NIVEA cherry shine lip balm
- Size: 4.8g
- Key ingredients: Shea butter, canola oil, sunflower oil, vitamin C and vitamin E
- Cruelty-free: No
- Fragranced: Yes
- Why we love it
- Colour is flattering and natural
- Feels hydrating and rich
- Take note
- Cheap packaging
- Tastes bitter when seeps onto your tastebud
In a packaging that’s basic, but ever-familiar (and the sort you’d pick up for your school bag back in the day), Nivea’s cherry shine lip balm smells exactly like Haribo sour cherries and applies in a colour that’s not entirely different either, minus the green stems. The colour, compared to black honey, is pinkier and leaves a more youthful-looking tint. Less “just bitten”, more “just kissed” and, dare I say it, the more moisturising formula leaves the lips looking plumper, too.
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The flavour, much like black honey’s, is not there; however, I do think the Nivea balm leaves somewhat of an unpleasant taste in your mouth once it seeps in post-eating and drinking. Along that vein, both products do require topping up after eating and drinking – as is the sad reality of a balm – but the Nivea does leave the lips comfortably hydrated for longer, even if the slip and gloss of the formula doesn’t stick around.