Should you splurge on pricey lip balms?

💄HG Reality Check: Maybe.

Hello, Gorgeous!

At the risk of repeating myself, I am SO READY for the weekend.

So this is going to be a short version of Hello Gorgeous! Reality Check (HG Reality Check). Last week I was cranky about cream soda lips. TLDR: Skip them.

Today I’ll briefly muse about all those expensive lip balms that beauty girls are raving about.

Should you buy one?

It depends.

Spike Valentino Disco Balm, Sarah Creal The Adults are Talking Solid Serum Lip Repair Balm, and Clarins Hydra-Essentiel Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm

If you’re fond of lip trends, you’ve no doubt noticed these lip balms cropping up on a lot of must-have list. But must you really have them? At $42 for the Valentino and Sarah Creal and $28 for the Clarins, it seems like a lot for a lip balm.

Sure the ingredients are incredible and tick all the boxes for smoothing, softening. slightly silkening. But are we really at a point where we spend $42 on a product that should cost less than $5? Again, maybe.

The Valentino case is exquisite. If…