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Your Lips Need One of These Natural Balms ASAP
By far the simplest thing you can do to green-ify your beauty routine? Replace all your lip balms (because I know you have more than one) that are sitting in your makeup bag, coat pockets, and nightstand drawer with natural lip balms instead. Unlike natural skincare or makeup products, most natural lip balms are 1) affordable, 2) easy-to-find, and 3) and won't mess with your existing routine,so making the switch is really NBD.Plus, there's something about slathering a product with natural ingredients, as opposed to synthetic ones, so close to your mouth that just feels right, you know? Ahead the 10 best natural lip balms to test out ASAP.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Best Fragrance-Free Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $15.00Made with just three ingredients—castor oil, castor wax, and candelilla wax—and zero preservatives or common allergens, this fragrance-free balm moisturizes and protects dry, chapped lips without feeling sticky or gooey or causing irritation.
Best Ultra-Hydrating Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $18.00The hero ingredient in this all-natural lip balm? Water-loving hyaluronic acid. The humectant draws moisture to your lips for long-lasting hydration—plus it has lip smoothing and plumping benefits too.
Best Natural Lip Balm with SPF Courtesy Image $12.00Newsflash: Your lips need protection from UV rays just as much as the rest of your face/body does. So pls, go ahead and shield them with this sunscreen-infused natural lip balm. It's made with 70 percent organic ingredients (like shea butter and coconut oil) plus SPF 30.
Best Overnight Lip Balm Courtesy Image $26.00This is the perfect pre-bed lip treatment IMO. Slather on the clean, natural formula before you go to sleep (it's made with sea succulent extract and hyaluronic acid to attract moisture and papaya enzymes to get rid of dead skin cells) and wake up to smoother, more hydrated lips in the morning.
Best Tinted Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $16.00Not only is this natural lip balm made with good-for-you, sustainable ingredients (hello, moringa oil and cocoa butter), it has a gorgeous tint that leaves lips with a sheer wash of ultra-flattering pink color.
Best Vegan Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $16.00Most natural lip balms aren't actually vegan—they use beeswax and/or honey in their formulas because of their moisturizing properties. So if you're looking to go the vegan (and cruelty-free) route, try this option from Bite Beauty. It's made with 100 percent plant-based ingredients and isn't tested on animals either.
Best Minty Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $22.00This natural lip balm is a goddamn delight to use. It has a subtle, yet totally refreshing, minty flavor and is infused with soothing cotton oil and ultra-nourishing kokum and shea butters that make your lips feel sooo soft and moisturized.
Best Healing Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $22.00Anyone with super dry or severely cracked/chapped lips needs this natural lip balm in their medicine cabinet. The ultra-rich formula heals and conditions with a blend of nourishing plant butters and oils, like cocoa butter, moringa seed oil, and babassu seed oil.
Best Multipurpose Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $18.00This clean balm is technically for your lips, but the multitasking formula can be used on rough patches of skin, dry cuticles, and around your eyes and nose too. It's made with omega-rich avocado oil, plumping peptides, moisturizing mongongo nut oil to smooth and soften delicate skin.
Best Plumping Natural Lip Balm Courtesy Image $39.00 $31.95 (18% off)Don't worry, this isn't one of those tingly lip plumpers you used circa 2007. This all-natural lip balm uses gentle plant extracts and volumizing peptides to enhance your natural lip shape and smooth lip lines for a plush, pillowy effect.
This story originally appeared on: Cosmopolitan - Author:Lauren Balsamo