Sample Room Purchase: Céleteque DermoScience™ Sun Care Soothing Lip Balm with SPF15

Céleteque DermoScience™ Sun Care Soothing Lip Balm with SPF15

Whether we like it or not, we really have to undergo the process of aging. It’s a part of life that is inevitable, but then, should we just let life take its course? Probably yes, because we really can’t do anything about it. It’s a part of our milestone as a human being, but then again, we have the option to age gracefully and that will depend on how we are going to take care of our self.

When I was younger, I was not that conscious about my skin, my lips, my figure and etc, but that has changed when I started to see some signs of aging particularly on my skin. I don’t have a fair skin, but I was still contented of what I have. Before, I still don’t have fine lines or wrinkles to hide, so putting on powder and wearing lipstick would usually suffice. I also use skin care products, but only the basic ones, like beauty soaps, lotions, sometimes face cream and other special products but that is only if my skin problems are already too obvious. I avoid using alcohol based products because my skin is dry and very sensitive

I also have issues with my lips just like my skin in general. Since it’s dry, my lips would constantly crack and the skin would peel off after a few days. I thought heredity has something to do with it, since I used to see my mom and my aunt having the same problem. Their lips crack, will form flakes and would peel off after how many days. This is very annoying because the cycle would just continue over and over again.

I also blamed it on hormones because I observed it when they were pregnant and I experienced it too during my pregnancy. I could still remember that when I got pregnant for my second baby, my dry lips is at its worst that I vowed to increase my fluid intake and to apply and re-apply lip balm throughout the day (though it did not really resolve the problem).

Having dry lips is very uncomfortable. Sometimes, I got tempted of peeling the skin off on my lips, which would often result to laceration. Another inconvenience of having dry lip is during lipstick application. Lipsticks are supposed to make us look good but dry lips highlight the peeling off of skin and cracks (that is even though after application of other lip balm brands). In my case, I cannot wear lipstick for a long time.

After trying a few brands of lip balms, I did not anymore bother to look for a product that would solve this problem, because anyway, I am already used to it. I am also not willing to spend on super expensive products since I might just waste my money for a product which I am not 100 percent sure to be effective. Good thing I heard of Sample Room, a beauty and lifestyle sampling website which allow you to try a product so you can later decide if you’ll buy it or not.

One of their featured products for the month of January is Céleteque DermoScience™ Sun Care Soothing Lip Balm with SPF15. When I saw that it is still available, I immediately take advantage of it, since who knows, it might already be an answer for my dry lips problem… and I was not mistaken. When my package arrived, I tried the product right away and after using it for 4 days; I can safely say that this is the best lip balm I tried so far.

I like that it has minty, cooling effect on the lip. It is also not too sticky and the lips do not feel heavy, unlike some other products I have tried before. It effectively moisturized my lips and I was just so happy because I was able to apply my lipstick easily, it just glides since my lips are not dry anymore, rather it’s already soft and smooth. This made my lipstick color last longer.

The only downside of this product is its manner of application since you need to use your finger; therefore you need to make sure your fingers are clean every time you apply it for hygienic purposes.

So what might have made this product effective? Probably because it has complemented my skin well, it has the right ingredients and it was created by one of my trusted skin care brand. Aside from moisturizing oils, one of the interesting content of this product is its Mulberry (Morus nigra) leaf extract. It claims to lighten dark lips, especially if it’s due to smoking. According to studies, it mulberry extract works by suppressing melanin production because it contains arbutin. Another feature of this product which caught my attention is its UVA/UVB filter and SPF 15, so that means if I use this product, I should worry less about the damaging effects of the sun to my lips, so I’ll make sure I have it for my next summer get away!