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Best product for sore lips

36 replies

Appuskidu · 15/12/2017 10:31

I have tried so many things over the years- I can’t bear things that tingle when they go on (carmex/blistex etc), don’t like tins which are difficult to open (Vaseline intensive) and although Elizabeth Arden (8h) is good, it smells funny! EOS has been pretty good to be honest (the pink one as the green one was a bit stingy) but I have just re-discovered this and think it’s fab. I bought it for chapped hands and it was really too thick for that, but is fab for lips. Not stingy-just right!

Best product for sore lips
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AnnabelleLecter · 15/12/2017 11:26

I have been using Crazy Rumours from Holland and Barrett. Natural, organic, vegan etc etc plus delicious flavours! Ive got Amaretto atm.
They were half price not long ago.

RestingGrinchFace · 15/12/2017 11:27

This is the Australian version of Vaseline but it actually works! The only thing that o have come across that is better is jurlique love balm.

Naughty1205 · 15/12/2017 11:29

Op I have tried everything over the years, from La Prairie to vaseline and nothing works like cheap and cheerful Lypsl. I go out of my way to find it and stock up. Don't know how it works but when I put it on at night any dryness is gone and my lips are plump and full (not easy when you're 44 with thin lips) worth a go for around £2.

Hersetta427 · 15/12/2017 12:14

My daughter has had a cold and has dry red lips and she had been using a lemon and raspberry chapstick from blistex and it completely cleared it up in 2 days (she has been using it 4-5 times a day). I tried it too - it doesn't tingle and was 99p from home bargains.

Littlehenrylee · 15/12/2017 12:29

Have you tried Nuxe? I find it the best after trying many others for many years!

ToothTrauma · 15/12/2017 12:45

Nuxe Reve de Miel is the mother of all lip products. Lasts a million years too.

Roomba · 15/12/2017 13:05

The only one that seems to do wonders for my poor lips is Lush's Lip Service. Or rubbing a block of pure cocoa butter on my lips (think that's the main ingredient in the Lush lip balm). Everything else seems to make it worse.

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Appuskidu · 15/12/2017 13:11

Does the Nuxe one smell ok?

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rubybleu · 15/12/2017 13:11

I’m Australian. Paw paw ointment is ok (overhyped - it’s just Vaseline) but Blistex Relief Cream is far superior.

DorothySparks · 15/12/2017 13:17

I am also from Australia, and I usually use Blistex Relief Cream its really good.

Littlehenrylee · 15/12/2017 13:32

Nuxe smells fine for me. It is a little pot with particles in the cream (like a mini lip scrub), it removes the dry skin and seems to heal my lips rather than just moisturise. It is available in pharmacies. It isn’t comparable to Vaseline, Carmex etc that just sit on the lips. I find it very good.

SpanielPlusToddler · 15/12/2017 13:34

I really like palmers cocoa butter lip balm, you can get it in boots.

alwaysonadiet1 · 15/12/2017 13:35

Haven’t tried Nuxe but having tried dozens my favourite is Body Shop vitamin e lip balm.

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Appuskidu · 15/12/2017 16:15

Nuxe smells fine for me. It is a little pot with particles in the cream (like a mini lip scrub)

So, is it a lip scrub? If not, what happens to the particles when you put it on?

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buntingqueen · 15/12/2017 16:20

Palmers cocoa butter lip balm, or the neutrogena one. I find both of these really good, and I hate creams and lip balms!

MsHomeSlice · 15/12/2017 16:22

YY to the Palmers cocoa butter one, it's really super

Been struggling with terrible crispy lips recently and they are back to normal after just a few days, and that includes being out and about in the sub zero temps all day sunday and monday!

Timefortea99 · 15/12/2017 16:24

Nuxe, it is miraculous. Swipe it on at bedtime, wake up with smooth lips.

rightknockered · 15/12/2017 16:43

I find it helps to layer my usual facial oil, or coconut oil with Burts Bees lip balm,

ToothTrauma · 15/12/2017 17:02

The nuxe one I use doesn’t have any particles and smells like lemon meringue pie! Reve de Miel. Get it!!!

LBOCS2 · 15/12/2017 17:12

I'm not Australian but I also use the Blistex relief cream - in fact I specifically went looking for it today, and it's still very good.

Littlehenrylee · 15/12/2017 17:23

So, is it a lip scrub? If not, what happens to the particles when you put it on?

They seem to dissolve with the heat of your lips. It looks like paste and comes in a little glass jar. I've just tried to find you an image but mine is a couple of years old and the packaging is now different.. It is a bit more expensive but it lasts a very long time as I don't have to continuously apply it whereas I used to have the moisturiser sticks in every pocket of every coat and cardigan I owned!

ProseccoMamam · 15/12/2017 17:37

Honey and sugar scrub to slough off the horrid dead skin and then plain old coconut oil for me. You can get those small tubs (travel tubs) with screw on lids to put it in. It's honestly the best thing (second to carmex- but you don't like that)

abouttimeforanotherone · 15/12/2017 17:48

My dd uses some cream in a yellow tube called Carmex - she's always suffered from chapped and split lips that sometimes bleed and she has found this stuff really works well.

goose1964 · 15/12/2017 18:15

Once you have moisturised you lips can I recommend Burt's bees lip balm , it's excellent

Housewife2010 · 15/12/2017 23:03

I've been using the Nuxe lip balm in a pot for years. It doesnt have particles in or smell like lemon meringue pie to me. It is a good rich balm which is perfect to use at bedtime but a bit big to carry around. I carry the Nuxe lip balm stick in my bag.