The season of kissing calls for a preternaturally soft, smooth pout, so add a tony lip balm to your beauty routine.
Fresh Pick
Undeniably chic to pull out of your purse for an after-lunch swipe, Byredo’s Flavoured Lip Balm leaves a lingering hint of breath-freshening mint to keep one covered from mistletoe moments to Valentine’s Day and beyond.
Sleeping Beauty
Slather on Femmue’s Lip Sleeping Mask before hitting the sheets and wake up to a smooth, plush pout thanks to moisture-attracting squalane and anti-inflammatory rose.
Slough Stuff
A unique blend of olive pit powder, sugar and plant enzymes in Furtuna Skin’s Triple Olive Lip Polish gently lifts flakes while softening super delicate skin. Pair it with the brand’s olive oil-packed Lip Butter Balm. $45 each, furtunaskin.com)
Warm Up
The updated formula of Dior’s wildly popular Lip Glow (here in #001 Pink) locks in moisture with cherry blossom oil while eosin reacts to one’s pH, adapting a custom color. For the first time, some shades in the line have a warm-toned, rather than cool, effect.
A deeply saturated slick of lush color spells instant glamour. Here, the best new lipsticks.
‘70s Chic
Hedi Slimane’s disco-era vibe lives on in Le Rouge Celine in 01 Rouge Triomphe, the first beauty drop from the French fashion house, which debuted just after the famed creative director’s exit. The refillable gold faceted case is to-die-for.
Like Velvet
Designed to be applied straight from the tube in a single swipe, Dolce & Gabbana’s My Comfy Matte formula, here in MY 1004, leaves lips swathed in a blurring coat enriched with softening Sicilian avocado extract.
Color In
The new pencil collection from Hèrmes, Trait d’Hèrmes, has 16 shades of highly pigmented lip liners — including Rose Jaipur — that can define shape and impart a full pout of stay-put color that looks luxe and feels weightless.
On the Dark Side
Deeply nourishing, thanks to a cocktail of meadowfoam, camellia and pomegranate seed oils, Tom Ford’s Runway Lip Color in Unzip packs a powerful black cherry punch that lasts and lasts and lasts. ($62, tomfordbeauty.com)
Intense, mysterious, memorable: New fragrances recall exotic adventures.
Virtual Vacation
Meant to evoke the sensual warmth of a day under the Mediterranean sun (the name means ‘sunburn’), notes of bergamot mingle with sexy orange blossom in Bottega Veneta’s Colpo di Sole. ($450, bottegaveneta.com)
Memorable Date
The latest from Victoria Beckham Beauty, 21:50 Rêverie recalls an inspiring moment during a hyper-romantic dinner with husband David set in a Javanese rice field strewn with vanilla vines.
Sexier Side
Not your typical floral. Dark and rich with a hint of petrichor, Radical Rose Extrait de Parfum from Matiere Premiere is redolent of a very specific crop of rose centifolia from Grasse tempered by Croatian immortelle blossoms.
Earth Angel
Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing updated Vent Vert — originally created in 1947 —with herbaceous basil and fig leaf, airy mandarin and a heady dose of jasmine to create a gender neutral, decidedly modern spritz. ($260, balmainbeauty.com)
