Lip Balms

Want smooth, kissable lips? Treat your pout to some serious TLC this winter

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Lip Therapy
Price: 85p
Stockist: Vaseline @ Boots www.boots.com

There’s not much to say about Vaseline Lip Therapy that you don’t already know - not least because it’s probably the first product your mother introduced you to! It may have a bit of a greasy consistency, but for magically fixing your beauty woes for less than a pound, there ain’t nothing better.

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Baume Baiser
Price: £13.90
Stockist: Lancôme www.lancome.co.uk

Whilst this lip balm-cum-massager isn’t really intensive enough to cure seriously chapped lips, we’ve been in love with it since it hit our desks. Why? The super sweet rose and marshmallow scent and the cushiony consistency have more than sealed the deal for us. Try massaging in circles over your lips – one go and you’ll be hooked.

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Rosebud Salve
Price: £6.99
Stockist: Smiths @ Feel Confident www.feelconfident.co.uk

So great is its popularity that this product has been around, rather unbelievably, since way back in 1892. Touted as a cure-all magic wand, Rosebud Salve can be used not only on chapped lips, but to calm spots, relieve irritation and soften those rough elbows. An oldie but a goodie!

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Turbo Balm
Price: £12.50
Stockist: This Works @ Beauty Expert www.beautyexpert.co.uk

Being the brainchild of a former Health and Beauty Director of Vogue is a pretty impressive pedigree for the new This Works range, created by Kathy Phillips. The excitingly titled Turbo Balm promotes the This Works ideology of incorporating aromatherapy into everyday life, with scents of cocoa, rose, gardenia and manoi oil. The balm can be used anywhere you get a little dry patch – lips, elbows, cuticles and heels.

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Lipscription
Price: £9
Stockist: Clinique www.clinique.co.uk

When your lips are in such bad condition that you’re actually trying to hide them under your scarf, a simple slick of lip balm probably won’t solve your problems. You could try the old toothbrush trick, or upgrade to this lip care set from Benefit. One tube exfoliates all the nasty chapped skin away with AHAs and jojoba, while the other moisturises to prevent the dryness coming back.

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Lip Balm #1
Price: £7
Stockist: Kiehls @ Space NK www.spacenk.co.uk

If you could only buy one lip balm for the rest of your life, we’d suggest you choose this one. It’s a well established fave of all the moving and shaking make-up artists, and contains an all-important SPF to protect your lips from sun damage (which can even happen in the UK, in winter, believe it or not!)

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Lip Care Stick
Price: £7
Stockist: Dr Hauschka www.drhauschka.co.uk

Beauty boffins unite over their love for Dr. Hauschka and the range’s holistic approach to skincare. If you hate sticking your fingers in a gooey pot of lip balm, this intensive protection stick is a practical alternative, and the great thing about this one is that it doesn’t have to be reapplied constantly, like many of its counterparts.

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Lip Rescue
Price: £13
Stockist: Elemis @ Time to Spa www.timetospa.co.uk

Ever trustworthy, grown-up brand Elemis offers up this classic lip balm in a squeezy tube formulation. It’s apparently made from beeswax, olive oil, cocoa butter and wild mint but we think you’ll love the kudos you get from whipping it out in front of your gal pals, more than you love the product itself.

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Kiss Me Clear
Price: £10
Stockist: Philosophy @ HQ Hair www.hqhair.com

From Philosophy, a beauty brand famed for the cutesy ‘philosophies’ printed on their packaging, comes this true cult product. Kiss Me is a high density lip saviour which softens and smoothes your kisser, while smelling deliciously of kiwi and almonds. The clear version is our fave but it also comes in pink and an exfoliating formulation if you’re interested.

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Crème de la Mer Balm
Price: £35
Stockist: Crème de la Mer www.cremedelamer.co.uk

As the self-proclaimed caviar of skin, Crème de la Mer has garnered a reputation as one of the most luxurious and exclusive skin care ranges on the market. Their eponymous new Lip Balm incorporates the unique mineral complex that makes the other products such a favourite with celebs and beauty editors alike.