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Joyce Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Jack Black Shea Butter

Favorite lip scrub? Don’t have one! Any recommendations?

Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Urban Decay Naked, Maybelline Nude Blush

Bertha Avatar

1. Favorite lip balm: Aquaphor lip therapy or Jack Black lemon chamomile
2. Favorite lip scrub: Fresh brown sugar lip polish
3. Favorite MLBB: NARS Dolce Vita

Lee Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Honestly, I like old school Chapstick best without any additives. It seems to work best to seal in moisture and not wear off quickly.

Favorite lip scrub? Don’t have one, usually just use a toothbrush.

Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Syrup

Rachel Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Mac Tendertones, my favorite color is Tread Gently
Favorite lip scrub? Lush lip scrubs, they taste and smell good. (:
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Mac Angel lipstick

Melissa Avatar

Favorite lip balm – Bath & Body Works My Favorite Night Balm
Favorite lip scrub – homemade baking soda, honey and olive oil mixture
Favorite lip my lips but better – MAC’s Spiced Tea

Kry Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Vaseline (Yeah, gross, but non-addictive.)
Favorite lip scrub? A washcloth? I should probably find one.
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Guerlain Rouge Automatique in Violette de Mad, or Chanel Lip Shine in Tazmainia

Meenah Avatar

Favorite lip balm?: Nivea essential lip balm
Favorite lip scrub?: dont have/dont use
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color?: Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle

Lauren Avatar

Favorite lip balm has to be Smith’s Rosebud Salve in Strawberry 🙂 it tastes delicious :3

My favorite lip scrub is the Fresh scrub, it tastes good and buffs my lips very well, albiet expensive, but Ive had the same tub for anout six months now and can easily get another years worth of use out of it

The only MLBB color I have right now but I’m absolutely in love with is the Fresh Lip Treatment in Rose 🙂

Joanne Avatar

Favorite Lip Balm: Jack Black (thank you Christine!)
Favorite Lip Scrub: Victoria’s Secret Lip Scrub – thebomb(dot)com!!!
My lips but better: MAC’s Jubilee lipstick

Dominique Avatar

Favourite lipbalm ? Baume Coco Shine from Chanel

Favourite lip scrub ? I don’t use lip scrub in fact

Favourite my-lips-but-better lip colour ? Coco Shine ” Candeur ” or Nars ” Mitzi ” maybe

Ana Victoria Morales Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Honestly my haunt for the best lip balm is still going on but the best ones I have liked the most (I used them all depending on what I feel like I need at that moment, they all do something different to me) Carmex, Clarins Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm and Neutrogena lip balm.
Favorite lip scrub? Clarins Extra-Firming Lip & Contour Gentle Exfoliator sometimes mixed with some of the lush scrubs.
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Clarins Colour Quench lip balm in number 13, Clinique’s chubby stick in number 8 graped up

Becca Avatar

Favorite lip balm? nivea pure&natural mint minerals
Favorite lip scrub? well the only one I’ve ever used (not homemade) is the LUSH Sweet Lips lip scrub
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Syrup

Grace Avatar

Lip Balm – Tokyo Milk Dark Lip Elixer
Lip Scrub – CO Bigelow Mentha Lip Scrub
My lips but better color – UD Paranoid lip liner with Naked lip junkie gloss, or MAC Oh, Oh, Oh! lipstick

Kate Avatar

Lip balm : Smith’s Lip Balm in Minted Rose

Lip scrub : a coat of Vaseline on the lips and a vigorous scrub from my electric toothbrush

My lips but better lipstick: Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Rosy Nude

Helen Soke Avatar

Favorite lip balm? MAC Tread Gently from Shop MAC Cook MAC colletion
Favorite lip scrub? Lush Bubble Gum
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Summer Shower form MAC Fashion Flower Collection.

bxboricua Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Jack Black in Mint or Lemon
Favorite lip scrub? Lush Sweet Lips
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle

faerieevenstar Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Lypsyl Original. I’ve been using it as long as I can remember and it’s the best I’ve ever tried! (Don’t know if you get it worldwide, but in the UK it’s in Supermarkets, drugstores and pharmacies etc)

Favorite lip scrub? I have never scrubbed my lips! Ever!

Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Spirit

Ines Avatar

Favorite Lip Balm? Hurraw Lip Balm, Clarins Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm, Nuxe Reve de Miel Lip Balm
Favorite Lip Scrub? I don’t use one. I just use a damp washcloth.
Favorite MLBB? Chanel Rouge Coco in Rose Dentelle/Egerie, MAC Lustre Lipstick in Sweetie, Clinique Buttershine in Berry Blush

Veronica Avatar

Favorite balm? Jack Black or EOS
Favorite lip scrub? I actually use a homemade version – olive oil with sugar mixed in.
Favorite MLBB color? Haven’t found my perfect one quite yet. 🙂

Claire Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Carmex/Mac Lip Conditioner/Jack Black Intense Therapy

Favorite lip scrub? Lush Scrubs

Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Mac Deelight Cremesheen, Guerlain KissKissBaby Rosy Nude Balm

Jennifer Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Chapstick brand Lip Moisturizer SPF 15 Lip Balm
Favorite lip scrub? Lush Sweet Lips
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Lipstick Queen Medieval

Em Avatar

Lip Balm: B.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Balm is the most hydrating lip balm I’ve ever used. It can be a bit heavy for on the go day time use though, so I keep an EOS lip balm in my purse.

Favorite lip scrub: The only one I’ve tried is by Fresh (which I like), but I think a DIY olive oil and brown sugar mix would work just as good.

MLBB: MAC Modesty or MAC Brave (pretty much the same color, just different finishes).

Shandi Naugle Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Right now, I’m using Nivea A Kiss of Milk and Honey

Favorite lip scrub? Don’t have one. I really wanna try some though. . .

Favorite My-Lips-But-Better color? Bare Minerals Lipgloss in nude.

Emi at Project Swatch Avatar

Lip balm: Jack Black (all thanks to you!)

Lip Scrub: Bliss

MLBB color: Clinique black honey; I know it’s not a mlbb on everyone, but it is on me – it really enhances my lip color without changing it. I just wish it lasted longer!

Jenny Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Either Hush Hush MAC Tendertone or (I know it’s not a “balm” but…) Aquaphor.
Favorite lip scrub? LUSH’s Mint Juleps lip scrub!!
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Rimmel Moisture Renew Rose Blush (or something like that!)

JNX21 Avatar

Favorite lip balm? – Carmex Classic
Favorite lip scrub? – …selfmade Honey + Sugar!
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? – Maybelline colorsensational 745 Wooden Brown

NeenaJ Avatar

Balm: Jack Black Lip Balm in Black Tea & Blackberry

Scrub: The rubber-nubbly side of my toothbrush that’s supposed to be for cleaning your tongue.

MBB Lipstick: Dior Addict in #445 Createur

genevieve Avatar

Fave lip balm- christian dior rose balm (in the white case)
fave scrub- sara happ
fave mlbb color- chanel rouge coco shine in Boy

Natalie Avatar

Favorite lip balm-EOS for during the day, Jack Black or Smith’s Rosebud Salve for nighttime
Favorite lip scrub-Bliss Fabulips, Lush Mint Julep, Fresh Sugar Lip Polish
Favorite MLBB color-Nars Dolce Vita, Mac Syrup, Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait, Buxom Lip Gloss in Sandy

Rachael Avatar

Lip balm: Nivea’s A Touch of Milk and Honey. It smells great and it’s almost like Burt’s Bees except not waxy, and it doesn’t leave that burning sensation if you’ve split your lip recently.
Lip scrub: Lush’s lip scrub in Mint Julips. So yummy. 🙂
And I don’t even have a good ‘my lips but better’ lip color yet…sadly.

