Thank you to everyone here watching! I hope you love the video! I've seen a few comments expressing disappointment that I didn't talk about your favorite lip balm. I'm hoping that, through watching this video, that you are able to look at ingredients for the ones that I was not able to cover and figure out if it's good or not. If you need help deciding what ingredients do, the ingredient experts over at INCI made a wonderful tool for you! You can copy and paste an ingredient list into their "decoder" and it will give you a bunch of info! Hope this helps! incidecoder.com/decode-inci
Why is menthol bad? I don't think you mentioned why. I learned in Chemistry that ending in 'ol' is associated with being an alcohol... Which can be drying.
@@erikatraub4147 it makes your skin think something good is happening when it's actually irritating your lips. It can also be skin sensitizing. www.paulaschoice.com/ingredient-dictionary/plant-extracts/menthol.html
Jen Luvs Reviews thank you for this source of information! My family is rife with allergies (ex: I’m allergic to lanolin and wife is allergic to all nuts and coconuts) so we’re constantly comparing ingredient lists!
@@jenluv thank you! I love your videos & content! You'll have wayyyy more subscribers one day, I guarantee! You pour your heart & soul into your work & spend so much time with each video, it truly shows! Xo
@Jen Luvs Reviews What's your thoughts on Hemp Seed Oil in lip balms? I've heard quite a few things about what it does for skin.. Just curious about what it does in a lip balm.
Carmex gave me lip blisters so I used it to soften my calluses. You can also use it for psoriasis spots. Or if your skin is problem free, use it as a foot cream but cover your feet with plastic wrap then socks. You don't want the camphor smell on your sheets. I ended up tossing my Carmex since I remembered I still had a bottle of lotion which smelled better, but if you don't mind the smell, use Carmex for feet.
Try Lipster, with 1% hydrocortisone. It is my Holy Grail. I'd never heard of it until I started doing my own research. It has healed my dry, cracked, peeling lips. It's online. It's like $7 a tube, I bought a 3pk for $16 or so. SO WORTH IT!
It's so funny, because I only use the cherry one, and it's missing at least one of the bad things. 😂 Carmex has BY FAR been the best lip product for me, and I've tried tons of these. (It doesn't dry my lips out as it fades, which I appreciate. And it saves my life during winter.) I find lip balm all so WAXY and they just sit on Philips for 20 minutes and wear off. Blistex, EOS, Chapstick... Shudders. I've been meaning to try the Aquaphor though.
This lady deserves so many subs! My father is a dermatologist so I get all my info from him, and have been using the Laroch-Posay one for years based on his suggestion. I usually find that most beauty gurus have little to no understanding of the actual science behind ingredients so it is very refreshing to see one who not only takes the time to understand it but also teaches it in such an accessible, easy to grasp way. Excellent video, interesting and useful. Also I love this accent! I'm a brit and find this accent so easy to listen to.
I'm confused. You can use the cicaplast baume [the 40ml or 100 ml one] on the lips?! But they have a lips version right? The 7.5 ml one. Which works better?
@@donutcare9680 same! The medicated one us great if my lips are peeling because the salicylic acid in it gets rid of the dead skin and helps my better natural lip balm be better absorbed. By itself tho, after a while it irritates my lips. I find that stayibg hydrated, eating a at least someone balanced diet (im not perfect lol) and sticking to natural lip balms (burtd bees, dionis, shea moisture) works best for me. I like carmex's spf lip balms tho! Especially the wintergreen stick one, that ones really moisturizing.
Carmex is really intended for cold sore treatment, and effective by drying them out . It’s not for everyone except for people who are prone to getting cold sores . Apply it on the edge of your lips at bedtime. It works for me . I just don’t use it all the time.
From an esthetician, this video is so informative and helpful. I’d love to see one of these videos for body washes and lotions with your top recommendations!
