# Lip balm? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128 "2001-10-18T02:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/21 "2001-10-19T15:48:00Z")
I like the hemp lip balm too, but I usually use regular ol’ ChapStick. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/22 "2001-10-19T20:12:27Z")
Hemp lip balm? Why hemp? I just can’t help picturing itchy lip balm. I have a hemp anklet lying around somewhere and it itched like crazy. jessica ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/23 "2001-10-19T21:11:29Z")
Another vote for Blistex Herbal Answer. **Vix** recommended it to me yesterday, and I’m already hooked. ---
**Author:** ![ferrisgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@ferrisgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ferrisgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/24 "2001-10-20T05:55:35Z")
lipsmackers in watermelon is the best chapstick ever. it smells good, it’s shiny, it stays on, it doesn’t sting, and you can peel the ugly green wrapper off from around the chapstick itself, since the tube is clear. then you can see how much you have left and it looks all cool. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/25 "2001-10-20T06:04:23Z")
even though it’s already been mentioned numerous times, I HAVE to suggest Burt’s Bees. (not the zinc oxidey white stuff— the regular stuff) Burt’s is some kind of magic combination of penetrating peppermint oil and soothing beeswax and other oils… and don’t forget the comfrey root extract!! ---
**Author:** ![quinoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@quinoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quinoa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/26 "2001-10-20T06:56:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JessEnigma \* > \*\*Hemp lip balm? Why hemp? > I just can’t help picturing itchy lip balm. I have a hemp anklet lying around somewhere and it itched like crazy. > jessica \*\* here’s a link to the ‘hip trip for lips’ stuff- [http://www.merryhempsters.com/hempbalm.htm](http://www.merryhempsters.com/hempbalm.htm) i think there’s an info section for ‘why hemp’ too. it’s really a nice lip balm. i just bought another today. ack! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/27 "2001-10-20T12:40:25Z")
I-love-carmex-in-the-tube-too.The-only-problem-is-that-my-dog-is-fascinated-by-the-smell-of-the-stuff-and-every-time-I-put-it-on-he-follows-me-around-trying-to-lick-_my_-lips.That-wouldn’t-be-so-bad-if-he-didn’t-use-so-much-tongue… \>insert-“Something-about-Mary”-image-here\< ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/28 "2001-10-20T18:19:59Z")
Hello. My name is **foxy**. I am addicted to SoftLips[sup]TM[/sup]. (crowd): _Hello foxy_ It’s all of them. The Vanilla is good, smells so delicious and feels so smooth. It leaves my lips pleasantly numb sometimes. Then there’s the Cappuccino. Oh my god, the Cappuccino. ::sobbing:: I get panicky sometimes if I lose it, and the stick is so thin that sometimes it gets caught in that little space in your pocket up near your belt where you can’t feel by sticking your hand in there, and then you have to excuse yourself to the bathroom to take them off and turn them upside down and shake them out until the little while joy stick rolls across the floor. Sometimes I won’t let my boyfriend kiss me if I’ve just put it on. He’ll rub it off, and then he’ll want some for himself, and I’ll have to explain that I can’t, I just can’t, because he might use the rest of it and then I won’t have any before I get a chance to go to the store next. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I shouldn’t have come here. :::runs from the room sobbing::: ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128/29 "2001-10-20T19:39:26Z")
All alarmist websites aside, Blistex really _is_ addictive. Stop using it and your lips are even more chapped than before! You may find this gross but if your lips are really, really chapped, the best solution is to try a lotion (like Clinique Dramatically Different… you can even get it in a little tube). It’s lighter than lip balm and mosturizes nicely. Also, you should try putting on a heavy lip balm overnight, like Chapstick plus or Chapstick overnight. (chapstick plus is also useful to apply over lipstick for glossifying) If you want a regular lip balm I recommend Cococare ( [http://www.cococare.com](http://www.cococare.com) ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm/88128.md?page=1)