Lucy Avatar

Fave lip balm? Blistex Intensive Moisturiser
Fave lip scrub? Don’t have one yet
Fave my-lips-but-better lipstick? Revlon Matte Mauve It Over

Romina Elorrieta Avatar

Favorite lip balm: Givenchy Magic Lip and Cheek balm.
Favorite lip scrub: Lush bubblegum scrub. Love it!!
Favorite MLBB: Dior Lip Polish in Fresh Expert.

Quinctia Avatar

* Favorite lip balm?
Jack Black (lost my blackberry one at the airport last week, my liquids bag had a hole in it!), Pop Petal Jam, Fresh Sugar

* Favorite lip scrub?
I don’t have one yet, I alternate between a toothbrush, using a little of my body sugar scrub, and one I bought on etsy that’s a sugar and oil scrub in a twist up tube.

* Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color?
I don’t really have one…everytime I have one that makes me think like that, I go into different lighting and change my mind. I have such pigmented lips, though, so if I want THAT color in my look, I’ll top it with a sheerer lipstick or a gloss.

Sara Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine
Favorite lip scrub? Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Maybelline Born With It Lipstick

Lissa Oliva Avatar

Tie between Neosporin Overnight Renewal Treatment and the Pink Tinge Suntints Liquid lip balm by MAC
Sweet lips by Lush…you can eat it!
Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Sugar Frosting

Miss J Avatar

Favorite lip balm? – There are a lot I like, but I’m always testing new ones. I like the Fresh Sugar Rose, but I think it’s too pricy for something I will use up so quickly. Jack Black Grapefruit & Ginger is at #1 right now.

Favorite lip scrub? – I just make my own or use my toothbrush.

Favorite MLBB lip color? – MAC Bare Slimshine (Discontinued). I believe the Sheen Supreme in Bare Again is a dupe, so when I’m out of my Bare that’s what I’ll hit up.

Ana Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Labello spf 30
Favorite lip scrub? I make my own lip scrub of sugar, olive oil and honey!
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Bissú lipstick (mexican brand) in #116

Kristabelle Avatar

Favorite lip balm: Jack Black…nothing else even compares.
Favorite lip scrub: I just use a toothbrush and Vaseline.
Favorite MLBB color: theBalm Mai Billsbepaid.

Amanda Avatar

Lip Balm: Aquafina (Yes, the water brand. I don’t think many people use it, but it’s wonderful!)
Lip Scrub: I’ve never used one!
MLBB: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Peach Parfait

Moon Young Avatar

fav lip balm: eos lip balm in summer fruit or strawberry shorbet
fav lip scrup: lush sweet lips
fav my lips but better lip colour: MAc hue, or revlon lip butter in creme brulee

Amber Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Hydramax + Active Lip Care by Chanel
Favorite lip scrub? Sugar Lip Scrub by Fresh
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Rose Quartz by Chanel

Diana Avatar

Lip Balm: Nivea Kiss of Shine
Lip Scrub: water and an old toothbrush followed by some balm
MLBB: Loreal Colour Riche Balm in Tender Mauve

Angelina Avatar

I don’t have one that I am in love with. right now i’m using, fresh avd lip treatment, rose bud salve, eos honeysuckle, mac disney tint toons

toothbrush its easy!

mac Brave, because it’s my lip color basically or mac a perfect day

Melissa Avatar

FAVE LIP BALM- currently Tread Gently Mac Tendertone
FAVE LIP SCRUB- homemade olive oil and sugar
FAVE MLBB- haven’t found one yet, but my go to everyday color is Mac Hue

Marissa Avatar

Lip balm: Aveeno OR Smith’s Rosebud Salve
Lip scrub: Philosophy kiss kiss with EXTRA sugar (i just add whatever i have on hand)
MY FAVE MLBBLC: MAC Kinda Sexy (matte)or MAC Mocha with a bit of mac lip erase to dull it down a bit!

