Here are the eight best French lip balms and treatments for dry, chapped lips. Whether it’s due to lack of humidity, frequent sun exposure, or medication, it’s essential to give your lips a little extra nourishment and protect them from further drying effects. To help you navigate which to buy, I put together a list of the best French lip balms and treatments on the market! Whether you’re looking for a multi-purpose lip balm that can be used as an overnight conditioning treatment or a tinted one that subtly revives the natural color of lips, I’ve got you covered!
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1. Hermès Lip Care Balm
Hermès Lip Care Balm is a complete treatment for the lips with moisturizing and smoothing properties. Its formula contains a high concentration of beeswax and candelilla wax for well-hydrated, supple, and comfortable lips.
2. Avène Cicalfate Restorative Lip Cream
Avène’s Cicalfate Restorative Lip Cream is a silky lip cream that seals in moisture to soothe and hydrate while facilitating the recovery process. It’s the perfect lip treatment for dry to severely dry, cracked lips.
3. Sisley Paris Nutritive Lip Balm
The ultra-nourishing Nutritive Lip Balm instantly soothes dry or uncomfortable lips. Made with a blend of oils and botanical butter, this restorative balm revives the beauty of the lips to maintain the expressive power of your smile for longer. It’s definitely one of my favorite French lip balms!
4. Nuxe Rêve de Miel Lip Balm
The Nuxe Rêve de Miel Lip Balm is made with precious beehive ingredients (Lavender Honey from Provence, Propolis, and Beeswax) to repair and soften very dry and damaged lips. I absolutely love its distinctive natural scent with notes of grapefruit and lemon!
5. By Terry Baume de Rose
By Terry Baume de Rose is a delicately scented, deeply hydrating formula that repairs and revitalizes your lips and cuticles. Made with rose flower essential wax, shea butter, ceramides, and vitamin E, it leaves lips feeling deliciously smooth. This French lip balm is one of the brand’s best-sellers.
6. Chanel Rouge Coco Baume
Chanel Rouge Coco Baume is a moisture-rich lip balm with a comforting formula that softens lips for a healthier and fuller appearance. This is the perfect lip balm to wear under lipstick!
7. Dior Addict Lip Glow
Dior Addict Lip Glow is a lip balm formulated with 97% natural-origin ingredients that subtly revives the natural color of lips with a custom glow and deeply hydrates lips. I absolutely love the color 001 Delicate Pink!
8. Chantecaille Lip Potion
Chantecaille Lip Potion‘s formula contains a unique blend of shea butter, sweet almond, and macadamia nut oils to help soften and restore lips. It’s the perfect French lip balm that can be used as an overnight conditioning treatment!
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I received the Dior Addict Lip Glow for christmas and love it. It is a very delicate shade and makes my lips feel very soft and nourished. It is also longer lasting than any I have tried before. My Grandmother always told me to keep your lips soft if you want to be kissed by a Frenchman so I will wear this in Paris and fingers crossed……..x
Bonjour Anita! Merci beaucoup for your lovely comment <3 I'm really glad to hear that you love the Dior Addict Lip Glow, this is one of my favorite lip balms as well 🙂