Better late than never. While it's a limited edition, you can still find this diminutive set of luxury lip balms at select retailers. Ever the curious moth like moi? Scroll down for more scoop and juice!
Dubbed as creme dela creme in the over saturated lip balm category, BY TERRY Baume De Rose Set ($89, 5 x 2.3g 0.08 oz) features the cult favorite Baume de Rose and four Baume De Rose Nutri-Couleur: Rosy Babe, Cherry Bomb, Fig Fiction and Toffee Cream in deluxe sizes. For reference, full size of the original Baume de Rose retails for $60 at .34 oz while the Baume De Rose Nutri-Couleur lip balms retail for $56 at 0.25 oz.
I read your mind because much as I have this insane obsession over designer/ luxe beauty brands, I can't justify to spend almost sixty bucks for a lip balm. Like c'mon, is it peppered with diamond dusts? what's in it to make it the uber holy grail of the holy grail? Still quite spendy for a set but at least I get to try each one before committing. Here are the ingredients for your reading pleasure:
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Synthetic Wax, Hydroxystrearic/Linolenic/Oleic Polyglycerides, Diisostearyl Malate, Methyl Hydrogenated Rosinate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Polyethylene, Butyrospermum Parkii/Shea Butter, Stearalkonium Hectorite, C20-40 Acid, Corylus Avellana (Hazel) Seed Oil, Parfum/Fragrance, Tocopherol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Propylene Carbonate, Geraniol, Rosa Centifolia Flower (Wax) Cera, Rosa Damascena Flower (Wax) Cera, Trihydroxypalmitamidohydroxypropyl Myristyl Ether, Citronellol, Citric Acid, Linalool, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Benzyl Benzoate, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Citral, Eugenol, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hexylene Glycol, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, +/-, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide, CI 15985/Yellow 6 Lake, CI 15850/Red 6, CI 77491/Iron Oxides, CI 77492/Iron Oxides, CI 42090/Blue 1 Lake, CI 15850/Red 7, CI 77499/Iron Oxides, CI 45410/Red 28 Lake, (T0431/B)
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| L-R: Baume De Rose, Rosy Babe, Cherry Bomb, Fig Fiction, Toffee Cream |
Formula-wise, BY TERRY Baume De Rose dazzled me at first swipe. From a manufacturing standpoint, when you layer castor seed oil with rose wax and shea butter, ultimately you will have hydration like no other. This is particularly helpful during winter months when my lips turn zombie-dry. Succinctly, it is a hybrid between a balm and gloss. It feels like the former but wears like the latter, if that makes sense. It is heavily-fragrant so if rosy scents turn you off, take my utter description as a precaution.
From the swatches below, Baume De Rose is colorless, Rosy Babe is pink, Cherry Bomb is red, Fig Fiction is berry wine and Toffee Cream is nude brown. Although these tinted balms are sheer, they wear quite well throughout mid-day.
I alternately use the colorless Baume De Rose or Rosy Babe to hydrate my lips at night time (because you know, moi gotta have tinted lips while sleeping, duh!) and the rest for day time whenever I skip matte and bold lip shades. So which one do you think is a potential candidate for a repurchase down the line?
A toss between Rosy Babe and Fig Fiction! While I'm still not 100% convinced to shell out that much moolah for a pot of rosy balm, I will definitely keep these babies in mind! Meantime, let me spoil my puckers a bit more while they last....
Have you tried this lip balm? what's your go-to lip balm? enable me please.
These look incredible! I've always been a bit iffy about the original 'Baume' (that price...) but I'd still love to try it.
ReplyDeleteCherry Bomb is everything! It looks fabulous on you!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of Baume de Rose, and I have been contemplating this set for a little while! Seeing your swatches really makes me want to buy this set! All of them look gorgeous on you!
ReplyDeleteI love Rosy Babe and Fig Fiction on you!
ReplyDeleteI love the way Fig Fiction looks. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty and the packaging... Makes me drool. But ninety clams for lip balm? I don't dare. *le sigh*
ReplyDeleteNot in love with any of these but I do really love that they fit in that box so perfectly!
ReplyDeleteFig Fiction is really pretty... but not $60 pretty for me. Thanks for the great review!
ReplyDeleteThese look really lovely!
ReplyDeleteOk so I need all of these. And that box is so cute. I am loving Fig Fiction of Toffee Cream. Oh course I go for the neutrals but they all look simply amazing on you girl!!!! I need!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful packaging!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I think you should go with Fig Fiction if you repurchase
ReplyDeleteI need these on my mouth... sooooo shiny and pretty!
ReplyDeleteLOVE Fig Fiction! Looks amazing
ReplyDeleteFig Fiction is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteAll of them look SPECTACULAR on you! <3
ReplyDeleteI'm especially loving Rosy Babe!
ReplyDeleteThose are pretty, but do I really need them?... keeps asking self while trying to really talk self out of asking husband lol
ReplyDeleteFig Fiction is definitely my favorite out of the bunch here. WOW! It looks great against your skin.
ReplyDeleteI've always been disappointed that I can't use most byTerry products because of their strong scent. They are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd you have taken my breath away!
ReplyDeleteThey're such wearable shades!
ReplyDeletethe packaging for these is really nice and I think I like the doe foot applicator... but I've not tried anything from this brand.
ReplyDeleteThey are so pretty
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