Choosing the perfect lip balm for your pout is an entirely personal endeavor. Do you prefer a slick gloss or a sticky one? Tinted? Scented or nonscented? Is the inclusion of SPF a nonnegotiable?

October 2025: We (the ELLE beauty team) recognized a gap in the market for an awards franchise that encompassed everything mouth-related, including oral hygiene, lip care, and color. From there, we ...

What I find most interesting about the defining lip trends of 2026 so far is that they’re more of a texture play than a color one. Think back to, say, 2016. A decade ago the cool lip looks were very ...

Sometimes, a lip balm doesn’t provide the shine you want for a night out, but a gloss is too sticky and goopy to wear for more than a few minutes. Lip oils offer a perfect mix of the two: they hydrate ...

Dry, chapped lips are painful, unattractive and can happen all year round — and sometimes, your standard lip balm just doesn’t cut it. That’s where a lip serum, also known as a lip treatment, comes in ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Amanda Rosenthal Amanda Rosenthal is a writer on the beauty team. She has at ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

Glossy lips have reigned supreme for the past couple of years, but blurred lips are the latest cool-girl makeup trend taking over our social media feeds. Inspired by the aesthetic of makeup artist ...

As revealed at The Game Awards 2025, Capcom is bringing the Blue Bomber back with a new video game called Mega Man: Dual Override. The first trailer for what will be the first new Mega Man game since ...

Texture aside, Korean makeup puts an emphasis on lip care as well as finish, making pretty much every product a skin-care-makeup hybrid. “K-beauty lip formulas tend to blur the line between skin care ...