Best hydrating lip mask

October 11, 2019

If you’ve never tried a hydrating lip mask before, right now is the perfect time to give it a whirl. It’s officially fall (took long enough!), with temperatures dropping and the winds picking up and starting to swirl. It makes for beautiful days in the park and long hikes amidst the falling leaves, but on the flip side, the change in season also means that we’ve also entered the time of year that lips get increasingly chapped and weathered.

Simply put, having dry, brittle, chapped lips really sucks, and we think that wearing a hydrating lip mask is the best (and easiest) solution available. After all, the traditional cure for chapped lips, applying chapstick every 15 minutes, is a real pain, and quite often leaves your lips swollen and greasy throughout the day. Hydrating lips masks, meanwhile, are designed to be applied just once a day, mostly in the evening, and some of them take less than 20 minutes to work. Plus, unlike regular chapstick, hydrating lip masks infuse your lips with nutrients, minerals, and antioxidants.

Chances are that you already wear other kinds of face masks as part of your regular self-care routine, so adding a hydrating lip mask to your rotation should be a simple (but super-effective) tweak. But every mask is different, and you may need some guidance as you start your hydrating lip mask journey. That’s where MASSE comes in.

MASSE is a shopping platform for and by shoppers just like you, a place where you can find great advice on everything you’ve got on your list. We base all of our recommendations for hydrating lip masks (and everything else) on reviews by real people who have really used them — we don’t allow paid reviews or sponsored posts, so you know the hydrating lip masks below are the real deal.

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  • Lip Sleeping Mask

    $20.00

    By Laneige

    Laneige’s Lip Sleeping Mask is one of the best hydrating lip masks on the market right now because it checks all the important boxes: It works quickly, seals in moisture, smells great (a berry blend scent is always refreshing), and it works overnight to leave you with soft, flake-free lips when you wake up. Plus, as MASSE shoppers suggest, you can use a thinner layer of the hydrating lip mask during the day as lip gloss, which will glimmer and further heal your lips at the same time. “I love this product so much I look forward to putting it on before I leave the house,” one MASSE shopper enthused, making clear that this is a true 24-hour hydrating lip mask.

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  • Agave Lip Mask

    $26.00

    By Bite Beauty

    You’ll find agave nectar and jojoba oil in some of the best moisturizers available today, so it only makes sense that they’re also key ingredients in the Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask (the name also makes sense) from Sephora. This recovery lip mask creates soft, sweet lips overnight — and if you get the limited edition lavender, it can even act as a sleep aid thanks to the natural scent built in to the gloss. MASSE shoppers are super into this one and say it can also be worn during the day underneath liquid lipstick.

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  • Ginger Sugar Overnight Lip Mask

    $7.40

    By Aritaum

    MASSE shoppers love Aritaum’s Ginger Sugar Overnight Lip Mask for two equally important reasons: It does a great job of hydrating lips, and it feels absolutely awesome while they’re wearing it. Both can be chalked up to the sweet, sultry, natural mix of shea butter, beeswax, and murumuru butter, all ingredients that are commonly found in the best moisturizing products. It’s made for overnight wear, but MASSE users also put it on during long car trips and plane rides to keep their lips from drying out on their journeys.

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  • Lip Mask, 5-pack

    $25.00

    By KNC Beauty

    Korean beauty products are all the rage, and their masks are the pinnacle of self-care. And when we say masks, we mean actual masks — unlike the products above, which are more like long-term balms and glosses, KNC Beauty’s Lip Mask is a literal lip covering that you wear for 15-20 minutes. It’s filled with plant extracts like rose flower oil and other natural ingredients such as vitamin E, that nourish and polish your lips. Plus, collagen adds a plumpness to them that other masks can’t match. MASSE shoppers call these “life-changing!”

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  • Nipple Balm for Lips

    $13.90

    By Dr. Lipp

    Dr. Lipp’s Nipple Balm for Lips may be the most tongue-twisting lip mask of all — try saying that three times fast, with or without a lip mask on — but it’s super-effective. It’s made from one key ingredient: Lanolin from sheep’s wool, which may seem unconventional, but is actually really soothing. Dr. Lipp’s Nipple Balm for Lips (we can’t stop saying it now) is heavy but not gloopy, according to MASSE users, and doesn’t leave you feeling like you’ve got junk all over your lips. One MASSE shopper called it “hands down the best lip balm I have ever used.”

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