Orange Thyme Part X

Hi everyone! I hope you'e been having a wonderful week so far! I know my review posts have been lacking this week with all the recaps and wrap ups I've been posting, that was just the luck of the draw. That's why I'm replacing my usual Friday feature with a review! I hope you enjoy!

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Warm Apple Cider, Caramel Apple, and Vanilla Pumpkin. The Warm Apple Cider smells lightly of spiced apples, this one would have been great during the Fall! I had to pick up a new tube of Caramel Apple this year since it was my absolute favorite balm I used last Fall (2012). This balm smells of warm caramel and crisp, fresh cut apples. I really feel like I've just eaten a caramel apple when I wear this balm, the caramel scent is just so perfect! The Vanilla Pumpkin smells absolutely delicious! It smells exactly like creamy vanilla and spicy pumpkin. All three of these balms would have been super wonderful to have during the Fall. To be honest, when I first got these balms they each had a soapy scent to them. Like it smelled like I was putting soap on my lips, but it seems with a little bit of use that scent has gone away. I was really worried the scent would stick around like some other balms I've tried and didn't like, thank goodness it faded!

Wear: If you've never tried an Orange Thyme balm before, you're missing out because the consistency of these balms is just incredible. They're super creamy without being too heavy. They glide on really easily and you don't need much to coat your lips in a great layer of balm. These always transform my lips from cracked to fabulously soft.

Packaging: Each of these balms comes in your average sized lip balm tube. Each balm has a label color that corresponds to the flavor of the balm. I really like that because then I know which balm I'm reaching for, unless I'm sticking my hand in my entire collection of Orange Thyme balms because then there are some repeats (but I have about 50 or more OT balms). I noticed with these balms that the fonts are starting to transition from the cute, handmade cursive type font to a more sophisticated, refined font. The same changes can be seen in the border that surrounds the flavor of the balm.

Price: $3.50 per tube which is a heck of a deal!

Overall
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price
Cons:

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. These balms were super wonderful! I have yet to find a balm from Orange Thyme that I didn't like. I really urge you all to try Orange Thyme balms if you haven't yet. If you ever need a flavor recommendation, please don't hesitate to ask!

Ingredients:Cocoa & Shea Butters, Candelilla Wax, Natural and Essential Oils, Avocado Oil

Have you tried Orange Thyme balms before? Which ones are your favorites?

**Don't forget to enter my giveaway for lip balm and an Etsy giftcard here!!**

Orange Thyme Part IX

Hi all! I've been waiting to review these balms ever since I got them, they were just too good to keep to myself. But, I like to review balms somewhat in the order in which I received them, so balms I received first get reviewed before others, but I also try to rotate shops so that a shop is reviewed once each month instead of 5 times in one month and none in another. I thought I'd let you guys know that since I don't think I've ever talked about my method of choosing which shops get reviewed. Anyway, I hope you're ready for some awesomeness because each balm in this post is seriously amazing!

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Lemonade, Raspberry Lemonade, Cherry Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade, Lavender Lemonade, Sugared Grapefruit, Apricot Plum, and Clementine Grapefruit. If you've been a long time reader, or even a recent reader, you'll know I love lemon EVERYTHING, so obviously I was going to LOVE the lemonade set from Orange Thyme. The Lemonade smells of fresh squeezed lemons with just the right amount of sugar, it smells sweet and slightly sour. This balm smells amazing. If you like lemonade and scents that aren't kick-you-in-the-face strong, then this one is one you have to try! The Raspberry Lemonade is pretty much just as amazing as the regular lemonade, but with an added bonus (they're all pretty much that way). This one has the same lemonade scent, but combined with tart, ripe raspberries. Oh my, this balm is just heavenly! The Cherry Lemonade is probably one of my most favorite Orange Thyme balms ever. It smells of ripe, sweet cherries combined with the sweet, slightly sour scent of lemonade. The Strawberry Lemonade, okay this balm may be even better than the cherry lemonade. This one smells of sweet strawberries combined with a lovely lemonade scent. Strawberry and lemon has to be one of my favorite combinations. The Lavender Lemonade was one I didn't think I'd like at all. It smells of fresh lavender, the main component is definitely lavender, combined with sweet lemonade. If you like floral, you're going to like this balm! The Sugared Grapefruit is another one of my absolute favorite Orange Thyme balms ever. It smells of fresh, slightly sour, super citrus-y grapefruit combined with sweet sugar, it's almost magical haha. It's a really fresh scent without being overly sweet. The Apricot Plum has a light, fruity scent. This balm is a wonderful combination of apricot and plum, which alone are pretty light scents, but when combined it's just wonderful. This balm is lighter in scent than the other balms, so if lightly scented balms is your thing, this is one you'll want to try. The Clementine Grapefruit is also amazing (okay, have you seen a pattern here? Orange Thyme balms=amazing, all of them). This one smells of sweet clementines and citrus-y, slightly sour grapefruit.

