Best Peptide Lip Balms for 2025, Tested by Wellness Editors With Sensitive Skin

Rhode peptide lip treatment: The vegan, cruelty-free Rhode peptide lip treatment has fun shades and scents, and you’ve likely seen all the influencers on your social media feed touting it. It also hydrates and plumps the lips with shea butter, peptides, cupuaçu (a chocolatey fruit native to the Amazon) and babassu (an oil made from the South American babassu palm). It provides high shine like a lip gloss. This treatment is best for someone who wants a slightly thicker, shinier lip treatment akin to a lip gloss. It is available in an unscented option, as well as vanilla, salted caramel and watermelon slice scents. Rhode also has a fragrance-free peptide lip tint in five shades. It’s important to note that some consumers, including Anna, with the salted caramel scent, have experienced varying degrees of gritty particles in this balm. While it doesn’t bother her, and she barely notices it after she rubs her lips together, it may bother some more than others, depending on the degree of g ... Read full article.