Karen1Nicola I love Dr Dray’s channel! Wish I had the time to watch all her videos. She actually gives you the facts and gets rid of all the myths. I stayed away from mineral oil, petrolatum, and parabens for over thirty years because I read that mineral oil and petroleum were by products of crude oil and caused cancer and also the parabens cause cancer. To make this story short, she literally said that this was not true and goes in length to explain why. Also she has an amazing personality. Sorry this is such a long comment but you made a great point and I agree with you 💯. Have a wonderful blessed holiday season!💯❤️👍🎄🙏🏼
@@cathygiuliana9089 I'm not thrilled with Dr Dray. She loves CeraVe cleanser and petrolatum based things and I'm allergic to both. CeraVe gave me a dermatitis rash all over my face and petrolatum gives me hives
@@slbarbieri1725 I watch some of her videos and while I do find her information helpful, I notice she does stick to liking the same products all of the time like Cera Ve. I like Cera Ve but I would like to see a larger variety of products. I also watched her lip balm video and found Jen's way more helpful and it covered a larger number of products for comparison. Dr. Dray suggested petrolatum for a good lip balm so I got some and like Jen noted it is protective but not healing. It made my badly chapped lips feel good for a little while but then they felt worse! I picked up Jen's recommendation of the First Aid lip balm and within 24 hrs my lips felt 90% better and a day later they were back to normal. I have NEVER had results like that before.
@@Amyjo_lovesmusic Tbose are affordable products bought at most drugstores and they have badic formulations without fluff or common irritants so many dermatologists recommend them brands.
I saw a Nars one for $37 on my sephora app on sale the other day. It got such good reviews because it was tinted as well. I mean come on though you're paying almost $40 for a tinted lip balm you can get a Walgreens for like a quarter of that price. Was so tempted to comment that the ppl giving it 5 stars were crazy!
I love lanolin! When I was breastfeeding my children I used lanolin to protect my nipples (sorry if that’s TMI) but my point is that it worked and it was safe for my babies. My daughter also had terrible chapped lips when she was a few months old and the lanolin took care of it quickly. I understand vegans may prefer to skip it but since I’m not a vegan I highly recommended it for other people like me.
When I was breastfeeding 18 years ago I used it too. And I ended up with chapped lips one day. And I was sitting there thinking, if this works on my chapped nipples then it should work on my chapped lips. So I used it. And the next day my lips were smooth! They went from cracked and bleeding to completely smooth! Overnight. Ever since then I've used it when my lips get too dry. And I tell everyone to get it. Some people look at me in disgust, as if I'm putting nipples on my lips lol. But I love the stuff!
It is good in some forms. My baby had infant eczema and through trial and error found that he was allergic to lanolin/lanolol based emolients. I couldn't even wear a jumper as it would flare his skin up. However I have used emollient with this and have found them to be great
I had a reaction also to eos it was several years ago and the first time I didn't know why my lips were bothering me they just seemed badly chapped...then when I took that balm on vacation and used it a few times I realized that was the cause. Googled and saw that others had the same issue so never bought it again. Bummer because I liked the fun shape.
Really? I started using it a few weeks ago(uncented) it it’s been good for me and I have been prone to dry lips. To me I think it’s really important to get a balm that’s unscented, that’s the thing I don’t get why company’s put scent or flavoring in a skin care product,quite dumb to me.
I’ve tried like 3 different EOS lip balms and have hated them all. It drove me crazy I could never forgive out why people loved them. It’s at the bottom of my list.
After using the strawberry and mint flavors for a couple months I broke out in a really bad rash and my lips were so sore. I couldn't figure out what was causing it until my mother in law noticed how bad my lips looked and said it could be the lip balm that was using. I googled it and found that alot of people had the same experience I did. I never did figure out what was in it that gave me such a bad reaction. This happened a few years ago when they were new. I'm really careful now.
I used it for a while all the way back in the 80's because everyone was raving about it then. But it never did anything better for my lips than just Chapstick, so I stopped buying it. :)
Carmex is the absolute DEVIL!! I used for years! It's a vicious cycle! Use it Cux you think is working, but it's making worse so you use more and so on and so on. Finally quit cold Turkey once I figured it out. I had to go through a week long period if severe white crusted dry lips. Very painful. Just kept them slathered in a mix of shea butter and Eucerin lotion. It was horrifying. Please save yourself the possible torture!
