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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.

  • A Lip Balm Alternative? Q+A’s Liquorice Lip Oil

    Let’s talk lips! It’s getting windier and colder here in the UK. This can cause havoc on the skin, and this includes the lips. Most people will grab a lip balm to soothe and moisturise this part of the face. But do many people use a lip oil? Is it just as good or more of a fun type of product? I delved into my skincare stash and pulled out a forgotten product I’ve never used, which is Q+A’s Liquorice Lip Oil. This retails at £6.50 for 15ml and I bought it direct from Q+A months ago. I bought, as usual, when this was on sale, so paid less.

    Q+A Liquorice Lip Oil
    Why did I buy this?

    There were particular products I wanted to buy and added this item as a gift for a friend. And me being me, I ordered one for myself because I didn’t want to be left out! I didn’t need it, I just thought one for my friend one for me too.

    What is this supposed to do?

    This lip oil is designed to moisturise the lips and provide a plumping effect.

    Packaging

    Q+A’s Liquorice Lip Oil comes in in a pale pink and white coloured tube. The oil comes out thanks to the roller ball applicator at the top. It’s a simple looking product but I love how it’s packaged because it’s not fussy, clean looking so easy on the eye.

    Ingredients

    Some of the ingredients included in this product are jojoba seed oil, apricot kernel oil, liquorice leaf extract, sunflower seed oil and peppermint oil (to name just a few ingredients, there are loads more!).

    Fragrance

    I expected this to reek of peppermint or some form of mint oil but it doesn’t. It smells delicately minty but it’s very subtle.

    On The Lips

    Thanks to the roller ball, this is a product which is easy to apply and done so evenly. I can feel it going onto my lips because it literally is being coated. But it’s not heavy in feel, sticky or thick. The oil is quite thin in fact. My lips are left shiny but not too greasy. They look moisturised but not the same way as a lip gloss would but similar to a lip balm. No tingling or cooling sensation when this went on which I was a little surprised about. And definitely no lip plumping!

    Although my lips never felt dry or looked it while using this, I did feel the oiliness/application disappeared within an hour. My lips didn’t look coated and didn’t feel it relatively quickly from first applying it. But they weren’t dry. I found myself reapplying this a good 3 times during the day if I wanted that hit of moisture in look and feel.

    Would I buy this again?

    Considering I’ve never used a lip oil before I don’t mind using this. Nicely packaged, good ingredients flowing through it and it’s moisturising. BUT I would have liked this to feel more moisturising for longer. What I think I needed more from this lip oil was protection. Would I buy this again for myself? If the price was right e.g sale, possibly. Buy this for a gift? I actually would! My daughter nicked this and I think she would like her own but again I would grab this when on offer because it’s nice but not amazing.

    If this description is giving you a ‘buy me’ feel, you can grab this product from different places such as Sainsbury’s and of course direct from Q+A themselves.