Lip Make-up > 30 GBP to 39 GBP Lip Make-up

Advantages: Shiny shimmery colour, tastes and smells great!
Disadvantages: Very rare since Pout went bust!

Pout were a UK company who dealt in high end makeup with cute packaging and fun names. Note the past tense - they went bust! Their products are still floating around online though, a lot of which you can get a great deal for, and they are worth snagging before stocks run out. I got my lipslick in a set from TK Maxx which had a lipslick, eyeshadow and eyeliner for £10. You can find Pout on most of the discount cosmetics sites online, the best price ...
...were very few in stock, Pout fast becoming extinct and all. There are other sites which have them, and eBay is always a good port of call for their products. This cute glosses come in a variety of shades (remember though not all are still around), with names such as Sexy Girl, Shy Girl, Spoilt Girl, etc. They range from light pink (Cute Girl), to brownish (Devious Girl) to bright red (Posh Girl). The clear tube contains 4ml, and is roughly three ... Read review

Advantages: Quality and natural ingredients, feels and smells great
Disadvantages: Not widely available, pricey but worth it

...last review, I found a Badger Balm I had forgotten about really, so I've decided that will be my next review. I picked this balm up about a year ago in Boots because it was placed by the checkout with all kinds of other goodies that you don't need, but want. I will admit to being a bit of a lip balm junkie, so I popped it in my basket and used only that for a few weeks, before it was relegated to the drawer with all the other fallen soldiers and ...
...A little background on Badger - they are a company from New Hampshire who create a whole host of lip and body balms, sunscreens, soaps, baby products and aromatherapy items, all made from 100% natural and quality ingredients. Over here, they are quite rare; although they can be found online and the balms are in Boots, I have never seen any of their other products anywhere. Then again, I haven't really looked all that hard either. I have heard great ... Read review

Advantages: Very moisturising, matt finish
Disadvantages: Tastes bad

...(i had to stop using mine when i went skiing) but apart from that i'd recommend this since it moisturises really well and leaves lips silky smooth and kissable! Like all body shop products it has "against animal testing" written on the back, and it was also really cheap. ... Read review

Advantages: Leaves lips kissable again
Disadvantages: Can sting

I always have about 3 of these in different places so i always have one close by. This is an amazing product that i literally use all the time, but especially more in the winter. On the tube it says "medicated cream for quick relief of occasional cold sores, cracked, chapped and sore lips", it's not a natural product -containing ammonia solution and liquified phenol but none of the chemicals seem harmful. It occasionally stings when you have really ...
...it's normally very gentle and "tingly". I don't suffer from cold sores but i know other people who do, i recommended this cream to them and they were amazed that it helps so quickly and cleanly. The only other problem is that the cream sometimes seperates so you get a pocket of liquid, especially when opening a new tube but this can be used just like the cream. I use this just like lip balm and it's the best conditioning lip product i have... ... Read review

Advantages: taste, smell, colour
Disadvantages: it went mouldy (!!), not as much in tube as you'd expect

Another Elf product, this one I was probably the most impressed with...until the other day. But we'll get to that in a second. The New Moisture Care Lip Color is what I would describe as a lip stain rather than a gloss, which comes in eight shades, ranging from pale beige/nude, to bright red, to brown. It's "intensive hydrating elements" (which Elf does not list) are supposed to make your lips soft and supple. So does it work? Yes...but I did encounter ...
...with all Elf products, they cost £1.50, so it's hardly breaking the bank. Although I am much more careful about how much product I twist out now! EDIT - Have had to throw it away, one day after this review, because it smelled like mildew. Disgusting!! Have contacted Elf. ... Read review