Dinitchka Avatar

Favorite lip balm? any EOS or any Burt’s Bees
Favorite lip scrub? Homemade granular sugar/olive oil, brown sugar/olive oil or if I’m already scrubbing my face I’ll use the face scrub or my face brush
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Garsh. I don’t know? I don’t really have one.

Sabrina Avatar

lip balm: EOS or tokyomilk dark lip elixirs or lately Badger Balm cocoa butter lip balm
lip scrub: i just use sugar scrub intended for manis on the rare occasion i decide to scrub my lips
MLBB – either NARS Dolce Vita or L’Oreal Aishwarya’s Beige

Jessica Avatar

Lip balm – maybelline baby lips
lip scrub – LUSH mint julips lip scrub
my lips but better color – revlon lip butter in berry smoothie is the closest one i have probably, i like brights myself.

Mallory Avatar

Lipbalm: Plain ole’ cherry chapstick

Lip Scrub: Sugar mixed with a little olive oil. Usually I just brush over my lips with my toothbrush though!

Favorite MLBB shade: Origins Rain and Shine Liptint in Sparkling Punch

This lipstick is amazing. It’s sheer and glossy and smells like a peppermint patty. It feels so amazing on and gives my lips the healthiest, prettiest look out of all my lipsticks (which is a whole heckuvah lot!)

Amanda Avatar

*Favorite lip balm?
Lucas’ Paw Paw Ointment. Love it. Best stuff I’ve ever used on my lips. And it can be used on bites and burns and cuts and even nappy (diaper) rash. Love it.

*Favorite lip scrub?
My toothbrush.

*Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color?
I don’t really have one.

Val Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Korres Lip Butter – Pomegranate
Favorite lip scrub? My toothbrush
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Naked by Urban Decay or Beige by Nyx

Mariella Avatar

Favourite lip balm: probably Avon Care Deeply – it’s cheap and really works well
Favourite lip scrub: I only have one – it’s from Lush and my daughter gave it to me but I don’t recall the name
Favourite my lips but better lipstick: MAC Capricious

San Avatar

Lip Scrub: Body Shop
Lip Balm: Vaseline.
MLBB colour: Guerlain Rouge G Gracia..(if anyone knows of dupes for this colour pls help 🙂

Wincy Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Mac lip conditioner
Favorite lip scrub? Sugar with Oliver oil yay!
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Clinique chubby stick in mega melon

Kate Avatar

Favourite Lip Balm – EOS Lip Ball

Favourite Lip Scrub – A homemade one with sugar, honey and water.

Favourite my-lips-but-better lip colour – Boots 17 Supreme Shine Lipstick in Barely Blush

Ruby Avatar

Lip balm: Jack Black in Grapefruit, the original Rosebud Salve
Lip scrub: a homemade mixture of brown sugar and macadamia oil
MLBB: MAC The Faerie Glen, Guerlain Gilian

Rachel Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Kiehl’s #1 Lip Balm (Mint)
Favorite lip scrub? Lush Sweet Lips
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait

suzanne Avatar

fave lip balm – Buddha Balm in Mandarin orange ginger
fave lip scrub – homemade w/ sugar honey & olive oil
fave my lips but better – Cover Girl Lip Perfection Romance

just found Buddha Balm & love it! have been on a search for my holy grail of balms as my lips crack & peel no matter what season. Jack Black didn’t work for me at all. CG lip perfection is the only lip color that doesn’t dry out my lips. two Revlon lip butters I have dry them badly.

Alexandra Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Mac Tendertones or Nivea original
Favorite lip scrub? Lush – Bubble gum
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Angel 😉

Ellie Avatar

Favorite lip balm?: I have a huge collection of lip balms from The Body Shop, and I don’t really have a favorite among them because I keep losing them 😀

Favorite lip scrub?: I haven’t actually gone out and bought a lip scrub.. I just find it a bit unnecessary when you can scrub your lips with sugar and a toothbrush.

