Esther:
I'm starting to think chapstick is like underwear. Nobody agrees on which style or cut is the best, and what works for you, doesn't work for someone else.
The chapstick I discovered recently is like that $5 walmart bra you love, compared to the $60 bra you splurged on that fell apart the first time you washed it.


It's sort of half lip gloss, half chapstick, and I am in love. It costs $1.98 and considering all my more expensive lipsticks and chapsticks have been neglected and ignored, I think it's a pretty good deal. If I were to compare it to something more name brand, it reminds me of Mary Kay's satin lip line, but I like this one better (and it's like a fifth of the price).

Curly hair is notorious for being zapped of all moisture, my skin is practically allergic to Winter, and my lips resemble a prehistoric riverbed in the mojave desert. The plus side to this is, when I was shooting a wedding last weekend in Virginia, and everyone else was dripping in sweat... I was dancing around like the humidity was manna from heaven.

Needless to say, this chapstick had a tough job cut out for itself after it went through the checkout line and ended up in my greedy, skeptical hands.

I have their Pearl and Rose, which are tinted chapsticks. Things I like about them:

• They are really smooth and light feeling, but still do the job.
• They are not sticky or cloying
  
• They taste yummy
  
• They have just enough color to make your lips look fantastic without looking overdone
• Like most lip balms these days, they have spf 15 in them (they do have an all natural line if that's more your thing)
• They work great over lipstick or under lipstick
  

Things I don't like about them:

• I wish they had more colors
• While they do last more than most chapsticks, they do need to be reapplied regularly
• They are kind of hard to find. They're at walmart, walgreens, CVS...etc etc, but you have to search for them sometimes.
  

I always hate recommending makeup because there are so many better experts. I'm the type of person who takes over a year to go through a container of bare minerals foundation, and was the last person on the planet to discover gel liner. So if you love your MAC/Smashbox/Bobbi Brown lip stuff, then you might not be as impressed, but if you're stuck in a rut and have a 1998 tube of cover girl still in your bathroom drawer... You might fall in love like I did.