Simone Chickenbone Chicken Poop Lip Junk Review

The Verdict:  I'm having a hard time deciding whether to recommend this one or not.  I clicked the Yes button as this product is so darn amusing that I can't NOT recommend it, but it's not really all that either.  So you'll just have to keep reading and decide for yourselves :)

Just the Facts:  A few months ago I was searching Walgreens.com for something like lightbulbs or tampons or something completely not related to lip balm.  Well the item that I was searching for did not display as a result of my search, however one product did display and while I have no clue why, it sure caught my eye and sucked me right in.

That product was Chicken Poop Lip Junk.  Gross, I know, but you gotta admit it's hilarious.  I immediately sent the link to all of my friends who know I'm a lip balm junkie and they thought it was hilarious too.

So the next time I was at Walgreens I noticed the Chicken Poop display at the register and had to have one.  Each tube is only 0.15 ounce, or the size of a normal lip balm, but is kind of pricey at about $3.  Still, I had to have it for the ewww and giggle factor alone.

Why Chicken Poop of all things???

From ILoveChickenPoop.com:

The Name....Chicken Poop comes from Jamie's goofy grandpa replying to her complaint of having dry lips. He'd say, "I know how to fix those dry lips, I'll rub some chicken poop on ‘em so you won't be lickin' ‘em." Brilliant, don't you think?

A brief history...How it all began..Jamie Tabor Schmidt began making Chicken Poop after her best friend Claudia took her to Sephora, a cosmetic store lined from floor to ceiling with all kinds of make up goodness. She decided then and there she would have a product line by the age of 25. Good gravey, a hair pomade, was the first product she came up with. Requests came flying in for a tube version. So, in 2000 Jamie developed Chicken Poop. She has seven other products in the making. The next to market will be Kill It Dead, a natural spray deodorant.

While I get a huge giggle from the name alone, Chicken Poop Lip Junk is really not anything to write home about. It is off white in color and resembles beeswax.  It is smooth and moisturizing like any other lip balm and it keeps my lips soft and moisturized. 

But the problem is with the scent and the flavor.  It smells and tastes like lavender.  Yep.  I love lavender, love the scent and the way it makes me feel, but I don't like to taste it on my lips.  It tastes like sucking on a bar of soap and that's never any fun. 

Closing Argument:  As a true lip balm junkie I had to add this one to my collection just to say I discovered and tried it.  It's fun to whip this lip balm out of my purse and show it to my friends but that's really the only benefit of it.  Sure, it moisturizes, but at the expense of having that not so fresh and fun taste of having your mouth washed out with soap.