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Rebecca Fearn

I’m 'addicted' to lip balm – here’s what happened when I went a week without it

Close up of woman's hands holding and dipping into a pot of lip balm, set in front of a terracotta circle and beige background, with a golden balm swatch in the bottom left corner.

As someone who can't go an hour without re-applying lip balm – and freaks out if she leaves the house without one – I’ve always been fascinated by the age-old debate about this product.

Is it an essential for dry lips, or do even the best lip balms perpetuate dryness in a never-ending cycle? Do we really need it, or is it making the situation worse and creating a reliance on something we don’t actually require?

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