Battle of the Balms

Hello my berries,

I have wanted to do this post for awhile, but I wanted to make I'd tried and tested all of them to the max, I can assure you that I have!

From left to right
Nivea HydroCare, Korres Shea Butter Lip Balm, The Body Shop Born Lippy in Strawberry, The Body Shop Born Lippy in Passionberry, Crabtree&Evelyn Citron Creme & Honey Lip Butter

Now, I am a lip balm addict so it was definitely hard to nail my top 5 recommendations but I have finally done it.

If I want to use a lip balm before I apply a gloss or a lipstick and my lips aren't really chapped or try, I'll go for the Nivea Hydrocare lip balm with SPF 15. This is a great balm to use underneath lipgloss, as it just makes everything feel a lot smoother and hydrated. It has a lovely creamy texture and glides easily onto the lips, it is slightly slippery though so if you want a matte look I wouldn't use this one as it does give the lips a glossier look. It also contains SPF so it  protects your lips, however if your on holiday and you need SPF I'd go for the Nivea Sun Protect as that has SPF 30. I love the smell of Nivea products too so I really love this lip balm.

Next is the Korres Shea Butter Lip Balm for dry lips. This is an all round great chap-stick, it is perfect to use underneath any lip product as it just smoothes and hydrates without leaving any sort of sticky or oily residue, it sinks in quickly and makes your lips feel very nourished and soft. This is usually what I go for if my lips are feeling sore or very dry as it fixes the problem ASAP!

Thirdly, my Body Shop Born Lippy Balms- I LOVE THESE! I've gone through a couple in the last few years and the two scents shown in the picture are my favourite- Strawberry and Passion-berry; its not just because they have my surname in them aha! I always use these before I go to bed as they are very thick in texture and incredibly moisturising and I always find when I wake up my lips are lovely and soft. The strawberry one is tinted so you could use this in a soft everyday makeup look, perfect for school. The passion-berry balm is my favourite however, as although it does look like its going to be very dark considering it has a dark purple colour, it doesn't have much, if any, colour pay-off.

Lastly, the Crabtree&Evelyn Citron Creme & Honey Lip Butter. This is a gel like butter and I use this as a treat as it is absolutely beautiful. It smells and tastes like lemonade and has sort of a gritty texture whilst being very moisturising so it kind of doubles up as an exfoliator as well, the grittiness disappears after a while leaving the remnants of the yummy soft lip balm, (yes I have licked it of my lips on more than one occasion so I can say its yummy aha.)

I love lip balm and if I were to pick the most versatile lip product it would be the Korres one, as I feel this is very multi-purpose and can be used for anything, whereas the others aren't as moisturising or are too thick to use under lipstick, I imagine it would just cause goops on your lips, not an attractive look.

Hope you enjoyed my post on all different sorts of lip balms, butters, chap stick, whatever you want to call them.
See you soon
BeautyBerry
 xoxo

My New Favourite Perfume

Hello my berries,

I've been wanting this perfume for ages, and it is Calvin Klein's Beauty fragrance. The scent is described on the website as a "feminine, sophisticated fragrance that opens with top notes of Ambrette seeds, middle notes of jasmine and dries down to the base notes of cedar wood." It is a beautiful scent, and I would use the words feminine and sophisticated also to describe it, it is perfect for summer and isn't too overpowering, making it suitable for everyday. Its definitely a perfume that lingers on your skin for ages, but I would describe it as a perfume that whispers not shouts, as it is so subtly there in an amazing way. The bottle is lovely as well and looks nice on my dressing table, which is always a bonus. I imagine that it would be good for travelling also as the bottle is flat and thin and the lid is in line with the rest of the bottle, so its easy to pack and won't take up too much space. It is definitely a favourite of mine and I have no doubt that I will be wearing it everyday for the rest of the summer!

See you soon
BeautyBerry
xoxo