The 10 Best Lip Balms With SPF You Won't Dread Reapplying
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.I have a confession: Despite religiously applying SPF on my face since I was a teenager, I rarely think about protecting my lips. It also felt like a hassle—wouldn’t it just wear off every time I drank water or ate something? Recently, I’ve realized the fault in my ways. Yes, it comes off more frequently than my facial sunscreen, but I also have no problem reapplying my lipsticks and lip glosses. Plus, the skin on your lips is just as, if not more, vulnerable to sun damage. “Chronic sun exposure can lead to a precancerous condition called actinic cheilitis. If skin cancers occur on the lips, they tend to be more aggressive,” says Dr. Allyson Brockman-Bitterman, a board-certified dermatologist at Schweiger Dermatology Group in Millburn, NJ. So, I commenced my search for the best lip balms with SPF.Thankfully, gone are the days of the strangely textured, awful-tasting lip b...