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Before we get started, let me put a disclaimer here: I didn’t get paid for this review but the products were sent to me free of charge. Regardless, this review is authentic and all opinions expressed are 100% my own. I would never endorse a product I didn’t completely agree in and I would never promote something I didn’t like and encourage people to waste money on it for free products or compensation.

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I recently received my gratis package from LipKrazy in the mail and I’m super excited to share my opinions on the package with you. First of all, It was shipped in a first class mailer with a super adorable pink bubble mailer inside (that I didn’t think to take a photo of). The shipping was quick and everything was in perfect condition when I opened the package, which was great. I was expecting the heat to have melted something, but it hadn’t.

I took to my twitter and went live on periscope to unbox the products and demo them for my first impressions. The products I received were the Overnight Renewal Therapy Balm, the What You Drankin’? Lip Scrub, the Berry Bubbly Love Lip Butter, and the Nia Lip Shine (a product that is still in development, named after the amazing @niatortilla). Overall: I was very impressed with the product. LipKrazy was only developed around eight months ago, so the brand is fairly new. They definitely have a lot of room to grow. However, for a new company, they’re doing great, and they’ve come so far so very soon.

I’m going to start off with the Nia Lip Shine. Above is a swatch of the product on my wrist with my iPhone ring light in use - and below that is how it looked on my lips in the same lighting. On my very pale skin, you can see the pigment is a sheer baby pink with a bit of glimmer in it. It had a subtle, clean scent that I enjoyed. Since it is a lip shine and not a lipstick, lip stain, or lip tint, I wasn’t expecting it to have any pigment, so the pink was a nice surprise. I don’t think it shows up well on the lips at all, and maybe it isn’t supposed to. That said - I liked the formula. I enjoy having a bit of gloss or shine to the lips but I don’t enjoy glosses that are sticky or tacky. The Lip Shine wasn’t like that at all. It felt smooth but comfortable on the lips, and I’m looking forward to testing out more of them in the future.

Moving on to the other products (which I didn’t swatch because they have no pigment) - I received the Berry Bubbly lip butter. I remember requesting this scent/flavor when LipKrazy and I were discussing what products this package would contain. Berry Bubbly is a strawberry champagne flavor, which I liked the sound of better than the other flavors because my family describes me as “champagne taste on a beer budget” and with these lip butters only costing three dollars, I thought it was pretty accurate. The other flavors currently available are Blow (black cherry), Coco-Lime (the lime and the coconut), Gimme Some Suga (a warm, rich vanilla), and Sweet Love (strawberry cheesecake).

These butters, according to the website, are made with “mango butter, oils, flavors, and candelilla wax.” I’m glad I read that, because I considered giving this product to one of my sisters, but she has an awful mango allergy - so if you are allergic to mango (or highly susceptible to poison ivy, which contains some of the same allergens as mangos) please test a swatch of this somewhere that isn’t as sensitive as your lips before you try it there. It’s better safe than sorry.

Moving on, I really enjoyed how this felt on my lips as well. I was expecting it to have a Chapstick type of consistency but it was almost like.. a solid oil, if that makes sense. Like coconut oil, but a little less greasy. It glided on like a dream and left my lips feeling hydrated. I didn’t like the flavor as much as I thought I would (much more champagne than strawberry) - but it gets the job done, and I can always try something else next time.

Another product I got in my package to review was the LipKrazy lip scrub. I requested the flavor Is That Velvet? (red velvet) but -- and I say this extremely wistfully, it was unavailable. I’m a big fan of red velvet, so I was a little disappointed, but I enjoyed the one I received quite a bit! I got What You Drankin’? a watermelon/lemonade hybrid that I speculate is referencing Drunk in Love by Beyonce.. and this song has been stuck in my head since I started writing this review.

I have quite a bit of lip scrubs but the formula of this one is my favorite of all. It contains a little bit more moisture than my other scrubs, which makes application a lot easier. Also the granules seemed to be a bit more fine than other scrubs. I have sensitive skin and my lips only really get chapped in the winter or when I wear a lot of matte lips - so I don’t need large, coarse grains. This one suited me really well. This wasn’t my favorite product of the bunch (that one’s next) but it was easily my second favorite.

Finally, my favorite product, which was the Overnight Renewal Therapy balm. I liked this one so much I left a review of it on the LipKrazy website (and I normally only leave reviews over bad things) but y’all.. this is something special. It contains vitamin e oil and agave nectar, and this gives it a nice scent, a gentle tingling sensation on the lips, and a supple feeling on the lips that remains hours after application. Since receiving my package about a week ago, I have worn this to bed almost every night and I can tell a difference in my lips already. I also use it as a primer before I put on any liquid lipstick.