favourites // Maybelline Specials

November’s ending soon! Hence, it’s now time for me to do my November’s Favourites. If you notice, I went on a budget splurge this month and somehow I have been reaching a lot from Maybelline! Therefore, based on the header, yes this post will be a Maybelline special. In fact, I feel as if I can never get enough from them. Today, I will be featuring three products from them. Let’s begin with their face selection.

Maybelline's Baby Skin Pore Eraser - RM 29.90

Maybelline’s Baby Skin Pore Eraser. Coming from a girl who wants a flawless effect I mean who does not right? A primer, is a definite need. I bought this tube of 22ml for only RM 29.90.  At first, I thought nah this item might not work as good as other primers out there. Thought wrong! Applying it at first, felt weird. As it is a translucent primer. I did not see it “actually” closes my pores. However, once I am done with the full make up, my oh my! I loved it, it leaves my skin dewy and flawless. The good kind of dewy of course. For a drugstore primer. This works at its best! My only advice for this and other primer out there is, to make sure you cleanse the face properly! As they consist wax, to give that flawless effect, it might get sucks in the skin and that could cause breakouts. So do cleanse accurately! J

Maybelline's Hyper Sharp Liner - RM 21.80

Maybelline’s Hyper Sharp Liner. Now this is also something I could never live without! An eye liner, do wonders to my eyes! I know as an Asian, it does run in the blood on having small eyes. But with an eyeliner, I could feel the difference right after! Lol. When using eyeliner, I preferred it to be very thin and natural – like which is another reason why, I love Hyper Sharp Liner so much is because of how thin the brush is, I could draw on my eyes comfortably. Without worrying of how thick my eyeliner would be. The color itself, is super pigmented. And the best part of it all is, ITS WATERPROOF! Before I forget, it only cost RM21.80! LOVE!

 Maybelline's Baby Lips, Berry Crush - RM 10.90 

Maybelline’s Baby Lips in Berry Crush. Ahh! Lippies! If you don’t know, I am a HUGE fan of lippies! Lip balms, lipstick, lip color, you name it! I would never go out with a pale lips, NEVER! Why look dull, when you know you could bright it up right? Now when, Maybelline’s Lip balms first came out in Malaysia years ago I was super excited! I had one back when I was in high school, but it has been misplaced later then it never came to mind to get another one. L However this time around, I was tempted to get one more, after seeing a friend of mine, Shifa enjoying using it so much. She has a few from this range actually. I got mine, for RM 10.90. I had to get the color ones rather than the translucent. And so, I got mine in Berry Crush. At first I did not light this at all! As I thought it was too thick and sticky for my lips. But I kept on insisting to use this for a few more weeks. After three weeks, without realizing I would apply this almost every hour. In fact, some days I did not even apply any lipstick on my lips as I feel that the color on this lip balm is already enough! I’m someone with tan skin though, it would look weird without any make up on. But once I have full make up on, combined with this lip balm. It satisfies me on what I want.

I guess, that’s about it on this month’ favourite! I would like to thank Maybelline for producing such good products, with a reasonable price! There’ll be more that I’ll be getting from them that’s for sure! Thank you too for reading this post! Till next time!

Xx,

Aleen Abdollah