Review (5/5): PURE GOLD! MAGICAL! CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS NOW!!!
This stuff is magic! I have really dry, peely lips and I never wear lipstick/gloss/etc. because it always ends up looking bad. Despite my hardcore chapstick obsession (I have a drawer full of various chapsticks in my desk) I thought maybe some higher-end lip moisturizer might do the trick for me. I invested in a good lip scrub and purchased the Nuxe Rev de Miel and the Bite Beauty agave lip mask after hearing rave reviews on both (as an aside: I think the "big gun" ingredient in the agave lip mask is lanolin, which should be fairly easy to find, but for some reason I can never track down lanolin products to use on my lips). While both were nice, neither rocked my world, and so my hunt began again. I happened to stumble across [...] and her review of the laneige lip mask, which I have been curious about but have yet to bite the bullet on the $20+ price tag, and this pure smile snail lip treatment. After reading her RAVE review, I was desperate to get my hands on some, although it was a little hard to track down, but I found it for a good price here on Amazon and decided to go for it (plus free shipping, who can argue with that?!). Boy am I glad I did! This stuff is AMAZING! First, I've never really had any lip products quite like this before. There is a fruity scent underscored by a minty scent and flavor, both of which are mild and pleasant. The texture is very thick and sticky, far more than anything I have ever used before, but it doesn't bother me as I put it on then go to bed. If you rub it into your lips vigorously it will be "pushed" out to the edges of your lips and sort of gather in the corners and along the edges of your mouth, and sometimes if I do this I have to spread it around again to make sure it's really coating my lips. It feels like a protective film, and once it has absorbed in (takes awhile since it is so thick and sticky) your lips are UNBELIEVABLY soft. Like nothing I've ever experienced before! I love this stuff! I hope they never stop making it or I might be completely heartbroken.
Just one observation, I did develop a blemish on my lip line of my bottom lip a few days after I started using this, but I'm not sure if it is related. That does happen to me on occasion, and it could just be a coincidence, but worth mentioning.