Make Your Own Lip Balm

by Faber Castell

Product Features

• Variety of yummy flavors!
• 5 Cool cosmetic tins can be decorated with layers of fun sticker designs and labels.
• Mix and match to create your favorite combinations!
• Look good, smell good, and feel good about yourself!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 9.7 x 9.7 inches ; 12.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000OWE1TU
• Item model number: 1762
• Our recommended age: 7 - 12 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 7 years and up
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,949 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)

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• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Combine soft and silky lip balm base with a variety of yummy flavors and create your own lip sensations. Soften the base in a bath of warm water and then add the flavorings. Each flavor has a hint of color ¿mix and match to create your favorite combinations. 5 Cool cosmetic tins can be decorated with layers of fun sticker designs and labels. Store your lip balm in the matching vinyl pouch.

Product Description

Make your own lip balm! With this kit, girls can mix up their own fruity lip balm combinations; then decorate the five colorful containers with fun stickers. There's even a cool carrying case that holds everything.

Kit includes: five cosmetic tins, lip balm carrying case, lip balm base (2.1 oz/60g), three flavor colors - citrus, cherry and berry, sticker sheets, stir stick, spatula, melting container, measuring cup, illustrated instructions and ideas. Contents may vary slightly from those shown or listed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Creative craft, May 27, 2008

By	Chloe's Mom (Clevland, OH) - See all my reviews

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Make Your Own Lip Balm (Toy)

I bought this for my 9 year old Granddaughter recently. She absolutely loved to make this lip balm. It came with little tins to hold the balm in and stickers to decorate the tins. It comes with three flavors (that are also coloring)and easy to follow instructions. After following one recipe, she decided to make her own flavor and turned out some really nice flavors and colors of balm which she shared with her sister.

I think this was a winner!

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bought for 8-year-old, January 18, 2009

By	Michele Wolosyn "bengalkat" (Longview, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Make Your Own Lip Balm (Toy)

We bought this for our 8-year-old daughter for Christmas. She's been able to make three different lipbalms so far. She has had a lot of fun playing with the different flavors. As a parent I am not impressed with this toy. The lipbalm base is very hard to clean up afterwards. It's greasy and doesn't clean up with dishsoap and leaves a messy residue. Also, the lipbalms are really soft after making them. She put them in the freezer to harden them up, which helped, but when they warmed back up, they were runny again. This happened with all three that she's made even though she's had adult supervision making them (so we know they're being made correctly).

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage, October 21, 2009

By	T Rose "T Rose" (New York) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)

Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Make Your Own Lip Balm (Toy)

We've tried just about every "make your own" kit out there (not to mention endless craft projects, art projects, cooking projects, etc.) I am far from a neat freak. I dont mind making messes if the kids are having fun.

This was BY FAR the biggest disappointment we've has - and I didnt think anything could top the Girl Gourmet cupcake maker!

The material is basically vasiline. It's difficult for the kids to scoop out, mix and get into the little containers. It is nearly impossible to wash off any surface because it just gels ups. Imagine dipping your hands in a jar of vasiline and then attempting to wash it off. Whoops, now the faucet is slippery too! The spatula, jars and everything close by was quickly covered in a sticky film that just wouldn't go away.

We managed to get some "balm" into the containers but it stayed a sticky yet mushy consistency which made it impossible to apply. You touch your finger to the substance and a huge glob stretches from your hand to the container. We even tried to put it in the freezer. No luck.

Don't waste your money. The only thing that's worth anything in the kit is the balm containers.

What a total waste of time and ridiculous mess.