Lip balm is the one product I can’t be without.

I’m sure it’s just an OCD tic that’s all in my head, but I am a mess if my lips are dry. It’s especially bad after a meal or right before bed. The thought of lying down for bed at night without lip balm makes my neck itch and brings on a low grade fever.

For this reason, my night stand is stocked with an assortment of lip balms in every shape and size, but my absolute favorite of late is Wei East China Herbal 8th Wonder Rescue Remedies.

This amazing balm has a really mild scent and leaves my lips moisturized all night long. Also, the impressive combination of Chinese herbs relieves an array of skin woes including dry cuticles, itchy scalp, dry patches on the face, elbows, heels and feet.

My tin is almost gone so I just went to their site and ordered two more for $19.50 each. I just hope they arrive before I run completely out!

These last few months have been incredibly difficult here at Makeup Bag. Finding out our dad had liver cancer and losing him shortly thereafter has left us devastated.

The initial shock is beginning to wear off and we’re only now accepting the finality of it all.

This realization has left us a vacant, blubbering mess these last few weeks. Our tears have been endless, leaving our eyes sore, red and puffy (and driving our family crazy—our littlest daughter (age 5) finally told us last night, “Would you just STOP thinking about Grandpa already? All this crying just can’t be good for you.”)

Looking for a little reprieve, we turned to Wei East Intensive Herbal Eye Treatment. These herb-soaked pads gave our eyes instant relief with their cooling, pampering effect.

Each pad (soaked with a pure herbal blend of green tea, Tibetan chrysanthemum and peppermint extracts) is placed over the eyes while lying down for ten minutes. (Just so you know, we cheated: the first four minutes were purely relaxing, the last six minutes were spent reading our daughter a book with the pads folded in half so our eyes were uncovered—leaving the folded pad over just our puffy eye bags.)

Our eyes were immediately soothed and remarkably less puffy.

Wei East Intensive Herbal Eye Treatment is just $36 for 16 treatments and is available online at weieast.com.