Is there anything better than Carmex, ever?

Question

I can only think of one other thing.

Answer 1

yeah, sweet sweet lovin. I'd choose that over carmex any day. I have this neat green tea hempish herbal chapstick stuff that is fantastic. I'd use that forever.

Answer 2

Hi Tiff,
I like Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic Ointment when my lips are having problems. However having Carmex around is very nice ….

I find that in the Fall and Spring is when this is the biggest problem…

Now what were you thinking of???? Is it a three-letter word???

Or were you wanting to reduce the swelling in your lips and you were thinking about Preparation “H” …. Hummmm, Enquiring Minds Want To Know!!!!!

Answer 3

Carmex is good stuff. Been around for a while too. I can think of a lot of things better than that. But not for the same purpose...hehe.

Answer 4

This stuff is probably the strongest lip balm around... with a rush that rivals crack cocaine when you first apply it. There is probably more brand-loyalty with Carmex than with any other brand of lip balm. Singer Toni Braxton has said to use use lots of Carmex (People Weekly, May 9, 1994, page 68), saying "One of the first boys I kissed had chapped lips, and I vowed I would never have them." What is Carmex and where does it come from?

Carmex cap scan While the other lip balm companies are truly large ventures, Carma Labs is still family owned. They are led by Alfred Woelbing, who still comes to work at the ripe old age of 95. Woelbing founded Carma Labs in the 1930's and produced the first pot of Carmex in 1937. He claims it was just a way to stop cold sores, and that the product's fame spread through word of mouth. The company takes pride in their lack of advertising. Lack of national advertising never hurt drug dealers either!

Carma sent several newspaper articles, including a May 18, 1993 article from the San Francisco Examiner entitled "Pssst; Wanna Get Lip Balmed?". Examiner columnist Stephanie Salter tells all about lip balm addiction, but couches the situation in humorous or drug-language, often referring to Carmex as "junkies". For example, she talks about Carmex users scrambling for pots under bar stools (like alcoholics) and users sharing their stash with each other (like marijuana).

Carma Labs does admit to putting salicylic acid into their lip balm, and they acknowledge the rumor that they put ground fiber glass into the lip balm. But, they do not deny this rumor! Frankly, Carma Labs sounds like a mob crime family to me!

When confronted with claims of addiction, Carma's Paul Woelbing was quoted by the Boston Herald as saying "We're in full compliance with the Food and Drug Administration." So are cigarette manufacturers, and nobody questions that cigarettes are addictive!

For more information on the addictive qualities of Carmex, check out the alt.folklore.urban Carmex Addiction page, detailed on the LBA Is Lip Balm Addictive? page.

The Final Word from LBA

There definitely appears to be a connection between lip licking and lip balm usage. Until we have serious research into the causes of lip licking, we may forever be in the dark about the true causes of lip balm addiction...
----------------------------------------------------
Of cource here no better thing, but including Carmex.
Better stop the habit of licking lips forever.

Answer 5

Oh man, and I thought you were the one after you said you would eat my cake after I licked the frosting. I hate carmex I wear lipstick or flavored lip gloss the really sticky kind, if it's windy my hair sticks to it. I think that's sexy. Hairy lips

Answer 6

If you are not looking for something that has to be medicated, I prefer Victoria's Secret Lip Gloss. It's a little less than $10 and worth every dollar. I love it.

Answer 7

i love the smell of carmex! woo

Answer 8

Chapstick is better. You don't get addicted. Go seek medical attention.

Answer 9

Sally Hansens lip infusion that makes you lips plump! I went through a tube in a month.

Answer 10

I like Bert's bees products better.