Fresh

Sugar Lip Treatment.

Lip

About this product

A lip balm from Fresh featuring sugar and natural ingredients, designed to moisturize and protect lips with a subtle flavor profile.

Full ingredients

Isononyl Isononanoate, C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax), Polybutene, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Glyceryl Behenate/Eicosadioate, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Sucrose Tetrastearate Triacetate, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Parfum (Fragrance), Silica Silylate, Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), BHT, Ammonium Glycyrrhizate, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Trimethylolpropane Triisostearate, Ci 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), Aqua (Water), Ci 15985 (Yellow 6 Lake), Ci 15850 (Red 7), Propyl Gallate, Phenoxyethanol, Linalool

Guru Score

69%

Mixed

4 experts · Moderate agreement

4Gurus

2Yay

1Mixed

1Nay

What they liked

Minimal flavor or taste
Feels smooth on lips

What they flagged

Wears off quickly
Can leave a tinted cast on lips

What the gurus are saying

The gurus split on this one. One found the plain sugar version genuinely pleasant, appreciating that it doesn't leave a strong taste on the lips. However, another reported the colored variants (like mango) can leave an odd yellowish tint, wear off quickly, and don't justify the price despite feeling nice initially. Those drawn to the unflavored formula may fare better than anyone picking a tinted shade.

Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take July 2024

Type

LipBalm & ointment

Key actives

Vitamin CVitamin E

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Hyram

4.34M subs

~Nay

"I have used this one many times in the past and I feel like I've definitely given it a good shot and I just don't recommend it. It really does not last long. I got mango because I was like oh, I love the smell of mango, but it put this very weird yellowish tint on my lips that I didn't love. You're paying a lot for this product only for it to not last very long. It feels good on the lips but that's it."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Yay

"Fresh has some interesting ones too. The sugar one, the one in the plain bottle, this is my favorite because it doesn't have much of a taste. Some of the other Fresh ones are pretty tasty and I don't mean that in a good way, pretty flavorful, and the vanilla ones aren't as bad."

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"I found this in my purse and I just took it and I smooth it all over my fingertips and then I went back to do my fingerprints again and it didn't work and then finally I pull a little bit more on and then I pushed down as hard as I could and she got the fingerprints thankfully."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Mixed

"I used to love Fresh's lip products so much, but I genuinely don't think I need to keep buying them. I actually feel like I might have outgrown Fresh lip balms. It's funny how you can really love something for years and years and then just end up finding products you actually like more."

Tea with MD

113k subs

~Yay

"I think the lip balms that Margot chooses to highlight and the ones that she likes to use are fine as long as she's not having an allergic reaction"

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment?

A lip balm from Fresh featuring sugar and natural ingredients, designed to moisturize and protect lips with a subtle flavor profile.

Is Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 69%.

What is Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment's Guru Score?

Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment holds a Guru Score of 69%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.