I used to like them, but they're so highly scented, my skin stopped liking them. I think I got sensitive to the fragrances. The lotions would also go off kind of quickly, the texture would get weird.
@@Zer0rchestra there's a gentleman named Hyram who is another RU-vidr & reviews skincare products & did an entire breakdown of this brand. Apparently, they realized the fragrance issue, but in the 'sensitive line,' still have questionable ingredients. I learned a lot about the background of them in that video too.
So Jen didnt say she is a dermatologists but her content really shows how educated she is and is of same quality as coming from a derm. Loved both part one and two of the videos. Thanks Jen!
This may be the most informative video you've ever made! And omgosh, watching all the words pop up on the screen I realized just how long it would've taken to edit. Thank you for going above and beyond to make a really helpful guide to lipbalms
I can’t stand EOS lip balms. I used to buy them because they’re so cute and try to force myself to like them, but they don’t do a thing for my lips... Maybe make them feel drier if anything. Edit: I just got an EOS ad 🤔
I stopped using Eos when I couldn't keep them on my makeup tables. My cats kept knocking them off and they'd become cat toys. I'd find them underneath the bed, or dresser, or whatever months later...
They are pretty much the same. Some fancy skincare ingredients in some of the more expensive ones. Grade of the ingredients might be a bit better in the expensive ones (finer groung pigments f.ex.) but not necessarily. Maybe more time spent on honing the formula for the more expensive ones. Again not necessarily. The cost of the ingrediets does not explain the price difference really. Newer technologies can be more expensive if there is no competition for those ingredients. Most ingredients or even base formulations can be bought in bulk quite inexpensively. Brand and marketing are the main differences in price. Exceptions exist of course.
@@msprunella6358 exactly & when I see these more exotic, or 'rare' ingredients that tout skincare offerings I have to wonder why are they so far down the line? Or why some are jam packed in with well over 30+ ingredients, lessening the degree of effectiveness?
It is also good to note that although products may have the same ingredient there are a lot of ingredients that have varying qualities ie. a more expensive product (hopefully) uses a better quality version of that ingredient
As someone who has very strong beliefs in the energies of certain stones... that’s just it. The things that stones can do aren’t really topical. You can use certain rocks to attract certain energies to you and dispel others from you, but you don’t need to rub them on your skin for these benefits, and there’s no reason to put them in skincare. It’s a whole gimmick as far as I’m concerned. I appreciate this video so much, thank you for working so hard to break things down!
That's been my staple since high school.... It's tasty and smoothing. It adds the perfect amount of sheer color for that "natural gal on the go" look... It's a slam dunk in my book
This is the best thing I have watched all year. My husband is actually watching with me, because I have Lupus and he tries to keep up with what is best for me. Thank you for doing this research.
I was glad to hear you stress that while some of the ingredients might be an issue for some people they aren’t for everyone. The fervor to brand certain ingredients as awful while not acknowledging that they work for many people with no issues at all happens a lot now.
One of the best ways to hydrate you’re lips, you’re face, you’re body in general... drink water. The number one thing whenever someone tells me their lips are dry, they feel hungry after just eating or in general, they feel sore, they have a headache is "when was the last time you drank water?" With all these various flavored drinks, soft drinks, energy drinks etc. we forget about the main component of our body is just plain old water and we need it in more ways than one. So when in doubt drink a bottle of water and wait 20 minutes see if whats causing discomfort for you has been fixed. Also a lot of those flavored drinks put either sugar or salt in them both of which cause you to be more thirsty and dry you up in general.
This is honestly the most comprehensive and helpful beauty video I've seen. I'd love more like this on other products. I always feel so overwhelmed and literally clueless when it comes to choosing products so literally cant tell you how much these kind of videos help me lol
I've been watching DIY videos on how to make lotions & infused oils & how to incorporate them as well as a few lotion bars. Not far off from lip balm & I'm curious, what's your preference & process like please?
@@MsButterflysting My base is beeswax and shea butter. I use almond oil, Vitamin E and a little glycerin. I have used coconut oil too. I just keep trying to make it better with each new batch. I dont make alot at a time so it gives me a chance to change things up.
