That was my first impression of the Korres Wild Rose balm. I'd heard quite a bit of buzz on it in the beauty stratosphere, but I never felt that I needed it in my life. I mean, how many lip balms and barely tinted chapstick type products can one person have?
I was browsing in Crete duty free a few months back at the end of our little holiday, and I was drawn to the Korres shelf. Korres, being a Greek brand, had a half decent display of more than just it's bestsellers, so I thought that I would take the chance to do some 'research', and I picked up the Guava body butter, Pomegranate moisturiser and the Wild Rose Lip Butter.
More raves on the Guava body butter another time, suffice to say that it's a total saviour for dried out skin.
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| Korres Wild Rose Lip Butter |
But onto the lip butter. Oh my, oh my.... what wonderful things this does to the lips. It literally goes on like a butter, smooth and light, gliding over the lips and giving them comfort, shine, colour and volume, all in one hit.
Actually the volume element is extraordinary. If I want plumped-up lips I'll use this. It makes them soft, pulpy and voluptuous! Sorry if I sound Mills and Boon, but seriously, I feel like a Mills and Boon heroine when I wear this. In a good way.
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| Excuse the horribly dry lips.... |
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| .....but look how much better they are with the Korres balm! |
Colour wise, it looks to be a scary dark burgundy in the pot, but it's a sheer blush of red that glazes your lips. I have very pigmented lips anyway, so on me it looks darker than on most.
I can't think of a bad thing to say about this. The smell is very delicate, you can almost pick up the rose, but it's not strong at all which is good for a lip product in my opinion. It re-hydrates lips beautifully and adds a blush of colour. You could still wear lipstick over it should you choose to.
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| Korres Wild Rose Lip Butter |
I use my fingers to apply it, but a brush works too if you don't like using fingers. I'm always using it at home and not on the move so I have clean fingers when I dip in the pot.
Highly recommended on every level.
10/10
Cool...I want to track this down. How much does it cost? In fact, I wonder...how do you feel about doing comparisons and price assessments in some of your posts? I'm a bit of a penny-pincher when it comes to my beauty products, but I'll spend the money on something that's really worth it (or ask for it for Christmas). For example, I always ask for Origins Ginger Souffle for my birthday, because that seems to be the right price point for a gift. But a girl's got to grow. How would Korres stack up against Origins for price/value/effectiveness/deliciousness?
ReplyDeleteOnly do it if sounds fun, though. ;-)
Sarah, it's about £6 here online at lookfantastic.com, but prices vary so much, if you do a google search you'll see you can pay as much as £11 for it if you're not careful. In the USA it's available at Sephora for $12. Lookfantastic.com do free worldwide delivery so might be worth getting them to ship it instead. Korres is cheaper than Origins and for bath and body stuff I would say that quality is on a par. For facial care I would however stick with Origins. Funny, but Origins is probably my favourite of all skincare brands actually. I'll try and be more 'useful' and include price comparisons in the future ;)
DeleteForgot to add, that if you want a totally pampering body treat for a fraction of the price then the Korres Guava body butter is DIVINE! Very very rich, so perfect for the winter months. A treat, but not so extravagant you can't pick one up on the way home from work ;) Here it's £12.50 online.
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