No one wants dry, cracked lips, and certainly not on Valentine’s Day when you’re getting ready for a night of romance. What you need is the best hydrating lipsticks to help you look your best.
Why hydrating lipsticks? The skin on your lips is much thinner than the rest of your face and body, so it naturally dries out faster. Plus, the warm, moist air trapped under your face mask exacerbates that dryness, tempting you to lick your lips. Doing that only dries them out further. Vicious circle, indeed.
For the best Valentine’s Day makeup, what you need is this list of best hydrating lipsticks that not only deliver beautiful colour but also keep your lips soft and very kissable. They’re truly the best lipsticks for a date.
With its soft, melting gel-like texture, this luminous lip colour gives you vivid shades and high shine, and sculpts and plumps lips with a blend of hyaluronic acid, ceramides and triglycerides, leaving them supple and kissable. This hydrating lipstick will give you one of the best Valentine’s Day makeup looks. Comes in 10 shades.
Available at Estee Lauder boutiques and counters, and via the Estee Lauder Concierge Service, Whatsapp 9641-3792.
A flight of hearts, the quintessential symbol of love, adorns the much-loved Rouge Dior this Valentine’s. Infused with floral ingredients – red peony and pomegranate blossom – together with shea butter, to keep lips soft and supple, you can wear your heart on your sleeve, or in this case, your lips, with ease. Comes in two heart-stopping shades – 080 Red Smile and 999 Satin.
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Available at Dior Beauty boutiques and counters.
Inspired by the Rose Prick fragrance, this satin matte lip colour, now in a limited-edition pink packaging, delivers a similar sharp, pristine and vibrant hue on the lips. And despite the “matte” in its name, it contains nourishing ingredients like soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter and rosehip seed oil to hydrate the lips, keeping them soft and smooth.
Available from Tom Ford Beauty counters at Tangs at Tang Plaza and Takashimaya D.S., and via Tom Ford Beauty at Home Advisor service, tel: 6732-5002.
Give your lips a sheer pop of colour and keep them soft and supple with skin-loving ingredients like the shea butter, mango and jojoba seed oils that make up this hydrating lipstick. P.S. If you want to channel Blackpink Lisa’s sultry pout, make Rouge Awakening your go-to shade. Comes in six shades.
Available at M.A.C boutiques and counters, and the official M.A.C store on Lazada.sg
The brand’s iconic Audacious Lipstick collection gets four new shades inspired by the women in Francois Nars’ life – his mother Claudette and grandmothers Lea and Ginette. The bold, unsaturated colour, along with its creamy texture, is thanks to micro-sized lipids, portulaca extract, tamanu oil and mushroom extract. The hydrating lipstick leaves lips moisturised and looking alluring in one easy swipe. Comes in four shades.
Available at Nars boutiques and counters.
Get lips kiss-worthy with this limited edition collection of three radiant lip colours – Beige Ebloui, a neutral amber; Rose Oasis, a vibrant yet wearable pink; and Corail Aqua, a bright vermilion.
Available at Hermes boutiques and the Hermes Parfum & Beaute counter at Takashimaya D.S.
Dress your lips in hues of red or pink, the colours of love, with this pigment-rich lipstick. It feels light and pillow-y on the lips and comes in a satin finish to keep lips hydrated.
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Available at the Byredo boutique at #B1-34 Ngee Ann City, tel: 6235-5021, Escentials stores and Escentials.com
What do you get when you combine the colour of a lipstick, the conditioning comfort of a lip balm and the high shine of a lip gloss? A lipstick balm that gives lips a soft shine while reducing the appearance of lines and keeping it well-hydrated for up to 24 hours, thanks to the use of hyaluronic acid and C-peptide. Comes in eight shades.
Available at Sephora stores and Sephora.sg