Showing posts with label lip balm review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lip balm review. Show all posts
It seems every year there's a special Limited Edition Lip Smacker Mickey & Minnie Mouse lip balm set for Valentine's Day.
This year it featured Mickey in Marshmallow Hugs & Minnie Mouse in Sweet Candy Kisses.
I had the one from last year as well but I never opened/tried them and I didn't blog about it, though I'm not sure why I didn't.
Minnie has a cute Strawberry themed looking bow between her ears and Mickey is sporting a red heart on his right ear. But that's not all!
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW CUTE THEIR LITTLE MOUSE BUTTS ARE?!
I loved the design they were dressed in and their little tails made it even better! I don't know, I guess I just assumed it was just the front face part that was designed.
I'm gonna start with my favorite former boss, Mickey.
The thing I've never been a fan of when it came to these TsumTsum lip balms is that they're so dang head heavy! And how small of product you actually get (granted I've never actually finished one of these, but still, roll with it) compared to the size of their cute huge heads!
When I first tried these two out I concluded that Mickey tasted like Magic Kingdom.
The scent and the taste of this lip balm reminded me of a really pretty sunny day walking across Main Street USA and eating my favorite Chocolate Marshmallow's from The Confectionery.
It's that kind of taste/scent. I'd say that he had a pretty heavy spot on taste and scent of marshmallow with a really nice powdered vanilla flavor.
When it came to Minnie, I felt like she tasted like EPCOT.
Like, if you were to take Flower & Garden Festival and wrap it up into one flavor, it would be this Minnie.
She had a really sweet fruity taste/scent to her. I could pick out Strawberries and Watermelon and a hint of what sort of reminded me of lollipops.
The only problem was as good as she tasted when first applied, as it faded it just started to taste/remind me of what a big huge sugary mess would smell like lol. I wasn't a fan of what it would fade into.
The scent/taste and the moisture factor for both of these lip balms lasted a really good amount of time. I didn't find myself reapplying it as much as other lip balms and it wasn't at all drying as it did fade.
I really enjoyed trying these guys out. I collect almost anything TsumTsum and I have a number of these lip balms and I USE to review them. I don't know why I stopped! I had so much fun putting this post together!
I'm curious to know what next years flavors are going to be!
Nick spotted Hello Kitty x SoftLips set at Target in the mini gift giving isle in the Christmas section and I thought it was really cute. So we split it up between me and his younger sister.
These are the 3 I got.
[ Sweet Cupcake - Pretty Passion Fruit - Smart Apple ]
The packaging is so cute I can't deal! I seriously felt bad about opening these up but I was SO curious to see what they tasted like!
I opted to open Sweet Cupcake first. Seriously, how flippin cute is this packaging!
I read on SoftLips Facebook page that they have no plans to go back to their stick balm format for awhile and everything from here on out is going to be in this cube format.
Which... let's be honest it's cute but it takes up a lot of space. And if you have a small purse like I do, it gets kind of annoying trying to find a place to comfortably place this guy. I also noticed when I pulled it out of the packaging that the plastic dome on top was a little loose. I don't know if that's something typical with this product as this is the first I've opened of these.
There isn't a way to twist it securely closed, which baffled me as I attempted again and again. They click closed. You'll see what I mean...
Now, I'm still under the impression I opened this completely wrong but I don't know how else to open it without breaking the thing. Is this right? Am I suppose to get the smooth side up?! I felt like it was suppose to be something like EOS where you twist it open and closed. If this is indeed the right way, what an odd place to put the product and how would I get the rest down in the dome? I really hope you don't expect me to scoop it out.
Alright, let's talk actual product.
Sweet Cupcake has a faint (not super strong like the Lip Smacker Tsum Tsum balm) scent of sweet vanilla. It almost reminded me of Sweet Cream ice cream from Cold Stones... if I had to compare it to something. The product, just like all other SoftLips products leaves a slight tingle on your lips and a minty after-feeling. The taste is about as faint as the smell. So don't expect a strong scent/smell like you would with MAC products.
I personally prefer the stronger scent/taste to my lip products but regardless this does get the job done. It's hydrating, tingles the lips and as a pleasant scent and taste.
I just can't get over the product placement.
Someone tell me I opened it wrong.
It's definitely a peach when it comes to photographing!
I think I was too excited to had found these, but whatever!
I'm pretty obsessed with TsumTsum, the game and the app. I mean, it's Disney. Letsjustbereal. Shout out to Caelon for starting this madness lol!
I guess I should had taken a pic of the whole display... but I was too excited.
The Tsum Tsum Lip Smacker in Marshmallow Pop* also comes in several other characters: Minnie (Strawberry), Winnie The Pooh (Honey), Stitch (Blueberry) and I think there might be one or two more but my store didn't have them. Micky comes in Marshmallow Pop. I wasn't a fan of the other flavors or characters so I went with Mickey. He's my favorite boss anyway.
The packaging is really cute even if it leaves him heavy headed. But you can stack them on top of each other which is pretty cool.
What surprised me the most about it was the fact that there is so little product! The packaging takes over like 80% of the thing. At .26oz it has .01oz more product than an EOS lip balm. Now that's surprising!
Marshmallow Pop is interesting. As soon as I unscrewed it I could immediately smell the powdery vanilla marshmallow scent. The product is smooth and buttery and glides nicely on the lips. Also, it totally tastes like vanilla marshmallows. I had to resist licking my lips... but it didn't work. I regret nothing. The staying power is pretty decent for a Lip Smacker product. It stayed on the rest of the night through dinner and my bubble bath until I brushed my teeth before bed.
If all the other characters/flavors are this true to taste I'm kinda regretting not grabbing them all! Overall I am a fan of this product but that might be a biased opinion since I worked for Disney, I'm obsessed with Disney and I'm obsessed with products that actually taste like what they say they're suppose to taste like.
Still, they make a cute stocking stuffer too!
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