VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip Balm Review

Guest Post by Babble

VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip Balm Review

Hi girls! First of all I would like to introduce myself as Lancy's sister ( the beauty blogger…lol). People call me Babble (my name). I am a graduated bio medical engineer and now waiting for my call letter from a well known corporate organization in which I got placed during my final year. I could also say that ‘I am enjoying my holidays’ as of now. Coming to the main thing, I am here to contribute my first review on VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip balm. I am not that expert at beauty and skin care cosmetics as I will make use of it if required. Being a beginner I wish to put forth my kind request to you. And that is 'Please excuse me if I make any silly mistakes in my very first review' Go ahead and read my review now!

• Read: VLCC Strawberry Lip Shield SPF 10 Review

Product Description:

• This moisture rich formula soothes and conditions lips, keeping them soft and supple.
• SPF 15 protects from harmful effects of sun.
• Light, non greasy formula, provides long lasting moisture, leaving the lips supple and hydrated.

Price and Quantity:
Rs.49 for 4g


Usage Directions:
Glide on lips for soft, moisturized lips. Use daily. Apply as often as desired.


Key Ingredients: Honey, Cocoa Butter and Shea Butter


Shelf Life: 36 months


Other Variants Available:

• Cherry
• Mango

My Experience with VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip Balm

Packaging: This lip balm comes in a small screw bottomed tube which makes it hygenic and comfortable to use. Thank god it doesn't come in a tub where we need to pick it with finger tips every time. It has a tight press type cap (sometimes difficult to open). Simply I could say it is handy and I can put it even in my purse.

• Read: VLCC Natural Sciences Gold Scrub Review

• Read: Himalaya Herbals Lip Balm Review

Color,Consistency and Fragrance: This balm has a bold mango colour with a hint of orange. The texture is thick as a caramel candy (Candies..Yummy!). The fragrance of this lip balm is pleasant, sweet, shea-butter like and purely natural. Seems it doesn’t have any dominating artificial fragrance. I feel like eating my lip balm whenever I use it :P

• Read: Himalaya Herbals Natural Moisturizing Lip Butter Review

How it works: Since I am using this product for the past 10 days, I felt it as a perfect remedy for my chapped lips. Not only it treats and moisturizes lips, but also it has pleasing natural fragrance.
        Obviously, it works well on my lips. I would say it will be suitable for every sweet fragranced lip balm loving girl out there! It stays on the lips for a considerable amount of time; Hmm say 2-3 hours. As mentioned already, it moisturizes well and a brings a pleasing effect to the lips. In addition, it regains the natural beauty of the lips by healing the dryness. However if you have extra dry lips, you might need something more rich and moisturizing for a long time, especially in winters. This lip balm, when used along with lippies, bleeds at times so make sure your lipstick isn't that creamy while using together with your lipstick.

• Read: Aloe Veda Strawberry Lip Butter with Sunscreen Review

Pros of  VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip Balm

• Soothes and moisturizes lips 
• If you're searching for a sweet fragranced lip balm at an affordable price, this would be a perfect pick!
• Sweet natural shea butter fragrance that lingers for a decent time
• Very affordable price for the worth
• Easy to use and handy packaging
• A boon for clear lip balm lovers; it leaves no tint on lips
• Stays on lips good for 2-3 hours
• Easily available in outlets and shopping sites

Cons of VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip Balm

• The cap is too tight to open at times
• Melts in hot summer but you can use the refrigerator to store it :)
• Bleeds with already creamy lippies
• In case if you're wondering whether it would show any tint on your lips, then you're wrong. It is a CLEAR colourless lip balm! But then it is not a con for me at all.

I can't find any other con with this lip balm! This product is a huge hit for this dirt cheap price.

Makeup and Beauty Home Rating:  4/5

Recommendation: I highly recommend this to everyone who loves sweet smelling, colourless lip balms!

Would I Repurchase?: Yes definitely I will repurchase it every time.

Hope you all liked my first review ever :)

Have you ever used VLCC Daily Protect Honey Lip Balm? Do Share your comments below!

