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I love MAC’s tinted lip conditioners – I have the two that came with the Hello Kitty collection and wear Popster nearly everyday! I love that they’re moisturising, with nice colour payoff and a neutral scent. I wish they lasted a little longer though on my lips
I don’t have the Hello Kitty ones, but ditto everything else you said, Alyssia 🙂
same with me, my favorite is fuchsia fix 🙂
I love them too <3 my favorite is Petting Pink 🙂
My absolute favorite tinted lip gloss is actually Vaseline Rosy Tint in a tin I got in England. It’s apparently not sold here which makes me super sad, I’m going to have to ask my relatives over there to mail me more. It’s amazingly moisturizing and a perfect pinky tint that just makes me look glossy and fresh.
I absolutely love that too! just had the chance to buy two more before I got back to the states.
I love it but it cant be the drugstore kind, those are cheap and gritty but i LOVE LOVE the body shop kind
I love tinted lip balm! it adds the perfect kiss of color without drying out my lips. My favorite brand is MAC, thier tinted lip conditioners are great!
I love Korres Lip butter in Jasmine. I love how gives a soft color tint to my lips. I have a new favorite it is Dior Lip glow…it is amazing. It provides the perfect pink lip
I really like MAC’s Tinted Lip Conditioner (I have it in Perfect Plum), but I really wish it didn’t come in a pot. It’s messy applying something that’s pigmented with your finger, and it’s not exactly hygienic.
I would LOVE to find something like it — moisturizing and with a sheer layer of colour – in a stick or with a doefoot applicator. I’m a big fan of lip tints and so on during the week, because wearing lipstick seems a little too formal for class and the gym. 🙂 Any suggestions?
I just bought Perfect Plum and I am going to apply it with a lip brush! It is the perfect shade for fall and it’s a great alternative to a red lipstick when your young!
I think I have raved about this before…but Dior Lip Glow! It gives me the perfect pink tint to my lips. Very natural and flattering to my skin tone. It’s such an easy, every day lip balm. I’m almost done my second tube of it. You might say I’m addicted, but no shame!! I’ve even started to think I look too pale with nothing on my lips, and that I NEED Lip Glow to look alive. LOL.
Korres lip balms are my favourite.
I love MAC’s Tendertones! My favorite is Hush, Hush. It gives just the most subtle amount of a golden tint to my lips.
my favorite is by NYC their lip sliders are just the best and dirty cheap.
Pretty sure the best kind I’ve ever tried was Loreal HIP’s Jelly Balm. Soooo moisturizing, cute colors, yummy smell and taste, lasted forever, not too expensive.
I have to agree! I love the L’oreal HiP Jelly Balms. They are so pigmented and smooth! I especially love luscious & savory! Luscious looks sort of scary in the pot but it turns into this beautiful rosy color, perfect for deeper skin tones. Also savory just makes the lips turn a perfect peachy color. I love to wear one of my Jelly Balms with my Hush, Hush MAC Tendertone over it!
I haven’t used tinted lip balm in forever, but I love lip balm in general. EOS in particular. It’s not the best in moisturizing, but it tastes lovely, which is important to me as a habitual lip-rubber (I frequently rub my lips together as if I’m spreading a product, and as a side effect get a taste of whatever’s on them), and gives my lips a more satin-y sheen then what a straight up gloss does.
As a result of this post, I think I’m going to Duane Reade to pick up a tinted lip balm or two.
I love EOS also! Always a conversation started with you pull out the little ball!
i LOVE tinted lip balms!
on days when i’m feeling a bit lazy (which, let’s face it, is almost every day :p), i don’t want to have to apply multiple products on my lips. so a tinted lip balm (mac is my favourite) gives me enough polish to look like i’m wearing SOMETHING, but is very low maintenance.
i like the one from the bodyshop with cocoa butter, it stays on long but without leaving the lips gritty, they just feel “soft” somehow!
the one with hamp is not so good though..
i love the burts bees tinted lip balms. they’re really moisturizing while still having great pigment! 🙂 my fav color is papaya!
I’ve been using both Sugar Rosé by Fresh, and Korres Pomegranate Lip Butter for the last few weeks, and I really like both so far! I think I like Sugar Rosé a bit better because #1: it tends to stay on my lips longer, and #2: it comes in a tube as opposed to a pot, so it’s easier to apply quickly.
I definitely like tinted lip balm. It’s like the best of both worlds.
love them! I use them all the time, MAC tinted lip conditioner in Soothing beige – lovely brown nude 🙂 Also love the Eyeko Fat balm in Strawberry which actually tastes like real strawberries! A new favourite is the LUSH lip tint, which doesn’t moisturise much, but gives super great colour!
A few months ago, I got the Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Soothing Lip Balm in the darker pink color (pink sugar, it might be called). Best stuff ever!! It’s moisturizing, minty, gives my lips a subtle pink color, shiny enough to be a lip gloss, and best of all? It’s cheap 🙂
I hate tinted lip balms , since I love my lips to have tha full coverage on it or totally bare with a very sheer gloss ! ,
I hate the hint of colour kinda look ! ,
Also I have very dry lips , and pigments in these tinted lip conditioners can leave them more dried out !
