Balms of the Week 9.22.13

Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you've been having a wonderful weekend so far and that today continues to be wonderful for you. Here are the lovely balms I've been using this week:

Balm Chicky's Huge Cucumber

ForGoodnessGrape's Baby Moose Tracks, Baby Moose Smooches, Banana Moose Pie

e.o.s.'s Blueberry Acai

Long Winter Farm's Maple Almond

Maybelline's Dr. Rescue (all of them)

What balms have you been using this week?

Have a wonderful day!

Country Blossom Balm of the Month: August 2013

I know, I know, it's not August anymore, but can you seriously believe we're almost at the end of September already? Where the heck did all the time go? I hope you're ready for this installment of my lip balm of the month from Country Blossom, there are only I think one or two left since Rob bought this for me for my birthday last year (my birthday is next month). Anyway, let's enjoy these last few lip balm of the month posts, shall we?

Company: Country Blossom

Flavor: Pineapple Tangerine. This balm smells of bright, tropical pineapple combined with sweet tangerines. This is definitely a delightfully fruity balm.

Wear: This balm, like all Country Blossom balms, goes on smooth and creamy. It glides right on your lips with a wonderful consistency. My lips are left feeling glossy and soft.

Packaging: This comes in your usual lip balm tube with a white label that has the shop's name in a bright yellow sunflower. Beneath the sunflower is the flavor of the balm followed by a little graphic of what the flavor of the balm is.

Price: $3 per balm which is a total steal for one of these!

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

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. If you haven't tried Country Blossom balms yet, you should!

Ingredients: Beeswax, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Flavoring Oil

Have you tried Country Blossom balms yet? Which one is your favorite?

Balms I've Got My Eye On 9.20.13

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've had a wonderful week and that your day passes quickly so you can get on with your weekend. It's been nice getting back to my normal routine this week and being able to blog as much as I like. I'm super excited for all the new Fall/Holiday balms to start coming out as we move further into fall, I've been noticing new balms popping up everywhere, have you? Here are just a few I want this week:

Epically Epic's Cranberry White Chocolate

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Ripe Shop's Almond Macaroon

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Aqua Blossom's Caramel Apple

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What balms have you been noticing lately?

Have a wonderful Friday!

Suzy's Scent Shop Part II

This week seems to be all about Part II's on shops I've previously tried, I didn't plan it that way, I swear! I don't know if you remember, but about a month or so ago, Suzy from Suzy's Scent Shop was kind enough to send me some lip balms to cheer me up after my dog passed away. She is seriously such a sweet gal and so thoughtful! I thought I might share with you the balms that she was so kind to send me.

Company: Suzy's Scent Shop

Flavors: Huckleberry Heaven, Buttercream, Prickly Pear, Summer Picnic, Bubble Gum, and Almond. The Huckleberry Heaven smells of rich, ripe huckleberries, the scent is so deep and intoxicating, I kind of just want to inhale the scent all day (in case you're confused, it smells amazing). The Buttercream smells of luscious, rich buttercream frosting. It's serious yummy scent. The Prickly Pear was one I had been swooning over for a while, and it did not disappoint! It's so hard to describe what prickly pear smells like unless you've had it before or used a prickly pear lip balm before. It smells of pear, but a sweeter, more candy-like pear. It smells SO good. As I said on Monday, the Summer Picnic is a perfect blend of blueberries and juicy watermelon. This combination smells exactly how you think a summer picnic should smell. The Bubblegum smells just like the sugary, pink candy. It really makes me wish I had a pack of Hubba Bubba or that pink Bubble Tape that my sisters and I used to devour when we were younger. The Almond smells just like almonds, sweet and nutty and pretty intoxicating. It's strong without being overbearing, I've found that most of my almond balms are pretty strong in scent.

Wear: These balms go on nice and smooth. They really do just glide right on. They're creamy without being too soft and they go on smooth without being too oily. Two swipes on top and two on bottom and you've got great coverage. These feel like they go on a little thinner than other balms, but without losing any of the protection you love. Does that make sense?

