Hey everyone!
It’s been a while, huh? Senior year has been a ride, and with that comes a LOT of work. At the time I’m writing this, COVID-19 is a big headline and everything is crazy. Everyone has been ordered to stay home, probably for the next few weeks at least, so that means there’ll be some posts coming up!
Today I have a review of these awesome lip balms from Hurraw! I had a few balms from them that I reviewed way back in 2016, and they were some of the best lip balms I have ever used. I recently ordered their tinted lip balm in the shade Hazelnut (review on the way soon), and I’ve been loving it so much that I decided to order more from them because I’ve missed having these amazing lip balms around. It was actually my first time ever ordering from their website, I used to order them from Amazon but they would be three or four dollars more than the website price.
It was so hard to choose which ones I wanted to try, because they all sounded amazing. Since the last ones I had were pretty bold scents, I decided to go with some of their more natural scents for springtime: Almond, Lemon, Mint, Earl Grey, and Coffee Bean as a repurchase because I LOVE it. They were so sweet, they included an extra Cherry Lemon scented lip balm (!!!) and a sample of their unscented BALMTOO (!!!) which were really exciting to find when I opened the package.
Also, a quick note- this is NOT a sponsored post! I purchased everything in this review with my own money, with the exception of the free samples they included. What can I say, I just really love Hurraw!
I should probably talk about the brand a bit, because trust me, they’re pretty awesome. Their products are all natural, vegan, and made with raw ingredients, which is pretty hard to find in skincare these days. Their lip balms currently come in 27 scents, and they’ve also been expanding their product range in the past year: they recently added Aura Balms (which I haven’t tried but would really like to!) and BALMTOO, which is a multipurpose balm that they actually included a free sample of! As of May 2020, their non-tinted lip balms are $4.00 each, the tinted ones are $5.00 each, the Aura Balms are $22 each, and the BALMTOO’s are $29.00 for scented ones and $27.00 for the unscented one. A bit pricey, but hey, you’re getting vegan, organic products that are actually really great for your skin.
Guys, these lip balms smell so good. I love it when a lip balm is both moisturizing and scented! It’s even better when I know the scent comes from natural ingredients, rather than being synthetic and fake. Almond smells exactly like marzipan, and almond cookies, since sweet almond oil is the first ingredient. If you like almond, you NEED to try this lip balm. Lemon has the perfect lemongrass scent, the ingredients include both lemon peel oil AND lemongrass leaf oil so it’s the ultimate lemon lip balm! It smells just like the Lemon Zinger tea from Celestial Seasonings. I can almost smell some ginger too! Mint smells creamy and delicately minty, with a hint of vanilla. It makes me think of candy canes! I like that the peppermint isn’t overwhelming, it mixes well with the cocoa butter and sweet almond oil. Earl Grey is a tea scented balm, and it’s unlike any other tea lip balm I’ve ever tried. I’ve never had earl grey tea before, but this is what I imagine it smelling like. It contains bergamot peel oil and limonene, which give it a light, citrus-spicy tea scent. If you’re a tea lover like I am, you definitely need this lip balm in your life. Coffee Bean is just as good as I remember! It actually contains coffee bean oil and cocoa seed paste along with cocoa butter, so it smells like coffee with a hint of chocolate. It makes me want a mocha!
The free Cherry Lemon balm they included is super fruity and tangy, and smells just like lemongrass mixed with cherry Lifesavers. It’s going to be perfect for summertime! I wish they sold it with their other products, because I’m definitely going to miss this one when I finish it! Notice how they put “not for sale, just for fun” over where the bar code should be? So cool!
The BALMTOO is amazing, it has a super creamy texture and it’s really moisturizing! It contains chia seed oil, jojoba seed oil, and meadowfoam seed oil so it’s really good for your skin! It also soaks in really quickly, and isn’t greasy. I was curious as to whether it actually had a scent or not, because sometimes unscented stuff smells herbal or vanilla-y. It really does smell like nothing! This is great for people who are really sensitive to scented products and who just want something that smells like nothing at all. I wish there was more in the sample, because I love it so much and want more but don’t want to spend the $27 to get a full size. If you have the money to try it, I highly recommend!! Maybe sometime in the future I’ll grab a full size one so I can do a more in-depth review! Multi-use balms are pretty amazing, I already use lip balm on my cuticles or dry spots on my skin sometimes if I’m not at home and it’s all I have (only if it’s non-tinted and natural), and it works great!
In conclusion, I have to say that Hurraw lip balms are no doubt in my top five favorite lip balms. In about a month, I’m going to have to pick my half-year skincare favorites, and I can guarantee that at least one of these balms is going to make it into that post. They’re just so good! If you’ve never tried them, please, PLEASE try them. You won’t be sorry!
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I know that a lot of you are probably pretty curious about how much this palette smells like lemonade- and I have good news! This palette really does smell like sour lemons, with a bit of a sweet scent in there too. It is a light scent, and doesn’t smell EXACTLY like an ice-cold glass of lemonade, but you can definitely smell the lemon in there! I like it.
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