Trials: NIVEA Lip Butter Cocoa Cacao

For sheer love for their thrust on quality, I've loved Nivea products for quite a while. What I love most about them that their products are mostly effective, simplistic and subtle on the fragrance and tint area. so when i found a range of new Nivea products on the shelves, I decided to indulge. Hence, presenting first of my Nivea haul, the Nivea lip butter. I've tried the Cocoa Cacao option here.
The lip butter comes at Rs.200 a tin which though is a bit steep for a lip butter without tint. But, I had been on the lookout for a night-care regime for my lips that did not involve any colour or tint. What impressed me almost instantaneously was that the butter came in a easy to open, travel-friendly tin; for now which sits comfortably on my night-stand. The tin hold the lip butter, which like the name suggests, is very creamy in texture and unlike any lip balms I've used. I feared the butter would be sticky,something like petroleum jelly, or hard as some lip balms tend to be. But, gladly it's neither of the case.

As I've mentioned, I've been using the Cocoa cacao variant. And let me put it across straight- you'll love it as much as you love dark chocolate and I happen to absolutely love dark chocolate. I've been using the lip butter daily for more than a week now. I dab it on my lips just before bed. With the consuming sweet smell the butter spreads, it almost feels like my midnight chocolate indulgence and gives me a heady happy high. That is how much I love the fragrance! Now, getting to the moisturizing part. Day 1 had me pleasantly surprised with softer and smoother lips. By days 3 and 4
I found my lips not just soft but full too. The hydrated and soft lips have now encouraged me to scrub them once a week, also using a chocolate scrub. The one I use is an Exotic chocolate lip scrub from Tattva by Shabia Walia, a little something I got from my FabBag (a li'l shout out to the FabBag folks!).

Nivea seems to have come out with 5 different variants of lip butter, out of which hardly 3 or 4 are available in India, through retail and online stores. Having said that, I would have chosen the cocoa variant over the others any day.
Now, let's give a final look at the pretty Nivea Lip Butter Cocoa cacao.



Pros:

• Deep moisture
• Doesn't need re-applying; stays on for over 6 hours
• Rich fragrance
• Handy, travel-friendly pack

Cons:

• Pricey
• No gloss (idea for night care)
• All variants are not easily available in India.

So, that's all I have for you about the Nivea lip butter, right now. Do let me know how fare with this or other lip-care products. Don't forget to let me know of what else you'd like me to write about.

Signed

The Fashionable Budget-girl