This daily moisturising treatment replenishes lips with eight essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals while providing advanced broad spectrum SPF 20 sun protection against damaging UVA/UVB rays. Lips feel softer and smoother with a healthy-looking, radiant shine.
What we say:
If there’s a beauty product I am highly experienced in testing, it’s lip balm. My lips tend to get very dry and I have tried loads of products to combat the inevitable cracking and chapping.
Already a major fan of the Eight Hour range, I couldn’t wait to try this lip balm, and – no surprises here – it is incredible! It has a thick consistency and leaves your lips with a sheer glossy look. Plus it has a neutral scent that I love (nothing like sweet, fruity lip glosses to put me off). I find it stays on really long too, and I only find myself reapplying after I’ve eaten.
Not only does it leave my lips feeling soft, and chap-free, but I love that it offers sun protection too. I can see this product becoming a permanent inhabitant in my make-up bag.
– Anien
26 comments
Darusha Ramgoolam
This is my ultimate lip rescue product. I am currently on medication for my skin and one of the side effects is extremely dry skin….chapped lips. For the first few weeks I was like a crazy person, looking for the product to save my lips…..and then my mum came to my rescue with this beauty. Now I always ensure i have 2, one in the handbag and one next to my bed.
This ladies, is a must have! Even my dermatologist was amazed how great my lips looked.
Kate Lighton
I LOVE this product – It is awesome, compact packaging to carry around anywhere you go. It leaves lips feeling moist, hydrated and healthy!
A C
In such an over saturated market, it is hard to find a truly amazing lip balm. But ladies, this is it!
I first started using the classic Eight Hour Cream as a lip product when I was taking roaccutane many years ago. I’m sure anyone who has been there knows that almost nothing helps for the dry chapped lips associated with this medication. But luckily I had been warned and was armed with this trusted product and it literally saved my lips! Even though I needed to apply every few hours, it did the job beautifully!
Then when I needed a replacement, I was advised to try the lip balm rather than the classic cream. I was sceptical to deviate from what I loved, but I must say the lip balm is even better. To compare the two: The lip balm is much less glossy (which is a good thing), it is more expensive per volume, is has a beautiful minty taste which tingles ever so slightly, it lasts a really long time!
The advantage of the classic Eight Hour Cream is that you get more product for your money and you can use it on your hands (it is a miracle worker for dry cuticles!) and other areas of the body. Many people use it as a lip balm as well, but the taste is not great and it looks very glossy (almost watery). Despite this it is still a fantastic option if you cant get your hands of the Lip Balm.
A must have in my opinion!
Priya Nunkumar
I’ve been using this Intensive Lip Repair Balm in conjunction with the Nourishing Lip Balm, and the results are simply amazing without a doubt. My lips have been horribly chapped and hurt due to the weather and I wanted instant relief and this was my solution.
This balm comes in a frosted glass pot, which has a pure white lid with the figure eight in different sizes and the Red Door Intensive Lip Repair Balm label. I feel this product has a really classy look and for the price and quality of the product, you really getting the best treatment by using the product.
The formula is a lovely rich creamy gel which is similar to petroleum jelly. It’s a lovely peachy colour with the original eight hour protectant cream scent. This amazing balm delivers intense, long-lasting moisture that immediately soothes lips. The best part about this amazing balm is that it also helps strengthen lip’s delicate moisture barrier, leaving lips healthier-looking and more beautiful than ever.
This amazing balm contains :
Petrolatum
Shea Butter
Palm Tree Butter
Essential Fatty Acids
Honey Extract
This intense mixture of emollients helps seal in moisture as it smoothes and softens lips.
To help heal dry, chapped lips and create a protective film to help hold moisture on the skin the product contains :
Petrolatum
Arnica Flower Oil
To help condition, smooth and repair the look of lips, the product contains :
Vitamin E
Vitamin A
Watercress Extract
And last but not least, to provide immediate soothing relief, the product contains :
Menthol Lactate
Menthol
Defensil
PRO’s and CON’s of the Intensive Lip Repair Balm
PRO’s
The balm is nourishing
The balm leaves lips soft
The balm contains vitamins
The balm heals chapped lips
The balm leaves lips soft and smooth
The balm is refreshing
The balm is non sticky
The balm is not heavy or waxy
The balm needs a small amount
CON’s
The product comes in a pot which is a bit unhygienic
The product is expensive
The product has the strange scent
The pot has a small amount of balm
The balm isn’t SPF20
This balm has a soothing effect as soon as its applied to lips. The balm goes on smooth and feels silky on lips, there’s no sticky feeling or no heavy waxy feeling on lips. As soon as the balm is applied on lips, lips have a cool menthol feel on lips which is absolutely refreshing. I would really recommend you purchase this product because its an amazing balm and is perfect for the winter blues to help lips and give lips the TLC they deserve. The balm can be used over lipstick or by itself for protection. The balm has a lovely sheer and glossy feel so it can be used as a lip gloss replacement. Lips only need a small amount of balm to be protected for hours. The balm is in a pot which can be unhygienic, however I apply the balm with a cotton bud because its cleaner and the bud has a perfect application. The balm retails for R175
Arthi Singh
I love Elizabeth Arden products, so I was pretty excited to give this a try. However I find that it does not really live up to my expectations. Or my expectation was too high for this. I feel pretty much neutral about this product.
