Carmex Lip Balms

I love a lip balm, behind nail polish they are a big obsession with me, who doesn't want to keep their lips looking nice and shiny, as well as moisturised, and looking in tip top shape (hands up!).

Carmex have their tube lip balm (they also do stick lip balms which will be blogged about later but here I will deal with the tube balms). The packaging on these lip balms is unusual and I will admit I have never seen packaging like this (I mean the domed head for the applicator). All the lip balms have camphor which leaves your lips tingling which isn't bad but can be quite funky smelling with the cherry and strawberry.

This specific lip balm comes in a range of flavours (Original, Mint, Cherry, and Strawberry).

Mint
This gives off a nice smell of mint, and leaves your lips tingling.

Strawberry
I love the smell of Strawberry but this also gives off a mint smell because of the camphor in the product.

Cherry
This has to be my favourite out of the four different tubes

Original
This just smells mentholated due to the camphor in the product but it does leave your lips nice and covered.

Overall they are a good lip balm, the formula is quite gooey so you only need a tiny amount (or your lips look like they've been glued together).

Thanks for tuning in

Gemma
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BLOGMAS 8: What's In My Bag - Christmas Edition

I've noticed that my Blogmas hasn't really had a lot of Christmassy cheer, so while thinking of an idea for a Christmassy blog post, I literally pulled this out of the bag.

As you can see I was telling the truth when I said I pulled this post out of the bag. I bought this bag from Primark 3 years ago at around this time, and I have pulled it out every year for Christmas. It holds a load of stuff, quite a slouchy bag (but it is a pain when it chucks it down)

So now onto what I have in this mighty titan of a reindeer bag.

As you can see I carry around a lot of stuff:

• Keys
• Cosmetic Bag - You will see more down below as to what is in here.
• Ear Buds - JVC Blue, I bought these from Tesco and they are fantastic, This is my 2nd pair in god knows how many years.
• Sure Deodorant
• Ipod - I walk to work everyday and I always listen to my ipod.
• Pens - I always have a couple of pens flying around.
• Work Card and Gryffindor Lanyard - I need my card to access the computer systems at work, the lanyard I bought when me and my mum went to the Harry Potter Studio Tour (which was fantastic, Professor Lupin is my favourite)
• Umbrella 
• Memory Stick - I always keep a memory stick on me as you never know when you might need one.
• Iphone - I never leave home without it.
• Gaviscon
• Purse
• Notebook - I use this to put down any blog ideas, and at the moment I am writing in my favourites and empties so far of December.
• Tissues
• Saffiano Filofax - This is another thing I never leave home without it (it's helping me plan my Blogmas challenge)

In my cosmetic bag I don't carry a lot of things (mainly lip balms)

As said previously I love my lip balms, I have:

• 3 Maybelline Baby Lips (Cherry Me, Peach Kiss, and Hydrate) - I love these lip balms they are fantastic.
• The Body Shop Lip Balm in Cranberry Joy - This is in there due to Christmas, I need a christmassy lip balm in there. 
• 2 Carmex Lip Balms (Mint and Cherry) -  I know, I know I am a lip balm addict, thats 6 lip balms in there.
• Cuticura Hand Sanitser - always a good thing to have on you. 
• Compact Mirror - 
• Glass Wipes - I wear glasses all the time so I always need to have some of these flying around (especially if I'm off to the movies, I hate streaks on my glasses)
• Vicks Inhaler - I have the crappiest sinuses so with the cold weather my nose always run (I haven't had to chase after it yet, but give it time)
• Hemp Hand Cream - This is my favourite hand cream (it is looking a bit beaten at the moment) it has the funkiest smell but the cream is fantastic it moisturises my hands without leaving them too greasy.
• Forever Yours Perfume  - this was just a perfume I picked up from Superdrug for £3 (I only wanted a small perfume that I could put into my bag, this has a really lovely and light smell, perfect for work).

Thanks for tuning in

Gemma