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Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence.

Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence
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About this product

A glossy lip balm designed to restore and hydrate dry, chapped lips. Formulated with nourishing oils in a lightweight texture.

Guru Score

82%

Yay

7 experts · Strong agreement
7Gurus
6Yay
0Mixed
1Nay
#6 in LipSee the ranking →

What they liked

  • Less sticky than comparable balms
  • Glossy finish
  • Lightweight texture

What they flagged

  • Just okay moisturisation

What the gurus are saying

High gloss with a lightweight, aqua-y texture defines this lip balm. Gurus praise it for restoring dry, cracked, and irritated lips with a smooth, dewy finish that doesn't feel heavy or sticky. There's a note of skepticism, though: while the gloss and texture deliver, reviewers questioned whether the feature set truly sets it apart from other lip balms, given its positioning as a Haley B dupe.
Synthesized from 7 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

What the gurus are saying.

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Nay
"Torriden lip essence. It makes me so pissed whenever I see this number one at Olive Young. Just rather use a Laneige lip sleeping mask. That one is a lot better."
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All 2 takes from CYoung
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"Compared to other lip balms like Bioderma, I feel Torriden is less sticky and moisturizes pretty well. It's just okay, not bad, worth trying if you haven't yet."
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"Torriden lip essence. It makes me so pissed whenever I see this number one at Olive Young. Just rather use a Laneige lip sleeping mask. That one is a lot better."
Yay
"This Torriden Solid-In lip treatment is stunning. Really inexpensive, locks in all that hydration, and is one of the best lip balms I've ever tried. I don't think for the price point you can ask for much more than that. Doesn't overpromise, but it genuinely delivers. And if you're somebody that has a lot of sensitivity and irritation in the lip area, maybe there's other areas of the face where you're having a little flaking or sensitivity, you can just dab this on and it'll just help solve that. It calms, it soothes, it hydrates, and it provides an occlusive layer, too. It's doing a lot. I'd say for people that say Vaseline is all you need. Try this and then come back to me because this is Vaseline plus a load of beneficial skincare ingredients. And that is why I think this is elevated, but it doesn't need to break the bank."
All 2 takes from Mad About Skin
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"This Torriden Solid-In lip treatment is stunning. Really inexpensive, locks in all that hydration, and is one of the best lip balms I've ever tried. I don't think for the price point you can ask for much more than that. Doesn't overpromise, but it genuinely delivers. And if you're somebody that has a lot of sensitivity and irritation in the lip area, maybe there's other areas of the face where you're having a little flaking or sensitivity, you can just dab this on and it'll just help solve that. It calms, it soothes, it hydrates, and it provides an occlusive layer, too. It's doing a lot. I'd say for people that say Vaseline is all you need. Try this and then come back to me because this is Vaseline plus a load of beneficial skincare ingredients. And that is why I think this is elevated, but it doesn't need to break the bank."
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"This is my actual favorite, the Torriden Solid-In Lip Essence. This is the best in my opinion. Absolutely love it. I love it so much I did a separate video on it about a year and a half ago. However, it's next to impossible to get if you're in the UK or Europe. Always selling out, ridiculously hard to get your hands on."
Yay
"The Lip Essences, you have got to try them. I have been, I actually finished a tube the other day. The lip essences are wonderful. They're petroleum jelly based, but they also have some other emollients in them. Fragrance free. I really like the dispenser, that type of lip balm dispenser where it's the little hole as opposed to the stick that you're always repeatedly wiping over your lips. I find that if I'm wearing lipstick, I don't want to have that lip stain on there forever, right? So I really like that applicator a lot, actually. Plus, the other thing I like about it, you can be applying it to your lips or whatever and then you can just squeeze a little bit out on your finger and you can use it somewhere else on your face for easy application. You could use it around your nails, too. Highly recommend their Lip Essence. I love it."
Yay
"This lip balm is great if you want something more on the go, and it's going to be a fraction of the price of the more expensive lip products."
All 2 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole
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"This lip balm is great if you want something more on the go, and it's going to be a fraction of the price of the more expensive lip products."
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"My favorite of the lip balms I finished is this solid lip essence. It's a beautiful, glossy lip balm, a little bit lightweight, and it usually costs around five to seven dollars. This is good."
Yay
