BeansTalk Celebrates Those Kissable Lips

Those Lips!!

Being on the fringes of the beauty and fashion world allows BeansTalk some perks of the trade. Being a natural shopper furthers our quest to experiment with a variety of makeup. In the last few months, we’ve examined various favorites of ours. Today we’re going to examine our favorite lip glosses.

We're very relieved you can bring your lip needs onto an airplane. We cannot bear to fly without something to soothe our dry lips (and, if it's going to give us some glamorous color while we sit, we're all down with that.)

Burt’s Bees’ Lip Shimmer

As a gloss alternative, a weekend lip accessory, if you will, we’re big fans of Burt’s Bees’ Lip Shimmer. We keep one in our car, one in our day job desk drawer, and one in our purse. What we love is not only that it gives you not too much color, and not too little. In the world of tinted balm (which this essentially is), it’s hard to find just the right formula, and Burt’s Bees seems to have it. It can be worn alone (for more “casual” days) or layered with your favorite lipstick.

Here’s what burtsbees.com has to say about them (in terms of color, we’ve found Merlot, Nutmeg and Raisin work for us, and are quite nice “universal” shades).

Why They Work: We added a kiss of color and pearlized shine to our world famous lip balm. They’re made from natural ingredients like vitamin E, coconut and sunflower oils to moisturize and highlight your lips. They come now in eleven yummy shades. Perfect for everyone, except the indecisive. How They Work: Apply shimmer to lips as often as needed or desired. It's good for you. Eat it off. Kiss it off. Talk it off. Re-apply.

Cocoa - Delicate brown, with a reddish tone.
Guava - Softly shimmering, pale pink.
Papaya - Rich, burnt orange.
Toffee - Softly neutral taupe.
Champagne - A pearlized, shimmering silver.
Coffee - A rich, roasted brown.
Merlot - A luscious, deep burgundy.
Nutmeg - A sparkling, golden bronze.
Raisin - A luxurious, earthy red.
Rhubarb - a warm, golden pink.
Watermelon - A juicy, silver pink.

Lip Shimmer is an absolutely must-have steal at only $3.69 and it’s available at drugstores, natural food stores, beauty supply shops, and, if you still can’t find them locally, on-line (at Burt’s own website).