topic Re: Lip balm question in WEN

Lip balm question

CamilleP — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:09:33 GMT

Fellow Wenners, I have a question for any of you who use the Bella Spirit lip treatment. I have been using it since it came out, and love it, but the current tube of clear balm I am using has just recently started to have a funny odor, and when I use it it leaves my lips chapped and sore! This has not ever happened with any other tube of Bella Spirit lip treatment I've used, and I've used several so far! Has anyone else had their lip balm go bad in this way? Mine smells musty, almost moldy! There's no change in it visually, but I can't get past the smell, and really don't like the performance change, obviously. I'd like to find out if my tube is just an isolated incidence, or if other users have had theirs go bad as well. Should I call the salon and ask? What do you all think?

Re: Lip balm question

geezerette — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:16:31 GMT

@CamilleP

No, I haven't had that problem. I use the lip balm every day and night and have gone through a few tubes.

Is it the clear or tinted version?

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Alison Wonderland — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:23:01 GMT

Yes, you should call and ask.

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World Traveler — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:23:24 GMT

No, I haven't had that problem at all. I have used several lip balm tubes since they came out. All good.

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x Hedge — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:25:22 GMT

Hey, @CamilleP . I'm on my first tube of the translucent lip, but I must've used it a couple hundred times by now, and it smells the same as it did when I first opened it.

Give the salon a call, see if they've heard this from anyone else.

I'd scrape a thin film off the top and sides, see if it smells the same beneath the surface. But that's me.

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CamilleP — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:23:05 GMT

Geezerette, the tube that smells bad is the clear version, and it's newer than the tinted one I also have open by months. The tinted tube smells fine and isn't making my lips dry and chapped.

Hedge, I'll try your suggestion and see if that gets rid of the smell. Fingers crossed!

Thanks, everyone, who replied, I will be calling the salon tomorrow to see if mine is some sort of fluke, or if there was a bad batch or something.

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x Hedge — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:40:21 GMT

@CamilleP My guess would be it's contaminated with something...like you touched it with your fingertip and something transferred that's thriving on that surface.

Or else, did you kiss your dog on the nose? Could have 'dog cooties' growing on your bella lip balm. 💋

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CamilleP — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 03:55:09 GMT

No, no doggie nose kisses. No finger contamination, either. I tried to roll the balm up to skim the edges clean and there's virtually nothing left, so it's not worth trying to remove a thin layer, there's nothing but a thin layer left anyway. I almost pitched the tube, but decided to keep it until I talk to the salon, so I have the lot number, in case they want that information, just in case it's important. But at least I won't be throwing a whole bunch of lip balm away, when I do pitch it.

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Drythe — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 03:58:59 GMT

Sorry to hear that.

Several tubes, I’ve never had a problem.

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Suz585 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:11:17 GMT

@CamilleP I used the lip balms and lip scrub for months and loved them! Then my lips became more chapped then ever and super dry. I have had to stop using everything (lip sticks, balms, gloss) on my lips to get them back to normal. Each time my lips would almost be "back to normal" I'd try the lip scrub or balm and start the cycle of super dry, flakey lips all over again 🤦🏼‍♀️ I must be allergic to some of the ingredients.

I have not noticed any "off" odor with my balms.

I'm disappointed these products don't agree with me but everybody is different and not everything is for everyone. At least I can use most of Chaz's products!

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77yangya — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:55:31 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:

@CamilleP My guess would be it's contaminated with something...like you touched it with your fingertip and something transferred that's thriving on that surface.

Or else, did you kiss your dog on the nose? Could have 'dog cooties' growing on your bella lip balm. 💋

Hedge! hahahahahaha! Dog cooties! You're a riot!

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CamilleP — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:58:03 GMT

Suz585, I wondered the same thing, if I might be allergic. I believe that Chaz uses his Arnica montana extract in the lip balms, and that is most likely what I am allergic to in the NIBT, so I am being cautious at this point. I can still use the tinted lip balm, so I hope it's just the one tube of clear balm, which smells funny while the tinted does not, so I hope it's not allergies. If I start having trouble with the tinted balm, too, I'll have to figure it is indeed allergies, though. It's a bummer, but at least I can still use some of the CC's and the body lotion, SC, EDTC and RTM. If I ever became allergic to every WEN formula, I think I'd just shave my head!

