Burt's Bees Lip Balm

           

            It’s getting to that time of year where just about everyone and their mother is carrying around some sort of moisturizing cream or balm for their dry, chapped lips. I’m from New York and I thought one of the perks to going to school in South Carolina would be the feeling of moisturized lips throughout the winter. For at least my time here, I thought that a tube of chapstick wouldn’t even cross my mind. Of course, with my luck I wasn’t able to shake this problem.

            Having to use chapstick is inevitable for me, it’s just a matter of when. We all know we are done for on the first cold day of fall when we throw on that chapstick. Just once will get your lips hooked all the way till the warm days in April. So with this in mind, this year what I decided to do was fight the urge for as long as possible. I didn’t last very long, considering my lips are already at about four doses a day. Four doesn’t seem like a lot but I’ll remind you that it’s still only the first week of November.

            With all of the experience I’ve had, I can confidently say that there’s only been one type of lip balm that gets the job done. For me, the chapstick of choice is Burt’s Bees Lip Balm. My lips are the type that can’t function without their treatment dosage. Even though it may only work for a few hours, I haven’t found one other brand that can match the job done by Burt’s Bees. Bees Lip Balm includes vitamin E to provide increased moisture to your lips and peppermint oil to produce a tingling sensation that may help decrease the irritation commonly associated with chapped lips. They provide an insane amount of flavors in which I always have trouble choosing from. They carry all different kinds such as menthol, pink grapefruit, blueberry and dark chocolate, coconut and pear, vanilla bean, wild cherry, honey, mango butter (etc.). Some of those do sound a bit strange but still, more flavors is never a bad thing.
            As you probably know, tubes of chapstick are prone to get lost. They’re so tiny and you carry them everywhere. In out and of the pocket, it’s only a matter of time till you forget where you leave it. So, because we, or I at least, run through lip balms like it’s water, the price tends to add up. I can’t say I’ve ever fully completed a tube and that certainly is not something to be proud of. Burt’s Bees Lip Balm is a little pricey, however, you do get what you pay for. I would recommend this product to anyone who is very careful with his or her belongings. After all, who wants to be spending tons of money on chapstick when the season of giving is right around the corner???