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U Beauty The Plasma Lip Compound
U Beauty The Plasma Lip Compound
This luxury lip tint has us in a chokehold. The formula is a rich, liquid balm that plumps, hydrates and leaves skin looking glossy. If you love a classic sheer brown shade that you can apply without a mirror, this is the best investment you can make. Our favourite feature? The cool metal tip applicator that smooths lips and leaves no patchiness in sight. Wear on its own or layer on your favourite liner.
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 Lips
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 Lips
Recommended by dermatologists, this is like a moisture magnet for parched, sore, red lips. It's all down to the clever lipids and pro-vitamin B5. Not only does it form a protective shield over fragile skin, but it works to heal painful cracks in next to no time at all. The best part? It doesn't feel like glue.
ISAMAYA Lips Lips Balm - Follower
ISAMAYA Lips Lips Balm - Follower
If you're not quite brave enough to go out in public with Isamaya Ffrench's penis-shaped balms, take a look at the latest launch from the MUA. Complete with five shimmery nudes and one clear option, they've been designed to be used as balms in their own right or as a refill for the phallic original.
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Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm
Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm
As the name suggests, this silky smooth balm melts into lips like melted butter to relieve any patchy dryness. It's ideal to keep in your pockets during winter months to combat any chill-induced cracks to leave lips soft without any greasiness. The vanilla scent has us obsessed and the smooth applicator tip ensures you don't need to get your hands sticky when re-applying.
Westman Atelier Squeaky Clean Liquid Lip Balm
Westman Atelier Squeaky Clean Liquid Lip Balm
Looking for a lip treatment that looks and feels sophisticated? This nourishing Westman Atelier balm is the perfect balance of an oil, gloss and tinted balm. Aside from the beautiful minimalist matte packaging, the six shades span berry reds and neutral nudes but this high-shine pink 'Ma Puche' is our all-time favourite.
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
The OG lip mask achieved cult status thanks to a little app called TikTok and has remained relevant ever since. It really, really works, soothing and sealing cracked lips overnight. Make it part of your bedtime ritual pronto and apply liberally all over.
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Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Kiss Cupuaçu Lip Butter
Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Kiss Cupuaçu Lip Butter
We’re suckers for anything that smells of that signature Sol De Janeiro scent, and its lip balm doesn't disappoint. Enriched with acai and coconut oil, this keep lips soft and provides a subtle shine that you'll want to re-apply all day long.
Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm
Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm
If you love a red lip but can't stand the feeling or drying, mate formulas that leave your skin chapped, add this berry balm to your lip arsenal ASAP. Made with a hydrating, soothing blend of shea, cupuacu butter and plant-derived squalane, it will leave skin feeling silky soft. The subtle vanilla scent goes down a treat too.
Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment
Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment
The Rhode lip balms are pretty much a Gen-Z staple, and the unscented version is a true crowd pelaser. It has everything your lips could possible need - hydrating shea butter and plumping peptides with extra luminosity to take glazed lips to the next level.
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Hourglass Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm
Hourglass Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm
This high-shine 3-in-1 lip colour is chic to the max. Densely pigmented with a vinyl shine, its vibrant colour has the lasting power of a luxury lipstick but with all the skin-loving benefits of a balm. What more could we want?
No lip balm list is complete with a tube of Balm Dotcom. While the salve-formula feels pretty thick on application, it melts on contact with lips, turning them from dry and deflated to sensationally soft. Our favourite 'flavour' is 'Lavender', bright and floral with a pretty soft purple tint.
Tatcha The Kissu Lip Mask
Tatcha The Kissu Lip Mask
When it comes to brilliant textures, we trust Tatcha to get it right. This non-sticky jelly treatment envelopes the best Japanese skincare ingredients while managing to stay totally weightless. It melts into parched lips easily, softening fine lines and boosting hydration.
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Antipodes Kiwi Seed Oil Lip Conditioner
Antipodes Kiwi Seed Oil Lip Conditioner
New Zealand-based brand Antipodes is an underrated gem in our opinion and our top pick is this lipstick-style balm. Perfect for your handbag and bedside, it's a softening, soothing salve that we can't be without when the weather gets cold and chapped skin becomes inevitable.
We know and love Medik8 for their innovative approach to skincare, so it's no surprise that this gel-like lip remedy made it onto our roundup. Calming and conditioning, it supports the lip’s natural barrier for skin and feels better even after the balm has worn off.
Originally launched as a limited edition treat, NARS brought this hydrating bullet back due to popular demand. And we can see why. It leaves lips soft but not sticky, with a peachy-pink glow.
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