LifestyleCarrousel: Best and worst lip balms for dry winter skin

So I thought I'd do a quick round up of lip balms that I'm currently using.

I was looking through all my handbags and beauty cases to gather them together and I'm sure I forgot a couple because my bags are like a black hole that swallow lip balms and then somehow spit them out again usually when I've long forgotten about them...

Does that happen to you too??

Anyway I'll review the ones I found

Starting with the most popular and beauty staple of a lot of models and actresses: Homeoplasmine

I bought it in a french pharmacy after reading rave reviews from all the models and industry experts on intothegloss.com (if you don't know that site yet definitely CHECK IT OUT!). It's a fatty cream for all kinds of skin irritation (you can also use it on babies and it's apparently popular as a nipple cream)

It protects your lips acting as a shield which is great for cold weather but I feel like it seals in moisture but you'd have to get the moisture from a less fatty lip balm before and then seal it with homeoplasmine if you're starting out with chapped or really dry lips.

This lip balm, Vaselina Neutra Perfumada, I got at a drugstore in spain. Nostly because I like the mintyvanilla smell and the gold/pink/red packaging.

It's good for summer and ok for drier wi ter lips bit nothing too special.

This La Roche Posay Anthelios XL 50 + Stick is a lip balm I only use when being in the mountains skiing. I like it for the SPF 50 but it's a regular lip balm and nothing special.

Dermophil Balsam Stick is not only for lips but for all kinds of skin irritations including sunburns (that's what it says, I never actually used it ob sunburns before). It looks like a glue stick, so it's not that handy but a good night stand staple. The smell is medicinal and slightly weird and I prefer it for night time use, not going out obviously but for an overnight treatment because you have to watch out on how much you use, as it can give a slightly balmy beige or white look to your lips. Except from that it is a reaaly really great treatment for dry lips and I would definitely recommend it.

Those Maybelline Baby Lips lip balms I bought because they deliver a hint of color while still being somewhat moisturizing. One is called DrRescue medicated lip balm but I don't think it's better then the regular one. I prefer these over plain vaseline and like the regular one for the slightly nude effect it delivers.

This MAC Tinted Lip Condotioner in Petting Pink with SPF 15 is a good everyday lip balm. I use it in winter and summer, it has an SPF, is moisturizing and gives a slight pinkish tint to the lips. There are other colors available and I'd definitely recommend this one.

Bought it at BOOTS in London because it looks berry red and smells good but while giving your lips a smooth feeling, it doesn't really do much and doesn't have a lasting impact. I wouldn't buy it again.

Carmex. Quite popular in switzerland, you can buy this in every pharmacy here.

This one is cherry flavoured bit there's a weird after taste. I once was studying at the library and some guy commented that it smells like a shisha smoking lounge in there. I found out later that it was because of that lip balm. Give it to your niece or baby cousin, it's too strongly scented for a grown up if you ask me...

This one is a personalited one I got from my grandmother. It's from an irish perfumery called The Burren Perfumer and it's their Honey and Beeswax Organic Lip Balm. It has a lot of good and moisturizing ingredients in it but it's one of those slippery shiny ones that I always seem to eat (not on purpose!!). Smells like Aveda or Aesop products which I like but I'm not really using it often.

This Bobby Brown EXTRA Soothing Balm is reeeally good. I love the heavy glass packaging and the minty slightly medicinal smell. The consistency is thick which I really like because I feel like it sticks better and stays on longer. I bought it at an airport after reading good reviews on it on makeupalley, because I always get extremly dry lips on airplanes. My lips felt smooth and plump even after a six hour flight. It's more on the expensive side but I wouöd definitely repurchase!

Cheap buy. This is the Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Lip Therapy. I think the content is the same than the stuff in the big Vaseline containers, just more conveniently packaged. I actually never use this. There are a lot of people who swear on Vaseline but I was never one of them.

Bioderma Atoderm Lèvres Stick hydratant. I like the pleasant smell. The conditioning effect is good. Great Lip balm for normal (not really dry) lips or for summer.

I first bought the Rosebud Strawberry Lip Balm because of it's yummy smell. But I fell in love with it after I realized that this stuff can even heal my most parched chapped and dry lips. If you use it before bed you wake up with smooth and healed skin. The scent is divine. The packaging cute and vintagey. What's not to love. And it's the only lip balm I ever finished!! After that I wanted to try the Minted Rose scent. I thought it was going to be the same product with a different scent but it feels nothing alike (i think). It's more slippery and not as soothing. Some might like the tingly mint effect/taste but I was a little disappointed after loving the strawberry one that much. Still ok though.

This is a staple at our household. My mum's been buying it for as long as I remember. It reminds me a little of Homeoplasmine but this Bepanthen Salve acts less like a barrier and is more healing. Seriously worth a try even though it sadly doesn't look or smell fancy.