Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment Review & Swatches
Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment ($26) my dry lips are thanking you this month! Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment is a new tinted liquid lip balm available in 7 shade selections that launched for Spring 2025. This liquid lip balm promises to create a cushiony finish on lips providing moisture while adding volume and plump to lips.
I realize this is part of the Too Faced Spring 2025 Collection but they couldn’t bring this out at a better time. My lips are chronically dry but in the cold they are chapped, flaky, and just plain painful! I’m always looking for a good moisturizing lip treatment to wear throughout the day to keep my lips hydrated, soft, and smooth and this new Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment does the trick!
Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment arrives in a large barrel with a pale pink cap that holds 0.20 oz of balm. The balm has a large applicator that saturates very well with product and applies nice and smooth.
The formula is promoted as having fruit oils, conditioning butters, and hyaluronic acid but it’s main ingredient surprised me. It’s petrolatum! Interesting right? The formula has a thick, creamy consistency that once applied on lips feels like a melted down lip balm. It’s buttery, balmy, and very hydrating. I thought it provided lasting moisture through the five hour wear without being sticky or tacky. Although, not uncomfortable these let you know they are hanging out on your lips. It isn’t a light formula and feels quite heavy but it didn’t bother me at all as it felt very nourishing and moisturizing. The formula applied smoothly and easily on my lips and didn’t seem to streak or cling to dryness. Although, the formula isn’t lightweight it feels very moisturizing and comfortable to wear. I thought well after the balm wore away that my lips still very soft and smooth and I felt during the wear that it was very soothing.
The formula does have a fruity taste initially but brace yourself because as it settles onto your lips it has that faint weird petrolatum taste that I associate with the vaseline I sometimes out on my lips. It disappears fairly fast but if you lick your lips it might linger a little on your tongue. The finish has a nice shine to it and the color I have, Pink Pineapple Kiss, provided beautiful color and not just a hint. This shade was a pretty nude peachy pink.
There are two issues with this balm one of which is the packaging and that could be a deal breaker since this is $26 and no one wants faulty packaging with a near $30 lip balm. When replacing the applicator into the barrel all goes well but upon removing a ton of gloss comes back up. I think the problem is the inner ring is a little large and isn’t wiping the gloss off the applicator as it gets removed from the barrel. This and air trapped inside the barrel means you get a huge goop of gloss coming out making a mess around the ring of the tube. I swirl the wand as I place it back in the tube and this seems to help a little. But again, kind of sucks you have to work around a potential mess with these.
The second issue I had was the shade range. I’d love some more wearable shades. They have banana, baby blue, baby pink, and a few deeper shades but I the only shade I thought was flattering was the Pink Pineapple Kiss. I feel like the shade range is very limited. But this seems the case with a lot of brands lately. Blushes, eyeshadows, lipglosses, they only get released in five to eight shades and later on it seems like if a product does well that’s when they’ll extend the range of colors.
If your lips are prone to dryness or the winter air is just giving your chapped lips Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment is a great little pick up to keep them hydrated, smooth, and soft.
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Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment is a creamy liquid lip balm that’s $26, 0.20 oz, and available in seven shades. This formula contains a nourishing blend of oils and butters but it’s pain ingredient is actually petrolatum. The formula is creamy, thick, and applies smoothly on lips providing even coverage with a excellent color pay off and beautiful shine. Although heavy I thought it was comfortable to wear and didn’t migrate or feather for the four to five hours it wore on my lips. During the wear it provides beautiful hydration and kept my red, chapped lips hydrated with lasting moisture well after the product wore away. Sadly, it did have fault packaging as the applicator is big and saturates well with color but the ring at the base of the barrel seems a little large which doesn’t “wipe” or “scrap” away enough gloss when you’re removing the applicator from the tube. This combined with air trapped in the barrel can result in a sort of messy explosion when the applicator is removed.
Petrolatum, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Octyldodecanol, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Synthetic Wax, Vp/Hexadecene Copolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Polyglyceryl-10 Heptahydroxystearate, Polydecene, Sodium Hyaluronate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Juice, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Liquid Endosperm, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Hordeum Vulgare Extract\Extrait D’orge, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Yogurt Powder, Lactobacillus Ferment, Glycerin, Phytosterols, Menthol, Propylene Glycol Dicaprate, Meteorite Powder, Cholesterol, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sorbitan Oleate, Water\Aqua\Eau, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Silica, Saccharin, Fragrance (Parfum), Benzyl Benzoate, Linalool, Limonene, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Bht, Phenoxyethanol, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Red 6 (CI 15850), Red 7 (CI 15850), Red 21 (CI 45380), Red 27 (CI 45410), Red 28 (CI 45410), Red 33 (CI 17200), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 21 Lake (CI 45380), Red 27 Lake (CI 45410), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Red 33 Lake (CI 17200), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 6 (CI 15985), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140)].
- Moisturizing, softening, soothing.
- Heavy but comfortable to wear.
- Good deal of pigment.
- Kept lips soft through the wear and after it.
- Limited shade range.
- Faulty packaging (read above for more info)
Too Faced Pillow Balm Hydrating Lip Treatment is a great pick up for those who suffer from chronically dry lips!