Best Lip Balms

Moisturizing, heavy-duty lip balms have come a long way since Dr. C.D. Fleet introduced the original Chap Stick — with little success! — in the 1880s. Today there’s a balm for everyone, whether you’re searching for a tinted and colored balm or an eco-balm to refresh your dry lips. So pucker up and read on for the best formulas to keep your lips soft and hydrated when the cruel winter weather just won’t relent.

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Tinted / Colored Lip Balms

Whether you’re feeling festive or just prefer a little color, try a tinted lip balm to stay hydrated while keeping things interesting.

Tinte Cometics Lip Colors Sula Lip Balm Trio Sula Lip Balm Trio Face Atelier Lip Rx
Tinte Cometics Lip Colors
$14

With a creamy, silky texture, the flavors in Tinte Cosmetics Lip Colors are just a bonus. The balm is enriched with shea butter, vitamins, and minerals, and comes in a variety of colors.

Sula Lip Balm Trio Sula Lip Balm Trio
$18

Why decide between three fabulous moisturizing and tinted lip glosses when you can have them all? Sula’s lip balm trio in sun-kissed citrus, vanilla blossom, and butterfly kiss can even be layered to create a custom color.

Face Atelier Lip Rx
$20

Indulge your lips and look good at the same time with Face Atelier’s Lip Rx. The lush, moisturizing balm goes on like a lipstick and provides antioxidant and UV protection. It also comes in three sheer shades.

Scented / Flavored Lip Balms

Lightly scented and flavored balms are a pleasant treat.  Better yet, with these options, it’s the ingredients that heal your lips that also give the balms their great scents.

Weleda Everon Lip Balm Exuviance Multi-Protective Lip Balm Kiehl's Lip Balm #1
Weleda Everon Lip Balm
$5

Protect and moisturize your dry lips with Weleda’s Everon Lip Balm, which contains no artificial ingredients, relying on jojoba oil, shea butter, and beeswax to soften your pucker.

Exuviance Multi-Protective Lip Balm
$9

Kukui nut oil and shea butter will pamper your lips in Exuviance’s Multi-Protective Lip Balm. With a light mint scent, the hard working balm also exfoliates and reduces fine lines in your lips.

Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1
$17

For a soothing treatment that hydrates lips, you can’t beat Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1 in one of the three new scents… mango, coconut, and vanilla. It’s a rich, emollient balm with ingredients like sweet almond oil, allantoin and vitamin E.

Ultra Rich Balms

For the dead of winter or time spent in dry climates, a heavy-duty lip balm is necessary.  These buttery, vitamin-enriched options won’t let you get chapped no matter the conditions.

Bargain BuyOlivina Classic Olive Lip Butter Baxter of California HydroSalve Lip Balm Ren Biomimetic Lip Honey
Olivina Classic Olive Lip Butter
$6

Using a host of botanicals, Olivina Classic Olive Lip Butter will moisturize your lips and transport you to Napa Valley. The unique blend of avocado butter, rose hips and rose bud extracts, olive oil, grapeseed oil, and beeswax provides heavenly moisture.

Baxter of California HydroSalve Lip Balm
$8

The Hydro Salve Lip Balm from Baxter of California is Mojito-flavored and has a vitamin enriched formula that uses natural flavors to soothe dryness.

Ren Biomimetic Lip Honey
$19

If you’re looking for a balm that protects and nourishes your lips, Ren Biomimetic Lip Honey fits the bill. Soothing oils, skin protectors, and nourishing complexes come together to moisturize and plump your pucker.

Eco Balms

Your lips are very sensitive, so treat them accordingly.  Natural, organic balms are a must-do, and recyclable packaging is a great thing, too.

Bath by Bettijo lip balm LAVANILA Pure Vanilla Healthy Lip Butter SPF 8 Editor’s PickSoftLips new PURE Lip Conditioner
Bath by Bettijo lip balm
$4

Fusing all natural ingredients mixed by hand, Bath by Bettijo’s lip balms are a luxurious treat. The ripened mango scent combines mango butter with jojoba oil to soften, peppermint refreshes with the help of vitamins and lush oils.

LAVANILA Pure Vanilla Healthy Lip Butter SPF 8
$16

Getting healthy lips inside and out is easy with LAVANILA Pure Vanilla Healthy Lip Butter SPF 8. It’s a concentrated, creamy blend of four vitamin-rich butters and powerful antioxidants that protect and nourish your lips.

SoftLips new PURE Lip Conditioner
$18

SoftLips new PURE Lip Conditioners are 100% natural, USDA-certified organic and come in two light flavors – pomegranate and honeydew. They even come in recyclable packaging too!

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