My favorite is plain ol’ Aquaphor in the big tub. I have been a lip balm addict for thirty years. Aquaphor is the only thing that has made me stop reapplying every thirty minutes. My lips are plump and smooth.
Yeah, Aquaphor is the only thing that just totally takes away all discomfort when I have dry lips. Others feel nice, but Aquaphor gives me that “aaaaah!” feeling of relief.
I had an allergic reaction to EOS. I've never had an allergic reaction to ANY lipbalm, makeup, or anything else I've applied to my body in my entire life.
I expected so much more from the LaNeige Lipmask and was pretty underwhelmed. Because a lot of Beauty Gurus highly recommended it I thought it’s like a miracle over night. But it’s nothing special. If i find the First aid one in 🇨🇭I give it a try.
I cannot tell you how informative this is. As a mom of 3, I appreciate the time and effort you put into this! I now know what’s safe for my kids to use as well as myself! Thank you. 💗
I’ve actually been using the LaRoche- Posay Cicaplast to treat my facial redness and flaky skin around my nose. I didn’t even think to use it as a lip balm, so I’m gonna have to try that out now!
Bite beauty is taking Lanolin out of their products and reformulating them. Something to keep in mind that the formula might not be as good in the future. Depends what they substitute it with.
I absolutely hate my new Bite agave lip balm without the lanolin. I don't know what else changed with the formula in order to perhaps stabilize or bind, but it's terrible...slippy and sticky and doesn't give me a good base for lip color like the old formula. 😩😩😩
Lanolin is a very cruel animal product, look it up. Bite Beauty is becoming a 100% vegan company 🌱💙 I think Lanolips has built a whole lip line on lanolin and they're available at Sephora too, if you really want it
I swear by the Burt's bees ultra conditioning lip balm. That lip balm has kept my lips from cracking and bleeding through fevers and is brilliant on a sore nose when not well - amazing product that's only £3. On the note if healing ingredients the first ingredient on the list is "cocos nucifera oil" 💖
Natalie Noodles I’m a Burt’s bees original girl through and through...it’s basically the only one me and my kids have used since they were babies especially when we are sick or super chapped and cracked...it’s the most amazing one in my opinion I know for a fact it works phenomenal on us 😍
@Amanda Beth I was so disappointed in Laneige. I only used it a few times and it did nothing. All the reviews convinced me to buy it. Still searching for a cure. Also need lipstick but will settle for balm first.
Yes! I had actually looked at the ingredients of mine awhile back and wasnt seeing a lot of ingrediebts that i actually know are good, so i already had doubts about its effectiveness but this confirms it. I wonder about the ingredients in their sleepong mask as well. Its just doesnt seem very moisturizing or hydrating to me. Idk.
OMG! This explains why my lips have been so dry since using the Burt's Bees overnight lip treatment. Contains peppermint oil and fragrance 😱 Jen thank you for the intensive research and amazing presentation.
Interesting fact: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Diet Shane lip balm is actually ingredient for ingredient Pat McGrath's Lip Fetish. Totally ripped off the formula. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's not an original formula.
I'm totally team lanolin over here! Picked of two Bite beauty lip masks at half off black friday and NOT disappointed at all! I remember when breastfeeding my first born thinking, "Well if it's good for chapped nips... what will it do for my lips?" I thought it made a great balm 🤷♀️
Jessica Burke Bite are reformulating and removing lanolin to go vegan so beware when You repurchase it might not be the same if your in it for the lanolin.
This is the best video I’ve watched this year! Information on each ingredient, breakdown of each product, and price per ounce was great. And most of all, dispelling the myth that more expensive equals better. Thank you 😊
This video was amazing, Jen, thanks for the hard work! I have been a faithful user of the Vaseline Cocoa Butter Lip Therapy for years!!! I've tried the high end stuff like the Dior Creme de Rose lip balm, the Fresh balms, the Jouer Lip Enhancer Balm, the Laniege sleeping mask, the Tarte Quench Lip Rescue Balm, the Sephora brand balm etc, I could go on and on, and I've always gone back to the Vaseline Cocoa Butter Lip Therapy. Nothing beats it, and it's around $2.40 or so. I've found that a lot of these higher end balms are a lot of pretty packaging with no special, magical ingredients. The Eos balms are also great, I just find the Vaseline one stays on my lips way longer, and works so well as a lip treatment overnight. Try it, you won't be sorry!
