Beauty: The cure to softer non-chapped lips!

 

Okay so first, the elephant in the room....I have been completely awful with this whole blog thing. I haven't updated in forever and I feel so bad! My last sub-term at Liberty was excruciating for me because I took an extra class and on top of that, I am now in my major classes - so yea, you get the idea. I also recently had a little minor surgery (or not so minor I should say) and I am going to cover that whole experience in a future post, for anyone who is interested! Anyways, I am back on track now and I am going to start updating this regularly...I am also going to make it a priority! ;)

Back to the original post....

I don't know how many people suffer with dry, chapped lips, but I know I sure do! I suffer year-round, not just in the winter like most people, and unfortunately I have dealt with this since I was little. I like to call it "chronic dry lips" because I swear it is a disorder for me. I have seen doctors and my derm about it because it is embarrassing, I am constantly picking at my lips and people always tell me to stop, they just peel, and peel, and peel. I have tried every medicated chapstick and lip treatment out there and the only advice I got from the doctor was to use Aquaphor (really? I was seriously hoping there was some kind of seriously moisturizing lip ointment that you need a prescription for. Apparently there isn't, or maybe my doctor felt it was unnecessary...who knows!). Needless to say, the Aquaphor surprisingly didn't work.

Fast-forward to present-day....I have finally found something that works and honestly it is unbelievable to me because it is so cheap and over-the-counter! It is Maybelline's Baby Lips SPF 20 Moisturizing Lip Balm! I saw a commercial for it right when it came out; it's claims were to have 8 hour lip hydration and visibly renewed lips in just 4 weeks, on top of that it claims to be at the clinical strength level. I was thinking yea right, I even laughed. I have tried literally everything, so I decided I might as well give it a shot and to my surprise, my lips were better in A DAY! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, has made my lips better...EVER! So for me to claim this, and to even write about it...well, that means something. This stuff is amazing and I will never ever go another day without it in my life. I have bought it in every flavor (It's actually pretty flavor-less which I like, I hate flavored lip glosses and chapsticks..yuck) and color and I have not had one that didn't work yet. I don't know what I will do if they ever discontinue it. So Maybelline, if you see this, PLEASE DON'T EVER DISCONTINUE BABY LIPS, EVER. People like me don't just love it, we NEED it...please and thank you!

Oh and while I'm on the subject, for those who have dry peeling lips like me, my favorite lipstick I have found is Wet N Wild's Mega Last Lip Color. It is super cheap and SUPER works! It never goes on caked, it lasts, and never bleeds on to my teeth. Lipstick usually looks horrible on my lips due to the peeling, but for what ever reason this stuff always goes on well and looks smooth, I love it.

**I paid for this product and all opinions are my own.**

Beauty: Whiter teeth in minutes!

I have found the BEST mouthwash ever so I had to share!

I am seriously obsessed with whitening my teeth. I use strips all the time, toothpastes, mouthwashes, and the list could go on....

For years I have been using the Crest Whitestrips and I love those, still use them often. I will also buy the Target brand white strips and feel those work very well too, especially for the price. Even though I've bought "whitening" toothpastes and mouthwashes as well, I can't give them any credit for whitening my teeth....that is until I found an awesome mouthwash about a month ago!

I ran across a cool little bottle of mouthwash at Target that was by Rembrandt called Deeply White + Peroxide Whitening Mouthwash. Well that for one caught my eye because I knew I hadn't ran across a mouthwash that had hydrogen peroxide in it, so I immediately thought "wow, that probably has some good whitening power!". I'm all about trying anything new that I think will whiten my teeth, so I broke out my phone and looked up some reviews on it. All the reviewers were saying how much they loved this mouthwash, it was the only one of its kind, they noticed results immediately...so on. I got excited, so I snatched it up.

Rembrandt claims that this is the first whitening mouthwash that restores and strengthens tooth enamel while also visibly whitening teeth. The mouthwash starts working on contact due to it's rapid-release liquid peroxide formula.

When I tried this mouthwash for the first time, I was seriously shocked. My teeth were a couple shades whiter just after one use. From using it a month now, I will say that the whitening effects of this mouthwash aren't as long lasting as the whitestrips alone IF you don't use it on a daily basis. If you use this in the morning and at night consistently, your teeth WILL be whiter and the whitening will last...you just have to be consistent with it. My bottle cost about $5 and even after a month I still have a lot left. I will have to agree with Rembrandt and a lot of other fans that this mouthwash is truly one of a kind. I have tried SO many and this is the only one that I have actually seen results from, GREAT results at that. I still use my strips and I believe the two together give me amazing results. So, if you want white teeth fast I would go pick you up a bottle of this and a box of whitening strips and you will be good to go!

If you sign up for Rembrandt's special offers here, you will automatically receive manufacturers coupons that you can print and use towards a purchase of this mouthwash.

**I paid for this product and all opinions are my own.**