We all know how important a good skincare routine is, especially when it comes to protecting our skin from the harsh, drying effects that cold weather can have on it, but one area we often don’t give the same attention to is our lips.

Everything from cold temperatures and harsh winds to not drinking enough water can leave our lips feeling dry, tight and chapped, which is why a great lip balm is an absolute essential in your daily routine, something Molly-Mae Hague is all too aware of.

In a recent Instagram story, the former Love Island star shared a snap of her day’s essentials, including a quilted Chanel bag, a digital camera, and a tube of Nivea’s Original Care Caring Lip Balm, £2.65 here.

Molly-Mae Hague reveals she can't live without bargain £2 Nivea lip balm

Referring to the budget-friendly beauty staple, Molly-Mae wrote: “My lips can’t survive without [this] at the minute” as she headed out for the day.

The bargain balm is the perfect pick for on-the-go lip care, with a handy tube that’s small enough to toss in your bag or pop in your pocket when you head out the door, and applies just like a lipstick so you don’t need to worry about getting your fingers greasy when you use it.

The Nivea Original Care Caring Lip Balm, £2.65 here. is also packed full of shea butter and panthenol which give you up to 12 hours of moisture, and help soften your lips and protect them from drying out – an absolute essential in the current wintery climate.

The Nivea Original Care Caring Lip Balm helps protect and hydrate dry, damaged lips

Shoppers have also been loving the balm, saying: “This has been my go to lip balm for ages now and couldn’t live without!” whilst another wrote: “Keeps lips soft and smooth and needs only once per day application.”

A third added: “I have previous purchased expensive lip balms and yet my lips still got chapped or didn’t look great. I thought I would give this a try and to my AMAZEMENT no more chapped lips – not even a tiny bit.”

If you’ve already been battling chapped lips, chances are they need a gentle exfoliation just like your skin does to help buff away the dead and flaky skin cells and allow newer, more nourished skin to thrive.

e.l.f's Lip Exfoliator exfoliates and hydrates in one handy balm

Barry M’s Lip Scrub, £3.99 here, is perfect for giving them a gentle but effective exfoliation, with a sugar-based formula that buffs away the dry skin, vitamin E and olive oil antioxidants to help prevent and reverse skin damage and avocado and jojoba oils to soften and hydrate.

If you prefer a classic stick formula, e.l.f’s Lip Exfoliator, £5 here, has the same consistency and design as Molly-Mae’s go-to Nivea balm, but also contains sugar to buff away any dry, peeling skin and moisturising ingredients to keep your lips hydrated on the go all in one handy pocket size product – no sticky fingers required.

By Editor