Guest Post! Aquafina: Flavor Splash

So this is how guest posting works: you do the work, we take the credit. I kid! No, really.

Today's poster is Amy. Only 15 years of age and she already has a love for 44% white petrolatum, beeswax bases, and vitamin E. While other girls of the high school variety are slabbing on the moisture-thieving lipsticks, Amy sits in the back of math class applying one of her thirty-nine "chappysticks". And none of that tinted junk either! Blech. But she does love her chapstick addiction. In fact, she has to rotate the ones on her desk and in her backpack every week so she doesn't use up one of the good ones. Her favorite flavor: minty banana. Other enjoyable non-chapstick related activities: playing bass in the Dorkestra and collecting Beatles records.

Today Amy is reviewing Aquafina: Flavor Splash lip balm, based off the Aquafina Flavor Splash water line. She found it at Walmart, where you will also find everything you will ever need for anything ever.

Andele, Amy!

Price: $3.49 at Walmart. It comes in a 3-tube pack. Really cheap for 3 different balms but I'm not sure how much they cost elsewhere.

Appearance: They come in sleek little tubes that are three inches long and narrower than your average chapstick. Each tube is color-coded for its flavor and they all have a little Aquafina logo on the top. Cute.

Glide: REALLY nice. Not too oily but still very smooth. After having it in your pocket for a while, it's a little bit drippy but not too bad. It also makes your lips kinda shiny.

Flavor/ Smell: Okay, this chapstick is really weird in the flavor department. The 3 flavors are Citrus Blend, Raspberry, and Wild Berry so I was expecting something fruity and sweet, but each one smells and tastes really minty because they contain menthol. When you first put it on your lips tingle a bit, and the smell is a little overbearing for my taste but it dulls after about 5-10 minutes. Rasberry and Wild Berry aren't that bad but Citrus tastes like cold medicine.

Lasting Power: About two or three hours. The moisture really sinks into your lips.

Product Plusses: Cheap (at least at Walmart), VERY moisturizing, made with jojoba oil, almond oil, and vitamin E.

4 out of 5 for nice glide, excellent hydration, and low price, but I had to dock it down a point for the weird minty menthol taste.