PHOTO BY TODD SHELBY
READ MY LIPS
A Euro cult classic changes its name and comes to America.
If your family came to America through Ellis Island, they may have had to change their name in the process. So, too, did Nivea lip balms, which finally migrate from France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Greece, and Israel to America.
Known across the ocean as Labello, the Nivea balms come in plain, beach (a yellow tube with extra SPF), pearl (imagine Chapstick with pink shimmer), and flavors like pomegranate and cherry.
They're cheap (about $3.50), they're invading CVS, and your friends in Paris can't ever taunt you with their Labello stashes again. Their heaps of Repetto flats from Colette, however, are another situation altogether.
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Available at Drugstore.com
Plus: We like lip balm made of tea
And the lip gloss at Target!
Known across the ocean as Labello, the Nivea balms come in plain, beach (a yellow tube with extra SPF), pearl (imagine Chapstick with pink shimmer), and flavors like pomegranate and cherry.
They're cheap (about $3.50), they're invading CVS, and your friends in Paris can't ever taunt you with their Labello stashes again. Their heaps of Repetto flats from Colette, however, are another situation altogether.
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Available at Drugstore.com
Plus: We like lip balm made of tea
And the lip gloss at Target!
This story was published on July 20, 2009.
CONTENT RATING:
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caitlin
07/20/2009
Thank you!
Amycakes
07/20/2009
Finally! I just ran out of my stash from my last trip to Germany. They make your lips so soft.
mizlori
07/20/2009
Love these, been using the blue one for about 2 months now...soft indeed!!
mizlori
07/20/2009
Love these, been using the blue one for about 2 months now...soft indeed!!
renée
07/20/2009
i'll definitely give these a try if they are from france!
Amy
07/21/2009
Haha old news! They have been in Australia for AGES.
Amy
07/21/2009
Haha old news! They have been in Australia for AGES.
Mona
07/21/2009
I'm from Denmark where we'd have Labello for as long as I remember - They're good, but I prefer carmex (which you can't get here in Denmark!) any day.
Heather
07/21/2009
My favorite is the cherry. It makes your lips so soft and red! It doesn't just have that top layer that works and the rest that doesn't as most chap sticks do. This one works till it's dying twist.
lucia
07/24/2009
HMMM....THIS brand has always been here in America? well, where i live...
you can buy it at any drugstore!
julie
07/27/2009
i always stock up on nivea products when I am in Iceland. Now they just need to get the rest of the make up line and the toner over stateside. Great stuff and nothing over 5$.
jocy
07/27/2009
omg these are the best!!!! :D
kyte
07/28/2009
i love these products? the one that i have been using lately isn't pictured here, but it's the anti-aging lip care in a squeeze tube. i LOVE it. i honestly couldn't find ANY lip product (carmex, chapstick, softlips, burt's bees etc.) that gets my lips as soft as nivea. i also swear by their firming lotion!!!
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