Allergies..

Here's the deal. My lips are very sensitive. Any slight switch of lip balms or lip products sets off a big allergy. My lips get dry and itchy, then start peeling and since it's peeling and I start to peel it, thus causing it to be raw and VERY painful. 

Strangely, only the lip balms from Body Shop work. Unfortunately, the balms come in a little tub like container, and thus I have to use my finger to apply it on my lips, and it's quite inconvenient when you don't have clean fingers to apply it with. 

Thus, I set out to look for a chap stick instead. For convenience sake that is. First, I tried this...

It was cheap and so I bought it. BIG MISTAKE. It made allergies worse. So I went to Body Shop in Mid Valley to try to look for a chap stick version of the lip balm. 

I saw this one, but it cost RM38.90, which was kinda beyond my budget. However, it was for a good cause. It's to ais in the 'Stop Violence at Home' Campaign. The idea is that you will give it to your friend or share it with a friend and by doing that, you kill two birds with one stone. Awareness is created and you get to use the product.

I also saw this. RM 19. But I was scared that the butter in the thing might cause further damage. So I decided not to. 

Next, I looked at the Skin Foods one. RM 23.90. Yup. I just walked outta there withought a second thought.

As Shaneil and I waked into The Face Shop, he got a call, and so he left me to look. By this time, my lips were burning and I was in a lot of pain. So as the salesgirl showed me the stick, I bought it. RM 19.90. But as soon as I opened it, it was pink! Oh No! But I had to put it on anyway. 

Shaneil took one look at me and laughed his arse off. To my horror, he told me it was neon pink! Dammit! Neon pink?! 

So today Shaneil and I set off to Pyramid after church, we headed straight to Body Shop, and there was so much more choice! There was this, which contained no butter,

And this Aloe Vera one which was lip repairing, and targeted to people with very sensitive skin. The vitamin E one was RM 19.90, while the Aloe Vera was RM 32. 

I decided to go with the repair. AND IT WORKS!

So now Shaneil and I have this theory. I am allergic to vaseline/ petroleum jelly. I asked the girl what differentiates their products from others, and she told me that they don't use that in their products. 

:D