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Best lip balms to bring dry, chapped lips back to life

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When I’m on my desert island with the one product I’m able to bring along with me, I will be soaking up the sun rays as red as a lobster, burnt to a crisp with frizzy hair and starved for entertainment. But I will be coating my lips in lip balm, and I’ll be happy.

I am a self-confessed lip balm addict. Before I even ventured down the path of reviewing beauty products in an official capacity, I had a lip balm in every bag, bedside table and room in the house. Back then the Nivea Original Care Lip Balm was my holy grail – and while the nourishing formula does stand the test of time, brands have got more creative and advanced in their pout protection.

We are a nation obsessed with lips. So much so that lip augmentation is the most Googled beauty treatment in the UK. Before you go under the knife, plumped perfection need not require injectables.

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