It's just too hot for lipstick or lip gloss, but you still have to pamper your pout, so why not try one of these lip balms instead? They're all made to give you the most kissable lips all summer long... which will you try first?
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1. Fresh Sugar Rosé Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15
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Price: $24 at sephora.com
This best-selling balm exfoliates, conditions, protects, and adds a little color. What more could a girl ask for in a lip balm?
2. Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask
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Price: $26 at sephora.com
This luxe lip balm is made with hydrating organic agave nectar, jojoba oil, vanilla CO2 extract, but without gluten or petroleum.
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3. Farmacy Lip Bloom
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Price: $16.50 at sephora.com
This soothing herb-infused lip balm comes in six sweet blends, including my favorite, strawberry basil.
4. CLINIQUE Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm
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Price: $17 at sephora.com
A balm in a range of long-lasting colors? Why, sure! This one comes in more than a dozen shades, all of them more about the balm than the color, though you could never tell.
5. Tarte Rainforest of the Sea™ Quench Lip Rescue
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Price: $19 at sephora.com
This is another luxe balm disguised as a lipstick, available in four high-shine hues.
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6. Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25
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Price: $7.50 at sephora.com
I love the grapefruit and ginger scent/flavor, but the others (like black tea and blackberry) are really nice, too.
7. Dior Crème De Rose Smoothing Plumping Lip Balm
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Price: $28 at sephora.com
My only complaint? That this balm only offers SPF 10 protection, but otherwise, this lippie is just lovely.
8. Drunk Elephant Lippe™
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Price: $22 at sephora.com
I was skeptical at first: a balm that reduces signs of aging, plumps, hydrates, and protects? But it really works!
9. First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair® Intensive Lip Balm
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Price: $20 at sephora.com
If your lips need a little extra TLC, apply this wonderful salve and wait just a while. They'll be soft and supple again in no time!
10. KORRES Lip Butter
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Price: $12 at sephora.com
If you love the hydration of body butter, you'll love these tinted lip butters too!
11. Tarte Lip Facial Scrub
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Price: $16 at sephora.com
Enjoy the hydration of shea and the smoothing effects of a lip scrub in a convenient crayon. Wear alone or use to prep lips for a lasting lipstick application.
12. SEPHORA COLLECTION Super Nourishing Lip Balm
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Price: $6 at sephora.com
This budget-friendly balm contains shea butter, beeswax, grapeseed oil, vitamin E, and meadowfoam seed oil, an ideal combination for super-soft lips.
13. AmorePacific Moisture Bound Lip Treatment
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Price: $35 at sephora.com
This isn't just a balm; this is a rich lip treatment, designed to leave your lips soft and smooth, with a hint of rosy color.
14. Dinoplatz Lip Balm
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Price: $15 at sephora.com
I love each of the bright colors this balm comes in, but my favorite is the Spilled Wine... so pretty!
15. Eve Lom Kiss Mix
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Price: $22 at sephora.com
The first time I tried this lip balm, I fell in love with how soft it made my lips feel, and with the summer-perfect cooling sensation when you swipe it on.
16. Shiseido Sun Protection Lip Treatment SPF 36
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Price: $22 at sephora.com
This is a balm and sun block all-in-one, made just for the delicate skin on and around your lips. Why? Because kissing with sunburnt lips is no fun!
17. Marc Jacobs Beauty Lip Lock Moisture Balm
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Price: $24 at sephora.com
I love that this lip balm comes in a tube like your favorite lipstick, and that it includes some sun protection, too (SPF 18).
18. Rosebud Perfume Co. Strawberry Lip Balm
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Price: $7 at sephora.com
This cult-favorite lip balm is just stellar, and it smells (and tastes) so sweet!
19. Supergoop! AcaiFusion Lip Balm
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Price: $9.50 at sephora.com
This lip balm has a little tint to it, and a lot of sunblocking power, offering SPF 30 protection.
20. TokyoMilk Dark Femme Fatale Collection Lip Elixir
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Price: $7 at sephora.com
Each of the six scents/flavors in this line were made for the darkest of femme fatales... try Absinthe, and if that's not quite right, work your way through the rest.
21. GLAMGLOW POUTMUD™ Wet Lip Balm Treatment
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Price: $24 at sephora.com
This balm is made with various oils and butters, all working together to give you soft, hydrated, happy lips, stat.
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