Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Jack Black Lip Balm in Vanilla & Lavender

I had seen US bloggers raving about the Jack Black balms for a long time, and had always wondered what the fuss was about. While perusing Strawberrynet a while ago, I saw that these were going for less than $10 and knew I had to give one a go. I chose Vanilla and Lavender, as I was intrigued by the idea of lavender in cosmetics. Would it be 'nanna-esque', overwhelming, horrid? I'd heard people disliked the scent, saying it was far too strong, but it was LOVE at first sniff for me!

The balm comes in a sophisticated royal blue squeezy tube, contains spf25 and is cruelty free.It's quite thick for a balm, and I found that it keeps the lips moist with that 'wet' feel I love for ages. After that wears away, you are left with super-soft lips. I found it wears nicely over lipsticks, but not under, and provides a nice glowy sheen that makes it beautiful to wear on its own.

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-moisturising and long-lasting
-cruelty free and spf25
-amazing smell that I LOVE
-stunning packaging that stands out in my make-up bag
-slanted applicator tip which means I can apply to finger then lips rather than straight to lips if needed (as I did when I had a cold last week, to prevent the spread of germs)

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-not readily available in Australia
-not suitable under lipsticks as it is thick and glossy
-that is all I can really think of

I adore this lip balm, and have used a fair bit of it since puchasing. I am interested in trying the other scents that this comes in, but I know I will repurchase vanilla and lavender over and over A big win for me, I think this may become a HG!

emmabovary xx

12 comments:

  1. Great review! I've seen Temptalia praise this so much, but was a little unsure whether it was just her, now I think I may give it a shot :D

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  2. I wish this was just plain vanilla. I hate lavender! :S

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  3. i have this - a friend brought it back from the US without even knowing i'd been lemming it for ages.

    i love it though - so glad to hear it's not just me :)

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  4. Celina-I've not seen Temptalia's reviews, will check them out. I really love this lil' blue wonder:)

    Angela- I'm not a massive lavender lover, so was surprised at how much I adored the scent. I think the other JB varieties are mint, which might be nice.

    Clare-That's the best luck! My friend just returned back from the US and I did ask her to look out for it for me, have my fingers crossed she has another one for me ;P Do you have the same scent as me?

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  5. Temptalia loves this, doesn't she! I don't this is on Strawberrynet anymore, is it :(

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  6. Stacey- No=( I'm keeping an eye out for it, I want a back up and maybe another scent too. I'm hoping it will be back on Snet soon!

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  7. I've been dying to try this product but Strawberrynet is always out of them when I go to buy, will have to keep my eyes peeled for them when they come back in stock

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  8. Megan- It's worth the wait! If I see it up on Snet I will tweet out (after grabbing myself one or two, hehe) x

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  9. Thanks for the comment :)
    And OMG I seriously need to try this~ I have heard so many great things about it!

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  10. Thanks for the great review! You have me wanting to try this lip balm so badly now.

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  11. Rei- Glad to have started a lemming, it's an ace product!

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