This cold weather along with central heating will play havoc on your lips. So in order to keep them looking sweet you need to invest in a lip balm or two. We feature the best lip balms created by Black-owned brands.

The Glowcery

The Glowcery was founded in 2019 by Roshanne Dorsett, a beauty blogger, trained natural skincare formulator and skincare enthusiast. She creates the most scrumptious lip products such as Sweet Orange - Superfood Natural Lip Balm, which is made with cold-pressed carrot, orange oils and ultra-nourishing mango butter. Then there is Coconut Crumble - Superfood Natural Lip Scrub which exfoliates dry, chapped and flakey lips. Two essential products to pick up for the new season.

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Shimirose

Shimirose is the baby of Akua Asiedua Asare who creates product that are handmade from natural ingredients. They have four lip balms in their arsenal such as Rose Almond Shea Butter, Lavender Shea Butter, Peppermint Shea Butter and Pure Natural Shea Butter.

Fairfield Gardens

This brand is created by Lillian Barker. Her lip balms are 100% natural and made with organic beeswax, plant oils, pure essential oils and natural botanical extracts. They are also vegetarian and cruelty-free. These balms come in a tube and are made in five flavours - Spearmint & Fennel, Orange, Raspberry Rose, Rosemary & Lemon and au Natural.

Retro Rich Hair & Beauty

This is a natural plant based hair and skincare brand. They have a selection of four natural lip butters which are blended with moisture intensive ingredients such as shea butter, almond oil, beeswax and vitamin E. Designed to soften soothe and repair dry lips. The flavours they come in are coconut, cocoa, mint and orange.

Heir Kare

Heir Kare was created by Sade Igun, who was inspired by the birth of her daughter to make natural hair and skincare products. Her Pamper Me Lip Butter is a minty, rich, sweet blend which is a perfect treat for your lips. It contains bees wax, shea butter, coconut oil, raw honey and peppermint essential oil.