(review still to come)
What balms have you been using this week?
--Christina
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Showing posts with label long winter soap co. Show all posts
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Balms Of The Week 10.7.12
I've been so busy this weekend! Got my new iPhone5 (finally, I've been using the 3GS since it came out before I came to college!!) so I've been playing with that like crazy, spent time with my parents, had family over for my sister and I's birthdays yesterday, and I've been working on a 10 page research paper for one of my classes that's due Tuesday. Through all of these shenanigans the balms I've been keeping by my side are:
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Special Long Winter Farm Balms
As most of you have seen already, one of my lovely readers sent me a package of some pretty amazing lip balms (in case you missed it, you can find that post here). I've finally gotten around to reviewing these precious balms and I truly feel so lucky and special that Denise thought to send me these lovelies. Thank you again, Denise!
Company: Long Winter Farm Soap Co.
Flavors: Pink Hawaii, Apply Pie, Mango Pomegranate, Hazelnut Cocoa, and Pistachio Chip. The Pink Hawaii is a soft but wonderful blend of many fruits into a nice tropical punch like scent. It's perfect for those who don't like very overpowering scents. The Apple Pie smells JUST like apple pie, if only it came with a side of vanilla ice cream! You can definitely smell apple and cinnamon, I was surprised at how much I liked this balm. The Mango Pomegranate is also pretty interesting. I can't pick out either fruit individually because neither overpowers the other, so it makes for a nice blend of both fruits. If you like more tropical and exotic fruits, this is one to try. The Hazelnut Cocoa is a nice mix of warm cocoa and nutty goodness. I think any of Amanda's balms that are chocolatey are absolutely perfect since she uses cocoa butter in her balms which already gives all her balms a slight cocoa-y undertone. Now, the Pistachio Chip is what I was completely blown away by! It's chocolatey, nutty, and sweet! It reminds me of candy when I put it on but also has the warmness from the cocoa and a slight nuttiness from the pistachio. Seriously...TRY THIS BALM!
Wear: Smoooooooooothhh. True to all of Amanda's lip balms, these ones go on extremely smooth and contour to your lips. They last forever and just feel so good going on. I love love love putting on LWF balms.
Packaging: These balms come in oval lip balm tubes that are the same weight as your average lip balm tube. The labels have two colored bands on both sides of the label with colors that match the flavor of the lip balm. The flavor is labeled nice and big on the front of the tube and is preceded by the company name. I love that these labels are so simple and to the point, but still very pleasing to the eye and easy to identify.
Price: $4 per tube, which is a fabulous price for balms of this quality. They're so wonderful! Some of these are custom flavors though and in order to get custom flavors you have to order 50 or more tubes, but you get to pick up to 5 flavors. Perfect for gifts!
Overall:
Pros: Flavors, Packaging, Price, Wear, everything!
Cons:
Rating: 5 out of 5 twists, these balms will forever and always be some of my favorites. I love LWF balms! You should definitely try some if you haven't already, especially the Pistachio Chip!
Ingredients: Natural Beeswax, Sweet Almond, Grapeseed & JOjoba Oils, Cocoa & Unrefined Shea Butters, Vitamin E, Flavor Oil.
Company: Long Winter Farm Soap Co.
Flavors: Pink Hawaii, Apply Pie, Mango Pomegranate, Hazelnut Cocoa, and Pistachio Chip. The Pink Hawaii is a soft but wonderful blend of many fruits into a nice tropical punch like scent. It's perfect for those who don't like very overpowering scents. The Apple Pie smells JUST like apple pie, if only it came with a side of vanilla ice cream! You can definitely smell apple and cinnamon, I was surprised at how much I liked this balm. The Mango Pomegranate is also pretty interesting. I can't pick out either fruit individually because neither overpowers the other, so it makes for a nice blend of both fruits. If you like more tropical and exotic fruits, this is one to try. The Hazelnut Cocoa is a nice mix of warm cocoa and nutty goodness. I think any of Amanda's balms that are chocolatey are absolutely perfect since she uses cocoa butter in her balms which already gives all her balms a slight cocoa-y undertone. Now, the Pistachio Chip is what I was completely blown away by! It's chocolatey, nutty, and sweet! It reminds me of candy when I put it on but also has the warmness from the cocoa and a slight nuttiness from the pistachio. Seriously...TRY THIS BALM!
