I bought this lip treatment months ago now, when Boots had an offer on makeup and skincare. I had really been struggling with dry, cracked lips and although I have now found my holy grail product in the Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream lip protectant, I couldn’t resist putting some Clinique items into my basket. I recently found it again amongst my collection and thought I’d review it today.
Is it as good as the Elizabeth Arden protectant? No, but it’s still great. I’ve found that when it comes to skincare, premium beauty is definitely where its at – and lipcare is no exception. For many years, I used the cheap lipbalms you can buy in almost any shop and wondered why my lips were still suffering. However, with this product and the EA protectant, I can definitely say I’ve noticed a difference.
The packaging is simple and fresh, a subtle green colour with the information about the product readily available and easy to see. The only thing that baffled me was the fact that as a balm, it came in what can only be described as a lipgloss tube. It does in fact dispense and apply like a gloss product, it is even a little sticky on the lips, unlike many balms I’ve tried before.
So how does it feel?
As I mentioned earlier, it does feel a little sticky on the lips but after you wait for the feeling to subside, your lips do feel extremely hydrated and super soft. Whilst this isn’t my first choice when it comes to lipcare, I would definitely repurchase this if the other option wasn’t available.
The Clinique Superbalm Lip Treatment retails for £12 and is available at most department stores.
What is your favourite lip treatment?
great post! I'm currently loving Sprout Vegan Lip balm and Jurlique Rose Love Balm x
Thank you, I'll have to check those out!xo
Great review lovely! I really want to give this a try, I love Clinique! <3
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Thanks hun, me too!xo
My favourite is still Carmex, I always go back to it! I have a couple of the tinted versions of this product xx
Me & Carmex just don't get on =( xo
Great review! I love the EOS balms & also pretty much anything by Blistex! haha
Thanks lovely x
Thanks for this – I think we go through enough lip balm to float a boat each year. And now with winter coming "fast and furious" I can already see the need to start "stocking up" now … I will look for this to try. We have been using Blistex and EOS "eggs" quite a bit (I should own stock)
I've stocked up already 🙂 x
Thanks for sharing! I'll have to try the Clinique out sometime.
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Thank you x