This season, balms and glosses are ditching soft pinks and muted nudes in favour of something punchier: zesty yellows, banana brights, and glossy mango tones. Wrapped in cheerful packaging and laced with fruit-forward notes, these new launches go heavy on the fun. But beneath all the playfulness, they’re also hardworking, hydrating, and impressively high-performance.
The buzziest? Rhode’s limited-edition Lemontini Peptide Lip Tint—a citrus-yellow tube filled with sheer, shimmery gloss and an upgraded formula that glides over the lips smoother than ever. And while butter yellow has held fashion in a chokehold this year, founder Hailey Bieber made it clear she’s swerving entirely on her IG stories: “…and stop asking me why it’s not ‘butter yellow.’ It’s not butter yellow because it’s LEMON. Not butter. And butter yellow is played out…respectfully.”
There’s also Glossier’s new Balm Dotcom in Banana Pudding, created in collaboration with Magnolia Bakery, that smells just like the iconic dessert. Want the flavour without the fruit-cart energy? Prada’s banana-yellow balm keeps things sleek in a silver bullet—a minimalist take on the season’s yellow fruit obsession.
Mango, summer’s reigning fruit, is now holding court in the beauty aisle too. Hyphen’s Mango Lip Screen, created in collaboration with Mango Bite, is a tinted lip balm with SPF 50 and blends sun protection with brightening ingredients like kojic acid and Vitamin C. For deeper hydration, there’s Kylie Cosmetics’ Peach Mango Lip Butter packed with shea butter, Vitamin E, and jojoba oil, which smoothes lip lines, strengthens the skin barrier, and adds a sheer peach tint.
And for the full fruit-core experience, there’s even merch to match: Rhode has a yellow phone case and makeup pouch, while Glossier has released a limited-edition banana keychain for bag-charm obsessives.
Below, our edit of the season’s most snackable lip balms to add to your rotation now.
