Ganache for Lips: Chocolate Raspberry

Ganache for Lips falls under what I consider to be gimmicky or "an innovative or unusual" lip balm. It's not something I would carry around daily but it's interesting enough to try out and use on "special occasions".

Price: Around 3 tubes for $10

Appearance: I'm torn on the appearance. I love the french design work around the cap of the tube, the script font, and the pale yellow color. But the picture on the tube (of what I'm assuming is ganache) kind of turns my stomach.

Glide: Thick and heavy with a full coverage. Really nice.

Flavor/ Smell: This is the selling point of this balm: the tube smells delicious. The chocolate scent is amazing and smells like fine cocoa, not like Hershey's (nothing wrong with Hershey's, folks, but quality is quality). The raspberry scent shadows the chocolate in a nice subtle manner. I was wary that this stick would have a fake chocolate smell, but they pulled it off, must be that Scharffen Berger.

Lasting Power: Long enough, but the yummy smell makes me want to pull it out of my pocket and share it with people, so naturally, I must reapply.

Product Plusses: All-natural, no petroleum, no animal testing (nor do they do business with those that do test on animals).

4 out of 5 tubes

The founder of Ganache for Lips, Patricia West, created this balm while recovering from breast cancer treatment. She began using peppermint as her first flavor to combat fatigue from radiation, and from there she continued to experiment with other flavors for lip balm. Scharffen Berger chocolate became West's next main ingredient which then evolved to all the Ganache flavors Chocolate Raspberry, Chocolate Orange, Chocolate Hazelnut, Chocolate Almond, Lemon Mousse, and Mocha Latte.