Always with him: ChapStick. It’s in my pocket right now. There’s one in my desk drawer, one in my bag, one in my car and a few in the dresser. Probably 15 have fallen behind my bed. It’s become emotional for me. I just need it.So how many ChapSticks at a time do you buy and where do you stow them? How badly do you panic if you go on a trip and discover you've forgotten to pack one? Tell us how much you love ChapStick. And if you don't rely on ChapStick, what do you use?
I was at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth yesterday, and the whole top floor was given over to an exhibit about the Inuit. On one little film they were showing, an old Inuit woman, who lived in the traditional Inuit way, had a glistening emollient of some sort on her lips. I wonder what it was? It looked comfy. Maybe it was better than ChapStick. I'm willing to consider that there are superior alternatives. But what are they?
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I quit. My lips don't need it now. Google "Chapstick addiction".
"...an old Inuit woman, who lived in the traditional Inuit way, had a glistening emollient of some sort on her lips. I wonder what it was?"
Probably grease from an animal - whale, walrus, seal, or fish.
For myself, vaseline.
MK Signature lip products. If you're chappy, the lip mask/lip balm work wonders.
Love the ChapStick and as long as I'm carrying one, my lips are fine, not having one will cause me start licking my lips and bring on dry lips. I usually have one in my pocket and a spare in my nightstand. I've been known to keep dead ones around because in a pinch you can dip your pinkie finger in a get a dab.
I make my own with subsidized soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup. Makes my lips fat and sweet. Thanks federal government!
I don't get it.
I had a chapstick that I bought about 5 years ago and used maybe 3 times when I went skiing. It got so gunked up when the top came off in my purse and covered with fuzz that I threw it away.
At work, I use a lip gloss that I picked up at the Clinique counter at Macy's. I use it occasionally, when I think about it, maybe once a week.
In the winter if it is really cold and dry I might use some Carmex to keep my lips from splitting.
My lips chap once a year, usually about this time, when I'm outside all day long. I use vaseline. Chapstick doesn't cut it.
I carry a tube of ChapStick in my briefcase; if my lips are dry before I go to sleep, I use antibiotic ointment, which seems to work better for longterm dryness.
An extended makeout session does wonders, too. My ex-wife's grandmother gave us that advice.
*laughs*
Would that I translate my sublime indifference to any and all forms of Chapstick into a hard currency, I would buy Bill Gates out of petty cash.
The Inuit people have thirty-seven words for lip balm.
I often use two or three tubes of ChapStick a week. I can't be without one nearby. In fact, I just put one down.
Do I have dry lips? No! Do I apply this stuff anywhere on my body? Never! Wouldn't think of it.
Why then do I buy ChapStick by the case?
Turns out ChapStick (the plain old-fashioned kind in the black tube) is an excellent lubricant for headjoint corks for flutes and piccolos. It's also good for corked tenons on piccolos, and is not bad for clarinets and oboes as well.
I'm a flute maker who specializes in piccolos, and I frequently finish and put together dozens of piccolo headjoints a week. ChapStick keeps the corks soft and pliant over time. It discourages bacteria growth, and has just the right amount of lubricity. We still use lots of natural cork in flutes and piccolos, although in headjoints it's invisible behind a metal facing. Cork has the best acoustic properties, and ChapStick is the best lubricant.
It's a weird world, isn't it?
Do you guys wax your legs too? Aside from taking part in sub-freezing outdoors activities, men don't use lip balm. Period!
Blistex DCT, daily conditioning treatment for lips. I had a severe chapped lip problem about 15 years ago (God, I'm old) and DCT was the only thing that cleared it up. I have at least 3 around at all times, but I don't use them constantly. Usually once or twice a day, and always before bed.
Living in a hot humid climate means rarely having to use chapstick. I'd trade my frizzy hair for chapped lips though.
Chapstick has been surpassed by science. If you can handle a tin, use Smith's Rosebud Salve. If you need a tube, use Burt's Bees regular yellow.
No question: switch to Burts Bees yellow.
If you think an addiction to lip balm is is off-putting, let me tell you how unpleasant it is to talk to someone with chapped lips. Nasty.
Shouldn't this be tagged 'bodily fluids' as this post is about labial lubrication?
I find Blistex Complete Moisture is by far the best (and quickly necessary) lip moistener for daily use...
but I have to second the call for Smith's Rosebud Salve, I've used it before I go to bed at night for about 15 years, and nothing works better for extended protection. Admittedly, it's also from my hometown in rural Maryland, and I think the more it spreads, the better (it's even in the several movies...Zoolander comes to mind).
I've been addicted since 1985 when I lived in Alaska. I have a tube in my pocket, two spares in my dresser, two on my nightstand, one in my briefcase, and an emergency tube in my car.
Like Stever if I don't have one handy I start licking my lips and they quickly become chapped. It doesn't have to be Chapstick, but it's got to be something similar. I had to use my wife's lip gloss once when nothing else was available.
I feel a slight panic if I'm stuck somewhere without a bottle of water. The same feeling applies when there is no restroom around.
I realize that it's a cycle.
As a year-round gardener, for me nothing beats Island Comfort lip balm. I found it in the Honolulu airport and have been able to order off their website. Their hand cream is top-notch as well.
I've become somewhat of a lip balm junkie myself over the years. I used to go with DCT, but I've switched to Blistex Complete Moisture in which I find the best on a real hot day. Chapstick is like running Win98 at this point Ann.
And if you don't rely on ChapStick, what do you use?
Nothing.
She Don't Use Jelly:
I know a girl who thinks of ghosts
Shell make ya breakfast
Shell make ya toast
She don't use butter
She don't use cheese
She don't use jelly
Or any of these
She uses vaseline
Vaseline
Vaseline
I use Kiehl's Lip Balm #1 at home and carry around Aptiva's Propoline in my purse. I find that as long as I'm hydrated and not in the sun or the cold too much, I don't really need it. But I put it on anyway. :P
Mmmm . . . Carmex.
Made in Wisconson. The company is so successful it spends no money on advertising.
Labello!!
I bought 10 tubes last time I was in Europe. I love the stuff.
I felt a need to switch to something hypo-allergenic and have found Aquaphor to be quite nice, with no scents, flavors, or stickiness. Also good is 100% petroleum jelly.
Seal blubber. (This is probably why saying "blubber" involves so much use of the lips. Advertising!)
Carmex and Burt's Beeswax. And the Burt's Beeswax lifeguard stuff that is waterproof and has sunscreen is great for summer. Although can look like you're wearing white pasty lipstick. If you're having fun at the beach, who cares?
Hey Bill! Saw the flaming lips at red rock in Colorado just last summer.
Found this stuff yesterday.
http://www.ilovechickenpoop.com/
No idea if it's any good. Something about the name kept me from picking up a stick.
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