Wear: These balms go on smooth and creamy! One of my favorite consistencies for sure. You only need one or two swipes on top and bottom and you're good to go! Honestly, if you haven't already, you'll have to try an Orange Thyme balm to see what I mean. These balms feel wonderful on my lips.

Packaging: These balms come in your average sized lip balm tubes with labels that have colors that correspond to the flavor of the balm. Each one has the flavor of the balm front and center, easy to see in a font that has a handwritten quality to it.

Price: $3.50 per tube which is super awesome and reasonable.

Overall
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price
Cons:

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. I love Orange Thyme balms and I can't recommend them enough. If you haven't tried them yet, you really need to! Oh and if you haven't tried her perfume oils, lip scrub, or soap yet, those are awesome as well!

Ingredients: Cocoa & Shea Butters, Candelilla Wax, Natural and Essential Oils, Avocado Oil

What are your favorite Orange Thyme balms?

Orange Thyme Part VIII (?)

So...I've kind of lost track of how many Orange Thyme reviews I've done by now, if that doesn't show you how much I love Orange Thyme balms, I don't know what will! I've had these balms for a little while so I apologize for taking so long to review them for you. Don't let that fool you though, it certainly doesn't mean they aren't just as amazing as all of the other Orange Thyme balms I've tried (and I've tried a lot!).

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Peanut Butter Nana, Pistachio Cream, Chocolate Chip Mint, Plumberry, and Raspberry Sorbet. The Peanut Butter Nana smells exactly like creamy, nutty, and salt peanut butter combined with ripe bananas. One of my favorite snacks in lip balm form? I'll take it! If you're a peanut butter fan you'll like this balm. The Pistachio Cream smells absolutely incredible! It smells of that super sweet, slightly nutty pistachio scent combined with some extra creaminess. It smells just wonderful! The Chocolate Chip Mint smells exactly like you think it would; sweet milk chocolate combined with cool and refreshing mint. The Plumberry smells very interesting, very fruity but not overly sweet. It smells of ripe berries and juicy plum, it's a lovely light fragrance that isn't in your face at all. The Raspberry Sorbet smells wonderful! It smells of ripe, tart raspberries with just a little bit of sweetness; this is probably one of my favorite Orange Thyme balms!

Wear: These balms go on smooth and creamy, and a little goes a long way! You really only need one swipe on top and one on bottom to cover your lips in a lovely layer of balm. I love the creaminess of Orange Thyme balms and the way they make my lips feel, they're just heavenly!

Packaging: These balms come in your average sized lip balm tubes with delightfully colored labels that reflect the flavor of the balm. Each flavor of the balm is printed in a script that almost looks handwritten. It's very simple, yet leaves nothing to be desired; exactly what you'd ask for in a lip balm label!

Price: $3.50 per tube or $10 for 3 which both are totally reasonable! This price point makes it very affordable for you to try many different flavors!

