Best Lip Balm
Editors' Pick Winner: Weleda Skin Food Lip Butter
Why: Weleda's Skin Food has long been a cult favorite and its new lip balm is destined for similar greatness. It's got that same gorgeous fragrance you know and love and it uses natural ingredients to leave your lips comfy and kissably soft.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Milk Makeup Kush Lip Balm
Why: In 2019, all things CBD and CBD-adjacent (like this balm) trended big time. We love this balm for its ultra-hydrating, non-sticky formula and its fancy magnetic tube.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Pat McGrath Labs Lust: Gloss
Why: You'll be hard-pressed not to fall in love — or lust, rather — with this gorgeous gloss. It's perfection; non-sticky, ultra-shiny perfection. (And it's totally worth every penny).
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Marc Jacobs Beauty Enamored Hydrating Lip Gloss Stick
Why: It might look like a standard gloss, but it's actually a stick! This handy lippie combines the ease of a lip balm with the mega-shine of a lip gloss and we're definitely not complaining.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Cle de Peau Beaute Refined Lip Luminizer
Why: With major shine and pigment and just about the comfiest formula imaginable, this lipstick is a holy grail, full stop.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Dior Rouge Dior Ultra Rouge
Why: No one does lipsticks quite like Dior and this new formula's no exception: It imparts lips with a gorgeous kiss of color that's as long-lasting as it is comfortable.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Fenty Beauty Face & Body Kabuki Brush 160
Why: Leave it to Rihanna to create the prettiest, fluffiest kabuki brush ever. Designed to be used on both face and body, this brush blends, blends, blends like a dream.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Juno & Co. Microfiber Velvet Sponge
Why: We love makeup sponges, especially when they're adorable and covered with microfiber velvet like this one is. Makeup application has never been so dreamy.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Glossier Lash Slick Film Form Mascara
Why: If you're a fan of the natural look (and we're guessing you are if you like Glossier), this is the mascara for you. It adds lovely definition, length and volume to lashes, without ever going OTT. Think of it as your secret weapon for "woke up like this" lashes.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Nars Climax Mascara
Why: With a cool name and an even cooler tube, this mascara definitely has It factor to spare. It also, however, boasts a major, major formula that boosts lashes sky high, leaving them looking thick and luscious (and never weighed down).
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