Best Lip Balms For Dry Lips

Dry cracked lips are certainly a side effect of frigid temperatures, lack of humidity, cranked up furnaces and can also be just another midlife issue. We certainly do not look forward to dry lip season as not only do your lips look irritated and cracked but it hurts! When the lips crack at the corners it becomes increasingly worse.

Lip Balms have become a necessary addition to our self care routines. Lip Balms are moisturizing and they can be used to add moisture to the lip and also offer protection. It is applied topically to the lips and offers relief from the pain of cracked lips. They contain many different ingredients like beeswax, camphor, lanolin, parafin and petroleums. Some are scented and some are not.

Here are some interesting facts about lips and why it is important to take good care of your lips.

Fun Facts About Lips:

Lips have no oil glands

Lips dry out ten times faster then the rest of the skin on the face

Additional suggestions for the care of your lips:

Basic Suggestions For The Lips:

Do not lick your lips

Use a balm, ointment based product with sunscreen

Do not use lip scrub if your lips are peeling

Stay away from balms that contain camphor, eucalyptus, and menthol

Be vigilant about treating chapped lips

Always keep a lip balm by your bed, in your car and in your purse so you always have them on hand

We feel not all lip balms are created equal so we have composed a list of lip balms that we have researched and personally used for you!

Best Lip Balms For Dry Lips

Cle De Peau Lip Glorifier

This lip balm for dry lips is one of the more expensive lip balms ( $47) but it a wonderful formulation that is intensely moisturizing. The company suggests using this balm as a primer under your lipstick for further protection. It is available in four colors.

Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment

This lip balm is composed of sugar just like it’s name and oils. It comes in so many colors that there is sure to be a shade that works for you. The lip treatment offers buildable color in a soft, buttery formulation.

Supergoop! Play Lip Balm

This lip balm has an SPF of 30 and it comes in two flavors….acai and mint. It has a super light formulation and contains shea butter. It locks in hydration to make your lips look smooth and still protects from UV damage.

Clinique Moisture Surge Pop Lip Balm

This lip balm is a multitasker that has three different cores that hydrates for up to 72 hours and helps to reduce lip lines. Ths finish is sheer but shimmery which is beautiful for summer lips. It contains a complex of shea butter, Vitamin E and humectants to moisturize and improve the texture of the lips. Comes in a few beautiful shades.

Burt’s Bee’s Lip Balm

This lip balm seems to be the one lip balm that people love. So many testimonials and reviews prove that. The balm is only $3.99 per tube but it packs a big punch! It offers 12 hours of coverage and moisturizes the lips. Obviously the lip balm is made with beeswax and it works!

Blistex Medicated Lip Treatment

Blistex Medicated Lip Treatment is a treatment formulated for dry lips and is medicated to aid in soothing the lip but also protecting the lips from further irritation. It prevents chapping and has an SPF of 15!

Bobbi Brown Tinted Lip Balm

This lip balm is a hydrating tinted lip balm. This tinted lip balm comes in many yummy colors too! It contains botanical oils including olive, jojoba and avocado. It revitalzes lips and has a plumping effect which lasts for 24 hours.

CeraVe Healing Ointment

If your lips are very dry and chapped this is the ointment for you. It is formulated with petroleum, hyaluronic acid and ceramides. It hydrates and soothes the skin and protects the chafed and cracked skin on the lips. Dermatologists love the CeraVe brand and we do too!

Goop Genes Nourishing Lip Balm Trio

This is a clean lip balm that is ultramoisturizing. The company said it took three years to develop this nourishing lip balm. It is made with high quality botanical oils like coconut, argan, castor seed, jojoba and sunflower and shea butter. It comes in four lovely colors and a pretty rose gold package.

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm

A vegan lip balm hydrates the dry skin on the lips. It has won numerous awards such as The Allure Best of Beauty Award. The reviews on the lip balm are outstanding and prove this one is a winner….also is available in many colors. This balm can also be used as a lip mask at bedtime.

Additional Products To Protect Your Lips

Lip Masks

Lip masks are typically designed for overnight use. They have a thicker consistency and often remain on until the morning. Lip Masks can also be worn during the day if you choose and used both summer and winter.

Here are some lip masks that we have personally used except the Belif Aqua Bomb Overnight Lip Mask. We have read about it an it sounds amazing! We will definitely be trying this one!

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

Yummy flavors and it truly works. Key ingredients are murumuru butter, Vitamin C and Coconut Oil and Shea Butter. Moisturizes and assists in keeping your lips in good shape. This is a very popular lip mask and we both have used it and love it.

Sugar Recovery Lip Mask

This lip mask soothes your lips and is good to use on lips that have dry patches. It is composed of berry wax, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid. It nourishes your lips and has a plumping effect.

Tatcha Kissu Lip Mask

Bev’s favorite! This mask has squalane and Japanese peach as its key ingredients. This mask plumps the lips and wrinkles for a smoother lip line. The mask also hydrates and locks in moisture.

Kiehls Buttermask

Composed of coconut oil and wild mango butter. It smooths and softens overnight and helps to repair the lip moisture barrier to restore lips overnight.

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We hope this has been helpful! If you have found a great lip balm you love please share!

Bev & Val

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