Overall
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price
Cons:

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. Orange Thyme balms are some of my absolute favorite lip balms ever, there are so many flavors and their consistency is just amazing! If you haven't tried Orange Thyme balms before, you're missing out!

Ingredients: Cocoa & Shea Butters, Candelilla Wax, Natural and Essential Oils, Avocado Oil

Have you tried Orange Thyme balms before? Which flavors are your favorite? If you haven't, what are you waiting for?!

Orange Thyme Part VII

I waited a really long time to get my hands on a tube of Paradise Punch when Rachel first came up with it and immediately jumped at it the second it was listed in her shop. Of course I can never order just one Orange Thyme balm, so I ordered another for myself and one for a family friend going through chemo. Rachel also included a tube of French Vanilla which I hadn't even noticed was in the shop, so I was really surprised and excited to find it in my package!

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Paradise Punch, Huckleberry, and French Vanilla. The Paradise Punch smells amazing! This is definitely a balm you want for summer, I wish I could drink this! It's a really lovely combination of fruits. The Huckleberry was a balm I was really interested in trying because I've never had huckleberries before. This is probably one of my new favorite Orange Thyme balms. This balm has a sweet berry scent, I really don't know what else to say about it. It's just really wonderful. The French Vanilla is a little bit different that my usual vanilla balms I'm used to. This may be weird, but what I really smell in this is pepper. I smell a little bit of sweet vanilla, but I detect a lot of pepper. Maybe there's something wrong with my nose, but I definitely smell pepper!

Wear: These balms go on smooth and creamy, probably my favorite consistency in a balm. These just glide right across your lips without being too oily and without putting up a fight, they're really just great. They also cover great and just make my lips feel wonderful!

Packaging: These balms come in your traditional lip balm tube with labels that are brightly colored to match the flavor of the balm. I really like how these balms stick out color-wise against each other. The flavor of the balm is printed in the center of a white banner in a cute almost handwritten font. I really love the way these look!

Price: $3.50 per tube which is definitely worth it for one of these balms!

Overall
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price
Cons: French Vanilla is peppery?

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. I love Orange Thyme balms and always will, even if the French Vanilla smells like pepper. I'll never be able to get enough of Orange Thyme balms!

Ingredients: Cocoa & Shea Butters, Candelilla Wax, Natural and Essential Oils, Avocado Oil

Have you tried these Orange Thyme balms before? If not, what are your favorite Orange Thyme balms?

Orange Thyme....Part VI!

Here's yet another purchase I made on Black Friday, I can never stay away from an Orange Thyme sale and Black Friday was no exception! There's always a few more flavors I haven't tried.

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Cocoa, Banana, Bubble Gum, Watermelon Juice, Blackberry Jam, and Sweet Strawberry. Yes, I did purchase the set geared towards children, and I'm not ashamed! The Cocoa smells just like tootsie rolls to me, which is awesome because I do enjoy the occasional tootsie roll. It's a very light chocolatey scent. The Banana is one of my most favorite scents ever! It smells very much like a banana popsicle or banana candy. I don't know why, but that's one of my most favorite scents ever. It always takes me right back to my childhood. The Bubble Gum smells very much like bubble gum, it's blowing my mind! It reminds me of my childhood when I was obsessed with chewing bubble gum and my sisters and I would hoard any pieces we got so that no one else could have any. The Watermelon is another one of my most favorite scents ever. It smells like sweet, sugary watermelon. The Blackberry Jam smells very much like sweet blackberries, it's very lovely. I had been waiting for a while to try Rachel's Sweet Strawberry and Black Friday was the perfect time to try it! It smells exactly how you think it should, like fresh, sweet strawberries. Yum!

Wear: Like all Orange Thyme balms, these balms go on very smooth and creamy. They make my lips feel very soft, nourished, and moisturized. They're lovely. I fell in love with these balms the very first time I applied one; the scents may have caught my interest, but the consistency kept me coming back for more!

