11 of the best lip products to save your summer pout

From $27 at Sephora

This relaunched line of shining SPF lip balms comes in an extensive six shades (previously only two). Not only does the lip balm work to protect your kisser from potential disaster (always make sure to apply as directions of use), but the lip-hugging silicone applicator also ensures your pout is slathered in subtle peppermint gloss (because who doesn’t want a minty-fresh kisser?). 

Key features:

Minty fresh flavour

Sun-protecting 

Comfy curved-tipped applicator 

Available at:

$27 from Sephora

$27 from Adore Beauty

$27 from Ultra Violette 

From $24 at Sephora

This Aussie-made jack of all trades balm is set to protect and perfect your pout. With a soothing, plumping, hydrating formula, dry lips don’t stand a chance. Smooth, soft lips and SPF? The best of both worlds is on our lips with this vanilla lip balm. Not to mention its collagen-supporting properties and blue light protection…

Key features:

Made in Australia 

Enriched with shea butter and hyaluronic acid 

Oxybenzone and octinoxate-free formula

Available at:

$24 from Sephora

$24 from Airyday

From $12 at Sephora

Known for their epic Messina collabs, we’re waiting for the day Standard Procedure teams up with them for an unbelievably sweet lip launch. For the moment though, we’re happy puckering up to the summer-worthy coconut scent, and quenching our desperately dry lips with the mango butter and vitamin E-infused balm. And if that wasn’t enough, this balm is enriched with broad spectrum SPF50+. Apply liberally (as advised on the packet), because obviously you can’t get enough of this protective formula. 

Key features:

Vitamin E and mango butter-rich formula

Naturally derived coconut flavour

Waterproof 

Available at:

$12 from Sephora

$12 from Standard Procedure 

$9 (usually $10) from Oz Hair and Beauty

From $5.49 at Oz Hair and Beauty

Say it with us: coconut is the scent of summer. We dare you to disagree. Or if you do, have a scroll through the Sun Bum website for another equally as fresh fragrance. Not only packed with nourishing aloe vera and vitamin E (for day-long hydration), this balm is also formulated to be on pout protection duties. With SPF protection worked into the formula, be sure to apply this balm and apply it often. 

Key features:

Water-resistant for 80 minutes 

Vegan formula

Enriched with aloe vera, cocoa butter, and vitamin E

Available at:

$4.99 (usually $5.49) from Oz Hair and Beauty

$5.49 from Priceline

From $6.89 at Catch

This balm is enriched with lip nurturing ingredients such as jojoba seed oil, shea butter and vitamin E. Not only is it a highly hydrating balm with natural vanilla flavouring (a lip product must) and a built in glossy shimmer, but it also will help to protect your pout against powerful UV rays. Reapplying this balm is a must for many reasons, so be sure to slather thoroughly for best results. 

Key features:

Glossy, shimmering formula

Vanilla scented 

SPF50+ 

Available at: 

$6.89 from Catch

$8.95 from Cancer Council

From $35 at Myer

With four dreamy natural looking sheer tints, this soft glossy balm effortlessly glides over your lips, hitting them with essential hydration. Your lips will be left with a shiny-smooth finish and an instant boost of moisturising lip-conditioning. 

Key features:

12 hour hydration

Non-greasy 

Enriched with nourishing oils 

Available at:

$24.50 (usually $35) from Myer

$24.50 (usually $35) from Sephora

From $12.95 at Adore Beauty

Don’t discount this sweet green tube; it’s what you’re set to call on when your dry chapped lips get out of hand. Providing immediate relief for chapped lips, this balm works to create a protective layer against further lip torment. It’s formulated with natural oils and waxes and even boasts an ethically and sustainably sourced tick of approval. 

Key features:

Designed for dry and cracked lips

Beeswax locks in all the hydrating ingredients 

Formulated with natural extracts

Available at:

$12.95 from Adore Beauty

$12.95 from Priceline 

$10.36 (usually $12.95) from Healthy Life

From $28 at Sephora

We’re suckers for a good product name, and when a lip product has the word 'glowy' right in the title, we’re absolutely sold. The six fruity, sweet and intoxicating shades are perfectly pocket-sized hydrators. Our key hydrating (and anti-oxidising) star? The always hard-working shea butter, locking in lip perfection and creating a perfectly primed base. 

Key features:

Six delicious flavours

Lightweight formula 

Enriched with shea and murumuru seed butters

Available at:

$28 from Sephora

$28 from Adore Beauty

$24.29 (usually $30.59) from Stylevana

From $40 at MECCA

We’re almost certain you’ve heard the whispers (and downright yelling from the streets) about Summer Fridays’ cult-classic lip butter balm. With an extensive range of nine shades, the vegan conditioning cream works to silkily sink into dry and cracked lips, creating a hydrating (flexible) barrier to seal in moisture. The best thing about this balm? It can be used as an ultra-hydrating overnight reparative mask. 

Key features:

9 shades

Cult status 

Sodium hyaluronate seals in moisturising ingredients 

Available at:

$40 from MECCA

From $14.95 at Lanolips

If 'ultra-nourishing' is what you're after, then you're in for a good time. Because this lanolin-rich formula is ready to hydrate, protect and exfoliate, sloughing away any crusty dead skin thanks to the inclusion of AHAs.

Key features:

Lanolin-rich formula

Fun strawberry flavour

AHAs work to exfoliate and smooth

Available at:

$14.95 from Lanolips

$14.95 from Adore Beauty

$14.99 from Priceline

From $19.95 at Pure Fiji

Pina Colada-flavoured lip balm screams nourishing summer essential. Add in the fact that it's formulated with a heap of natural antioxidant-rich oils and we're seriously onto a winner with this one!

Key features:

Fun pina colada flavour

Formulated with fresh coconut milk

Antioxidant-rich 

Available at:

$19.95 from Pure Fiji