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  • An Alternative To A Lip Balm, Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil

    Over the last few months, there is one area of my face that I’ve been constantly moisturising, my lips! Am I surprised? No not really. The weather going from mild to Baltic to mild again in the UK doesn’t help. To keep my lips less raisin like I have lip products always at hand, including Lip-C Smile‘s Raspberry Lip Oil. This was bought as a gift from a friend last year, and costs £5.50.

    Lip-C Smile Raspberry Lip Oil
    Packaging

    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil comes in a plastic, rectangular shaped vial. It’s clear, so you can see the lip oil inside it. This has a screw top lid which is semi transparent, but red in colour. To apply the lip oil, it has a roller ball applicator on the end.

    Fragrance

    Like the lip scrub I’ve used recently, I wouldn’t describe the fragrance of this to be raspberry, more a sweetie inspired strawberry version. It literally smells like strawberry flavoured sweets!

    Application

    Thanks to the roller ball applicator, I found the lip oil was placed evenly on my lips. I liked the fact I could control how little or how much oil I could apply onto this area. Very easy and super quick.

    On the lips

    This lip oil is lightly tinted. When I first looked at this I could see a red colour settled at the bottom of the vial, which needs to be shaken to spread it out evenly. So when I placed this on the lips the first thing I noticed was the oil wasn’t too heavy or too greasy. It was reasonably light weight, and didn’t have that tacky lip gloss feel on the lips. My lips didn’t change colour because this isn’t an opaque lip product like a lip stick. What Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil did was give my lips a healthy look. Look wise, my lips had a shine to them and the smallest amount of colour, which I was very happy with.

    The look and feel of my lips being moisturised lasted a few hours and then I needed to reapply it. With my lips feeling super dry I could easily use this multiple times a day. What I did notice was no build up was left on my lips, no nasty white bits in the corner of my mouth. I would have liked my lips to have stayed moisturised for a little longer per application, but I’m still happy with the results.

    Recommended?

    I quite like this lip oil. I like how it looks and feels on the lips, it’s not too greasy and sticky and I’m glad it’s lightly tinted and not coloured. The only thing I’m not too keen on is the packaging. The shape is nice but that’s the only thing that stands out. The lid needs to be able to click into place to stay secure, which it doesn’t. Overall, how this looks could stand out more and be more eye catching. So the lip oil has a thumbs up from me but the packaging needs tweaking.

    There are various fragranced lip oils available from Lip-C Smile here along with other products to help with your lip care needs, so pay the site a visit.

  • Dry Lips? Have A Look At Lip-C Smile’s Lip Scrub

    I HATE dry lips! I’m currently dealing with this issue right now. The cold weather and central heating has a lot to answer for! My work jacket bulges with various lip oils and balms to help me throughout the day dealing with rough and flaky lips. One product I don’t purchase and use often to help with this problem is a lip scrub. But I did get one as a gift from a friend last year. Handmade and sold by small business called Lip-C Smile, in a raspberry fragrance.

    Lip-C Smile Raspberry Lip Scrub
    What is this supposed to do?

    This lip scrub is designed to get rid of any dry and flaky skin on the lips, leaving this area smoother and softer in look and feel.

    Packaging

    50g of lip scrub comes in a clear pot with a white screw top lid. This comes boxed.

    How does it look?

    This particular version of Lip-C Smile’s lip scrub is in a very vibrant bubblegum pink colour. This is a very grainy lip scrub which looks jam packed with sugar granules but not so much oil. It glistens but doesn’t appear to be oily but quite dry and solid.

    Fragrance

    The version I have is in the fragrance of raspberry. It smells more strawberry in a sweetie kind of way rather than the fruit in my opinion. It smells nice, not particularly strong but it’s there.

    How to use

    On the website it says to use this twice a week day or night.

    In use

    I found it easier to apply this onto damp lips rather than dry. I had to go into this pot a few times to get the right amount of scrub to use. It’s so grainy that it didn’t feel like it stuck on my lips as much as I would have liked, and it didn’t move around this area very smoothly. I could feel the grains over my lips and it did create an exfoliating action. But it did feel a little too rough for me.

    Lips did feel and look smoother, but not particularly moisturised. Application meant my lips did get messy and if I’m honest it was easier to just lick this off (it tasted nice). To remove this properly I think a face cloth would have been good but I didn’t have one to hand.

    This lip scrub should have had a higher oil content to it. This would have made application easier, nicer, removal better and for the lip area to be more moisturised.

    Recommended?

    This is a massive amount of product per pot. A lip scrub doesn’t need to be this big, around the 15/20g would suffice. If used once or twice a week, this could be sat unused for months and be wasted. But it is brilliant value priced at £5.00, but this amount isn’t necessary. Not ideal to carry around as you would a lip balm or oil because of it’s size.

    The texture wasn’t right for me. It was too harsh and the addition of a small amount of oil would have solved this. Not only would it be a nicer application, leave a more nourished lip area but would make clean up easier for the user.

    So this isn’t a product for me. I don’t think I’m a massive fan of lip scrubs anyway. It’s not something I would use every week but maybe every few months. Would I recommend this product to someone else? It does the job but needs tweaking. But for the amount you get it’s a decent buy! It comes in a variety of different fragrances/flavours, and you can purchase yours here.

  • One Stop Lip Care from Lip-C Smile

    I know Christmas 2022 is well and truly over, but it’s only now I’m getting the chance to enjoy gifts that were given to me. Things are slowing down now so I have the time to go through any goodies I was given and use them, such as skincare or pampering products. A friend gave me products from a small business called Lip-C Smile. This included a lip scrub, lip balms, a lip gloss and lip brush. Now I’ve had a few moments with them, what are my first impressions of these products?

    Lip C Smile Lip Products
    Lip Scrub

    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Scrub is an incredibly pretty, bubblegum pink coloured and almost glitter like sugar based scrub. There is ALOT of scrub which is very generous. Fragrance is subtle and more sweetie strawberry like rather than raspberry but overall looks very inviting.

    Lip C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Scrub
    Lip Balm (Raspberry & Plain)

    These come in a typical lip balm type dispenser so very easy to use and very practical. I’m not getting any scent from the pink coloured one so not sure if it’s just coloured rather than fragranced, but my daughter immediately was attracted to this one!

    Lip C Smile’s Lip Balm’s
    Lip Oil

    This comes in a clear, rectangular applicator with a roller ball end to apply to the lips. I love the roller ball end but I’m not sure I like how this lip oil is housed. I don’t think it does the lip oil justice. The shape of it is fine but I think it could look either more plain and classic, or edgy and modern.

    Lip C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil
    Lip Scrubber Brush

    Not a brush as such but more a silicone ended tool with raised areas that you can use to move over the lips and help remove dead, dry and flaky skin. It’s an interesting idea and product. It’s a good alternative to the lip scrub if you don’t like grains and don’t want mess.

    My First Impressions

    My first impression of these products is these are jam packed with good ingredients. Ingredients included are coconut oil, Vitamin E, Avocado Oil and more which are incredibly nourishing to the skin which I love. Packaging is practical and it’s nice to see each piece is boxed. I think the packaging needs to pop a little more and be more grabbing. But overall Lip-C Smile have got me interested and can’t wait to use their products fully.