Packaging: These balms come in your average sized lip balm tube with super cute labels! The labels are colored to match the flavor of the balm and on the front of the label there is a white space where the flavor of the balm is printed in a font that matches the flavor of the balm. The font has a very adorable, almost hand written look to it. Also the watermelon balm has a green stripe in the back and little black seeds all over the label, it's so cute!

Price: $3.25 which I'm more than willing to pay for one of these balms!

Overall
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price
Cons:

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. These balms are amazing! I have loved each and every balm I've tried from Rachel's shop, I've never been disappointed. There are so many flavors one can try, Rachel's got everything!

Ingredients: Cocoa & shea butters, candelilla wax, natural and essential oils, avocado oil

Have you tried Orange Thyme balms before? Which flavor is your favorite?

**Don't forget to enter both my giveaways this week! Find my Softlips giveaway here and my PuurBody giveaway here!**

Orange Thyme Fall Flavors!

Here's yet another expression of my love for Orange Thyme balms (did I take that too far? Oops.). Anyway, you must know by now my obsession with Orange Thyme balms, they probably take up the biggest space in my collection! In case you're new here and have missed my previous reviews for Rachel's amazing lip balms, you can find them here, here, and here, oh and here too. Enjoy!

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Honeycrisp Apple, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Gingersnap Cookie, Marshmallow Hot Cocoa, Peppermint Stick, and Caramel Apple. Okay, so I know Honeycrisp Apple isn't a special fall flavor, but apples totally remind me of fall so I included it in this haul. I don't usually like Apple lip balms, but I figured I'd give it a shot! This balm definitely reminds me of apples, the scent is very light and crisp. If you don't like really strong scents, this is one to try! The Pumpkin Cheesecake I surprisingly really liked! I don't like pumpkin anything, no pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice coffee...nothing. But, this balm...I love! It smells like scrumptious spices and pumpkin! I can't stop smelling this, it's strong and just smells SO delicious! HIGHLY recommend this one! I didn't know what to expect of the Gingersnap Cookie because I've never had one before, but my boyfriend thought it smelled how it should. It has a warm scent that smells of a little bit of spice and baked good, which I'm assuming is what it's supposed to smell! The Marshmallow Hot Cocoa is perfect! It's perfect warm cocoa with a touch of marshmallow! Super, super chocolatey...if you like chocolate, this is definitely one you want to try. As you probably know by now, I LOVE the Peppermint Stick balm, it's just an amazing peppermint lip balm! It's not overbearing in scent and I think that's because the vanilla calms down the scent, it's just pure joy in a tube. Okay, so I've never wanted to eat a lip balm so much before in my LIFE...but, the Caramel Apple is one I have to restrain from consuming every time I smell it. If you like caramel apples, even just a little bit...GET THIS LIP BALM. You will kick yourself later if you don't! It's perfect a perfect representation of ooey, gooey, sticky caramel with crisp granny smith apples! Seriously, I feel like I've just eaten a caramel apple after I've applied this, but without all the mess and stickiness! Seriously, get this balm.

Wear: Smoooooth! These balms always go on incredibly smooth! You will never have to fight one of these balms to go on your lips. They make my lips feel so super soft and smooth. To top it off, these balms last for hours!

Packaging: These tubes are SO cute. The balm comes in your average sized lip balm tube and they have labels that are colored to match the flavor of the balm. The Peppermint Stick label is white with red scribble-like lines which I totally love! I love that the font looks like it's handwritten. Just, love, love everything about these balms.

Price: $3.25 which is a steal for one of these balms! Absolutely worth it!

Overall:
Pros: Flavors, Caramel Apple, Wear, Packaging, Price, everything!
Cons: Hmm...that I can't actually eat them?

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists! Do yourself a favor, go try some of Rachel's balms!

Ingredients: Cocoa & Shea butters, candelilla wax, natural and essential oils, avocado oil

What is your favorite Orange Thyme lip balm? If you haven't tried one yet, which flavor are you most interested in trying?

