Best Lip Balms for Dry Winter Lips

Dry, chapped lips? You need one of the best lip balms to protect your pout from the blustery winter weather. Finding lip products that are easy to apply and actually work to repair cracked lips may have once been a task, but in recent years, there’s been a veritable lip balm boom that means we’re now spoilt for choice. Gone are the days when lip balms were relegated to fiddly tins and dust-magnet twist-up sticks: there’s a new breed of lip balms for delicate skin, which are more convenient (and luxurious) than all the ones that have come before.

There are lavish lip oils à la Dior, glassy glazed ointments (see Rhode lip tint), pampering lip masks from Laneige – in essence, all manner of nourishing salves to nurse sore lips back to health. Not sure which is worthy of your collection? Allow Vogue to point you to the very best lip balms for lasting protection and an enviable pout.

How we chose the best lip balms

Every lip balm in our edit of the best has been tried and tested by Vogue beauty editors, who have put the products through their paces over several months and seasonal weather changes. Assessing lip balms for their finish, lasting moisture levels and ease of use, only the options that were comfortable, convenient and conferred luscious lips made our shortlist. Below, the lip balms to have in tow wherever you’re headed this winter.

The best lip balms at a glance:

Best lip balm for a nourishing treat: Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment, £16

Best lip balm for a glossy finish: Naturium Phyto Glow Lip Balm, £12

Best lip balm for tinted moisture: Makeup By Mario Moisture Glow Plumping Lip Serum, £28

Best lip balm for irritated lips: Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm, £13.50

Best lip oil for deep-reaching moisture: Dior Lip Glow Oil, £32

Best affordable lip balm for dry lips: La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 Lips, £8

Best swipe on lip balm: Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment, £22

Best lip balm for men: Kiehl’s No Shine Moisturising Lip Balm, £11.50