Many lip balms serve one primary purpose—to moisturise and comfort your lips. But there are tons of formulas out there that give you lip care from ultraviolet rays (especially under the hot sun of Oman), to provide an instant plumping effect, or help your lips get fuller over time. These lip products deserve a spot in your skin-care routine – after all, who doesn’t want plump smackers?
As we all know, time waits for no one, and as it goes by, you lose lip volume, and the fat that hides your muscle starts to disappear, making them look thinner.
Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do about this volume loss (unless you’re prepared to invest in filler treatments). But you can do things to keep the skin around your lips nice and thick, thus making the muscles less visible and making your lips look more youthful.
Were you aware that the primary cause of thinning skin on the outside of your lips is the sun? Our lips often go overlooked, with a lip balm with SPF and peptides to stimulate collagen development and plumpness in the long term, you’ll be well on your way to addressing this concern.
Remember to put on your lip balm as part of your skincare routine every morning – if it doesn’t have SPF in it, make sure not to miss out on your lips when applying your sunscreen. We should all be carrying an SPF lip product of some kind in our handbags or pockets every day so it’s easy to reapply and keep our lips protected from the harsh elements.
Here are 10 of the best anti-ageing lip options on the market, available from websites like Sephora and Cult Beauty:
Perricone MD, Cold Plasma Plus+ Lip Therapy —
This lip balm from Perricone MD contains hyaluronic acid, peptides, omega fatty acids, coconut oil, beeswax, jojoba seed oil, castor seed oil, sunflower seed oil, murumuru seed butter, and shea butter.
SkinCeuticals, Antioxidant Lip Repair —
Influencers love this balm because it’s full of powerful antioxidants like silymarin and vitamin E. This is to up the efficacy of your sunscreen. It also has hydroxyethyl urea and hyaluronic acid to bind water to your lips to restore moisture loss and provide a little plumpness and soothing allantoin.
Hourglass, N° 28 Lip Treatment Oil —
This treatment from Hourglass is an oil; The formula contains a trio of moisturising, softening, and smoothing ingredients.
Paula’s Choice, Hyaluronic Acid + Peptide Lip Treatment Booster —
Peptides are the star of this treatment balm from Paula’s Choice. They restore youthful fullness to thinning lips over time. Hyaluronic acid-filling spheres help them provide instant plum and moisture and squalane to prevent moisture loss.
Rhode Skin, Peptide Lip Treatment —
Peptides in this formula visibly plump skin and decrease the appearance of fine lines. While shea butter moisturises, cupuacu helps maintain skin elasticity and suppleness, and babassu supports the skin’s microbiome and replenishes moisture.
Fenty Skin, Cherry Treat Conditioning + Strengthening Lip Oil —
Repair your lip’s moisture barrier with this lip oil. Your lips can hold onto as much skin-smoothing moisture as possible. It’s made with nourishing sweet cherry seed oil, conditioning Barbados cherry and wild cherry extracts, and moisturising jojoba seed and rosehip fruit oils.
Farmacy, Apple Lip Smoothie Vitamin C + Peptide Lip Balm —
This nourishing daily balm is made with plumping peptides. Plus moisturising up-cycled apple extract, mango seed butter, and protective, skin-smoothing vitamin C.
Bobbi Brown, Extra Lip Tint —
Add colour (7 shades) and moisture to your lips with this tinted balm from Bobbi Brown. It’s made with jojoba oil to condition, rebalance, and revitalise. Plus avocado oil to nourish and comfort; and olive oil to condition and soften.
Supergoop!, Unseen Lipscreen Sheer SPF 30 Lip Balm —
My favourite SPF lip balm is Supergoop! I also use (and love) their face sunscreen because this balm not only contains chemicals SPF filters but also boasts acai fruit oil to effectively safeguard against free radicals. Moreover, it contains a moisturising blend of emollients and colza flower extract to ensure your skin stays hydrated and nourished.
Sun Bum, SPF 30 Mineral Sunscreen Lip Balm —
There are also lots of great drugstore SPF lip balms. So this pick from Sun Bum provides mineral protection along with moisturising ingredients like sweet almond oil, shea butter, and jojoba.
