The beauty market is filled with hydrating lip glosses and tinted balms that can replace your standard lip gloss . As someone with dry lips, I'm all for it. Lip gloss is the one beauty product that I can finish quickly, and I go through several tubes of them a month — that's why I enjoy putting these formulas to the test and seeing which ones are worth it.

With these do-it-all products, I get the skin-conditioning benefits from a lip balm , the wash of color and high-shine finish of a lip gloss, and now a few brands are also adding sun protection to the mix, including e.l.f.

We're always reminded to constantly reapply sunscreen to our faces and bodies, but our lips — which have extremely delicate skin — are often forgotten. e.l.

f's Sun Boss Gloss SPF 25 ($7) is a pigmented lip gloss that has hydration benefits and provides broad-spectrum SPF protection — a lip product that is the epitome of multifunctional. But does it live up to its claims? Ahead, I put this lip gloss to the test and report on its texture, color payoff, and more. About the e.

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l.f. Sun Boss Gloss is one of the best SPF-based lip products on the market, starting with the texture.

It's a thick gloss that deeply hydrates and keeps my lips feeling conditioned. It feels soft, smooth, and moisturizing without a grainy texture, which is especially surprising since it's a mineral, zinc oxide-based formula. My lips tend to be dr.