Favorite my-lips-but-better color?: Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey! I really only bought it because I found out it was what Liv Tyler was wearing when she played Arwen in the Lord of the Rings movies, but I am obsessed with the shade. Recently, when Clinique released Almost Lipsticks in other shades, I tried some of them, but they’re just too light, you can’t really tell a difference. Black Honey has a bit more of a visible effect, while still being subtle.

Iris Avatar

* Favorite lip balm?
I use the lip butter from the body shop
* Favorite lip scrub?
My toothbrush lol
* Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color?
A nude shade in my NYX palette, don’t know what it’s called though..

Sarah M Avatar

Favorite lip balm? MAC Lip Conditioner Tube
Favorite lip scrub? I don’t use one
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Midimauve Lipstick

terra Avatar

Favorite Lip Balm: Jack Black Vanilla and Lavender
Scrub: I don’t have a favorite!
My lips but better: Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Wallflower 🙂

Luly Avatar

Lip Balm – Nuxe Reve de Miel (Honey Lip Balm)

I’m never a fan of lip balm until I’ve tried this. My lips are SUPER SOFT AND SMOOTH even a day after I applied this.

This is simply the best. Alos, it doesn’t have all the weird fragrance like the over-hyped EOS balm.

heather Avatar

Favorite lip balm? smith’s strawberry balm(i used it on a new tattoo, also, and it healed really nicely).

Favorite lip scrub? never did it.

Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC blankety <3

Emily Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Jack Black Lemon
Favorite lip scrub? Soft bristle toothbrush + vaseline
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Cut A Caper <3

Bronwen Avatar

Lip Balm: Rosebud Salve (daytime) and The Lip Slip (Sara Happ, night time)

Lip Scrub: Sara Happ brown sugar

My-lips-but-better Color: Bobbi Brown Black Raspberry, lightly applied with Clinique “Lip Blush” liner

Nikki Avatar

* Favorite lip balm? Carmex (the original formula squeeze tube)

* Favorite lip scrub? I use a homemade mixture of olive oil and sugar to exfoliate my lips.

* Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC’s Touch Lipstick

Barbara Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Dior Lip Glow reviver balm

Favorite lip scrub? Vaseline and sugar

Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Dior Maximizer

Floz Avatar

Favorite lip balm? – Eve Lom’s Kiss Mix – it’s just amazing! Saviour of my lips <3
Favorite lip scrub? – Baviphat's Apple Jelly lip scrub, cute and tasty 🙂
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? – Laura Mercier's Peach Glaze lip stain. The formula is awesome but the colour is even better!

amy Avatar

KORRES Lip Butter

Sugar & olive oil

Burt’s Bees in Honeysuckle, for everyday; Buxom Lips in Sugar on top of Lancome Vintage Rose for special occasions.

Jillian Avatar

Favorite lip balm? EOS lipbalm sphere
Favorite lip scrub? Lush Bubblegum lip scrub
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? Maybelline lipstick in “Born With It” or MAC “Cremecup” or Korres Mango Butter Lipstick in “Natural Pink”

Michelle Avatar

My favorite lip balm is the EOS lip spheres. They are hydrating and smell and taste lovely.

My favorite lip scrub is the Fresh sugar scrub.

My favorite my-lips-but-better lip color is Nyx’s megashine lip gloss in Smokey Look.

Sally Avatar

favorite lip balm: Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream
favorite lip scrub: electric toothbrush
favourite my-lips-but-better: Covergirl LipPerfection in 210 Seduce with Korres lip butter in Quince (perfect for pale skinned girls)

Aryn Avatar

Favorite lip balm? Badger! Organic, long lasting and delicious smelling
Favorite lip scrub? LUSH Mint Juleps
Favorite my-lips-but-better lip color? MAC Syrup

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