Packaging: These come in oval tubes, each with it's own artfully designed label. Each label has a different background, but the placement of the name of the balm and the shop's name and ingredients is the same. These balms are bright and cheery and fun to look at, they were exactly what I needed to see after all the chaos of July.

Price: $3.75 per tube which is a heck of a deal!

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

Rating: 5 out of 5 twists. These balms are pretty wonderful and Suzy's shop is pretty new, so if you haven't heard of her balms, maybe you should go on over and check them out.

Ingredients: Kokum Butter, Candelilla Wax, Avocado Butter, Avocado Oil, Apricot Kernal Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Flavoring

Have you checked out Suzy's balms before? What did you think of them?

Updates on Sponsoring Options!

Hi there! I know this doesn't pertain to a lot of you, but I figured it was about time I wrote up a formal post on the new changes I've made to my Ad shop for sponsors.

Passionfruit Ads decided to make their accounts paid accounts to sell ads and with that decision came a whole slew of new ad options. I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my account since Passionfruit is so easy to use! I actually added some of the new options at the end of July and wrote about it on Facebook, but I realize I should have really done a formal post. But, with the crazy studying I had been doing, I just forgot about it. I figured someone would see them whenever they saw them. Then I realized some of my new options are pretty cool and with Black Friday and the Holidays coming up, they may be super awesome to get some awesome exposure!

Lisa from ForGoodnessGrape was the first person to utilize one of my new options, an In Post Ad that shows up at the bottom of each of my posts for 1 week! The banner is also pretty huge at 600x165. It took us about 4 hours to get it all straightened out, but we finally figured it out as I had never had an In Post Ad before. Now that we know it works, the process for others to post up an In Post Ad will be much easier and quicker! I'm still using Passionfruit Ads so if you've sponsored me before, you know how easy it is to use! You can see an example of what the In Post Ad looks like below.

In addition to the In Post Ad, there's a new Sponsored Post. This is if you have something specific you want to get out there, like a sale or new promotion or new items in your shop. You would write this up in the way you want and I would post it for you. This would be a good way to just get your message out there. You can also embed an image in your post if that's what you'd like to do.

Another new option is a Social Media Mention. For this option you'd tell me exactly what you want to be shared, and I would share it on my Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. I will continue to do re-tweets and my own messages on Facebook, Twtitter, and Instagram, but this option will basically be an outlet for you to utilize my social media accounts.

I'm still offering XL, Large, and Small spots and I might bring a few new ad options in the future, but will make sure to do a formal post on them when I do.

I'd like to offer everyone 20% off to try out these new ad options or even the old ad options if you've never tried them before. Please use code: TimeToUpgrade for 20% off!

I hope you'll enjoy these new features and of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at lipbalmwrangler AT gmail DOT com.

Thank you for considering sponsoring Lip Balm Wrangler!

Have a great day!

Haul of the Week 9.18.13

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope your week has been progressing smoothly. I've been a little delayed on posting my hauls lately because of the MCAT, so this week's haul has a couple of things from the last two weeks. It feels so good to be getting back on track and getting back to you guys. I hope you enjoy this week's haul:

e.o.s

Finally found the new e.o.s. sphere at Target!

Maybelline

I told you I had a feeling I'd be getting my hands on the rest of the Limited Edition Electro collection.

Did you know that this line of limited edition Baby Lips existed? I had no idea they had a line of medicated Baby Lips, they're pretty darn awesome!

Long Winter Farm

The next installment of my Long Winter Farm seasonal lip balm subscription is here! Perfect for Fall!

The Body Shop's Born Lippy Stick in Lychee

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I'm sorry this picture isn't one of my own, I somehow managed to misplace this tube 2 days after I bought it. This will be the first lip balm I've lost (if it's really lost) in a long time. The last time I lost one was probably way before I even started this blog.

Moody Sisters

They had a sale last week for 35% off but for only one day! The day happened to be the day I took the MCAT, so to treat myself after I bought these 2 lip balms, their daily toner, their make up remover, and some eye cream.

I know you'd expect my haul to be bigger, but I've been so busy lately! I've also been working on not buying crazy amounts of balm every week and I think it's working.

What balms did you get this week? Anything new that totally blew your mind?

Have a wonderful day!