The similarities in packaging, shade range, sheen and feel were remarkable but, ultimately, one gloss did take the edge for me and it was the Summer Fridays lip butter balm.

I think it’s an extremely good dupe for the Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm (which I love, for the record), but at a fraction of the price. I tried the shade Toffee, which tasted like a caramel ...

One PEOPLE writer has been using the Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm for five years. She’s owned multiple tubes of the ultra-hydrating lip balm, including the limited-edition Birthday Cake flavor.

I reviewed over 20 popular lip balms, and these are the best ones to shop. From tinted to viral lip balms, explore picks from Summer Fridays, Rhode, more.

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm, £23 for 15g, spacenk.com: ... How much colour payoff you get differs with each shade – the darker ones are more pigmented, which is to be expected.

Butter Me Up lip butters launched exclusively at Superdrug this year, and are rivalling high end brands like the cult-favourite Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm and Laneige Glaze Craze Tinted Lip Serum.

Summer Fridays founders Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland’s cult-favorite Lip Butter Balm grew out of a desire to add flavor and fun to the category when they were launching the formula in 2020.