Second Birthday Surprise!

Hi all!

I completely forgot to share this with you; most of you have seen the first birthday present I was surprised with (in case you missed it, you can find the post here). But, when I arrived in Vegas a few weeks back, my boyfriend had another surprise for me! I had no idea what it would be since he had already bought me so many lip balms from various shops that I had been eyeing for a while (Thank you, Robert!) and he had already gotten me a lip balm subscription for the year (woohoo!). Well along with a handmade card that I'll spare his embarrassment and refrain from showing you, there were these two cardboard pieces:

That thing in the middle is supposed to be a lip balm tube, specifically an Orange Thyme lip balm tube! My boyfriend knows and totally understands my Orange Thyme obsession, so he wanted to get it right. Seriously, I love that guy.

That little crazy looking person is supposed to be me running from a herd of lip balm.

Yes, I know they look like a five year old drew them (neither of us is very artistic haha). But I love them! I was so confused at first what they were for, until I read the back of one of them:

Yes, my friends, my boyfriend made me two handmade coupons for two yearly lip balm subscriptions. Now, do I have a winner or what? 

The problem is, I don't know which lip balm subscriptions to cash these in on, do any of you have a suggestion? My boyfriend didn't know which ones were good ones either so he left it up to me to pick them, which didn't make it any easier.

If you've got a recommendation for a lip balm of the month club, I'd love to hear it!

Thank you again, Robert, for always making the best gifts and not judging me for my lip balm obsession.

Hope you're all having a wonderful Saturday!

--Christina

Mini Monday 10.29.12

I hope you all enjoyed last week's Mini Monday, I'll continue to do this for the next couple of weeks, maybe months...depending on how you guys like these. This week's chosen balms are:

Orange Thyme's Peppermint Stick

Fabulous blend of peppermint and vanilla, I love, love, love this balm! If you like candy canes or mint at all, you'll definitely want to check this balm out.

Crazy Rumors's Orange Clove

I didn't know what to expect of this since I've never smelled Orange Clove before. It's very citrusy with a little muskier scent? Maybe that's not the right word I'm looking for...but the sweetness of the citrus is toned down a lot by the clove. It's a nice balm, maybe not my favorite because I don't usually like floral-ish scents in my balms.

ForGoodnessGrape's Candied Caramel Apple

This smells mostly like caramel and sweetness, but not too much apple. I was hoping for some more apple in the scent, but it's not a total deal breaker. If you like sweet balms, this is one to try!

Long Winter Farm's Peppermint Hot Cocoa

Amazing blend of Peppermint and Chocolate, stronger on the peppermint than the cocoa, but probably my new favorite!

That's it until next Monday!

--Christina

***Don't forget to enter my giveaway to win your own set of Alice in Wonderland eos Limited Edition Smooth Spheres! Giveaway can be found here and ends on November 3rd!***

The First Mini Monday 10.22.12

Hi all!

I have another new feature I'd like to start implementing in the blog this week. I realized over the last two weeks that I have SO many lip balms I need to review. Many of which are seasonal balms since we are well on our way into the fall season and I've actually been trying seasonal flavors. And as we progress into the big holiday months it also means we progress into big shopping months. I don't want you guys to hold back from buying from shops because I haven't reviewed them yet or you don't know anything about the balms or you want to know what the flavor is like. So I thought that I could start doing mini blurb-like posts on Mondays that give a sneak peak, if you will, to some balms with a fuller review to follow at a later date. What do you guys think of that? This way you'll get an overall idea of the balm/company and be better able to decide if you want to purchase or not. I'll do different flavors from different companies so that I'm not just focusing on one shop.

This week I thought that I would start with:

Orange Thyme's Caramel Apple

This balm reminds me exactly of a caramel apple. It's a tart and sour apple covered in ooey gooey delicious caramel. Reminds me of the sticky sweet without the stickiness! Wonderful balm!

