Sol De Janiero // Brazilian Kiss Capuacu Lip Butter Review

Sol De Janiero // Brazilian Kiss Capuacu Lip Butter
RRP £15 for 6.2g

I bought this from Sephora when on holiday in June 2018.

First Impressions

Alright, I'm putting it out there; best smelling lip balm ever. This lip butter is a heavenly cross between freshly cooked flapjacks and cookies. Every time I take it out of my bag to use it I get a whiff and it makes me so unbelievably hungry. The only problem is that as a lip balm, it's proper well naff.

The initial application is nice, and I love the huge stick but this disappears on the lips very quickly and you're just left re-applying constantly throughout the day. It also doesn't moisturise my lips as much as I'd like and breaks down upon contact with liquids in a way that my £2 Malibu and Carmex balms would laugh at. 

Usage

I finally got round to using it up around November 2019. At that point I was digging it out of the tube as it no longer swiveled up. There was so much product left as well; kind of a waste. They should've put this stuff in a jar if they're going to waste that much. Before taking it to work, I used it sporadically so that's why it took so long.

Would I Buy It: Not again. The smell is like heaven but it just doesn't do anything. For £15, it's not worth it.

Overall Impressions

It's a shame really because I love the Bum Bum cream (I just can't afford it on my current salary) but other products I've tried from this brand so far that incorporate that beautiful salted caramel pistachio scent just don't hold up in quality. I love the body spray from them but I'm now debating whether or not I should purchase the hand cream which has been sitting in my wish list for the past couple of months because I just don't want to be let down again. Especially when the disappointment costs so much.

The Bum Bum cream though I still wholeheartedly love and would buy in a heartbeat. This one on the other hand, not so much.