ChapStick or Carmex?

[pokerfan]

Hint: The only acceptable answer is Carmex. I like the squeezable tube for personal use and the tin for sharing.

[DoBotherMe]

1. Singing Dog

http://www.singingdogvanilla.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KGB&Category_Code=VLB

[pokerfan]

3. I will

have to look for it...

[DoBotherMe]

13. I really like it

Smells great, and no petrochemicals. Dana ; )

[mockmonkey]

2. Beeswax

The hard part is training a bee to apply it.

[840high]

4. Vaseline.

[Trailrider1951]

5. I've always used chapstick

I've never tried carmex. Why do you like it better?

[pokerfan]

7. It just seems more mediciny

In a good way.

[Jenoch]

17. The reason Carmex is more 'mediciny' is why I never use it and always use cherry Chapstick.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Agree.

[Trailrider1951]

8. Ah, that probably means that it contains more camphor than chapstick does.

Camphor is good as it prevents/treats cold sores. It is a major ingredient in campho-phenique. I'll pick up a tube and try it. Thanks for the rec.

[LibbyTreehugger]

9. Carmex

Huge fan. Keep the chapstick type in the car.
Use the gel kind constantly, (actually sitting right next to me) and the tin is handy to share or put an swipe of it when I walk out of the door in the morning.

Another one of my lip favorites.. Campho Phenique (damn these cold sores).. . stings like a mofo at first, but it sure does work!

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. Cold sores...

diet contributes to them, I found out.

Look up L-lysine for cold sores.

And yep, Carmex works very well.
but so does Vicks Vapo rub..tis the menthol in it that dries out the sore.

[Archae]

10. Best part about Carmex

They never have and never will advertise.

[noamnety]

11. sharing the tin is gross!

ewwwww.

[cyberswede]

12. Blistex - the kind in the tube. nt

[BainsBane]

14. Neither. Fresh Sugar

$22.50 and worth every penny.

[Inspired]

29. Yes, it is the best!

[LumosMaxima]

15. Neither.

Chapstick is too hard, and I've never used Carmex. I like Avon's lip balms because they're softer & easier to apply.

[SiobhanClancy]

16. Of those two choices,Carmex...

But I actually like Burt's Bees Ultra Conditioning the best.

[yuiyoshida]

18. I thought for sure someone would say

[jmowreader]

20. Shame on you, young lady...

You know as well as everyone else here that's what Mitch McConnell uses.

[yuiyoshida]

26. uhuh!

LoL!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. yep, CarWax

[anasv]

19. desert essence

The only one that doesn't peel the skin off my lips.

[B Calm]

21. Bag Balm made in Vermont since 1899.

[surrealAmerican]

22. Neither of those tastes good.

A few years ago, I decided that, if I will be tasting this stuff two or three times a day, I should find some with a flavor I actually like. I now use the ginger and lemon flavored stuff with a badger on the label. It works just as well, and tastes a whole lot better.

[HappyMe]

23. Burt's Bees with pomegranate oil.

Or Carmex if my lips are badly dry and chapped.

[bigwillq]

24. ChapStick (nt)

[MerryBlooms]

25. Burt's Bees

[Kali]

27. some kind of generic crap that is half wax and half vaseline

regular old chapstick is too hard but the scent is memorific of my childhood

[jmowreader]

28. Carmex is an addictive drug.

Wanna know how I know? Go to the house of a Carmex user and you'll find AT LEAST a dozen containers of this stuff, no less than one per room. That's not because they misplace their Carmex, but because they want it right there the second they need it.

It's not the (nonexistent) ground glass or whatever that's supposed to be in there, it's the menthol-camphor-phenol mixture they readily admit is in there. It does two things: gives your lips a tingly feeling, and partially exfoliates them. When the tingling wears off...a quick dip into the Carmex pot brings it right back.

[pokerfan]

31. Great, I'm addicted to a lip balm

[one_voice]

30. Blistex ointment..

in the tube or burts bees.

[nolabear]

32. Burt's Bees ResQ Remedy.

[justiceischeap]

33. Carmex for the win

I've found it's the only thing that'll actually moisturize and since it has a topical analgesic it takes away any pain as well.

[NewJeffCT]

35. Never heard of Carmex until this past year

when I saw it on display in Wal-Mart. Since I've been using chapstick since I was a kid, I'll stick with it.

[Codeine]

37. Blistex Medicated.

I only need it a few times a year, and three or four applications seems to fix me right up. I don't know if it actually is any different in reality, but in my mind it works a charm.

Chapstick does literally nothing at all for my lips except leave them feeling all gross and gummy, and Carmex just tastes like shit.