I get a lot of questions about whether spending £35 on a lip balm is a worthwhile beauty investment. I was obsessed with Sisley’s Nutritive Balm, which at £44 a pot makes By Terry Baume de Roses look like a bargain, but I did spend it and did love using it because it did miraculous things for my lips in terms of softening.
However, even with 48 active ingredients in By Terry Baume de Roses, I’d consider this a very luxury purchase that’s worthwhile for the pleasure of it rather than any effects that go over and above what a mid-price balm can do.The top layer of your lips can’t really be ‘moisturised’ as such, but it can be softened and prevented from losing natural moisture. When you use a Chapstick or similar thing, you’re only ever comforting the feel and preventing moisture loss – to get any hydration into the next layer of skin underneath the top layer, ingredients need to be specific, (such as Vitamin E which By Terry does contain). The more of those there are in a balm, the better it’s doing a hydrating rather than a barrier only job. So, if you’re big on balm, you might consider this as the same treat as a luxury lipstick, although even the NHS advises avoiding pot balms because of the constant dipping finger thing – do wash your hands before applying pot balms or use a brush and make sure you wash that regularly.
I do like By Terry Baume de Roses, not least because it has a gentle rose fragrance and no flavour (urgh, mint in everything!) and feel highly softening. But, I’m really not sure it’s doing the over and above thing, not least because it contains fragrances and with such a long ingredient list, it’s hard to tell what does what, exactly. It’s a treat, not an essential.
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8 comments
I will definitely have to give this balm a try. I work in retail so my lips get dried out really quickly, especially during the winter time.
Awesome post! 🙂
I think it looks lush and I love all of Terry’s products however they are pretty expensive even for a professional makeup artist like me. Hygiene wise a good quality cotton bud could work too, that is what I do to give clients lip balms, a clean finger is probably the best idea as a brush can also gather bacteria fairly quickly. Thank you for this post, full of great information. AM x
Lovely review! Sometimes a treat is necessary over an essential after a long day 🙂
TBH I don’t know why anyone makes any lip product in a pot these days. A stick or tube is so much more convenient.
Really want to try this!
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I’m constantly on the hunt for a good, properly moisturising lip balm…..I think only the Nuxe one has helped so far……may have to give this a go :-). Do you have any other recommendations? It’s the bane of my life ….well, beauty wise 🙂
Lanolips! It’s what I use daily x
Brilliant….thanks Jane, I’ll give that a go 🙂