Vaseline is one of those skincare stalwarts, isn't it? It's been around for ages.
This little tin is your normal vaseline; with the added flavour of cocoa butter for a bit of excitement. It tastes gorgeous, but it's not the most moisturising of lip balms available, for me anyway. Having said that, it's a nice little tin to keep in your makeup bag.
If you don't want to use it as a lip balm, there are myriad other uses for it. You can use it as: a soothing foot treatment, a general moisturiser, to stop your nail polish running over the edges of your nails and to soothe your nose when you've got a cold... The possibilities are endless!
Do you remember in Of Mice and Men, that Curley always kept his hand in a glove full of Vaseline? Well, I'm sure he would've liked this new version for a bit of variety. Or rather, his wife would've liked it... If Lenny hadn't killed her. (If you've not read Of Mice and Men, you should just disregard this whole paragraph... Because I'm rambling)
The 20g tin was a pound in Poundland (obviously...) but other retailers like Boots are selling for £2.18. So, it's time to swallow your pride and get yourselves down the pound shop for this little bargain.
You can buy this from Boots by clicking here or get your bum down to Poundland instead, where you can get it for less than half the price!
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August's issue of Red Magazine contains a free expensive-looking lip balm! If you hadn't already cottoned on to that from the title of this post...
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I must admit I've not really had that much of a chance to try the lip balm out, so I don't feel very well placed to write a comprehensive review of it. What I can tell you is:
The balm in question is Rodial's Glam Balm, which is apparently worth £19. (Everybody say 'Ooooh'...) The magazine does cost £4, so it's quite pricey. Either that, or I'm just a massive cheapskate...
This issue of the magazine also features Fearne Cotton on the front cover with her legs ever so slightly akimbo, but don't worry, you can't see anything rude. There's also an interview with Fearne, if you're a fan of hers.
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My glasses aren't a freebie. Sorry 'bout that...
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I'm pretty sure that this is the first time that I've bought Red, I always assumed that it was for the more 'mature' ladies... So I stuck to the ill-fated Sugar Magazine instead when I was younger and then moved onto Glamour, Company etc. I was wrong to assume that because, although it doesn't seem like it would necessarily cater for teenagers and younger women, I really enjoyed the content of the mag.
Back to the freebie... Rodial's lip balm claims to plump as well as hydrate and it contains stem cells, apparently... (Hopefully not straight from someone's embryo...?) It also boasts having 3D filling spheres and rose wax, which sounds comparatively less interesting. It all sounds VERY complicated and scientific though, so it must be good, eh?
- It feels really quite rich,
- It seems to last quite a long while without reapplication,
- It feels expensive,
- The packaging's a really lovely purple colour,
- It's quite a 'sticky' lip balm,
- SPF 15,
- Loads of 'Sciencey'-terminology. So it instantly sounds impressive? (I'm sorry, but I'm currently reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre and it's making me really quite skeptical...)
I must admit that I've never heard of the brand Rodial before, but having done a bit of research I discovered that they're a premium (read: expensive) skincare brand. Apparently they have a huge celebrity fanbase as they offer myriad less-invasive alternatives to cosmetic surgery.
My verdict? I really like the lip balm, but I don't think that I would pay £19 for any product like that, regardless of how much money I'd got in the bank.
(Told you I was a cheapskate...)
My verdict? I really like the lip balm, but I don't think that I would pay £19 for any product like that, regardless of how much money I'd got in the bank.
(Told you I was a cheapskate...)
Thanks for reading!
Katie
Katie
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