Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Softlips Winter Flavors – Review & Giveaway

Tweens can be a hard age group to shop for. You want to give them a gift that’s fun, but not too “childish”. Tween girls often love fashion and beauty, but they might not be old enough to wear loads of makeup yet – so I have the perfect solution for you! Softlips make fun, flavored lip balm that is pampering and appropriate for all ages. And one lucky Contest Corner reader will win a set of the new Softlips Winter flavors, so read on!

About Softlips:

Here’s a little info that Softlips sent me about their new flavors:

“This winter don’t let the cold air damage your lips. Prepare your pucker for the mistletoe with the new limited editions flavors of Softlips® lip conditioners– new Sugar & Spice and Sugar Plum Berry as well as Winter Mint and Sugar Cookie.

Perfect as a stocking stuffer or gift to yourself, the seasonal flavors help protect lips from the sun with SPF 20 and have the same great moisturizing properties as Softlips’ other popular flavors. Each winter flavor comes paired with a complimentary Softlips® favorite lip balm:

New in 2009! Softlips® Sugar & Spice
New in 2009! Softlips® Sugar Plum Berry
Softlips® Winter Mint
Softlips® Sugar Cookie

For a suggested retail price of $2.99 to $3.99 for the dual-stick pack. Now through out the holiday/winter season, the limited addition flavors Sugar & Spice and Sugar Plum Berry will be available in Target and Winter Mint and Sugar Cookie will be available at Walgreens.

Stay up to date on the latest from Softlips by fanning them on Facebook.“

My Take:

My lips get extremely dry and chapped, so I always keep something on them. During the day, I wear moisturizing lipstick or lipgloss; after I take my makeup off at night, I switch to lip balm. I always have a tube (or three) of lip balm sitting on my desk, and Softlips is one of my favorites. So when they asked if I’d like to try the new holiday balms, of course I said yes! I am a sucker for anything with festive flavors – I love pumpkin lattes and peppermint coffee creamer! – so I love that they have released these seasonal lip balms. I really enjoy using the yummy flavors (sugar cookie, anyone?!). It’s so seasonal and fun!

I think these would make an excellent stocking stuffer for any tween girl on your list – the packaging is fun and sparkly, and a nice set of lip balms will appeal to any girlie girl!

Win It!

One lucky Contest Corner reader will win a set of the new Softlips Winter flavors – four dual-stick packs containing Sugar Plum Berry, Sugar & Spice, Sugar Cookie, Winter Mint, two tubes of Vanilla and two tubes of Cherry! This giveaway ends on December 17th, so I can’t guarantee delivery before Christmas, but we’ll do our best! Here’s how to enter:

1. For your first entry, click here to check out the Softlips Lip Q&A page. Then come back here and leave a comment mentioning something that you learned!

This step is required to qualify for the drawing. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment, so that I may notify you in the event that you are the lucky winner!

Want extra entries? Do any of the following, and leave a separate comment for each one:

2. Write a post on your blog linking to this giveaway and Softlips. Then come back here and leave me the link!
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Rules, regulations, and other important stuff: Giveaway ends on December 17th at 11:59 PM, PST. Winner will be chosen the following day via Random.org. Winner has 48 hours to respond to my notification email, or a new winner will be chosen in their place. Giveaway is open to US residents.