As a lip balm addict, I found this freaking fascinating! My personal go-to’s are the Bite Beauty Agave Nighttime Therapy (I like it a little more than the mask for the consistency) & the Aquaphor Healing Ointment (not the one specifically for lips, just the big ole’ tube)
I just started watching your videos this week omg 😰 I've been using carmax before bed for 20 freaking years straight. I literally mean every night. The information you give is so educational and your easily becoming one of my favorite channels!
@CynicalPiscean I have since stopped using carmex. Honestly I'm glad I did because I use way less chapstick throughout the day now. Sometimes I don't even need it which is unheard of for me.
I tried both the laneige lip mask and the FAB ultra repair lip therapy for the first time within the past 2 month, and there's zero comparison to me. Laneige wins my vote. I received a mini laneige lip mask in the "give me more lip" set and I was mind-blown at how fast and effective it was at repairing and moisturizing my lips. It literally only been taking one night's use to fix my dry chapped lips - and it has worked consistently for me. I've been using it sparingly because of Christmas budgeting, but I 1000000% plan on buying a full-size as I see the price as super reasonable for how amazing it worked for me. I saw this review shortly after trying laneige while waiting for my FABlantis box set to come in the mail, and was excited by the idea of the FAB ultra repair lip therapy being a dupe, especially as I've loved every FAB product I've tried... up until trying this product. Three days of FAB lip therapy dried out my lips, and I had to use laneige to fix it lol. I have zero intention of trying FAB lip therapy again as it did nothing to help and made my lips worse than if I had applied nothing. I hate FAB's lip therapy applicator - the consistency is super thick and it's hard and awkward to squeeze out of the tube, and it feels gross and sticky on my lips and is minty. Obviously, everyone is different and not every product will work on everyone the same, but the results I've been getting from Laneige's lip mask have me sold and I fully plan on buying full-size as soon as my mini size runs out (it's gonna save my lips from canadian winter!)
I was screaming. I was like "Please just tell me if I can continue using my Vaseline or not?!?!??!" And it made it on the good list and I cannot begin to describe the wave of relief. Thanks Jen for the hardwork!
I'm glad it works for you because I bought one and I experienced the same thing Jen described. Too bad cause the price point was in my happy place, lol. It's so weird how a product works for one person yet doesn't for another. Enjoy your scrub... 👍
@@eddiemartinez1364 oh dang really. I love mine it is super crazy how some do. Mine actually has almost to much of the grains in it but I love mine lol
@@eddiemartinez1364 I've made my own and it works good with sugar and coconut oil and put it in the freezer so it gardens up I added a bit of vanilla for flavor and it works real well also
I love mine, but I use it after I’ve put my cocoa butter Vaseline lip therapy on and let that sink In for a while. Then I wipe any excess off and use my elf scrub in the lipstick tube to really get in there and scrub away any dead/dry flakiness. And then reapply the Vaseline and go to sleep. I wake up in the morning and my lips feel like brand new!!!
I'm so glad you made these videos, I had been researching balms and was *just* in the process of purchasing Glossier Balm DotCom. Happy to hear it is a solid product. I will likely purchase the Laroche as well for when I wake up and go to sleep because my lips are ridiculously problematic, but I am going to go ahead and get the Glossier Balm as well because I want to be able to use it as a skin salve as well. Very impressive, well researched and helpful! New subscriber for sure.
I just use pure lanolin as lip balm. I noticed through hand creams that my skin loooooves lanolin. I get a large tube of 100% pure lanolin in the form of nipple cream for unter $5 on amazon. Works amazing, lasts ages, and it actually looks really pretty and glossy too.
Google “Natural Flavors as an ingredient.” Can be deceptive - be aware. Natural flavors are not always what you would expect or perhaps take for granted would be- Very little restrictions on being able to use that label on a product .
