Carmex Moisture Plus Tinted Lip Balms Review and Giveaway

Winter time is not a favorite time of the year for me because my skin gets mega dry and my lips tend to want to stay chapped. I have to apply some type of moisturizer several times a day to protect my lips from the dry air. I am lucky to be a member of the Carmex Blog Squad and get the chance to review new products. They recently contacted me and sent two of the new Carmex Moisture Plus Sheer Tint Lip Balms to try out. It comes in Sheer Pink, Sheer Peach, and Clear Stain Gloss Finish. I received the Sheer Pink and Sheer Peach for review.


Features of the Carmex Moisture Plus Ultra Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm:

 

• Has Vitamin E + Aloe Moisturizing Protection  
• Has Sunscreen SPF 15  
• Has a slanted tip for easy application  

What do I think about the Carmex Moisture Plus Sheer Tint Lip Balms? I love them. It makes my lips feel refreshed and renewed. Since I started using them I have noticed the dryness reducing. I normally find myself reapplying every 4 to 6 hours. I wear them alone, and then sometimes I apply them under my lipstick and then again on top of my lipstick and find that it makes my color last longer. The balms come in three tints: Sheer Pink, Sheer Peach, and Clear Satin Gloss Finish. Although the color is just a light tint, they are great for everyday wear. I do hope that they come out with new colors, preferably something in the brown or nude family. The tube it comes in is sleek and resembles some lipstick tubes and is compact enough to not take up a lot of space in my purse.   Now how can you get some for yourself? You can enter the giveaway below or you can find them at Walgreens or Walgreens.com. They usually retail for around $2.99 each. Right now you can print a coupon for $0.55 off of one that was in the Smart Source Coupon Insert on 11/7/2010.    The Giveaway   Carmex has sent me a Carmex Moisture Plus Sheer Pink and a Sheer Peach Tinted Lip Balms to giveaway to (1) lucky winner.    Rules:  1. For U.S. Residents Only. 2. This giveaway will end on December 5, 2010 at 11:59pm.  3. The winner will be chosen by random.org and notified immediately by email. The winner will have 48 hours of email to respond. If the winner does not respond within the 48 hours I will chose another winner.  4. Every comment needs to have an email address so that I can notify the winner.   Mandatory Entry Follow Mommy's Money Cents on Google Friend Connect (Found in Left Sidebar)  Optional Extra Entries Follow Carmex on Twitter Follow Carmex on Facebook Subscribe to Mommy's Money Cents by email - Found in the Left Sidebar Follow me on Twitter "Like" me on Facebook Tweet about this giveaway and include @marylynnA Follow me on Networked Blogs Join Mommy's Money Cents Blog Frog Community Blog about it and leave me a direct link to the post Disclosure: As a member of the Carmex Blog Squad, I received the above product to review and offer a giveaway to my readers. The comments/ideas/opinions are solely mine. I received no financial compensation for this post.   

Carmex Skin Care Review & Giveaway

Carmex is a name that I have known since I was little. My mom used it, so I used it. As a member of Carmex Blog Squad Team I was lucky enough to receive the chance to try the new Carmex Skin Care Line. The Skin Care Line includes Healing Lotion and Healing Cream. For me to do the review, Carmex sent me a Carmex Kit that included one tube of the Healing Lotion, one tube of the Healing Cream, 3 Carmex Moisture Plus sticks and a flavored collection of their core products in tube, stick, and jar. On top of that they have one of the kits reserved for one of my lucky readers that wins the giveaway that is below this review.

Here is some info that Carmex shared with me:

For over 70 years people have come to love the healing power of Carmex lip balms. Finally, Carmex Skin Care is here with a new solution to heal, soothe and moisturize your dry skin.

Carmex Healing Lotion is made using a patent pending process that delivers healing and moisturization without a greasy feel. You can use it anywhere your skin feels dry. Daily use will help protect skin and keep dryness away. Rich healing ingredients, including Aloe and Vitamin E, nourish and moisturize skin. It absorbs fast for a non-greasy feel and has a light pleasant scent.

Carmex Healing Cream is made using a patent pending process that delivers concentrated healing and moisturization of your driest roughest skin such as your hands, feet, elbows, and knees. It has 9 healing ingredients penetrate and help repair your very dry rough skin. It is Concentrated so that you can get away with using a small amount. Absorbs fast for a non-greasy feel and has a light pleasant scent.

Both can be found at Walgreens, Walgreens.com, and drugstore.com and the retail price is $5.99 for each product.

What’s My Opinion?

I used both the Healing Cream and Lotion for 5 days. I suffer from extremely dry spots that come on my hands from time to time and it usually takes a lot of moisturizer to get it smooth again. I used the Healing Cream on my driest spots on my hands and feet and after 5 days see an improvement. They feel soft again and not coarse like it was from the beginning of the review. It was not greasy, but I noticed that it makes my skin feel like silk after you put it on. I also like the scent of the Cream, it is very light and does not overwhelm you. I definitely see myself making this a staple in my skin care.

The Healing Lotion had the same light scent that did not take over your air space. I used this everyday and liked how quickly it absorbed. It did not leave a greasy residue behind that made you feel like you needed to shower after you put it on. I did use the lotion several times a day on my arms and hands, and like the way my skin felt after I put it on.

Overall, I was generally impressed with both the Healing Lotion and Cream. They both were not greasy feeling and made my skin feel great. I could see myself using this product long term. The packaging is simple with the classic Carmex yellow and red coloring but still you can tell that it is not your usual Carmex lip product.

Giveaway

The nice people at Carmex wants to send you the same Carmex kit they sent me (pictured here).

RULES:
1. This giveaway will end on 11/1/2010 at 11:59pm.

2. This giveaway is for USA residents only.

3. If an email address is not left in the post or in your Blogger profile, the post will be deleted. To protect your email from spam, use this format to post your email address. myemailaddress at gmail dot com.
5. The winner will be choosen by Random.org and the winner will then be notified and given 48 hours to respond to the email.

How To Enter:

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Disclosure: As a member of Carmex Blog Squad I received a Carmex Kit to review along with information on the products and  (1) kit to giveaway. All of the views expressed in the review are from my own experiences with the products.