The Body Shop Wild Cherry Lip Butter

Heyyy Girls!!!
Today's review is the messiah for all our dry, chapped lip issues. It featured in my Best of 2011 list as my favourite lip balm, the only product I carry everywhere on me and features prominently on my bed stand.

Reviewing today, The Body Shop's Wild Cherry Lip Butter.

The Body Shop says :

"Best if you want to: Keep lips kissably soft with a rich, moisturizing lip butter with mouthwatering wild cherry.

Best for: normal to dry skin

How it works:

• Its creamy butter-like texture melts onto the lips to help prevent dryness, leaving them feeling soft, smooth and kissable.
• Cherry oil has excellent moisturization properties, is rich in vitamins A and E, and contains natural antioxidants.
• Community Trade shea butter leaves skin soft, smooth and supple.
• Community Trade organic beeswax is a skin conditioner that also keeps the product texture consistent over time."

Price : INR 255

Quantity : 10 ml.

Available at : TBS outlets worldwide

TBS Wild Cherry Lip Butter comes in a cute little red pot where the lid unscrews open and you can dip your pinky finger inside to access the lip butter. It's absolutely not the best packaging idea for those finicky about hygiene (me! me!) and hence this time I've opted for a roll-on lip balm from TBS in place of this lip butter. The lip butter, just like its name has a butter like texture and appearance and glides on with ease over lips. The fragrance of the lip butter is just like Cherry's, one of my favourite fruit, and makes me salivate with its juicy and slightly tangy aroma. 

Application :

Use as desired to keep lips soft and conditioned. Can also be dabbed over matte lipsticks for a glossy look. 

Lips with TBS Wild Cherry Lip Butter

TBS Wild Cherry Lip Butter applied over matte lipstick

Pro's of The Body Shop Wild Cherry Lip Butter :

• Affordable Price for the quantity of product
• A little butter does a whole lot so it lasted me for a very long time
• Makes lips buttery soft and smell yummy
• Works well on chapped lips too
• Doubles up as a gloss for my matte lipsticks and takes care to keep the color from bleeding into lip lines

Cons of The Body Shop Wild Cherry Lip Butter :

• Contrary to TBS's claim that beeswax maintains the texture of this balm over time, I would suggest you keep your tub away from heat to prevent the lip butter from getting totally mushy. I left it in my car, inside my handbag one hot Mumbai noon and had to stick it in the deep freezer as soon as I reached home
• The finger-in-tub application is germ friendly and hence a huge con for me

To Splurge or Not to Splurge :

The Body Shop Wild Cherry Lip Butter is an amazing lip butter to keep winter's atrocities on the most delicate piece of skin on your body, your lips, at bay. It also soothes and heals chapped lips and protects them. I dab on tons of this every morning and and even more at night before I hit the sack. However, I have not re-purchased it because of the huge con I've mentioned above.

Final Verdict :

The Body Shop Wild Cherry Lip Butter gets a 3.5/5 from me!