Wear: Smoooooooooothhh. True to all of Amanda's lip balms, these ones go on extremely smooth and contour to your lips. They last forever and just feel so good going on. I love love love putting on LWF balms.
Packaging: These balms come in oval lip balm tubes that are the same weight as your average lip balm tube. The labels have two colored bands on both sides of the label with colors that match the flavor of the lip balm. The flavor is labeled nice and big on the front of the tube and is preceded by the company name. I love that these labels are so simple and to the point, but still very pleasing to the eye and easy to identify.
Price: $4 per tube, which is a fabulous price for balms of this quality. They're so wonderful! Some of these are custom flavors though and in order to get custom flavors you have to order 50 or more tubes, but you get to pick up to 5 flavors. Perfect for gifts!
Overall:
Pros: Flavors, Packaging, Price, Wear, everything!
Cons:
Rating: 5 out of 5 twists, these balms will forever and always be some of my favorites. I love LWF balms! You should definitely try some if you haven't already, especially the Pistachio Chip!
Ingredients: Natural Beeswax, Sweet Almond, Grapeseed & JOjoba Oils, Cocoa & Unrefined Shea Butters, Vitamin E, Flavor Oil.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Balms of the Week 9.9.12
I've been using SO many different balms this week since I've had so many random orders coming in the mail I've been trying to use each one and try them out. Because of this I haven't really had too many that I've been turning to consistently all week. A few that have been making a couple of appearances this week are:
(review can be found here)
ForGoodnessGrape's Coconut Lemongrass
(review can be found here)
(review can be found here)
Blue Q Lip Shit's Raspberry Lemongrass
Along with these balms I've been randomly using balms from Sakura Bath & Body and Coquette Bath.
What have you been using this week? Did you take advantage of any of the Labor Day Sales last week?
--Christina
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Balms of the Week 9.2.12
When I returned home this week I was finally able to use my ForGoodnessGrape lip balms which arrived the day I left Chicago for San Francisco for a month. Just my luck! I was so excited when I opened the package and immediately started using my balms, they've been my staple this whole week! So it's not wonder that my balms of the week are:
Long Winter Farm's Pistachio Chip
(review can be found here)
What balms have you been using this week? Have you picked up anything new?
--Christina
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Special Long Winter Farm Balms!
Hey all!
You know that envy you've been feeling since you saw that I had acquired a custom order flavor of Pistachio Chip? Well now you can get it! It's for sale right now in Amanda's shop! Act quickly! There's a bunch of other flavors that aren't usually there also! I purchased a bunch this time! Her shop can be found here. Thank you, Denise, for letting me know!! You're awesome!!
Happy Shopping!!
--The Lip Balm Wrangler
You know that envy you've been feeling since you saw that I had acquired a custom order flavor of Pistachio Chip? Well now you can get it! It's for sale right now in Amanda's shop! Act quickly! There's a bunch of other flavors that aren't usually there also! I purchased a bunch this time! Her shop can be found here. Thank you, Denise, for letting me know!! You're awesome!!
Happy Shopping!!
--The Lip Balm Wrangler
Balms of the Week 8.26.12
I've had such an influx of balms the last couple weeks and I've been trying to shuffle between all of them to give each one an equal amount of use, but sometimes it's so hard to do when I find one that's just so amazing! The main ones I've been using this week are:
What balms have you been using this week? Have you tried anything new this week?
While I was taking the photos above, my boyfriend and I realized there was one lone sea lion in the bay! How exciting! Luckily, I had my camera out already and was able to snap a few pictures before the little guy swam off.