Crazy Rumor's Candy Corn

This smells very sweet, very sugary! It also smells a bit like burnt sugar. I didn't know what to expect really since I've never ever ever had Candy Corn before.

Lippincott Soap's Bite Me (Black Cherry)

This is a FABULOUS black cherry balm! If you love black cherry anything or maybe even cherries in general, you'll like this balm. I don't usually like cherry balms, but this one is FABULOUS.

Upstate Herb Works' Mint Chocolate

This balm is AMAZING! Reminds of me an Andes mint, it is perfect rich chocolate blended with sweet mint. Love, love this balm!

That's all until next week!

--Christina

***Don't forget to enter my giveaway to win your own set of Alice in Wonderland eos Limited Edition Smooth Spheres! Giveaway can be found here.***

Additional Orange Thyme Balms

Okay, I'm addicted to Orange Thyme balms. I admit it...there, you happy now? I probably have more Orange Thyme balms than anyone, ever! I just can't stay away from them and I'm pretty sure I have almost every flavor and will continue to purchase more and more flavors from Rachel. They're just SO wonderful! There are few companies (Orange Thyme, Epically Epic, Long Winter Farm, etc) where I will continuously purchase from them time and time again, mostly without hesitation (my bank account hates me most of the time, so if it's not super necessary I have to take some time to think before I buy).

Company: Orange Thyme

Flavors: Blueberry Pomegranate, Chocolate Pomegranate, Peaches and Honey Cream, Grapefruit Strawberry, and Ginger Peach. I didn't really know what to expect of the Blueberry Pomegranate, since blueberry and pomegranate balms are so iffy when not combined. I think I smell a bit more blueberry in this than pomegranate, but regardless it's pretty nice! It's not too sweet and not too fruity; both of which I really enjoy in a balm, but I won't knock the flavor for personal preference. The Chocolate Pomegranate is a strong chocolate scent with nice undertones of sweet pomegranate. It reminds me of a chocolate covered cherry. It's quite pleasant! If you like chocolate, you'll like this one. The Peaches and Honey Cream is a nice light scent, you can definitely tell there's honey in there! I'm not a fan of honey so this isn't my favorite balm, but it is a nice sweet, creamy scent with a soft scent of peaches. It's slowly growing on me as I write this. I thought that I would really love the Grapefruit Strawberry because I thought the balm would be a sweet, fruity balm. I think I smell more Grapefruit in this balm than Strawberry, but it's not the sour and tart grapefruit that I was looking for. It also reminds me of a floral balm for some reason, I don't know why. It's not awful though! The Ginger Peach is probably my favorite balm out of the bunch! I've wanted this balm for a long time and I'm so glad I finally got it. It's a perfect blend of spicy ginger and sweet peach, but not crazy over powering on the ginger (which is great because I'm not a HUGE fan of ginger). It also smells like there's a bit of coconut in it for some reason; the coconut Rachel uses in her balm is pretty distinct and I can swear I smell it in mine!

Wear: These balms always go on so smooth and last forever! I've never had a single complaint with how these balms glide on. There's really not much else I can say about these.

Packaging: These balms come in your average sized lip balm tube with colored labels to match the indicated flavor. The labels have a cute little border around where the flavor name goes and the flavor name is displayed in a font that makes it look like it's hand written. I really like the design of these labels.

Price: $3.25 a piece, really not bad at all! Rachel also has a sale at least once per season.

Overall:
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price, everything!
Cons:

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists! If you STILL haven't tried Orange Thyme balms, I don't know what you're waiting for! They're absolutely wonderful in every way. There are so many flavor options, there's got to be a flavor for every taste.

Ingredients: Cocoa & Shea Butters, Candelilla Wax, Natural and Essential Oils, Avocado Oil

What Orange Thyme flavors are your favorites? Which flavors are you still waiting to try?

