Summer is here, and the sun's rays are harsh as ever, making your lips prone to intense heat, sun exposure, as well as hot drying winds that blow throughout the season. This is why you need to make sure that you are also using lip balm along with other skin care products during this summer season. Lip balms help maintain the delicate skin on your lips, preventing discomfort, dryness, and chapping and promoting healthy-looking lips. While choosing lip balm in the summer, make sure you take into consideration the sun protection aspect. Sunscreen lip balms or a tinted lip balm with SPF shields your lips from the harmful effects of the sun, reducing the risk of sunburn, premature ageing, and even skin cancer.
Here are some of the best summer lip balms to try
1. Clinique Almost Lipstick In Black Honey
The best part about Clinique Almost Lipstick In Black Honey is that it is so easy to swipe on. It has low opacity letting it adjust to the shade of your natural lips. This is one of the best lip balms for summers, preventing dryness and leaving your lips moisturised and glossy all day. It is available in beautiful colours like pink honey, angel red and black honey that went viral over the last few months, so you don't have to use lip colour over it, best for keeping it fresh and summery.
Price: Rs.2,200
2. Vaseline Lip Tins - Rosy Lips
Vaseline Lip Tins - Rosy Lips is one of the OG lip balms. This instantly soothes and softens dry lips while leaving a light pink tint. This is one of the best lip balms for summer, prevents dry and chapped lips, heals your lips and keeps them hydrated. This lip balm stays for a longer time so you don't have to reapply it very often. It is compact and convenient to carry around, you can easily put the little tin in your bag or pocket, making it perfect for people who are always on the go.
Price: Rs.270
3. Dot & Key SPF 30 Tinted Gloss Boss Lip Balm With Vitamin C + E - Strawberry Crush
Dot & Key SPF 30 Tinted Gloss Boss Lip Balm With Vitamin C + E - Strawberry Crush is the best SPF lip balm you can buy. It is packed with Vitamin C and E, Shea and Cocoa butter, and UV filters. It deeply moisturises your lips, checks lip tanning and fades pigmentation too, making it a must-have product. It has easy application and gives your lips a beautiful red tint, making them look glossy with nonstop shine.
Price: Rs.249
4. Bobbi Brown Lip Balm SPF 15
Bobbi Brown Lip Balm SPF 15 is the ultimate tinted luxury lip balm and is worth every penny spent. Gives a natural sheen without any bold colour, and keeps lips nourished with sun protection. It is a non-greasy and tinted lip balm with SPF protection. Specially formulated with wheat germ, avocado and olive oils, this best sunscreen lip balm immediately moisturises your lips, making them look fresher and healthier with a strikingly impressive colour. It is the best sunscreen lip balm you can rely on.
Price: Rs.3,100
5. Forest Essentials Madhu Rasa Tinted Lip Serum
Forest Essentials Madhu Rasa Tinted Lip Serum is one of the best lip balms for summers, especially if you are in love with natural ingredients. This deeply conditions the delicate skin of your lips and prevents moisture loss. It is made from pure ghee, moringa oil and extracts from rose ensuring immediate absorption to nourish your lips. It is packed with ayurvedic goodness, and awesome fragrance and comes in three stunning shades and one with a clear sheen. It also works as a primer for lips which you can apply before lipstick. It's a clean beauty product and cruelty-free too.
Price: Rs.1,850
6. Clinique Moisture Surge Lip Hydro-Plump Treatment
Clinique Moisture Surge Lip Hydro-Plump Treatment offers plumping hydration more than moisturisation, making it perfect for sticky and humid summers. This is a multi-tasking product, apart from being used as a lip conditioner and primer, it also can be used as a mask, making your lips soft and supple. This anytime treatment instantly moisturises, smooths and preps lips for makeup. This is one of the most demanded lip balms for summer, preventing cracking and dryness and boosting the overall health of your lips.
Price: Rs.2,050
7.SebaMed Lip Defense Balm with SPF 30
SebaMed Lip Defense Balm is the best sunscreen lip balm with SPF30. It is affordable and great for hypersensitive skin, being free from irritants like parabens and paraffin, it is also safe for very sensitive skin. You must have known that SebaMed works with your own skin's pH value of 5.5, to stabilise and strengthen your skin's natural protective barrier. It is one of the best SPF lip balms, packed with Vitamin E and jojoba oil, for regenerating irritated lips and also protects them from sunburn with SPF 30. If you have sensitive skin, then there is no better product than this sunscreen lip balm.
Price: Rs.445
8. Supergoop! Play Lip Balm SPF 30
Supergoop! Play Lip Balm SPF 30 is one of its kind, not as readily available across platforms in the country but worth every penny. It is a must-have for the protection and moisture of your lip skin. This locks hydration with shea butter making your lips smoother and healthier. It has two light tints, Acai and mint and was specially formulated as a sunscreen lip balm to protect from UV radiation. It is one of the most reliable tinted lip balm with SPF you can buy.
Price: Rs.2290 onwards