Himalaya Herbals Natural Intensive Lip Balm Review
by Arpita
Winters have already set in and my lips have started to crack and always keep begging for moisture. Thus, I bought this Lip balm, which says Intensive moisturizing care for severely dry or chapped lips. The packaging seemed okay and the product looked promising. Let us find out whether it worked or not.
Claims?: A unique herbal formulation that provides intensive care and protection all day long, Natural Intensive Lip Balm deeply moisturizes and soothes chapped and cracked lips leaving them soft and supple. Winter Cherry conditions lips and improves texture. Apple seed oil is an excellent antioxidant, which also heals chapped lips. Olive oil moisturizes lips and helps treat skin damage. Almond oil penetrates deeply into the skin and moisturizes lips. Honey heals chapped and cracked lips. Free from Petroleum, Silicones, Artificial colors and preservatives.
Price and Quantity:
Rs. 75 for 4.5 grams
Ingredients:
Please refer the Image.
Usage Directions:
Apply liberally and evenly on your lips
My Experience with Himalaya Herbals Natural intensive Lip Balm:
Packaging: It comes in a simple twist type tube. The packaging is simple and travel friendly; nothing bad.
Color and Fragrance: This is a colorless transparent lip balm which has a very suffocating herbal fragrance. I am sure most of you will dislike the smell. The fragrance lasts on the lips until you decide to remove it completely. Thus, this is a major turn off for me.
Staying power: Himalaya herbals Natural intensive Lip Balm stays on for 1-2 hours without any meals in between. You need to reapply it and this may be a problem for some. The lip balm is very soft and if you apply too much pressure on it while applying, it may break.
How it works: Though, it has an uncomfortable fragrance added to it; it does its job of moisturizing the lips perfectly. It provides that intensive moisture for the lips. It also healed the cracks on my lips and made them pink and healthy. It also has fewer chemicals than the other lip balms as it is herbal. I quite liked the fact that it does not leave any whitish cast behind and gives a glossy sheen to the lips.
PROS:
- Affordable price
- Give a glossy look to lips and thus can be applied under or over lipsticks.
- Heals cracked lips
- Makes lips softer
- Survived a full meal
- Free from petroleum, silicones, artificial colors and preservatives.
- Contains winter cherry, almond oil, olive oil, honey, apple seed oil and other herbal ingredients and thus safe to be used.
- The packaging makes the product travel friendly
- Stays well for 1-2 hours and prevent lips from drying for 3-4 hours
- Finally, its claim to provide intensive moisture and it is completely true
CONS:
- Breaks easily if falls from the hand
- Fragrance is a major turn off
Rating: 4/5
Do I Recommend?:
If you do not mind the uncomfortable fragrance of this lip balm then you must try it :)
Would I Repurchase?:
If you have dry lips then you may want to try it. However, the quantity is huge for me and will last for quite a long time. I will get bored of it soon and thus will not repurchase because of the pungent smell.
Lanceek
I created the blog in 2011 during my high school days and then went on to regret the domain name. More than writing, I love my kitchen-experiments; currently hoarding cast iron pans.
24 Comments
Lancy
Welcome to MABH Arpita :D Loved your first review. This seems like a decent product!
supriya kabra
happy new year lancy!! :)
Arpita Tiwary
Happy New Year everyone :D Thanks you so much Lancy! I am planning to write a lotttt more for your blog ♥♥
Lancy
Happy New year Sippy :D Where have you been these days?
Lancy
You’re most welcome Arpita.. Happy New Year! and It’s our pleasure to have your contribution :) Btw, how’s your new year going? Any new resolutions?
Arpita Tiwary
My resolution is a bit awkward- to drink 8 glasses of water everyday :P hihih
Any whacky resolution you have? :P
supriya kabra
@lancy!!.. been busy a lot at home… relatives all over the place !! :) even took leave from ofc :P
Lancy
@Sippy: Ha ha :) Same here.. Had fun with relatives these days :D
Lancy
@Arpita: Oh my!!!! It’s not awkward at all.. :D Even I took the same resolution. I never used to drink water properly from my childhood and that caused dehydration.. From this new year, I have to :P Hmm let’s see
supriya kabra
nice review arpita.. :)
Arpita Tiwary
Thank you so much Supriya! ♥
Rasa nandini
Nice Review Arpita and this looks good for it’s price :)
Arpita Tiwary
It is quite nice Rasa but the Smell is Yuckky :P
Lancy
Yucky smell?? :O I need to think twice now..
Arpita Tiwary
Yup! But it works nicely :O Confusing na?
Lancy
Yeah.. Who want their lip balms to be bad smelling :( I guess the tube one from Himalaya Herbals would be better than this.. It’s dirt cheap too.
Arpita Tiwary
Yup, the tube ones are very affordable and work fine too but its price has been increased to Rs.25 from Rs. 20 :P
Lancy
Yeah.. But it has a better fragrance :) Very mild.. It was my first lip balm Appy
Neha K
Nice review :)
Fragrance is very important when it comes to purchasing lip balms so I think I’ll skip this one :(
Arpita Tiwary
For me too, fragrance is important. This was sealed so could not get to open and get a sniff of it :(
chandana Tantri
The swatch looks super creamy….!!!
Arpita Tiwary
Yup! It is! But the smell :X
S Sinha
Sounds like a winner to me. I happen to like that weird pungent/herbal smell so this works pretty well all around for me. Now to find it on amazon so I can get it in the US.
Arpita Tiwary
Do get it :D