Yeppers, they can claim since some are plant based & not synthetic: linalool, citronel, geronial, all of these that cause issues. Although, I don't think vanillin should be counted against & I like it as an ingredient.
I’m glad to hear that my Lip Smackers aren’t horrid for my lips. They’ve always worked well for me, and flavors don’t bother me. I have better luck with these than Burt’s Bees. Maybe my lips don’t like coconut oil.
love how when you mentioned Burt’s bees I was just thinking how I used to love the original but after I realized that minty lip balms were not it for me. I recently have been loving the mango one though so I was delighted to hear you mention it as a good one! It gives a nice glossy sheen and is so nice.
Thank you for this video!!! I would love it if when you talk about allergens that you mention tree nuts and sesame as major allergens. Tree nuts and soy are in the top 7 allergens world wide, sesame can be life threatening too for people with that allergy. I love that you mentioned that sesame was in it. I have an extremely hard time finding lip balms that won't send my son to the ER. I even have to be careful about the skincare that I use myself if it's something that he might come in contact with. I think that when you have food allergies you focus so much on what you eat, but we forget to think about the things we put on our face sometimes.
Great review. I have ridiculously dry lips and have used so many medicated lip balms in the past - I’m looking at you Blistex and Carmex. Aaaarrrggghhh! My current favourites are Kiehls Buttermask for Lips and MediK8 Mutiny Lip Balm. I also just bought a tube of the LRP lip balm, and it is lovely and soothing. I think I’m finally on the path to healthy, hydrated, happy lips! 👄😍 Kiehls Buttermask ingredients: Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter/Shea Butter, Cocos Nucifera Oil/Coconut Oil, Cera Alba/Beeswax, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil/Castor Seed Oil, Candelilla Cera/Candelilla Wax, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter/Cocoa Seed Butter, Jojoba Esters, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil/Jojoba Seed Oil, Octyldodecanol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Cera/Sunflower Seed Wax, Irvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter, Aqua/Water, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Salix Nigra Bark Extract/Willow Bark Extract, Tocopherol, Acacia Decurrens Flower Cera/Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax, Polyglycerin-3, Sorbic Acid, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf/Stem Extract, Glycine Soja Oil/Soybean Oil, Citric Acid.
Excellent informational video, Jen. The only research I've done is evidence based, my lips are the evidence, l ol. I've been using the Bite Agave Lip Mask, and Lansinoh every day for about 4 years. I haven't had chapped lips ever since. Enjoyed very much. Blessings..MaryEllen
Burts Bees and Aquaphor Girl here 🙋🏻♀️. I’ve tried to branch out and I decided I’m sticking to these. Aquaphor healed my cracked bleeding lips 🙌🏽 EDIT: might try the Sun Bum
I get eczema on my lips and Burt's Bees is literally the ONLY thing (besides a steroid cream prescribed by my doctor) I found that healed my lips and it honestly doesn't matter what fragrance they put in them, they all work for me.
I swear your doing the lords work You’re a real life saver thank you girl People like you are true gems on youtube saving me hundreds and so much time and energy
Not only is petrolatum ultra refined, it’s a byproduct of the industry. So... if you drive a car, there’s no environmental reason to avoid petrolatum or mineral oil.
In place of using an actual lip scrub, what I do is put on a lip balm and let it soak in for a bit and then take a tooth brush I have set aside for this purpose and use it to scrub gently the lip balm off my lips. The lip balm softens the lips and makes it easier to remove the dead dry skin. I’ve been doing that for years and it makes my lips soft and smooth for the day. 😊
My lips have been a disaster for years. Ever since I went through a year of chemotherapy. I plan to watch this again and try to see what might be my best option. Worst part for me, doc wants me to start a low weekly chemo regimen. It may be a losing battle for my poor ole lips. But thanks Jen. I appreciate your hard work, time and passion. You’re awesome.
I had a really bad allergic reaction to EOS lip balm! I love the Bite beauty agave lip balm, it’s one of the only things that help my chapped lips in the winter.
