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Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:22 am  |
After coveting it for a long time, I finally got a tube of the Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment. At first I felt kinda bad, spending $22 on "fancy chapstik", but it's the one product that I use multiple times a day and I'm pretty fussy about lip balms, so I took the plunge, and I'm so glad I did.
This is my new favorite lip balm. I've had a hard time finding something that is really moisturizing and emollient, has some SPF, no strong odor, no irritating ingredients and isn't greasy, grainy or sticky. I'm also not into anything that comes in a pot, jar or tin, since I'm not going to wash my hands every time my lips feel dry. (at some point, I'll have to do a write up on some of the balms that have tried and failed)
The Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment is super moisturizing. If I have hard dry dead skin on my lips, I can put on some FSLT, rub my lips together for 20 seconds, and the hard dry patches have been softened into submission. It sinks in really quickly and isn't greasy. It's got a really faint lemon scent. There's no mint or cinnamon to irritate my sensitive skin.
The packaging is amazing. It's like a plastic lipstick tube where the top screws on and it's all coated in a layer of aluminum. I don't know if I described that well, but it's really substantial and indestructible (it went flying out of my purse when I was spazzing out, hit my car pretty hard and the only damage a small dent on one edge). While the screw on top doesn't give you the quick access that a normal lip balm tube would have, it is totally impossible for the stick of balm to twist it's way up into the cap while rolling around in your purse or pocket.
The downside is 1) for the price I'd like to have more balm in the tube and 2) it contains BHT which might be weird (I didn't realize when I bought it and now I can't quit it).
The ingredient list:
SUGAR LIP TREATMENT SPF 15
Active Ingredients:
OCTINOXATE (ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE) 7.49 %
OXYBENZONE (BENZOPHENONE-3) 2.00 %
Other Ingredients:
BEESWAX (CERA ALBA)
RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL
SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL
HYDROGENATED DECYL OLIVE ESTERS
VITIS VINIFERA (GRAPE) SEED OIL
FRAGRANCE (PARFUM)
COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX
TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) GERM OIL
LIMNANTHES ALBA (MEADOWFOAM) SEED OIL
SUCROSE TETRASTEARATE TRIACETATE
PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL
RIBES NIGRUM (BLACK CURRANT) SEED OIL
PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) KERNEL OIL
HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL
RETINYL PALMITATE
TOCOPHEROL
ASCORBYL TETRAISOPALMITATE
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
PROPYL GALLATE
CITRIC ACID
LIMONENE
CITRAL
BENZYL BENZOATE
LINALOOL
BENZYL ALCOHOL
GERANIOL
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:54 am |
| Thanks for the ingredients! I hope that tube lasts a long time, it's an expensive habit to have! |
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Sat Nov 03, 2007 2:52 pm |
| Thanks for sharing, but it is too expensive. I always use Kielh's lip balm No 1. |
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:06 am |
| chouchouzhang wrote: |
| Thanks for sharing, but it is too expensive. I always use Kielh's lip balm No 1. |
I tried the Kielh's but it was too much like Vaseline for me.
I just dug the old tube out of my desk drawer and it says it's 88% petrolatum (aka petroleum jelly). Some of the other ingredients look pretty good. Not that there's anything wrong with vaseline, but I'm not a big fan of that texture/consistency in a lip product. If I put too much on it feels greasy and gloppy. And it doesn't sink in as well as some other products I've tried. |
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:44 am |
I have used the lip treatment also. All of their products are expensive! I splured on their sugar scrub which was really great but not worth $75 just to wash it down the drain! I also really like their lychee bath cubes for $35! Yikes!  |
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Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:18 am |
Looooooooooooooooooove this stuff too. Not only is it delicious, highly moisturizing, but it also gives your lips a lovely satiny sheen.
That being said, what is BHT?  |
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:16 pm |
| chimera wrote: |
| Thanks for the ingredients! I hope that tube lasts a long time, it's an expensive habit to have! |
it's certainly expensive, i think dr. H's lip balm is nice and natural and moisturizing at half of Fresh price...
on the lower end, aquaphor by eucerin works very well for under $2 a tube, it's petroleum product but much better than vaseline for some reason.. |
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:17 pm |
| chouchouzhang wrote: |
| Thanks for sharing, but it is too expensive. I always use Kielh's lip balm No 1. |
for me, Kielh's did not work for me at all, my lips tend to chap and the aquaphor does a better job than kielh's..
but dr. h is really superb |
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:45 pm |
| This stuff is so sweet tasting! Perfect for my sweet tooth!!! lol. It moisturizes well and keeps my lips from peeling. I'm on my fourth tube!! Still love my Dr. H most though! |
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:42 pm |
| chouchouzhang wrote: |
| Thanks for sharing, but it is too expensive. I always use Kielh's lip balm No 1. |
Isn't the first ingredient Petroleum, a by-product from the oil industry and generally "Vaseline"? |
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47, former sunworshipper, skincare addict, oily T-zone, fair skinned, love Vita A, some hyperpigmentation, microneedler. |
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:55 pm |
| makeupfiend: I would like to know what BTH is as well. |
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:02 pm |
I have this product too and it was hard to spend the $22. I hate to admit it but it has a wonderful texture and scent, not too much and very silky. Here's what I found on BHT:
BHT - Butylated Hydroxytoluene - An anti-oxidant used to extend the shelf life and delay rancidity of oils and fats in foods and cosmetics. Used to treat oils for soap. BHT can be used to treat oils for use in cosmetics other than soap.
not real helpful but it's something.... |
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:12 pm |
No, that's quite helpful! Thanks sissyp. At least I have some idea of what it is! And I agree with you the texture of this lip balm is extremely silky! Just wished it lasted longer  |
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martinpep
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Joined: 16 Aug 2007
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:19 pm |
| i bought the lip sugar in dec. they had them already wrapped for christmas presents, bought 4, thought they would make good girl gifts. i am now going to use it myself.....thanks |
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Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:19 pm |
| Wowwww... Even the sound of it is so sweet!! Haha... Good for my sweet tooth, gotta try it someday!! Thanks!! |
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:06 pm |
I love, LOVE this product! I live in the desert and am NOT good about drinking enough water. I know - gasp! I'm trying really hard to increase my water intake.
After moving to arizona 8 years ago, my lips immediately became dehydrated, cracked, and started peeling and bleeding. I was miserable, and started trying every product out there from drugstore to high end products. I discovered Sugar last year and have been hooked ever since.
The texture is wonderful and as many others mentioned, very silky. The scent is light and I really don't taste any flavor, which is good for me because I tend to lip my lips if I apply anything flavored. The tube is very elegent and durable. I tend to panic at home if I can't find it. If I run out, I reach for my older balms, but I just don't like their texture or hydration anymore. I'm hooked! I struggled with the price, but at this point I was willing to try anything to find my HG. I started buying this product on eBay and can sometimes find 2for1 deals.
I do have 2 small issues:
1) The product doesn't last very long. I tend to go through it in about 45 days (I think). I need to start tracking how long a tube lasts, but the problem I have is misplacing it (thanks to my cat), so I open up my backup reserve tube. I'm sure if I increased my water intake, my lips would not dry out so quickly.
2) I really can't apply gloss or lipstick over it - the color tends to fade or slide right off. I'm going to try applying it before I start my makeup routine and then apply lipstick before I leave the house and see how that works. |
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