What was in the February Beauty Box 5 Box?

The February box was all about having kissable lips, and it is one of my favorite boxes so far! We received 4 full sized products with a retail value of over $37.00 for the price of a $12 monthly subscription.

Tint Beauty Unicorn Lippie $9.00

Let’s get mythical! Introducing the Unicorn Lippie Collection-making its debut in this month’s box. These ultra-pigmented, matte liquid lips glide on so easily and last all night. I wore this with the Lip Glow all day Saturday at a training event. It lasted all day and I like the neutral color.

Tint Beauty Unicorn Liner $7.00

You’ll need a matching liner to go with your Unicorn lip. Outline and define with this creamy crayon before applying your Lippie for more staying power.

Style Essentials Lip Glow $4.00

With a lightly tinted shine, this balm glides on sheer with a moisturizing and comfortable finish. This is great alone or over your favorite matte shade. I wore this over both my Unicorn Lippie and my Colour Hybrid and it was the moisture that was needed to complement each of the matte lip colors.

So Susan Colour Hybrid $17.50

This rich cream-mousse pigment looks great on every skin tone and adds fullness to your lips. Apply a small amount on the center of your lips and blend outward. Finish with a moisturizing balm. This is my new favorite lip color!

Jean Pierre Cosmetics Pink Moisturizing Lip Mask $5.00

Prep your pout and repair dryness with collagen, vitamins and minerals. place on lips and then smooth onto skin. Leave on for 15 minutes, remove, then rub in remaining liquid. We received one lip mask to try. The $5 price tag is for a set of 5. I didn’t really notice any difference after this treatment.

Make sure you Sign up for Beauty Box 5! so that you don’t miss the next shipment!

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You can ensure your pucker is always on point this summer with these pocket-sized travel essentials from Carmex® and tips from Shannon Tor, Director of Research & Development for Carma Laboratories, the company that makes Carmex® lip balms!

• Soaring temps can leave your lips dehydrated because “your lips don’t have any oil-producing or sebaceous glands so the only moisture they get is from saliva,” explains Shannon Tor. Saliva in turn “evaporates quickly and enzymes in which dissolve oils, which can actually lead to dry, chapped lips.” Be sure to pack Carmex® Lip Balm ($1.59) in a tube to keep them hydrated!
• Hotter weather can leave your makeup melting so this summer go lipstick-free and instead sport well moisturized and protected lips with the Carmex® Protecting Lip Balm Sticks ($1.59). Plus, Shannon Tor explains that your natural lips are designed to be flaunted “since your lips have fewer layers of skin than the rest of your body, underlying blood vessels, blood-filled capillaries, are close to the surface, giving your lips a reddish or pink tint.”
• With summer often comes summer romance so before you pucker up, turn to the Carmex® Lip Balm ($1.59) that has been around for 77 years to make your pucker memorable! Shannon Tor explains that “a lip balm is only as effective as the ingredients in the formula” and that the time-tested formula of the Carmex® Lip Balm “contains camphor and menthol to soothe severely dry lips and petrolatum to create a long-lasting protective barrier.

I have been using the Carmex® Pomegranate with SPF 15 for the last week or so and my lips feel soft and moisturized and I like the flavor too.

Do you use a lip balm with sunscreen while you are out in the hot summer sun? What is your favorite flavor? Leave me a comment and let me know.

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Since I live in Florida, skin protection is always important and if you have ever had sun burned lips you know how miserable that can make you, yup it has happened to me! Now Carmex® has SPF 15 so it is great for wearing every day! I love having that added piece of mind from a product I already use.

The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends these Carmex® lip balm sticks as an effective aid in the prevention of sun-induced damage to the skin, including sunburn and possible premature aging. When used regularly, in the prescribed manner, these products may also help reduce the risk of skin cancer due to overexposure to sunlight. It’s important to pay attention to the lips, because they are often forgotten when it comes to sun protection.

• Carmex^® Original Stick SPF 15
• Carmex^® Cherry Stick SPF 15
• Carmex^® Strawberry Stick SPF 15
• Carmex^® Lime Twist Stick SPF 15
• Carmex^® Vanilla Stick SPF 15
• Carmex^® Pomegranate Stick SPF 15

 

While you are at the store stocking up for summer fun make sure to get a Carmex® lip balm for everyone in the family to keep their lips soft and safe from the sun this summer.

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Silly Lips introduced its new line of natural lip balms perfect for when you want to add flare to your beauty routine in April 2012. Deepened with enriched ingredients like Shea butter and the purest essential oils, these universal lip balms leave lips feeling soft and smooth. Their lush texture and silky consistency adds serious moisture and shine to thirsty lips. Use it alone or with your favorite lip color!

Modeled after Silly Lips creator and founder Leila Larsen’s closest friends, Tracy, Bekah and Katie, the three lip balms embody the unique personalities of the different women. Use all three balms as a moisturizing base or shinny topcoat to your favorite lipstick or gloss. A number of professional makeup artists use Silly Lips(tm) lip balms to perk up models’ dry lips for national photo shoots. “We love that you can get to know the ‘silly girls’ through their quirky stories located on the back of each box,” Larsen said. “Each girl is unique in her own way and that’s what makes her so beautiful.

Although the company lives by the word ‘silly,’ we do stand by each and every product we create for you by using serious ingredients with the highest of qualities.” Silly Lips(tm) was created in Larsen’s kitchen 6 years ago. Her obsession with lip balm and lip gloss led her to formulating her own recipes and finally ending with the perfect combination of enriched, hydrating ingredients for ultra nourishing moisture and shine in three fun flavors. “The best part is that anyone can relate to these three different and unique girls,” Larsen said. “Or maybe you have a little of each girl inside of you?”

We both love how smooth and moisturized our lips are when we use Silly Lips. The lip balm is great and does exactly what it said it would do, leave our lips soft, smooth and moisturized. Neither of us are fans of lip balm in a tin-it means you have to wash your hands before applying-or have a lip brush available neither of which work well for on-the-go gals. Also, personally, neither of us were comfortable with the pin-up pictures on the tins. Summer said she would never bring it to school or share it with her friends because she was embarrassed by the immodest images and suggestive names (and I totally agree with her). Also, the lip balm melted in our bags. Silly Lips may be made in Florida but its consistency can’t handle the Florida heat. As I said earlier, we both always carry some sort of lip balm in our pocket or purse and we’ve never had a problem like this before with other products.

In the end, the lip balm works great and if you don’t mind the graphics, suggestive names or the tin, it might be a great product for you. We work hard to promote wholesome, modest, teen appropriate products in our home and on our blog and as good as Silly Lips is, it doesn’t fit our standards and IF I had looked at the website instead of just agreeing to review the product based on the email I received, I would have turned down the offer, lesson learned.

Disclosure, we received 3 tins of Silly Lips lip balm for the basis of the review. All opinions are 100% those of this writer and her family.

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