You might be able to see in Snail Mail Monday that I received “The Lindsay” 4-pack of lip butters as a gift. They are from the Etsy shop, Nioi.
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Opening the package, I found that no alien monsters burst out to eat me, which is a good start.
Included in this pack are four different flavors of “lip butter”: Asian Pear, Sugared Strawberries, Gummy Bears and Coconut.
These are described as “lip butters” and I would have to agree with the name. They are not waxy like Chapstick, nor are they the same texture as other lip balms. They are soft and creamy. However, they aren’t greasy like butter, and unlike that amazingly delicious spreadable butter with canola oil in it, I wouldn’t recommend sticking your finger in it and eating it.
The scent is wonderful – strong when you smell it but subtle on your lips. I think these might be my new go-to lip balms butters. My favorite is the Gummy Bears which is really surprising because I generally don’t like candy flavors, finding them too sweet or overbearing; but this one is not, it’s fantastic.
It does not, however, taste anything like bears.
Also included in the package was a free sample of her Island Mint soap, which I don’t see in her Etsy shop. Now, I want to like handmade soap but I have a hateful relationship with glycerin, which seems to be in all the ones I come across. Like, one time I used a handmade soap with glycerin in it and I looked like something.. umm.. bright and painful and red.. for days. But, her soaps don’t have glycerin in it so you can completely ignore this part of the review.
This soap smells great – strong flavored scent, with very little soap smell, which I love. However, the lingering scent is soapy and a bit strong for my personal taste. It also lasts for hours. (Which is good or bad depending on your preference; I’m sensitive to pretty much any soap smell.) As far as soap goes, it seems to work as, well, soap, which I assume is what she is going for. It hasn’t dried out my sensitive skin yet, either.
I am definitely going to order more from her. She has many different flavored soaps, other themed packs and individual packs of lip butters, and soy candles. (She also has a blog.) However I do fear that I might eat everything in the shop if I do.
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