The Best of Blistex

During a rambling conversation with my Dad that covered topics such as our favourites from Strictly Come Dancing (me – Kimberly, him – Michael), tripods and his latest purchase of a Henry hoover – exciting stuff, he told me that he’d got into a chat with one of my cousins who I haven’t seen for ages (shout out to Lisa!), about my blog. She said she loved having a read (thanks girl!), but did have one snippet of feedback – could I talk about cheaper products every now and again. She said she loved to treat herself but likes to be able to dash into Boots or Superdrug to grab a beauty bargain on a more regular basis and would love to see what I’d recommend purchasing on such a trip. Well I’m all for some constructive feedback so here it is, a new category – ‘The Budget Buy’! Now these might not be the most regular of the features on the blog cause I want to make sure I’m bringing you the best of the drugstore edit, but I’ll aim to keep everything under a tenner – cheap, cheerful and easy on the purse. For the first instalment, two absolute gems from Blistex…

If I’m not slathering the ever-so-pricey and completely not suited to this category, By Terry Baume de Rose on my lips then there’s a high chance I’ve swapped it for an offering from Blistex. I’ve spoken about their Intensive Moisturiser before; it’s a white cream that is quite literally a moisturiser for the lips. It looks quite freaky while you’re applying it, but with a good massage into the lips it almost disappears – enough for you to wander around in public and not look like a corpse, and really injects some juice into the lips. My other favourite from them, and one that me and the boy have matching pots of, is the Medplus. This is more of a classic lipbalm, with a menthol tingle that works some serious magic on chapped lips. The scent gives it a somewhat medicated vibe and it sits on your lips without feeling too greasy or heavy – I’d even go as far to say it’s my second favourite lip product (By Terry pipping it to the post, just). Both fit into my stash – the Intensive Moisturiser as more of an overnight product and the Medplus in my bag to apply during the day.

The best bit – you can pick both of these up for just over £5 . Although they’re usually thrown into some kind of deal, so worth keeping an eye out. So there you have it Lisa – add ’em to your Boots shopping list!