Review: Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm

The Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balms have been highly reviewed and highly raved by beauty bloggers worldwide, and I could not pass on them! I think Maybelline did a fantastic job with the packaging of these babies. It's so bright and cheery, you need to get them ALL! 

I noticed that Asian markets are getting different packagings of the Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm? The American and European markets introduced the lip balms as the usual sticks with transparent plastic covers, like the picture below... (update on 9th Aug 2012: apparently there's no European version! Sorry for the wrong info here!)

However, the Asian markets have these instead? No transparent plastic covers. The designs are emblazoned on the product itself. I know I'm being highly picky but I prefer the transparent covers more? 

By Asian markets, I meant Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. No idea how the rest of Asia sells this product. 

Also, I think Asian markets only promote the usual lip balms? Usual meaning the translucent lip balms with no tint at all. I read a lot of blog reviews and the American market has them in all sorts of pretty tints. :( BRING THEM HERE MAYBELLINE, I WILL BUY THEM ALL! (Please do correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks!)

Yes, I have a lot of complaints. However, I cannot resist these lip balms!! They are currently retailing for S$5.90 at Watsons (Cold Storage had a promotion a couple of months ago, and I got the mint one for S$3.90!) and I'm planning to GET THEM ALL. 

I recently purchase these two during my Johor Bahru trip - Energizing Orange and Mango Pie. I think Mango Pie is a recently added flavour and GOOD MOVE THERE, because I will purchase anything that's mango scented! 

These lip balms promise:

• Supple, smooth and cushioned lips all day long
• Instant 8 hours moisture
• After 1 week, AMAZING LIPS. 

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I now have three of the Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm line, and am I happy with them? To be honest, I'm kind of on the fence here.

Packaging: Amazingly attractive. I still prefer the American edition, but these are really lookers. HOW CAN YOU NOT BUY THEM WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THIS?

Smell: One of the huge motivatoris as to why I buy these lip balms. Mango smells EXACTLY like mango, and orange smells EXACTLY like orange. I hate it when certain products label their products as to be of a certain smell, and they will smell dubious in real life.

Product texture: Extremely likeable. It's not sticky at all, and upon application, I can feel the product working instantly. I don't necessarily have dry, chapped lips, so they are good enough!

Do they provide moisture for up to 8 hours? This is the part where I was quite taken aback. In a negative way. After 3 hours or so, the lip balm dried and actually made my lips dryer than before. I had to quickly reapply the product and if I did not, I would have drier lips than before! It's not very pleasant, but I guess you have to keep reapplying before the first application dries out and makes your lips worse than before. Yikes. My tip will be to just have this with you all the time. I made the mistake of not bringing it out after I applied, and my lips were SO DRY.

Will I still buy them? Yes actually. I have no idea why since they don't really provide 8 hours of moisture. But I guess the attractive packaging is a huge win for me and reapplying every now and then doesn't seem so taxing after all.