During a recent Target trip I discovered the Maybelline Baby Lips Lipbalm Collection and decided to give it a try since I still wanted to find a great tinted/colored drugstore lip product. The only color that really appealed to me was 15 – Cherry Me.

This sheer cherry-red lip balm contains SPF 20, which is great for protecting the thin layer of skin on your lips. On first application, Baby Lips feels incredibly smooth and moisturizing. I immediately preferred the sheerer feel of Baby Lips to the Revlon Lip Butters I previously reviewed.

This product has a highly scented fruity smell. After applying the product, I can definitely smell the fruity scent for five to seven minutes. After a while, my nose became accustomed and I didn’t smell it anymore.

After approximately three hours of wear, this lip balm did not make my lips peel, which is a nice success! The cherry red tint had sunken into the lines of my lips, however. I didn’t feel any dryness, which I commonly get with other lip products after some time has passed. My lips didn’t particularly feel as incredibly moisturized, but they did feel soft and at ease, not chapped or on the verge of ripping at all!

Bottom Line: Maybelline Baby Lips Lipbalm is a much better lip treatment product than the Revlon Lip Butter, which is more like a lipstick. I would repurchase this as a drugstore lip tint. Baby Lips is moisturizing and doesn’t leave lips feeling dry or make them peel.

One of my New Years Beauty Resolutions was to take better care of my lips. Lips don’t have any sebaceous glands to keep them moisturized like the rest of your skin. They have to rely on saliva, which can easily make your lips dry and chapped, especially in the wintertime. It’s actually better NOT to lick your lips when they’re chapped because once the saliva evaporates, it’ll leave your lips drier, so try to resist licking them until you can get your hands on a lip product, no matter how hard it is!