As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, everybody’s lips get a little more chapped.  It’s time to take the trip to the convenience store and find your favorite type of chapstick for this season. Each year there are rows of new kinds and shapes of chapstick that you have yet to see, but are excited to try. However the more intriguing the chapstick the higher the price. So which chapstick is worth the expense and which is just going to dry your lips?

ChapStick: ChapStick is a classic brand that we all grew up with.  The quality and the packaging has stayed the same and is the brand we all depend on. However, the flavors Cherry, Original, and Strawberry have lost all luster and no longer provide the moisturizing and fresh appeal that is sought after with chapstick.

Eos: Eos is the hottest chapstick on the market. It comes in a sphere shape and in multiple intriguing flavors including Summer Fruit, Lemon Drop, and Honeysuckle Honeydew. Although the price may be higher you are buying style. The shape and chapstick itself are addicting, and if you buy it once you are guaranteed to buy it again.

Burt’s Bees:  Burt’s Bees chapstick is all natural solution to your chapstick needs. It comes in many flavors for many different uses ranging from Island Palm to Mango Butter.  The chapstick contains natural substances including honey, vitamin E, vitamin C, and grapefruit seed oil. This chapstick comes with guaranteed satisfaction and will always be worth the extra expense.

Blistex: Blistex has what seems to be the largest variety of chapsticks on the market. Starting with medicated lip balm and flavored lip balm to medicated lip ointment and even lip balm specifically for men. Blistex has a guaranteed lip balm that’s right for you. The price remains relatively low. The chapstick also comes in all different forms including a rolling stick, a liquid, or a jar. The timeless variety that Blistex offers the consumer is unbeatable with any other brand.

Soft Lips: Soft Lips is a line that includes any type of lip moisturizer you could desire. From glosses, to balms Soft Lips has it all. The line features all different flavors such as Vanilla and Wild Berry, and even features seasonal flavors such as Sugar Cookie and Marshmallow Ghost. If fruity flavors are not your thing they also have basic options including a balm in Beeswax Lemon Honey and an Organic Coconut Sugar Lip Polish. Although, Soft Lips definitely is a more feminine lip product the variety and widespread options make even the manliest man want to try.

As the winter months begin and the days become shorter and shorter we start to realize that it’s time to make the investment as our lips start to dry up. Although sometimes it feels like you lose each tube of chapstick you buy. It is a necessary investment to make it through the winter months successfully moisturized.