Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick: a Guru Score of 67% from 10 experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Mixed

"The oxybenzone based Aquaphor lip product is below zero for me, probably one of the worst products you can get. Now this product is not bad actually. I think from a functionality standpoint it actually works incredibly well, the problem is it does have those potential allergies in it, so I'm going to put this one on the mid tier."

Dr. Daniel Sugai

722k subs

~Yay

"I still love Aquaphor. I use that on myself and my kids and we'll keep an eye out for any sensitivities that we develop, but right now we're good."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Mixed

"I use the lip balm underneath the eyes and this makes your concealer stay 10 times longer it doesn't get all creased up and crazy believe it or not and it doesn't break down the makeup. [...] He uses it in the under eye area, he uses it in the marionette and he also uses it over the lip."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Nay

"I don't like anything going on on this side of my face. I have combo skin so I am oily through the T-Zone but not super oily, just a little bit through the T-Zone. I have some dry patches around my mouth and my temples and the rest of my face is fairly normal. I tried the Aquaphor concealer hack three days in a row just wanting to make this work, but for me I could just never get it to work no matter what I tried. I don't love it by itself with my regular stuff. I don't love it with this."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Mixed

"Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick, this was one I kept on my nightstand and sometimes in the middle of the night I put it on without realizing it and then I'd wake up and the cap would be off and it would be all gross. It's almost all gone, but after it fell on the floor in the middle of the night I'm not going to put it back on."

Hyram

4.33M subs

~Mixed

"I have used this off and on throughout the years. As much as I love Aquaphor, this just didn't do enough on its own. It's okay if I put a thick moisturizer on underneath, but it still just kind of feels like very basic and doesn't really do a lot. Because of the applicator, you basically can only use it on your lips. It's not terrible and has a good price point, but it is about as basic of a lip product as you can get."

Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

~Yay

"Aquaphor for the lips, because it's literally the best and rehydrates everything."

Top Pick: lip balm

Sincerely Miss Ash

195k subs

~Yay

"I use the Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick a lot and I really like this. It does the job well. I put a little layer at night time, a little layer in the morning, sometimes during the day if I feel like I don't want to use a tinted lip balm or like a lipstick I will use this and it does the job well. It's affordable, you can get this at the drugstore, you can use this all over the body, but it's amazing for the lips."

Dr. Jenny Liu

324k subs

~Yay

"I really love and recommend Aquaphor Lip Repair. This is a fragrance-free formula, so even suitable for sensitive skin, that really helps to reduce dryness and chapped lips. Helps to kind of heal in moisture and is really designed for all skin types but particularly sensitive skin. The formula includes nourishing vitamins, shea butter as well as chamomile essence to calm and hydrate the lip. So making it a great option for kind of like a balm texture for daily use and also it's very small."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick?

A fragrance-free lip balm stick formulated with shea butter, coconut oil, and jojoba seed oil designed to hydrate and repair dry, chapped lips.

Is Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick worth it?

The gurus are split. 4 of the 10 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 67%.

What is Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick's Guru Score?

Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick holds a Guru Score of 67%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 10 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.