By Terry Baume de Rose Lip Care

I had 2 of these deluxe 2.3g/0.08oz. sample tubes of By Terry Baume de Rose Lip Care and gave one away to Julia because I know she loves roses. With the tube I kept, I was using it as overnight lip treatment until hubby started to complain that the rose scent was too strong ^.^"

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

This is a liquid lip balm that honestly applies like a thick and luxurious lip gloss. There's no goopiness and stickiness. In fact, there's an oily and instant softening feel that's been trendy in lip oils and Japanese lipsticks, even though most lip oils are really just misnamed lip glosses. It stays on pretty well too! 

The problem I have with it is the pale powdery pink color and the milkiness in the finish. The swatch looks innocent enough but on my lips the milkiness is a deal-breaker, the very reason I use it before bed instead of during the day, as an overnight treatment for my lips. The other problem is that hubby doesn't like the strong rose scent. Mind you, I think it's a very nice rose scent and I don't even like rose scents! But it's true the scent is strong, so after a few weeks hubby finally complained and the balm got moved to my desk instead ^.^ I probably won't repurchase, because of the strong scent, but if you like roses, this is a really decent lip balm.