These 10 trendy lip balm favourites will change the way you pout again

Take a quick peek inside your bag. Somewhere in there is your new favourite lip balm, or that one old gloss you discovered years ago and instantly fell for - the one you now stock up on for fear of it going out of stock. Walking out of your favourite beauty store, bagging your favourite lip treatment feels less like a shopping spree and more like stepping into lipcare wonderland. It's therapy, albeit retail, with beautiful results. Whether it is your favourite lip oil, a hydrating balm or a gloss that pulls your whole look together, HELLO! India curates a list of the cult favourites and the new lippers in the block, just waiting for you to notice. 

1. Vaseline

It sits on your cabinet, lies cosy in your vanity kit and is like an heirloom passed down through generations. The good old Vaseline, although available in fresh, juicy flavours today, remain a mainstay in many beauty boxes even today, and for good reason. Built on a reputation for endless hydration minus the flashy packaging and gimmicks, this one-product-does-it-all has evolved with tint and peptide treatments but never compromising on what it has always believed in. 

2. Laneige Glazed Tinted Lip Serum

If you've been in the lip game for a while, Laneige needs no introduction. The K-beauty giant built its name on lip sleeping masks and the super glossy balms, but today we're spotlighting the Glazed Grace Tinted Lip Serum - beloved for its glass-like shine, weightless feel, and dessert-inspired scents like strawberry sprinkles, blueberry jelly, and chocolate frosting, making this one of the most anticipated launches of recent times. Formulated with argan ceramides, polypeptides, and pomegranate seed oil, it delivers serious hydration and softens even the driest lips. If the Lip Glow Balm already has your heart, this one's next in line.

3. Glossier Balm Dotcom

For anyone living by “ the no-makeup, makeup” philosophy - skin first, everything else second - Glossier's Balm Dotcom is the obvious next obsession. It's the brand's most iconic product, boosted further by collaborations with Olivia Rodrigo and KATSEYE. The formula leans on a thick, protective blend of castor seed oil, beeswax, and lanolin, alongside a plant-based oil rich in fatty acids and water-binding properties. Understated packaging, outsized results - that's the whole appeal.

4. Rhode Tinted Lip Peptide

No conversation about modern lip care skips Hailey Bieber's Rhode. Launched in 2022, the brand shows no signs of slowing down - it's become shorthand for the "it-girl" aesthetic, backed by both everyday fans and the biggest names in Hollywood. The Tinted Lip Peptide isn't just good on ingredients alone; it's the kind of product that makes an ordinary Tuesday feel like a chic outing. Rhode has become less of a brand and more of an identity. Add it to the bag.

5. Dior Addict Lip Glow and Addict Lip Oil

High-end beauty isn't sitting this trend out either. Dior Addict Lip Glow and Addict Lip Oil have appeared in enough celebrity get-ready-with-me videos that counting them stopped making sense a while ago. And the hype holds up - non-sticky, nourishing, glossy, and exactly what you want if your beauty philosophy sits at the intersection of minimalism and luxury.

6. Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey

Loving lip products doesn't have to drain your savings. If you want colour without committing to a full lipstick, Clinique's Almost Lipstick in Black Honey is the answer. As the name suggests, it's neither a lipstick nor a lip balm, but it does the job of both almost seamlessly. Its sheer, buildable tint gives lips that effortlessly bitten-looking flush, while the glossy finish keeps it feeling polished without looking overdone. It’s the kind of low-key luxury that works with almost every makeup mood. 

7. The Ordinary Lip Balm

Known for ingredient transparency and clinical-grade formulas at prices that don't punish you, The Ordinary has entered lip care with its Squalane + Amino Acids Lip Balm. Built around two hero ingredients - squalane and amino acids - it locks in deep hydration, skips artificial fragrance entirely, and is both vegan and cruelty-free. Bonus: it doubles as a fix for rough elbows and cuticles.

8. Gisou Honey Infused Lip Oil 

Shifting from balms and glosses to oils, Gisou's Honey Infused Lip Oil deserves its own spotlight. The Netherlands-based brand is known as much for its viral packaging as for formulas that actually deliver. This one blends jojoba, meadowfoam, primrose, rosehip, and Mirsalehi honey for deep, lasting hydration - and it's earned its cult-favourite status for all the right reasons.

7. Indē Wild Lip Treatment

Indē Wild built its story on Indian heritage, weaving traditional Ayurvedic ingredients into modern formulations. Its lip balm range delivers on that promise, biomimicking the conditioning power of desi ghee through peptides, hyaluronic acid, shea butter, and squalane. With so many variants and limited edition drops, one could choose tint or plumpness but the hydration factor is a constant given with it. 

8. Hyphen Vitamin Infused Peptide Lip Balm

Hyphen, the Kriti Sanon-helmed beauty brand, has earned its spot on this list with the Vitamin Infused Peptide Lip Balm. It targets pigmentation, brightens, hydrates, and protects with SPF 30 - all while coming in a range of shades that doesn't compromise on the value for money, texture, glossy finish and all that goodness; what's not to love? 

9. Fenty Beauty Lux Balm 

Riri's Fenty Beauty gets it's own mention too. Fenty Beauty's Lux Balm Ultra-Hydrating Cherry Lip Balm - the one you'll want on hand for a quick, no-fuss fix. It's built around Barbados cherry extract, sweet cherry seed oil, and a blend of murumuru, mango, cocoa, and shea butters, so it feels indulgent while still doing the actual work of softening dry lips. The formula is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and the scent alone (juicy, fruity, borderline snackable) is reason enough to keep it in your bag on rotation.

10. Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable Glossy Lip Balm

Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty rounds out the list with a gloss that plays two roles at once - a lip mask in a gloss, cushioning lips with soft, nourishing colour and shine while quietly working to soothe and plump them. The formula leans on a botanical blend of lotus, gardenia, and white water lily, and it comes in a range of shades soft enough to wear bare or layer over a lipstick for extra shine. It's rich without tipping into sticky - the kind of gloss that feels indulgent but never high-maintenance, which is really the whole appeal of this shift in the first place.

Text by Mriganka Singh 

Edited by Sabrina Mathews