Review: Lip Balm ShowDown - Vaseline vs Mary Kay vs Ettusais vs Anna Sui

after trying countless of lip balms, i decide to write a review & compare the current 4 lip balms that ive with me right now. by the way, ive VVVV dry lips if you noticed.

the contestants are:

1) Vaseline lip therapy (advanced formula)
2) Mary kay satin lips lip balm
3) Ettusais lip essence spf 18 PA++
4) Anna sui lip balm

i will be naming them according to their initials as follows: (1V) (2MK) (3E) (4AS)

Round1: Price & Quantity!

(1v) $3.90, 10g. (2mk) $20, 8g. (3e) $26, 8g. (4AS) $30, 16g.

as you can see, if u were to compare, (1v) is definitely gonna be the cheapest of all! 2nd shld be (4AS) :)

Round 2: Packaging!

do i need to say more?!! (4AS) of coz! 2nd would be (3E).

Round 3: Convenience & tip design (the part which touches my lips)

as you can see, (1V) (2MK)(3E) are in tube while (4AS) is in a tub. for the tip design, (2MK) & (3E) have the same tip design shown below:

(1V) has the round tip design. For (4AS), Ive to use a lip brush to apply, using hands is q impossible, wont be able to pick up enough balm for the lips & it will be unhygenic as well. so for this round, obviously (2MK) & (3E) are the winners.

round 4: scent

they are all fragrance free except (4AS) if im not wrong. (4AS) has a rose scent, my fave! (3E) is fragrance free, but it does smell nice too for some reason haha, mebbe its bcos of the ingredient. (1V) & (2MK) are petroleum based so they dont really smell nice. so obviously, (4AS) is my 1st & (3E) will be my 2nd

Round5: Texture & Effects

(1V) can be q hard to spread on the lips, not as watery as compared to (2MK).

(2mK) will be most watery of all, and its very watery! this makes application much smoother and easier, and u wont even feel u are wearing sth! but it can be hard to control the amount applied as well due to this texture. after applying, lips looks fuller cos of the watery feel, but looks most healthy! after a while, the lips tend to absorb in the balm though, so the watery effect dont last v long.

(3E) is in between the 2 above. its the most glossy among the 4 as well. i rmb JX once commented that my lips look oily, probably i applied too much or wad =.= the essence is abit sticky too. the +point is that its the only one with sun protection! but i realised whenever i apply this lipbalm, it always form a white layer (i suppose is dead skin) on my lips another friend experienced this too, pretty ugly i feel!

(4AS) the texture is just right, not sure if its between im using a brush though. the gloss is just right too!

for effects & texture wise, i prefer (2MK) the most! 2nd will be (4AS).

Round 6: Moisturising

(1V) is the most moisturising of all for my super dry lips! for the 2nd placed, i cant decide between this 2.. so its a draw between (4AS) & (3E)

RESULT: Anns Sui won!!! Reasonably priced, pretty, nice scent & Quite moisturising. lol. 2nd runner up is Vaseline! there is a close fight between (1V) & (2MK) by the way.. BUT, if ur lips aint that dry, go for (2MK)! the watery, healthy & natural looking effects is really great!


这几年试过许多唇膏，所以决定让家里的4支唇膏一较高下！本人的嘴唇是属于非常干燥型的。

要对决的4支护唇膏是：

1）Vaseline (凡士林）Advanced formula，简称 (1V)
2) Mary kay satin lips lip balm 简称 (2MK)
3) Ettusais （艾杜纱） 唇部修护精华 spf 18 PA++ 简称(3E)
4) Anna sui 安娜苏 , 简称 (4AS)


第一局 ：价位和容量

(1v) $3.90, 10g. (2mk) $20, 8g. (3e) $26, 8g. (4AS) $30, 16g.

一看就知道，凡士林是最便宜的！第二是安娜苏。

第二局：包装

这还用说吗？！当然是安娜苏啦！第二是艾杜纱。

第三局：方便和款式 （这里指的是碰触嘴唇的地方）

(1V) (2MK)(3E) 都是一支支的，只有(4AS)是罐装型。而(2MK)(3E) 的设计有点不同（看以上的图片），比起（1VS)那圆圆的设计，它们用起来更方便。而(4AS)还得配合小刷子使用，不然的话有手会很不卫生。

所以这局是 (2mk)(3E)获胜。

第四局：香味

除了(4AS)，其他3支都是无添加香料。(4AS)有淡淡的玫瑰香味，是我的最爱。虽然(3E)没有添加任何香料，但闻起来还不错。

第五局：质地和效果

(1V)会因为没那么“水”，所以涂起来没那么顺。

(2MK) 水水的，涂起来超方便！但可能在控制分量方面会比较困难。涂了之后，嘴唇看起来更丰满，看起来很健康，自然。但是这效果不持久，嘴唇感觉会被吸收掉。

(3E) 涂了之后，嘴唇亮亮的，很像唇密，但是有点粘粘。但是朋友曾经对我说过我的嘴唇涂完后看起来油油的，不知道是不是涂太多了。但是这款是唯一有防晒功能的。值得注意的是，每次涂这款护唇精华液都会在我的嘴唇留下白白一层的死皮，很难看。

(4AS) 质地和效果都很不错，涂完后也亮亮的。

这一局，我比较偏向(2MK)。第二是(4AS)。

第六局：滋润程度

(1V)是最滋润的，第二名，（3E) 和 (4AS)打成平手。


结论：

(4AS)赢了! 价格合理，包装漂亮，香香的，也蛮滋润。第二名是(1V)。其实(1V)和(2MK)竞争和激烈，但最后我还是选择(1V)。但如果你的嘴唇不是太干，(2MK)也是不错的选择，水水的效果真的蛮好看。