Rosemary Gower
Elizabeth Arden’s amazing 8hr lip balm is a total must have. Softest lips with no sickeningly sweet added flavors/scents. Love it!
Priya Nunkumar
So recently it’s been freezing in Durban which had a horrible reaction on my look lips. My lips went all dry and chapped, it looked horrible because when I put on lipstick it looked really dry on my lips and the lipstick had a really “cracked” look. I knew there must be something to solve this problem. I visited Edgars and purchased some amazing Elizabeth Arden products.
The Elizabeth Arden assistant is my friend and is always super friendly, so she introduced me to the Eight Hour Cream Nourishing Lip Balm. It’s really new on the market but it’s selling like crazy and I’ve realised why.
This amazing balm comes in a classic white squeeze tube with a silver lining strip at the end of the cap. The cap is a screw on cap so you know there’s no messy leaks in bags and pockets. There’s a bonus about the item which I really loved. The squeeze tube has a small hole for the product to come out and has a lovely slanted tip for perfect application, and to make your life so much easier, they’ve included a small skewer in the cap which actually goes into the hole when the cap is closed so you don’t waste the product.
I actually saved this amazing fact for last. The product has the figure “8” all over the balm tube in different sizes, which made me wonder why at first until I read about the product. The secret about the number eight is that the product contains eight essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals so lips feel softer and smoother. Those amazing vitamins, nutrients and minerals are:
Vitamin E
Vitamin A
Vitamin B1
Omega 6
Omega 3
Calcium
Zinc
Iron
I’m sure you’re convinced that you should own this product because its really essential for winter. Here’s what I got to say about this product:
I was super excited to try this on, I squeezed the tube slightly and a small amount came out, you don’t actually need a lot of the product because a little goes a long way with it. As much as the tube applicator is for applying the balm, I find it easier to use my fingers and apply it properly to my lips. At first when I squeezed out a little of the product I thought it was a bit too thick because it had a petroleum jelly kind of look in a peachy colour. However once I applied it I allowed my worry to fade away. This product left me speechless. The exact same afternoon I could feel a difference to my cracked and chapped lips. I was so impressed. Although the product has a slightly strange smell, I grew on the smell because I could live with it for the major improvement it did to my lips of course. I noticed that when this product isn’t on my lips I feel absolutely naked. The balm is perfect to use over lipstick as a gloss for extra lip protection on the go. I’ve been using this product over my lip stick and gives an amazing gloss, plus it makes my lipstick last longer. So a sheer shine and super soft and sexy lips, can you say no? It’s been exactly two weeks that I’ve been using the product and wow! My lips have transformed like magic.”
PRO’s and CON’s
PRO’s
Super nourishing
Contains seven emollients to seal moisture
Heals lips within days
It’s SPF20
Contains eight essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals
Leaves lips soft and smooth overnight
A little bit of the product goes a long way
No sticky feeling
Lips have a glossy shine
Lips look more healthy
The tube allows easy application
The tube doesn’t allow the product to be wasted
CON’s
The product is quite pricey
The product comes in a small tube
The product has a slight strange smell
I would recommend you give this product a try ASAP! It’s perfect for lips which need some extra TLC. The product is clinically and dermatologist tested and is hypoallergenic. So it’s perfectly safe for everyone. I think everyone’s lips deserves this product.
Nancy Pretorius
This is a great product to use if very dry itchy skin is making your life miserable. I love using this cream for my sore cracked heels. I use it before I go to bed and I make sure my feet are covered in this cream. I sleep with socks on and when I wake in the morning my feet are happy and soft. I do this once a week as a pampering treatment. I also use it on my cracked winter lips and it is amazing. It gives lovely soft kissable lips. This is a lovely product which I will recommend as it is amazing.
Ginna Maio
I love this product, it is a little pricey but you only need a little, so it is definitely worth it, as it lasts forever. It is a winter must have.
aneesa lahree
If its as good as the 8 hour cream I reckon il give it a try