Chapstick: The Knowhow and Knowall

My Collection: descriptive, alphabetical, page 1

Here is my current list of chapsticks. To be honest, there are a few lip balms and lip glosses that have entered the roundup, but I assure you they are of admirable and wearable quality.

	Aveeno: Active naturals Aside from starting in alphabetical order this chapstick needs to be listed first because of it's outstanding quality. As I sit here and ponder the creamy oatmeal aura that it exudes, I crave it. Texture: pure heaven, cream, not too thick Lasting potential: long. lasts for at least an hour or two Scent: meadows. with butterflies. Cost: about 4 dollars. a bit expensive, but I use this every day, and I have 31 chapsticks to chose from. Enough said. Overall rating: **** a definiate must have. in my top 5 favorites
	Badger: Chai Roes An odd story, I bought this at a Wild Oats food store, loved the exotic scent so much I went back the next day to purchase another variety, only to find, that the store had deemed the product 'unsellable' and would not be carrying the line again for a few months. Mon amie. I recommend the entire line and will be searching for new scents online as soon as I'm done typing this. A forgotten treasure really. Texture: regular, easy glide on. Lasting potential: about an hour. nothing extraordinary here Scent: beyond description. sex and spice and everything nice Cost: 3 - 4 dollars Overall rating: *** a must have, in my secondary collection
	Bath and Body Works: Ripe Red Currant If an alcoholic drink were to accompany this balm it would be sex on the beach. The smoothest while still pleasurable stick I own. When I'm down in the winter I put it on to feel like I'm on vacation... somewhere warm. Texture: like butter. Lasting potential: half an hour. but enjoyable all the same Scent: bath and body works are known for their outstanding scents and do not fall short here. Cost: 4-5 buckeroos. expensive luxury item Overall rating: *** in my secondary collection
	Blistex: Herbal Answer It's not good that I had to dig out this chapstick to remember anything about it other than it's green. After applying it though, it's got a wonderful glide action. WHOA. and it tingles your lips for... at least a minute. I'm ever so slightly adoring this little hobbit of a chapstick. What makes it green: aloe, chammomile, avacado, jojoba and shea butter. Texture: smoove. Lasting potential: i'd estimate this one at 45 mins Scent: minty for some reason. or planty. green. Cost: 3-4 dollares Overall rating: ** on the cheaper side of hippy loving fun
	Blistex: Lip Infusion This Baddass Babe has a heavy metal ball at the end where you roll on your gloss. I saw a commercial for this and bought it within 24 hours. Definiately a clubbing chapperoo. Can get a bit messy though, a friend put on too much and looked like she got the wrong end of the stick. Dazzling! Texture: sparkle infused water. Lasting potential: 20 minutes if you don't eat it off before that Scent: woman perfume like. not too much though. Cost: 4-5 buckeroos. expensive luxury item Overall rating: ** good for going out at night, but I prefer my chapstick use during the day
	Blistex: Lip Tone I picked this lucious mother out back in the day, 6th grade perhaps. My sophisticated friend had it, and since it adds color, we used it as lipstick (seeing as for some reason we weren't allowed lipstick in 6th grade? I looked like a lesbian most of my schooling career anyways. Who needs lipstick) Texture: normal, perhaps a tad bit thicker due to the color Lasting potential: an hour. works excellent for simply color application OR effective protecting chapstick. Scent: a soft rose petal aroma. unadvertised but still there Cost: 3 bucks Overall rating: ** another purposeful chapstick (color). I go strictly for scent and wearability, which is why this isn't a *** in my book.
	Blistex: Silk and Shine This may be my first one star rating. It is waaay too silky and shiny for my preferance. It doesn't even serve as a lip gloss. It smells/ tastes great, but that just leads to it's wearability time decreasing because I eat it off. Texture: oil Lasting potential: 2 minutes Scent: another hint of rose Cost: 3 Overall rating: * too damn glossy without any holding/wearability action
	Blistex: Spa Effects If I went to a spa and recieved the mediocre treatment that I recieved here, I would, be oh so upset. I think they just named this trio wrong. They do have interesting scents and tingling effects, but nothing over the top as to deserve 'Spa' in their title. Don't get me wrong, a good amount of chapstick for your money. Texture: normal Lasting potential: 45 mins Scent: varies per stick. yellow = citrus. green = earthy. blue = heavenly, my personal favorite. Cost: 6 bucks for 3 chapsticks is good for me any day Overall rating: ** a let down from the name, but a reliable product over all
	Burts Bees does wonders for.. everyone. Including my mother. She's on a burts bees kick as of late. And I like to sample the products she buys. But.. the chapstick... I'd say the most reliable one. It has no flavor really, just straight up business. If you saw the picture on my main page, it is very manly. And makes you look manly. So, if your goal is just business or man related, use burts bees. Texture: normal. Lasting potential: longest ever, i'd say 2 hours Scent: nein Cost: 3 bucks Overall rating: ** because it's boring, but effective
	Burt's Bees: Honey Oh god this one troubled me so much. I simply adore the honey, but, it is the roughest chapstick I've ever used! This would be the bondage whip and chain chapstick if we're catagorizing this via sexual conduct. Naughty little chapstick. So sad that it has to be so natural as to be comprised of chunks of waxy honey. Texture: like a coral sponge, not the squishy kind. a porous rock perhaps. Lasting potential: 1/2 hour if you can apply it without erroding your lips off Scent: slightly honey Cost: 3 dollares Overall rating: * I adore the honey, but the texture really kills it

Please continue on to page 2, where we continue reviewing in alphabetical order.

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