The Art of Lip Balm
Posted by girlpaint | Filed under anti-aging, lipgloss, sun care, wedding
Australians Dianna Burmas (a supremely talented merchandiser) and Dion St. Mor (renowned interior designer) met in Melborne, hit it off and combined their efforts to create MOR. The name, serendipitously discovered on a New Delhi street sign on one of the many trips the duo took together, means “peacock” in Hindi. Their foray into beauty products began with a shared fondness for traditional apothecary, the art and science of making health-enhancing beauty products.
From there, a line of candles and soaps was born. In keeping with the exquisite beauty associated with the cavalier peacock, today MOR features over 250 sophisticated and artistic products custom created for their discriminating clientele.
MOR Lip Silk is like a lip balm ‘experience.’ It incorporates almost all your senses. Elegant luxury packaging in the tradition of Chinoiserie exhibits an antique design style inspired by the culture and art of China. Even the little ladylike paper ‘purse’ that encloses the chic acrylic lip compact is lined with a beautiful floral pattern and has the sweetest satin ribbon ‘handle.’ No detail is overlooked.
Altogether feminine, the fragrance is soft and refined. Essences of peony, muguet and violets are combined with subtle sandalwood and orchid—the scent is so beautiful, Lip Silk could almost be used as perfume…but then your lips would suffer.
The smooth and delicate texture turns almost liquid as soon as you wipe your fingertip across the glassy surface. Smearing Lip Silk on your lips reveals a pleasing and subtle shine that looks great over lipstick or on its own. The flavor of this lip treat is delicate, lightly sweet and floral…much like honeysuckle in spring. MOR Lip Silk leaves your lips velvety soft and silky smooth.
MOR products are featured online at Cherryculture. FYI: Beautiful and famous fans of the MOR line include Charlize Theron, Elle MacPherson, Oprah and Hillary Duff.
April 5th, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Hi GirlPaint – have you tried APIVITA Lip Aids – you can get them here: http://www.GreekSkinCare.com along with loads of the other Apivita products.Really fabulous selection of colors & treatments- I love the rose one and the propolis has helped against cold sores in the past.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:36 AM
I’m thinking about getting this in the Jasmine Tea flavor, but is the size / amount of balm worth the price? From the picture displayed, its hard to tell how large the compact is. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks GirlPaint!
May 16th, 2007 at 4:00 AM
spphrfddjns,the amount of product you get MOR’s LipSilk compact is admittedly not a lot. Plus the almost-liquid formula of the product lends itself for use of the entire compact fairly quickly. I wouldn’t say that LipSilk is an incredible value, it’s more an incredibly beautiful product. For the money, I think I prefer TINte’s lipbalm (http://girlpaints.blogspot.com/2007/01/jam-on-it.html) or Tarte’s Slide Tin Lip Balm (http://girlpaints.blogspot.com/2006/12/forget-suzy-chapstickweve-got-tarte.html).Good luck and thanks for visiting!
May 16th, 2007 at 5:19 AM
Thanks for the quick response & comments as well!
I think I’ll opt for Tarte’s balm. I love your blog, by the way! It’s one of my favorites. 