It’s definitely been a hot minute since I talked about EOS lip balms over on ze blog. But we’re throwing it back to my high school self with these adorable lip spheres today. In grade 10, my friend, Erin (shoutout to my girl), and I were OBSESSED with EOS lip balms. They had just started getting popular within the Youtube community and every beauty guru I watched was featuring them in their videos. But, at the time, these were impossible to find in Canada. The only place we were able to find them was a random clothing store called RW&Co. But, we were able to track them down and we were probably the happiest sixteen year olds. Because that’s all you need to make sixteen year olds happy: lip balm.
However, if you’re a long time follower of the blog, you might be thinking,“Taylor… haven’t you already done a review about the EOS lip balms THREE years ago?”. Yes. That is all true. And if you remember, I absolutely hated them three years ago. Because as cute and hyped-up as these lip balms are, they honestly suck. To put it simply, they’re just not moisturizing. They don’t fix my dry, chapped lips whatsoever. So, you might be wondering why I’m doing another post on them. Why waste your time when we already know I hate them. However, these are apparently an“improved formula” from when I last tried them. They’re now certified organic (with nourishing organic oils, shea butter and fruit extracts) and a 100% natural with sustainably sourced ingredients, paraben and gluten free and of course, not tested on animals. But there’s just one thing that EOS didn’t improve in their new formula. They’re still not hydrating at all.
Well, as horrible as these are, they do serve ONE purpose. Unfortunately, that purpose isn’t to moisturize your lips. Instead (drum roll please), these lip balms are the perfect lip product to use as a primer before any liquid lipstick. Okay just hear me out. Liquid lipsticks are so damn drying, right? So I always needto layer a lip balm underneath or else my lips will legit peel away from the rest of my face. That better leave a cute image in your minds. But I’d like to keep my lips attached to my face and lookin’ beautifully plump hence why I put a lip balm underneath to help reverse the effects of those horrible liquid lipsticks. However, if you put too moisturizing or too heavy of a lip balm underneath of a liquid lipstick, it’s not going to dry down and adhere to your lips. Instead, you might just get a patchy mess. But because these EOS lip balms suck so much at hydrating your lips, they’re surprisingly a good base for liquid lipsticks. They moisturize your lips the SMALLEST amount to help the liquid lipstick be more comfortable and less drying as well as not being slippery, so the lipstick actually has a chance to dry down. I realize how counterproductive this is sounding. But just take my word for it. Try an EOS lip balm under your liquid lipstick next time. You’ll thank me. Maybe. Maybe not.
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