Comments on: Review: Bare Escentuals Buxom Balms

By: dawn

dawn — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:07:07 +0000

Being a total lip balm girl and using bare escentuals since its conception I was excited to try this seeing my favorite sheer plum shade in the mix! I do like it. Its a little pricey since Loreal Hip spoiled me with their jelly balms only to discontinue them. I truly believe when they realize something is “that good” that they take them off the market and send it up to their high end sister store knowing people like us will follow in our never ending pursuit to replace our beloved product….and I will being one of those girls who cannot wear a lipstick or anything that isn’t sheer without it ending up on my teeth. Having a big white smile and full lips is a blessing in some ways and a pain in the butt in others. (I know the tricks, no one has to remind me) I just like the idea of not having to worry that my lippies are askew when a bathroom or a mirror is not available. I wish smashbox would bring back their tinted lip treatments too. Do you remember it was a lipstick with a vitamin enriched balmy core so when applied it was a pretty sheer color? *sighs* Its getting tiring chasing down things I fall in love with only for them to be discontinued. You would laugh at my lip balm hoarding since smashbox did this to me! I’m currently loving Diors lip glow buying them 8 at a time! Maybe I am getting old since I long for the days when our favorite things stayed available for years on end. Its why I am still in love with Nars and not followed the MAC wagon. Back to the balm, its good….but I am not going to get to attached if ya know what I mean! Revlon has sold the same shades of lipsticks for years…..I wore blackberry in high school and thirty years later…its still there. (yes back then I was high maintenance and wore lipstick which meant time spent in front of a mirror!) Why is it that they can’t keep some easily made lipbalms available that way?

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:26:45 +0000

Sounds like you scored Theo! Amber, I really think the packaging is super sweet myself! It makes me wonder why all these years MORE companies haven’t put little mirrors on the inside of the lip pots! I almost feel cheated A touch-up without also having to hold your compact or sneak to the ladies room is like the icing on the cake

xo
Amber

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:12:22 +0000

I love the packaging St Barth looks really nice!

By: Theo

Theo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:55:44 +0000

I love these two! When the Buxom lipglosses went on sale on Christmas morning I made sure to snag 2 sets!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:42:17 +0000

Hi a.p & Kieran

Thanks so much for visiting! K–that’s really interesting about the vanilla! I’m going back to my Copacabana now to apply it to double check!

xo
Amber

By: a.p@PaoPrinciple

a.p@PaoPrinciple — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:20:23 +0000

Love the swatches and the Blog! Keep it up!

By: Kieran

Kieran — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:31:49 +0000

I LOVE these! Seventeen magazine sent me one in Copacabana to try and review for them, and it’s become my go-to balm. I think it smells lke a vanilla candle, which I adore.