Chapped lips? These 9 lip balms have got your back

If you’ve spent a considerable amount of time staring at Billie Eilish’s lips trying to figure out the exact lip balm formula the pop star wears to get that plush pout – we have great news. The 19-year-old’s MUA Robert Rumsey revealed via his Instagram that he saturated the pop stars' face pillows in a healthy swathe of the vegan-friendly Babe Balm from clean beauty brand BYBI for the 2021 Met Gala. The botanical-based multipurpose balm can be used on everything from lips to dry skin, nourishing and replenishing thanks to an ingredients list that boasts hydrating shea butter, moisture-retaining fruit waxes and repairing carrot extract.

$30 at Sephora

As if the fact that this stuff literally tastes like an after dinner mint (um, yum) wasn’t enough of a drawcard already, this clear, gloss finish lip balm is also unbelievably hydrating. We’re talking Yara Shahidi-level lips on the plump scale here, people – which is, in our opinion, definitely something worth screaming about. Infused with nourishing, long-lasting hydrators like avocado, shea butter and peptides, it’s no wonder our lips are still looking luscious long after application *chefs kiss*.

$40 at Sephora

If you manage to hold off licking your lips for long enough to enjoy the conditioning and hydrating benefits of this lip balm, then you have more willpower than we do because we’re fiends for the coconut flavoured formula. In hindsight, we can definitely see why Lanolips decided to call it ‘Coconutter’. Infused with natural waxes, butters, coconut oil, vitamin E and Natures Wonder Moisturiser™ complex, this Aussie offering glides on and melts into lips for a blanket of lasting hydration that conditions your kisser for an enviably plush and plump pout.

$19 at Sephora

New to Sephora Australia, VAPOUR BEAUTY is clean and sustainable with formulas that boast plant-derived ingredients. Lemon balm is combined with helichrysum and calendula flowers and extracts of plum, apricot and fig in this lip nourishing blend. Simply swipe over lips for a soothing boost of moisture.

$34 at Sephora

This coconut-flavoured lip balm has a fan club that spans the globe with lip balm lovers the world over lauding the hydrating pick as a delight for personal use thanks to the tantalising scent – though their partners don’t have anything to complain about either.

$25 at Sephora

This antioxidant-rich and lip-conditioning formula is infused with grape polyphenols and apricot oil, softening, repairing and protecting lips from everyday perils like cold days and your lifelong lipstick addiction. 

$10 at Sephora

This emollient formula has a no-nonsense attitude when it comes to hydrating lips. We’re talking nourishing ingredients like humectants, shea butter, essential fatty acids and honey extracts all working together to heal your chapped lips. Apply generously and let your Eight Hour Cream do the rest.

$30 at Adore Beauty

Naturally moisturising blue lotus wax replenishes dry lips with a nourishing invigoration of lasting hydration, resulting in smooth, soft smackers and a plump pout to boot.

$32 at Adore Beauty

Got dry lips past the point of all return? Then it might be time to add this richly moisturising pick to your arsenal. A replenished and repaired super-soft smoocher is guaranteed.

$16.95 at Adore Beauty