After reviewing several sources, here are some of the best drugstore lip balms, along with their positive and negative aspects, and ingredients or materials:
- Burts Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
- Positive: Affordable, long-lasting, and comes in many flavors and variants.
- Negative: No truly unflavored or unscented option.
- Ingredients: Beeswax, coconut oil, sunflower oil, vitamin E, and peppermint oil.
- Maybelline Baby Lips Moisturizing Lip Balm
- Positive: Contains SPF, long-lasting, and wears well under other lip products.
- Negative: Many shades are discontinued.
- Ingredients: Shea butter, vitamin E, and jojoba oil.
- Vaseline Lip Therapy – Rosy Lips
- Positive: Best for non-tinted and long-lasting care, and extremely pocket-friendly.
- Negative: None.
- Ingredients: Petroleum jelly, almond oil, and rose oil.
- Aquaphor Lip Repair
- Positive: Suitable for sensitive lips, value for money, and convenient squeeze tube.
- Negative: None.
- Ingredients: Shea butter, castor seed oil, and glycerin.
- Mario Badescu Lip Balm
- Positive: Cruelty-free, 100% natural, glides on smoothly, offers lip protection, gluten-free, paraben-free, phthalates-free, and petrochemical-free.
- Negative: None.
- Ingredients: Cocoa butter, beeswax, coconut oil, and sweet almond oil.
- The Body Shop Vitamin E Lip Balm
- Positive: Best for cracked lips, and provides visible results.
- Negative: None.
- Ingredients: Vitamin E, beeswax, and olive oil.
When choosing a lip balm, it is important to look for hydrating ingredients like petrolatum, lanolin, and hyaluronic acid. It is also advisable to stay away from anything with fragrance or flavoring, which could lead to even more chapping.