Balms of the Week 9.30.12

This week was SO hectic for me, I had two midterms on the same day and lots of nannying and studying in between while trying to pack up lots of my stuff to bring to San Francisco with me this weekend. (I'm slowly moving to San Francisco from Chicago, so whenever I fly here to visit my boyfriend I bring two HUGE suitcases to bring my stuff.) I was so thankful to not be sick anymore this week, just so I could make it through the week! Through this stressful week, I've kept these balms by my side:

Orange Thyme's Caramel Apple

Orange Thyme's Peppermint Stick

Lip Shit's Basil Coconut

(review)

I've also been using these a bit sporadically the last two days:

Lippincott Soap's Bite Me (Black Cherry)

Lippincott Soap's Orange Dream

Sweet Creek Herbal Care's Maraschino Cherry

Sweet Creek Herbal Care's White Grapefruit

What balms have you been using this week? Did you take a leap and try something new? I'd love to hear from you!

--Christina

A Look Into My Purse...

So while I was doing my last minute checking of my bags yesterday to make sure I had everything I needed for my weekend in San Francisco, I went to slip in some new lip balms that had just arrived in the mail into my purse so that I could use them this weekend. Of course, on a daily basis I don't usually pay attention to these things, but when I went to put my new balms in I had to think to myself, "which pocket am I going to put this into?"...or more so..."which pocket still has room for a few more balms?" I use a very small cross body bag because when I used bigger bags I just filled it with tons of stuff I really didn't need to lug with me everywhere. Anyways, after realizing how many lip balms I had in my bag...I thought you guys may be interested in seeing what the Lip Balm Wrangler carries on a daily basis. Instead of rotating balms in my bag like most people do, I kind of just put balms in without taking balms out, at least most of the time. So here goes...please...brace yourself.... this is going to be a long one!

Long Winter Farm's Chocolate Orange

(review)

 ForGoodnessGrape's Lemon Sorbet

Orange Thyme's Peppermint Stick

 Orange Thyme's Caramel Apple

 Orange Thyme's Grapefruit Strawberry

 Epically Epic's Cardamom Vanilla

 Lip Shit's Raspberry Lemongrass

(review)

 Honey House Naturals' Tangerine

(review)

Lippincott Soap's Orange Dream

 Lippincott Soap's Bite Me (Black Cherry)

 Lippincott Soap's Berry Boo (Blueberry)

Lippincott Soap's Mermaid (Snow cone)

 Kiehls's Mango

(review)

Lemon Citrus's Lemon Sugar

(review)

ForGoodnessGrape's Blood Orange

Bath and Body Works Liplicious Jungle Guava Lip Gloss

(review)

ForGoodnessGrape's Coconut Lemongrass

(review)

Phew! There you have it! Everything that's in my little bag (for now). What balms do you have stashed away in your purse/bag? Am I the only one who hoards balms like crazy in their bag?

--Christina

My Haul This Week 9.26.12

The packages keep on coming in! I love it! This week I've received packages from:

Wicked Soaps

Orange Thyme

Revlon

I know these are more lipsticks than lip butters, but these ColorBurst lip butters are awesome!

I have a few more packages coming next week, so stay tuned!

Have you received any new balms this week? Are any of them from shops that you haven't tried before?

--Christina

Balms I've Got My Eye On 9.4.12

It just seems that I can never have enough balms, do any of you have that problem or is it just me? Whenever I get a free moment I'm browsing for new lip balms to try. This week I found these beauties:

Orange Thyme's Peppermint Stick

(via)

I'm so excited for ALL of Rachel's new fall flavors; I'm waiting for Candy Apple to appear in the shop and then I'll be making a major purchase from her shop. Yay! Can't wait.

Little Batch Apothecary's Lemon Cheesecake

(via)

This just sounds so decadent. I think I have a lemon cheesecake balm but I don't think it's a very good one since I can't remember if I have it or not.

Long Winter Farm's White Chocolate

(via)

I'm kicking myself for not purchasing this in my haul from last week. Perhaps another purchase is necessary?

What's catching your eye this week? Have you been eyeing any new shops?

Have a great week!

--Christina