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x Hedge — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 02:26:20 GMT

@Suz585

Sorry to read of your dilemma.

I was wondering if your cycle of extreme dryness would end if you lay off both the scrub and the pigmented lip treatment for a while, while using just the translucent lip, as a test to narrow down potential allergens.

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SurferWife — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:00:47 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
@x Hedge wrote:

@CamilleP My guess would be it's contaminated with something...like you touched it with your fingertip and something transferred that's thriving on that surface.

Or else, did you kiss your dog on the nose? Could have 'dog cooties' growing on your bella lip balm. 💋
Hedge! hahahahahaha! Dog cooties! You're a riot!

Toby doesn't have any cooties. He gives me sugar all the time. ❤️🐶

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Suz585 — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 09:02:11 GMT

@CamilleP a I agree, if I ever become allergic to WEN, it's a bald head! 😅

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Suz585 — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 09:07:03 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:
@Suz585
Sorry to read of your dilemma.

I was wondering if your cycle of extreme dryness would end if you lay off both the scrub and the pigmented lip treatment for a while, while using just the translucent lip, as a test to narrow down potential allergens.

@x Hedge I'll have to try this in November, but with the tinted balm. I know the translucent dries my lips out, but I haven't tried the tinted in a while.

I truly hope my body gets over this hyper sensitivity or allergy, so I can go back to using these products on a regular basis!

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quadmimi — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 11:54:09 GMT

@CamilleP This probably isn't your case, (since you said the tube in question smelled funny) but a couple years ago I was struggling with dry peeling lips. I read (somewhere) about toothpaste/mouthwash causing this issue. I had used the same toothpaste for a long time, but had added a product for dry mouth..hmmm It was getting really bad, so I put just a tiny bit of "lip vaseline" on my outer lips while I brush, etc..then washed it off & used my reg products..I have never had another issue. (didn't want to swtich toothpaste or dry mouth product as they helped my teeth alot)..anyway I have never had another dry lip issue since doing this...

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Suz585 — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:01:42 GMT

@quadmimi wrote:
@CamilleP This probably isn't your case, (since you said the tube in question smelled funny) but a couple years ago I was struggling with dry peeling lips. I read (somewhere) about toothpaste/mouthwash causing this issue. I had used the same toothpaste for a long time, but had added a product for dry mouth..hmmm It was getting really bad, so I put just a tiny bit of "lip vaseline" on my outer lips while I brush, etc..then washed it off & used my reg products..I have never had another issue. (didn't want to swtich toothpaste or dry mouth product as they helped my teeth alot)..anyway I have never had another dry lip issue since doing this...

@quadmimi

thanks for your insight! I don't think this is my issue but I will definitely pay more attention going forward to see if it might be.

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quadmimi — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:59:43 GMT

@Suz585 wrote:
@quadmimi wrote:
@CamilleP This probably isn't your case, (since you said the tube in question smelled funny) but a couple years ago I was struggling with dry peeling lips. I read (somewhere) about toothpaste/mouthwash causing this issue. I had used the same toothpaste for a long time, but had added a product for dry mouth..hmmm It was getting really bad, so I put just a tiny bit of "lip vaseline" on my outer lips while I brush, etc..then washed it off & used my reg products..I have never had another issue. (didn't want to swtich toothpaste or dry mouth product as they helped my teeth alot)..anyway I have never had another dry lip issue since doing this...
@quadmimi
thanks for your insight! I don't think this is my issue but I will definitely pay more attention going forward to see if it might be.

@Suz585 Your welcome. I would of never thought of tooth/mouth products bothering my lips..I was trying everything to figure it out. I got a little thingy of the vaseline lip stuff, just coat the outer edges while I brush, rinse, wipe it off, solved my issue after blaming everything else I could think of!.. lol