Balms of the Week 8.19.12

The last week and a half has been so busy for us with running around and setting up furniture and just getting settled into our new apartment. It's so exciting and yet so exhausting! But through everything I experience throughout my days, I always have at least one lip balm by my side. The lip balms I've been hangin' on to this week are:

Kiehl's Mango

(review can be found here)

Orange Thyme's Ginger Peach

(review can be found here)

Simply Lip Balm's Pomegranate

(review still to come)

These balms have basically gone everywhere with me this week! What have you been using this week? Have you picked up anything new?

Have a great week! And don't forget to enter my giveaway to try some new lip balms!

End of Summer Giveaway!

Hey all!

I've been meaning to have a giveaway for quite some time now but have just had a hard time deciding how exactly I wanted to do it. I wanted to do it for a couple of milestones, when I hit 10,000 views and then when I hit 15,000 views. Every time I hit one milestone it was like I was quickly on my way to another! After hitting 16,000 views this past week I decided enough was enough, it's about time I had my first giveaway! This is my first ever giveaway so bear with me here.

What the Winner Will Receive: Summer may be winding down, but one lucky winner will continue to experience it for a little while longer with their brand new Orange Cream Burst by Chapstick! This lovely lip balm is the perfect model of the delicious summer treat. Not only will this lucky individual receive one (1) tube of this limited edition Chapstick, but he or she will also receive one (1) tube of Softlips' Watermelon and one (1) tube of Simply Lip Balm's Iced Pear!

How to Enter: Leave a comment below telling me which of these lip balms you're dying to have.
For Additional Entries (leave a separate comment for each):
+Follow @LipBalmWrangler on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway (something along the lines of "Check out the awesome giveaway by @lipbalmwrangler at www.lipbalmwrangler.com")
+Like Lip Balm Wrangler on Facebook and Share the page with your friends
+Follow Lip Balm Wrangler on GFC (Google Friend Connect, if you already follow me leave a comment saying so)
+Follow Lip Balm Wrangler on Bloglovin
+Include #lipbalmwrangler in your Instagram lip balm photo (leave your user name so I can check that you did it)

That's a total of 6 possible entries per person! Please make sure to leave a way to contact you (such as an e-mail address) if you win!

When It Ends: This giveaway will close on August 25th, 2012. So you've got 1 week to enter! I will use Random.org to select a winner.

*This giveaway is only available to readers in the United States, sorry!*

Good luck to every one who enters!

Reviews for Orange Cream Burst can be found here, for Watermelon Softlips here, and for Simply's Iced Pear here.

Balms of the Week 8.12.12

Hi all!

I've been so crazy busy with moving and trying to get everything set up this last week so I really appreciate your patience with my replies in e-mails and comments. My phone isn't reliable and often doesn't let me comment back and writing e-mails on my phone is just a pain. We finally got Internet yesterday so I can connect with the outside world once again (yay!). This week I've been trying so many new balms because I've been finding so many as I venture through the city and at all the stores we stop into to buy groceries, furniture, etc. Even in the chaos that comes with moving, I'm still on the hunt for lip balm!

I decided to carry these balms with us when my boyfriend and I were walking to the farmers market yesterday, as there are many photo-ops on the walk over from our new apartment. I think these photos are fabulous and there will be many more to come! Also, a funny side note, when picking out some plants the woman we were talking to exclaimed, "Hold on! Hold on! This is an emergency!" I had no idea what was going on, until she whipped out her lip balm! Fabulous! I wish I had snapped a picture of her doing that because it was just too perfect.

Any-who, the main ones I've been switching between this week are:

Avalon Organics' Peppermint Green Tea

This one is like a mint candy almost, hard to describe. It's peppermint and then kind of sweet like candy, at least to me it seems that way.

Burt's Bees' Island

I had never even heard of this when I just randomly stumbled upon it! I love when that happens!

Simply's Pomegranate

Apparently Simply has really stepped up their game since the last time I reviewed them. I remember their website was pretty much non-functional and they only had four flavors (the four I reviewed here). Now they've got crazy amounts of flavors! I've picked up four since being here: Pomegranate, Lemongrass, Coconut, and Espresso.

Simply's Lemongrass

So there you have it, a glimpse into my new home and at the balms I've picked up and have been using the most this week. The boyfriend and I also thought it would be so cool and awesome if one of my readers were to see me taking pictures of balms out in public and say something. We always wonder what people think when they see me take out so many lip balms and then proceed to take pictures of them; I think some people just don't understand my need and love for lip balm.

What balms have you been using this week? Have you picked up anything new or tried any of the above this week?

Have a great week!