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The Water Colour lipbalm from Mentholatum (a company owned by Rohto Japan) is one of my most recent acquistions from Sasa. As I said before I like adding random interesting-looking stuff to my orders, usually to qualify for the free shipping =)
The Water Colour lipbalm is tinted and comes in 2 colors (on Sasa at least), a berry and a coral shade. I actually added the Wild Coral color to my cart by mistake as I wanted the berry shade (and have ordered meanwhile) but noticed my mistake too late for changing it.
The Water Colour comes in a white and silver twist-up tube which reminds me quite of the lipsticks from Shiseido Kesho Wakusei.
The balm is scented unfortunately...it´s some weird kind of grapefruit scent perhaps... not so much to my liking to be honest.
The texture is slick albeit a bit waxy so it´s not the most comfortable lipbalm out there but it´s not the worst either. I feel it´s sitting on the skin a little more than really sinking inside so I would not suggest this as your sole lip treatment.
I like how this makes my lips look naturally plump and slightly tinted in a soft glossy coral shade however the color is a bit bright so probably best suitable for ladies who are a little more tan than me.
On the pic below I applied a sheer layer on top of a layer of clear lipbalm:
On the one hand this is a nice inexpensive tinted lipbalm perfect for tossing in your purse for quick touch-ups. On the other side the lack of moisture, waxiness and mediocre scent reduce the pleasure of wearing this.
I think I paid somewhere between US$4-5, so the price is not bad.
Rating 2.5/5
The Water Colour lipbalm is tinted and comes in 2 colors (on Sasa at least), a berry and a coral shade. I actually added the Wild Coral color to my cart by mistake as I wanted the berry shade (and have ordered meanwhile) but noticed my mistake too late for changing it.
The Water Colour comes in a white and silver twist-up tube which reminds me quite of the lipsticks from Shiseido Kesho Wakusei.
The balm is scented unfortunately...it´s some weird kind of grapefruit scent perhaps... not so much to my liking to be honest.
The texture is slick albeit a bit waxy so it´s not the most comfortable lipbalm out there but it´s not the worst either. I feel it´s sitting on the skin a little more than really sinking inside so I would not suggest this as your sole lip treatment.
I like how this makes my lips look naturally plump and slightly tinted in a soft glossy coral shade however the color is a bit bright so probably best suitable for ladies who are a little more tan than me.
On the pic below I applied a sheer layer on top of a layer of clear lipbalm:
On the one hand this is a nice inexpensive tinted lipbalm perfect for tossing in your purse for quick touch-ups. On the other side the lack of moisture, waxiness and mediocre scent reduce the pleasure of wearing this.
I think I paid somewhere between US$4-5, so the price is not bad.
Rating 2.5/5
4 comments:
That colour is gorgeous! Gotta pick that up next time I'm in HKG.
Oh this product I cannot use anymore. I bought mentholatum and after 3 days of using my lips look very dull, chappy and burnt.
Have read a lot of raves about this product. It looks really pretty on your lips! :3
speaking of the Mentholatum balms, while i'm in japan I noticed my lips getting chapped super easily, and the Yu-Be lipbalm totally doesn't work at all (it's crap for $5! >.< ) so i on a whim bought one of these:
http://www.adambeauty.com/showitem.php?itemtype=detail&itemid=ro-molip&brandid=70&language=&agentid=7&productid=&brandSubid=&groupid=1
the Rohto Mogitate Kajutsu lip cream under the mentholatum subbrand i think. I LOVE THEM! they're so freakin soft going on the lips, and i guess i really liked the scents myself. my fave are the Strawberry and Grape so far, the Peach smells a little weird though it wasn't bad and after the initial whiff, comes down to a nice white peach scent. they all smell really sweet tho, so instead of the actual fruit, it smells a lot like asian popsicles that are those flavored? whatever it is, i actually love it.
it's really moisturizing, though doesn't stay on very long i guess, but i feel like they work really well for me and really helped to keep my lips soft and flake free the past few days. i liked the Peach one so much (first one i grabbed) that i got a strawberry (for the backpack), and grape (for my hotel room), and last night grabbed the Lemon/Lime and the Mango/Orange one last night to take back to US with me. :D they were cheap too, around 198yen (so around $2.40?) retail.
they're the only lipbalms i bought in Japan, i vaguely wanna try one of the other ones (like a Shiseido one) but those are way more expensive (around 700yen a pop) so i'm reluctant x___x
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