--The Lip Balm Wrangler
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Balms I've Got My Eye On 8.7.12
Today we move into our new apartment in San Francisco! It's going to be such a busy day getting everything set up and most of our stuff moved in, but regardless I'm still being super tempted by:
Firebird Bath & Body's Strawberry Tangerine
(taken from here)
It's been a while since I've purchased from Firebird Bath & Body, but the next time I do this is definitely going to be one of them.
Firebird Bath & Body's Coconut Lemongrass
(taken from here)
I love Coconut Lemongrass balms and would LOVE to try Firebird Bath & Body's rendition of one of my favorites.
Long Winter Farm Soap Co.'s New Flavor Black Honey
(taken from here)
This balm just sounds so interesting! I'm not a huge honey fan, but would definitely consider giving this a shot. It is a Long Winter Farm Soap Co. balm after all...
What balms have been tempting you this week? Have you caved in and bought any new ones?
--The Lip Balm Wrangler
Friday, February 24, 2012
Long Winter Farm Soap Co.
The other packages I received this week, in addition to my Firebird Bath & Body package I mentioned in my previous post, were from another company I found on Etsy.com. I had actually found a picture of their balms on Pinterest.com and what quickly caught my interest was the flavor of the lip balm, "Unicorn Farts". I thought, how unusual! And how cool! I have a secret, well it's not a secret to those who know me personally, but yes a secret...I love Unicorns. I don't know why but I've always just loved Unicorns! So I figured I had to look into other balms this company made, in addition to purchasing "Unicorn Farts" which to me seemed like a perfect combination of two things I'm obsessed with (definitely more obsessed with lip balm though.)
Company: Long Winter Soap Co.
Flavors: Vanilla Pear, Chocolate Orange, Unicorn Farts, Yetti Breath, and Neon Narwhal. It should be known when buying this lip balm that each balm has an underlying scent of cocoa because of the cocoa butter used in the balm. The maker states that but boy did I underestimate it! It is really pleasant but kind of overpowers most of the scents of the balms, but I still find myself applying it over and over because it's just so wonderful. The Vanilla Pear definitely has hints of vanilla and a clear scent of pear that can be detected over the cocoa scent. It's a really great and unique scent, pear is such an underrated flavor of lip balm. The Chocolate Orange hits the scent dead on. The cocoa scent just brings out the chocolate scent in the balm and there is that characteristic scent of a sweet orange. It's absolutely delicious and perfect in every way. Unicorn Farts is intended to smell like cotton candy and spearmint and if you're patient you can smell the cotton candy over the cocoa. You can definitely tell there is something minty in the balm and something sugary like the long time carnival treat. This is definitely a combination I've never encountered before, it's unique and surprising. Yetti Breath is supposed to be a combination of lemon and coconut, two scents that I love more than any other so I was really excited to receive this balm. But the scent of cocoa really overpowered this balm and I haven't quite noticed a lemony or coconutty scent. When I first opened the tube I smelled a slight scent of coconut but since then I haven't noticed it. I'm hoping as I work down the tube it will be more noticeable (which at the rate I'm going may be within the next week!). Neon Narwhal is intended to smell like berries and coconut; I was expecting a very unique scent since I've never come across berries mixed with coconut in a balm. I can only smell a slight scent of berries over the cocoa. Nevertheless, I adore the cocoa scent. I don't usually like chocolate or cocoa or anything like that but I really do enjoy this balm.
Wear: It goes on incredibly smooth! And I feel like the cocoa base makes my lips feel all warm and soothed. I feel like it just melts into my lips. I love the way it feels going on. It lasts about an hour or so which is great.
Packaging: It's the same weight as your average lip balm, but in an oval tube! I love these oval tubes. To me they appear smaller than the usual tubes even though they're the same weight. I love the idea that I'm putting on a little, mini lip balm. Each one has a unique label, that gives you a sense that there's a touch of handmade. The balms are also filled over the usual spot that you'd expect the balm to stop so that's different and if you're like me and get annoyed when the cap scrapes the balm then you'll just have to be careful when taking on and off the cap till you've used it. Also when the balm arrives it's in a plastic shrink wrap that seems like you only need to pull off the part on the cap but then when analyzing the bottom near the wheel you use to twist the balm up, you see that the plastic covers that part as well. That being said it appears that the entire wrapping needs to come off but without it the label looks like it will wear down very fast. For this reason, I've kept some of the wrapping on three of the tubes and took the plastic off on the other two tubes. I like the way the plastic looks on the label.
