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These Lip Balms Give You Soft Lips And Subtle Color

Lip color so comfortable, you won’t even know it’s there.
These Lip Balms Give You Soft Lips And Subtle Color
By Jamila Stewart · Updated July 15, 2022
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Beauty lovers know — finding that category of lip products that bring hit after hit is pretty hard. Better yet, borderline impossible. Move the wrong way and your hair is sure to get stuck in your lip gloss, transfer-proof cream and satin lipsticks are particularly easy to come by, and for many, the thought of liquid lipsticks conjures up one word (“dry”). There is one sector of the lip family that seems to have our backs and comes with virtually no fuss — lip balms. 

Truthfully, lip balms are that make up product most of us took for granted when we were younger, only to now realize what gems they are. They’re lightweight, ultra hydrating, come with just the right amount of color to don casually or pair with a full face of makeup, and is it just us, or does it seem like they almost always smell good? If lip balms don’t deserve to be the official lip product of summer, then we’re not sure what is. Shop some our favorites below. 

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01 NARS Afterglow Lip Balm
Available at Sephora
28 Shop Now
02
02 ILIA Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip Balm
Available at Sephora
28 Shop Now
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03 Drunk Elephant Lippe Balm
Available at Sephora
18 Shop Now
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04 Rare Beauty With Gratitude Dewy Lip Balm
Available at Sephora
16 Shop Now
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05 fresh Sugar Lip Balm
Available at Sephora
24 Shop Now
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06 Rosebud Perfume Co. Strawberry Lip Balm
Available at Sephora
8 Shop Now
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07 Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask with Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin C
Available at Sephora
24 Shop Now
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08 Sephora Collection #LIPSTORIES Lip Balm
Available at Sephora
6 Originally $9 Shop Now
09
09 Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm
Available at Sephora
23 Shop Now
10
10 Laneige Lip Glowy Balm
Available at Sephora
17 Shop Now

TOPICS:  beauty Lip Balm

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