Guys out there: I'm sure that so many of you cannot understand the concept of why you see so many women who insist on using, swearing by, and carrying at least 5 little pots of Vaseline around with them. WHY!? I hear you cry. What is the need to rely on an insignificant little pot of manky ... Read review
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWAH!!!!
Advantages: A little piece of heaven for your lips Disadvantages: Really gloopy- you don't wana let this stuff melt!
...least 5 little pots of Vaseline around with them. WHY!? I hear you cry. What is the need to rely on an insignificant little pot of manky looking goo that's a load of petroleum jelly!
I am here to help to try and explain the myth of Vaseline; why you either love it or hate it, and to also tell you why I, the wonderful (pfff) MissTopaz can't go anywhere without it in my handbag.
Vaseline Intensive Care (http://www.vaseline.com/vic.html) ... ...and swear by is my Vaseline Petroleum Jelly: Lip Therapy with Aloe Vera. I purchased mine from Boots for the most wonderfully reasonable price of 99p. I can say it was the price which attracted me to Vaseline first, and as I will confirm later, it is definitely the best value for money!!! You can buy it from general chemist stores or any Boots.
The two standard packaging designs for the Vaseline Lip Therapy are the standard blue and ... more
Guys out there: I'm sure that so many of you cannot understand the concept of why you see so many women who insist on using, swearing by, and carrying at least 5 little pots of Vaseline around with them. WHY!? I hear you cry. What is the need to rely on an insignificant little pot of manky looking goo that's a load of petroleum jelly!
I am here to help to try and explain the myth of Vaseline; why you either love it or hate it, and to also tell you why I, the wonderful (pfff) MissTopaz can't go anywhere without it in my handbag.
Vaseline Intensive Care (http://www.vaseline.com/vic.html) is a company that produces products that are specifically designed to care for and protect your skin, from your lips to your fingernails, to your toes! The products they do range from Lip Therapy, Intensive Care Lotion, Petroleum Jelly, and Intensive Care Bath, so there's something to suit every need! Aloe Vera is a member of the cactus variant of the Lily family and is full to the bursting with healthy nutrients. It is the gel from the inner leaf that soothes dry skin and burns, and promotes cell growth and repair. (info on Aloe Vera can be easily obtained through Google-ing)
The little pot that I love and swear by is my Vaseline Petroleum Jelly: Lip Therapy with Aloe Vera. I purchased mine from Boots for the most wonderfully reasonable price of 99p. I can say it was the price which attracted me to Vaseline first, and as I will confirm later, it is definitely the best value for money!!! You can buy it from general chemist stores or any Boots.
The two standard packaging designs for the Vaseline Lip Therapy are the standard blue and white, or the green and white for the (not so surprising) Aloe Vera. The dinky little tin is perfectly handbag sized. The tub type pot is approximately 2cm high and 5cm in diameter. This means that it will fit into pretty much any bag, or for you guys who care about their lips (good for you!), it should easily fit into a pocket!
The pot is made out of tin, and the lid is a simple slide off, but it's a very tight design and there's no way the lid will fall off in your bag- God forbid a Vaseline covered hair brush or purse! There's a little lip type bit round the join between the lid and the pot, so you can easily apply enough pressure to remove the lid.
A downfall for me here is that I have had my pot for about two months, and from being carried around everywhere in a bag next to keys, or massive piles of textbooks, it means that the pot looks very worse for wear, and I'm not even half way through it! Around all the edges the colouring has scratched off, leaving gorgeous scratchy tin marks! But not to fear, I came up with a clever solution-when bored in an IT lesson, I discovered a permanent marker pen- and drew all over the lid! Fun! Much better now it looks personalised, and hey, it saves any mix up with anyone else's!
When you twist off the lid for first use, you are greeted by a perfectly full (don't you just hate companies who screw you over with packaging?) tub of a perfectly smooth product. I don't know about anyone else out there, but I just loved being the first one to leave my fingerprints in the perfectly-smooth-as-a-mirror surface!
When using the mixture, you really need to be aware that a little goes a long long way, and that it's very easy to just smush your finger in and end up with masses left and in a horrible mess. When applying, you just need sufficient to make your index finger look shiny and covered. Anymore and you will just end up with gloopy lips, and with either have to try and make it get back into the pot, or wipe it somewhere…mmm.
Another consuming problem is the gloopiness of the Vaseline, you really need to be so careful otherwise you just end up wasting it and it's not the easiest mixture to get off your fingers, or from round your lips. Like I said before, I've had my pot for about 2 months, and I'd say I'm about a third of my way through it. How great value it that!? I should try and see if I can make my pot last for half a year!
OK the actual usage. Because Vaseline is such a smooth mixture, it glides onto your lips really easily and smoothly. And because it's the Aloe Vera version, you can smell the stuff as you apply it, and you can feel it all tingly and Aloe-Vera-y. Personally I prefer the Aloe Vera pot in a big way, because it smells a lot nicer, and has better healing properties, especially to burns, so it will be a lifesaver to those who go on sunny holidays!
Like I said, a little goes a long way, and when it's on your lips, it stays there for ages. I like to apply mine a lot, but if I applied and then didn't reapply, then my lips stay really smooth and soft for about 2 hours. I like to always ensure that my lips feel smooth all the time! I find it really does sooth my lips. It's great for the cold weather when your lips get dried by the cold or that awful painful chapping sensation. Since I've been a user of Vaseline, I've never had chapped lips, so I believe it does posses long term effects. It does have the 'mmm' factor, because it's so nice to just rub your lips together and feel the smooth, soothing properties working and making you feel glamorous with sexy smooth lips! It's also so good for ladies to carry around, because it also acts as a lip gloss, but in a natural less-is-more way. Are you guys starting to understand why we women love it so much??