Price: $3.50 plus shipping. Classic price for a handmade, natural balm.
Overall:
Pros: Oval tube, price, application, long lasting, variety of flavors, uniqueness of flavors, natural
Cons: Label without plastic feels like it'll fade, cocoa in some balms is a little overwhelming,
Rating: 4 out of 5 twists, I would definitely purchase again. I've never felt a balm go on to my lips like this one does, it truly feels like it's melting into my lips.
Flavors: Vanilla Pear, Chocolate Orange, Unicorn Farts, Yetti Breath, and Neon Narwhal. It should be known when buying this lip balm that each balm has an underlying scent of cocoa because of the cocoa butter used in the balm. The maker states that but boy did I underestimate it! It is really pleasant but kind of overpowers most of the scents of the balms, but I still find myself applying it over and over because it's just so wonderful. The Vanilla Pear definitely has hints of vanilla and a clear scent of pear that can be detected over the cocoa scent. It's a really great and unique scent, pear is such an underrated flavor of lip balm. The Chocolate Orange hits the scent dead on. The cocoa scent just brings out the chocolate scent in the balm and there is that characteristic scent of a sweet orange. It's absolutely delicious and perfect in every way. Unicorn Farts is intended to smell like cotton candy and spearmint and if you're patient you can smell the cotton candy over the cocoa. You can definitely tell there is something minty in the balm and something sugary like the long time carnival treat. This is definitely a combination I've never encountered before, it's unique and surprising. Yetti Breath is supposed to be a combination of lemon and coconut, two scents that I love more than any other so I was really excited to receive this balm. But the scent of cocoa really overpowered this balm and I haven't quite noticed a lemony or coconutty scent. When I first opened the tube I smelled a slight scent of coconut but since then I haven't noticed it. I'm hoping as I work down the tube it will be more noticeable (which at the rate I'm going may be within the next week!). Neon Narwhal is intended to smell like berries and coconut; I was expecting a very unique scent since I've never come across berries mixed with coconut in a balm. I can only smell a slight scent of berries over the cocoa. Nevertheless, I adore the cocoa scent. I don't usually like chocolate or cocoa or anything like that but I really do enjoy this balm.
Wear: It goes on incredibly smooth! And I feel like the cocoa base makes my lips feel all warm and soothed. I feel like it just melts into my lips. I love the way it feels going on. It lasts about an hour or so which is great.
Packaging: It's the same weight as your average lip balm, but in an oval tube! I love these oval tubes. To me they appear smaller than the usual tubes even though they're the same weight. I love the idea that I'm putting on a little, mini lip balm. Each one has a unique label, that gives you a sense that there's a touch of handmade. The balms are also filled over the usual spot that you'd expect the balm to stop so that's different and if you're like me and get annoyed when the cap scrapes the balm then you'll just have to be careful when taking on and off the cap till you've used it. Also when the balm arrives it's in a plastic shrink wrap that seems like you only need to pull off the part on the cap but then when analyzing the bottom near the wheel you use to twist the balm up, you see that the plastic covers that part as well. That being said it appears that the entire wrapping needs to come off but without it the label looks like it will wear down very fast. For this reason, I've kept some of the wrapping on three of the tubes and took the plastic off on the other two tubes. I like the way the plastic looks on the label.
Price: $3.50 plus shipping. Classic price for a handmade, natural balm.
Overall:
Pros: Oval tube, price, application, long lasting, variety of flavors, uniqueness of flavors, natural
Cons: Label without plastic feels like it'll fade, cocoa in some balms is a little overwhelming,
Rating: 4 out of 5 twists, I would definitely purchase again. I've never felt a balm go on to my lips like this one does, it truly feels like it's melting into my lips.
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