VLCC Natural Sciences Gold Scrub Review

Guest Post by Yendrilla

Hi Guys I’m Yendrilla, a part time blogger from India. This is my first post on MABH and I am up with a review of a scrub today. First I should tell you I love to experiment with products like scrubs and face washes. I had been looking for a scrub which will add radiance to my skin and I ended up buying this VLCC Natural Sciences Gold Scrub.

Product Description:
Exposure to environment factors like pollution and dust make skin look dull
and lifeless. This unique scrub, enriched with 24 Carat Pure Gold, Turmeric and Sandalwood, has a
deep pore cleansing action that gently exfoliates dead skin cells, superficial white and black-heads. It
leaves the skin fresh and glowing with a radiant complexion.


Price & Quantity:
Rs.135 for 70 gm


Key Ingredients:
The face wash has mentioned the key ingredients as “Extracts of Alovera,
Sandalwood, Raisin, Turmeric, Gold Leaf, Xantham Gum, Dimethicone, Triclosan and Vitamin E”.


My Experience with this Product:
This product is packed in a golden coloured tube with a flip type cap which makes it hygienic for usage. No complaints about the packaging; it is pretty okay.

The scrub is gel based, yellowish in color and almost transparent with some yellow micro granules and small gold particles in it. It has a mild fragrance which is really soothing.

It is very gentle on skin. I am using it for the past 2 weeks and my blackheads have almost gone. It provides a deep pore cleansing action that gently exfoliates dead skin cells. Though I didn’t find much radiance effect in my skin as the product claims. Okay, now let sum up with the pros and cons.


Pros:        

• Comes in a hygienic and travel friendly packaging.
• The consistency of this scrub looks attractive due to the small gold particles.
• This granules are very mild so that even sensitive skin types can use it.
• I did experience no side effects with this scrub as its formulation is very gentle on skin.
• Though mild and gentle, it does a deep pore cleansing action effectively.
• It clears blackheads very well. All my blackheads were almost disappeared within 2 weeks of usage.
• The price is that not costly.

Cons:

• I did not find much radiance as expected.

My Rating: 3.5/5



Recommendation: I think this scrub will suit all skin types except the extra dry ones. After using it, my skin got a little dry and hence I think it will do best on oily skin. However, if you want to clear your blackheads, then you can give this product a try.


Would I repurchase?:  I guess NO. I didn’t like this scrub that much. There are many more scrubs in the market with better results, at much cheaper cost. Right?

About the Author:

Yendrilla blogs at I AM SHE, a beauty blog that features product reviews, eye makeup tutorials and recent giveaways. Do check out her blog!

VLCC Strawberry Lip Shield SPF 10 Review

I am reviewing a VLCC lip shield (Kinda lip balm) today that I purchased only for the reason "Strawberry". Yeah I love strawberries so much and hence purchased this VLCC strawberry lip balm without reading any reviews. You won't believe a thing that I just got it 3 days back!! What's going on your mind now? Just 3 days, how would she review it so soon then? Because I love this product and it tempts me to review it so soon. Even though it's not enough time to test a product and review it, I am giving my honest opinions about it with its pros and cons in my point of view. 

VLCC Strawberry Lip Shield Lip Smoothening with SPF 10

                                       Forgive me for the bad clarity pics :(

Price: Rs.95 for 10ml; I got it for Rs.81 from Violetbag here

Shelf Life: 4 years

Ingredient List

Strawberry extracts, Castor Oil, Octyl Methoxy Cinnamate, Shea Butter, Di-Methicon, Vitamin E.

What does the Product Claims

This unique lip shield enriched with rich emollients, locks-in moisture and heals dry chapped lips. Its active ingredients enhance NMF(Natural Moisturising Factor) of the lips leaving them smooth and supple. SPF 10 protects from the Harmful Sun rays.

Usage Instructions:

Apply onto lips as often as desired. Can be applied under Lip Colour.

My View About this Product with Ratings

❤ The Packaging

Tub packing!!! This always makes me say yikes because it's unhygienic :( Who would love to dip their finger every time into the container to take the lip balm? Yucky isn't it?  If you have long nails it's surely going to be a mess. I would be happy if this product comes in tube. I always do not like tubs and container cosmetics. The only good thing is that it is sturdy and hence becomes travel friendly. Nothing to say much about the packaging. It comes in a small sturdy container with blue screw lid which is handy and cute but not at all hygienic. The packaging doesn't impress me at all.