You also don't have to just use the lip therapy on your lips- the pot states that it also soothes dry skin, and I like to use it on the top of the palm of my hands just before the fingers start, because it helps keep that area soothed.
Now the myth I heard was that Vaseline promotes hair growth, and this was why it took me so long to get into Vaseline, because I was worried I'd end up with the dreaded 5 o'clock shadow if I used it! But I don't need to worry; there has been no unwanted hair growth! However a friend of mine did actually put it on her eyelashes, and apparently it made them grow!
The stuff definitely comes into its own if you have split or badly damaged lips, because the Aloe Vera properties really do calm and sooth the painful areas, and prevent further cracking, which, being a musician is an absolute dire situation for me.
So, have I helped to explain the baffling concept of why we women love this cute little fashion accessory? It just has so many uses! It is a lifesaver and is one of the most crucial handbag items I believe a woman should never go without. And come on, the little pots are just so cute! And when they're empty they make a cute little holder for hair pins or beads or buttons! So the usefulness will live on!
...so I decided to try Vaseline Petroleum Jelly lip Therapy with Aloe Vera, mainly because I liked the look of the little pocket sized tin....dinky.
****** Brief Background******
Vaseline was discovered in 1859 by Robert Chesebrough in Pennyslylvania. Whilst trying to strike oil he became fascinated with the thick gloopy petroleum goop that used to stick to the base of the rigs, causing them to sieze. He realised that if you rubbed it on a cut or ... ...Therapy with Aloe Vera , Vaseline are emblazoned accros the front of the tin in white. This is a pretty looking and dinky little tin. (handy tip..when it's empty it is ideal for keeping pins in or even as a pill box) ***The test*****
Opening the lid you are faced with a very pleasant smelling, slightly sweet, yellowish green ,jelly like substance. Using a finger you only need to take a tiny amount and smear across the affected lips..mmmmmmm..lovely ...
Averilla 27.02.2005
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Advantages: Pocket Size and Smells Nice Disadvantages: Makes Your Fingers Greasy
...loyal friends to that small vaseline tin carrying it around with them everywhere and applying it when they can as a type of fashion accessory as well as a wonderful therapy. So i thought to myself why don't i go out and buy some for myself seems as everyone else seems to have a tin of it? Before i bought this wonderful product, i clearly remember Vaseline being in those plastic pots being of a medium size and the smell of it being of a chemical plastic ... ...small pocket sized tin of vaseline but as we have one and my mum uses it all the time i thought i'd use as well as smell it and i'm guessing the company has eradicated this smell and there's none whatsoever.
As for the Aloe Vera addition of the Vaseline tin, here's some information for you........
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From store to store wherever you go the price will vary but i bought this tin from Tesco at a price of 98p and ...
Siobhany 19.02.2005
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Advantages: Smoothes Lips, Cheap, Smells Nice, Lasts A Long Time Disadvantages: Application with a finger only, some may find it greasy
...simply a choice between the Vaseline Lip Therapy with Aloe Vera or simply the Vaseline Lip Therapy on it's own. I personally decided to purchase the Aloe Vera version solely because I cannot stand the smell of Vaseline on its own (to me it smells like rotting animal guts). And I found that the Aloe Vera version masked this smell significantly, also the green packaging swayed me (how superficial!). So that's the tale of Lisa's purchase!
~~~Describe ... ...space. It contains 20g off Vaseline with Aloe Vera. It is packaged in a bright, dark green and white tin, which was easy to locate. The front cover is: top half green with white lettering, and the bottom half is white with green lettering. The back of the pot contains the ingredients and the barcode. And round the rim of it, it has contact information via postal address and telephone. (If you want this information, send me a message and I'll give ...
anya_lahiri 09.05.2005
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Advantages: Soothing and healing qualities. Great value for money. Disadvantages: Use too much and it will congeal. Can stain clothing.
...little tin caught my attention. Vaseline Lip Therapy Aloe Vera comes in an eye-catching green and white little tin clearly labelled. The 20g tin is a perfect handbag or pocket size - about 2cm high and 5cm in diameter. The tin is secure - no mistakenly squeezed tubes or missed tops to sticks. (I have had mine for a few months now and the lid is still secure!). Apart from the packaging (Yes I know I am a sucker for good packaging), the Vaseline brand ... ...brand name. Vaseline actually has no medicinal effect in itself and it is not actually absorbed by the skin. It's effectiveness stems from its barrier against the elements - it inhibits germs from getting into the cracks or sores and prevents the skin's moisture from evaporating.. The Aloe Vera however is bursting with healthy nutrients - it s a member of the cactus variant of the Lily family and is known to sooth dry skin and promotes cell growth ...
MAFARRIMOND 14.03.2007
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Advantages: Softens lips and skin, easy to carry. Disadvantages: Smell and taste.
I am a fan of vaseline lip care, which I use regularly, but have a pot that is at teast 3/4 full and will last ages. Yesterday I wandered over to Boots the Chemist with the sole intention of purchasing a birthday gift for someone. There was nothing, they must only stock things over Christmas in gift packages. Our Boots is only a small branch though. Feeling frustrated and not wanting to leave empty handed, my eagle eye scanned the shelves and spotted ... ...Well I already use the vaseline lip therapy and am really pleased with it. It is very much the same in appearance, except the pots are different colours, the aloe vera one is in green and white whereas the original is blue and white. It is in a little metal tin and the lid lifts off. It is quite easy to lift off, though but as the tin is so small (20g) sometimes it is a bit difficult to hold on to, so I insert my nail to lift it up, its alright if ...
spottydog2 21.01.2007
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