"This is one of the best Korean beauty products I've ever used, not just for lips but like Korean products in general. It's a ceramide lip product that is basically healing like Vaseline, it's soft like a nice lip butter, but it is hydrating like your favorite ceramide moisturizer. It doesn't goop up on the lips, it doesn't get stringy. I use this all day, has ceramides in it so it actually nourishes the lips, and it doesn't make your lips peel or sting. This is probably also the one that gives the most shine out of all the lip products. The other thing is that this lasts forever. Even if the glossiness and kind of the shine doesn't last all day, the hydration does. If you just put this on in the morning or even the night before, you have hydrated smooth lips for the entire day. And this doesn't leave you in that cycle of drying out the lips and like having to reapply this even more because you put the lip product on but then you feel like it's just making the issue worse. I love love love love love this. It's so inexpensive, I usually get it from Amazon, from Style Vana, or from Style Korean."
Yay
"My lips are feeling super dry so I'm going to put on a layer of the Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence. It's a really nice restorative type of lip balm but it has that really kind of appealing, really high gloss kind of a look, but it actually does restore dry and chapped lips."
All 3 takes from Kelly Driscoll
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"The solid-in lip essence from Torriden has ceramides in it and cholesterol, and this was actually a really nice lip balm to use. Some areas that can get very dry when you're feeling sick, and this just helped keep my lips comfortable, smooth, and moisturized and a little bit glossy. It was kind of like a nice way to feel a little bit perked up when you're feeling like you're dead in bed."
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"I finally got the lip balm in that Yes Style order and I am so obsessed with this. I expected that I would be, you know, ceramides, cholesterol, fatty acids, amazing for your face, skin, amazing for your lips too, so important to keep those hydrated and keep that skin strong in the winter months for sure. I'm so prone to dry lips but I love that it has this really pretty gloss to it as well. It has a really pretty reflective gloss to it that makes your lips look really plump and beautiful, but it's not rough on your lips like some glosses can be. This feels like a very, very soothing, very skin-respectful lip balm, very healing, but it gives you more of that cosmetic, glossy kind of look. There's no fragrances in here which is great because I'm very prone to lip eczema, especially in the winter months, so I have to be very careful about what I put on my lips. And this didn't irritate my throat or make it feel scratchy either, which is great."
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"My lips are feeling super dry so I'm going to put on a layer of the Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence. It's a really nice restorative type of lip balm but it has that really kind of appealing, really high gloss kind of a look, but it actually does restore dry and chapped lips."
Yay
"I use this all the time. It is a serum, my lip balm, and it's really nice. It's very simple, I would say almost a bit aqua-forward in texture with a really nice smooth dewy glowy glossy finish to it. If you got cracked, dry, irritated lips, this is the product to go for. Put everything else down for now, anything colors in, anything fragrance in, flavors, put it down for now. Take this, smother it on overnight and leave it and let it do its work. It's got a hob oil in as well, so you get that really kind of thick layer that's not too suffocating, not too sticky. For $38, it's an absolute bargain."
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All 3 takes from James Welsh
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"I use this all the time. It is a serum, my lip balm, and it's really nice. It's very simple, I would say almost a bit aqua-forward in texture with a really nice smooth dewy glowy glossy finish to it. If you got cracked, dry, irritated lips, this is the product to go for. Put everything else down for now, anything colors in, anything fragrance in, flavors, put it down for now. Take this, smother it on overnight and leave it and let it do its work. It's got a hob oil in as well, so you get that really kind of thick layer that's not too suffocating, not too sticky. For $38, it's an absolute bargain."
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"Oh, my God. This is Torriden's Solid In Lip Essence. I've never seen this before, but I love Torriden. This is a new repackaged version that contains 5D Ceramide Complex to strengthen the skin barrier. We love Ceramides in everything, or well, not everything, moisturizers, basically. It's won two awards as well. Honestly, it feels very basic without tasting like a horrible lip balm, which I like. This is staying in my lip balm pile. I'll have that finished in a week."
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"This is the Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence. This is supposed to be a dupe for the Hailey B lip product which I don't get because it's literally just a lip balm. Very glossy though."

Frequently asked.

What is Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence?

A glossy lip balm designed to restore and hydrate dry, chapped lips. Formulated with nourishing oils in a lightweight texture.

Is Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence worth it?

Mostly yes. 6 of the 7 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 82%.

What is Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence's Guru Score?

Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence holds a Guru Score of 82%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

Who is Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence best for?

Torriden Solid-In Ceramide Lip Essence is generally suited to dry skin.

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