Rating: 3/5  (-2 for unhygienic tub packaging)

                           

                           Small transparent container with sturdy blue cap

                       
                        The pack on my hand (Very cuteee and handy Isn't it? )

❤ Colour, Consistency and Fragrance

As you see in the pics, it is very strawberry-ish in colour with a thick consistency. The consistency and texture is perfect for a lip balm, neither thin and nor too thick. As it is winter, it is a little thick but I doubt it would become little loose in summers due to the temperature. The small tub is fully filled with the lip balm hence it lasts long for even months. To say about the fragrance, it is really soooo yummy! The sweet smell of strawberry fruits which I love a lot! Some may feel that the smell is bit heavy but strawberry lovers will long for it. It is very slightly tinted. Yes! very slight as you see in the below pic. It will show up a bit on pink lips, pigmented lips cannot get the slight tint too. The lip shield spreads smooth over my lips without any greasy or waxy feel in winters, but I am not sure about summers as the consistency may change and gives little sticky feel.The lip balm lasts for maximum 2 hours in winter and you have to re apply then. The fragrance lasts for about 30 minutes only, and I guess the shield would last on lips for more time in summers. Whatever, I am in love with this for the yummy fruit smell. What are strawberries for you? Yayy or Nay? Strawberry lovers, this is just a treat for your sweet lips!

Rating:4.5/5 (It needs more lasting power)

❤ How it works on me

The very first time I opened the tub, the strawberry flavor took of me off :P as am mad about strawberries and fruity flavors. I had a bad chapped lips due to improper maintenance this winter, I never apply lip balm in time, I never scrub lips to remove dead cells (I am lazy as all you know) but within this 3 days of usage, this lip balm softened my lips and removed all the flakes. This might because of I do have normal lips and carrying it everywhere and using it often for the flavor :P but not sure how it will work on extremely dry lips. Moisturising and staying power won't be that good on dry lips I guess, but you can use this as a base coat when using lippies, especially non SPF lipsticks as it has SPF and spreads smooth over your lips. I am satisfied with this product as it suits my normal lips well and helps it heal from dryness. For this price, this is okay, cannot expect much and all. My cousin said that it helped clearing out her pigmented lips up to an extent!!! I will buy this at least for my yummy strawberry flavor every time :) I read many negative reviews about this product but this is nice in my point of view as it nourishes up to an extent and smells good. Dry lips would feel it less moisturising, Anyway! Give a try if you love strawberries! :)

Rating: 3.5/5 (-1 for less moisturising effect and -0.5 for lasting power)

PROS

1. Yummy Strawberry flavor which is quite heavy and sweet!
2. Price for the worth, it is affordable.
3. The container is fully filled with the lip shield hence lasts for months even with daily use.
4. Sturdy Packaging which makes the product travel friendly
5. Spreads smooth on your lips without any hardness.
6. People who loves slight tint would love this product.
7. Heals and softens normal lips, perfect for summer usage! Winters too depending on your lip type. 
8. Natural ingredients like strawberry extracts and Vitamin E nourishes lips.
9. Very handy and so you can carry it everywhere.
10. 4 years of shelf life!!!! It's pretty good.
11. Can use under lipsticks for a glossy effect.
12. SPF 10 protects lips from harmful rays, for the price, SPF content is great!

CONS

1. The tub packaging which makes it very unhygienic!! ( You need to dip your finger to take out the lip shield, this creates a mess)
2. The flavor becomes both a pro and con. Strawberry lovers will love it. What if you hate strawberries or sensitive nosed? The fragrance is bit heavy.
3. Very less moisturising effect which can only suit normal lips. This product is not for extremely dry and chapped lips.
4. Some may feel this a bit sticky.
5. Just stays for 1 to 2 hours in normal lips and less than that when climate is cold. Staying power should be more.

My Recommendation: Get it if you love strawberries and if you have normal lips!:) You will love this cute handy and sweet smelling lip balm. Dry lips, strawberry haters and sensitive nosed people stay away!

Overall Rating: 3.5/5 (-1 for packaging & -0.5 for less moisturising effect)

Will I repurchase again?: I am a strawberry mad :P Wont I? Sure! Again and Again!