I wear Vaseline Rosy Tint every day as part of my work ‘neutral’ face.
Love love love!
I don’t have the time to faff around with lipstick & gloss is too sticky for work, so it’s perfect.
I loved MAC’s Tendertone Lip Balms–they are the best. I hate their other lip fix stuff.
They usually come with a smell be it fruity or whatever and that’s what I hate about them. If they had no smell I’d really love them. For me, it’s OK.
MAC tinted lip conditioners are my holy grail tinted lip balm.
I own four of them:
Gentle Coral
Fuchsia Fix
Popster -HK collection
Pink Fish – HK collection
Pink Fish without a doubt is my favorite. I love it so much. I’m a sucker for baby pink colors. I love the feel and scent of these. I’d recommend them to anyone.
I was OBSESSED with them just a few weeks ago because I’m not a lipstick girl. Every time I saw them I had to think to myself, ‘No Katie, you already have 10 of them at home that you’re never going to finish…’
I bought one of the Palladio herbal tinted lip balm in the color cotton candy and I LOVE it. It’s so smooth and moisturizing plus it has great shine and sparkle. I’ve been wearing it instead of lipgloss a lot lately. Love it.
Smith’s Rosebud Salve.
Seconded – I was addicted to the Brambleberry Rose, though I think they may have stopped selling this version because I can’t find it anywhere! I switched to the Minted Rose and it’s nice and fresh and clean and a great coral shine! I don’t really like the original though, it’s a bit too rose-y for me.
I love tinted lip balms! Fresh’s Rose Sugar is the best! I love how moisturizing it is and how it’s the perfect color for me. Plus, it’s stick form and has SPF 15. I have to have a balm/lipstick/gloss with SPF 15 minimum, which can be hard to find.
I like them if they’re not in a pot. I am a bit of a germaphobe, so sticking my fingers in a pot drives me nuts. I end up wasting a ton of it because I’ll clean off the top layer due to worry over germs. Or I won’t bother applying it if I don’t get a chance to wash my hands.
I love love love burts bee’s tinted balm, i think i love it more than my MAC tinted conditioners
As long as they’re in stick form, they’re my favorite lip product. I have problems with my lips chapping easily (dry climate+a nasty lip-biting habit) so they’re perfect for me.
The best is MAC tinted moisturizer in Tempting Tillie. It was from a Disney themed collection that has been long gone. Another shade called Miss Bunny is also a very nice pink.
Love stick tinted balms like bobbi brown’s but hate jar types like mac tendertones or Hip jelly balms – they get under my nails. Ewww.
I’m loving the Skin Food honey balm : moisturising, a lovely berry coloured tint, tastes nice.
It just feels weird for me, I dont know, I guess because when I’m reaching for lip balm it’s only to moisturize my lips. The added tint makes me feel like I’m actually applying make up and I hate the feeling. It’s like wearing tinted moisturizer to bed!
I love the sleek pout polish! they have amazing colour pay off, like melted down lipstick! and they smell amazing! I love the purple one the best, but might get more as not that expensive and you get a hug tub!
I am very impressed with Laura Mercier Hydra tint SPF 15 and less so with Korres tinted lip butter (not a fan of applying it with fingers as I know they get dirty throughout the day). And it is not just the application issue, the Laura Mercier is just very high quality and it is obvious when using it. I have it in “Rose”.
I use lip balm all the time.My favorite is Clinique superbalm. I have been using it since I can remember. The colored ones are great too.
i love the tinted lip conditioners… i wear them any day im lazy and dont want anything heavy on my lips… wish the color lasted longer though
victoria’s secret “sheer gloss stick”. this is more of a tinted gloss (but i consider it a balm because it’s not drying at all)…. it’s so moisturizing and glossy, yet still leaves your lips with a soft hint of color. http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265273467339&c=Page&cid=1265275330828&collAssetType=LBIProductSet&pagename=vsdWrapper. i’ve only tried the shade in “shy”, which is described as a nude on the website, but i think it’s more of a pinky nude. have you ever tried this, christine? i’d love to hear your thoughts =]. love your blog!
I haven’t!
I absolutely LOVE tinted lip balms! I think they’re great for younger people, like myself, who want some lip color like a lipstick would give but think lipsticks are too mature. They are a great alternative & transition. My favorites are definitely the Korres lip butters. They come in great natural colors, are pretty moisturizing, aren’t too glossy (which I personally don’t like about other tinted balms like loreals hip).
I love the NYX tinted lip conditioner in sake, it feels so comfortable on my lips, and it has some minty feeling.
The other one I like is from NYC, sugar kissed, it smells like cotton candy!!
I love Mac tinted lip conditioners I own 4 of them my favorites are gentle coral and popstar from the hello kitty collection.