We use Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1 every night before bed.

It’s kind of like an addiction—we can’t go to sleep without it. Once, on a business trip, we forgot our beloved Kiehl’s at home and experienced a night full of cold sweats and dreadful visions of waking up with chapped, cracked lips. Thankfully that never happened, but now we take extra care to ensure that it never does—it’s one of the first things we pack when getting ready for a trip.

Now our best-loved balm is available in flavors! Our favorite is Pear, but it’s also available in Mint and Cranberry. Yum!

Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1 flavored lip balm is $8.50 for a 0.5 oz tube.

Special note: We made a video featuring our thirteen-year-old daughter, Bailey, announcing the final winners of our ‘Party Time’ post. However, we’ve been having a few technical difficulties. We hope to have it up by day’s end so be sure to check back and see if you’re a winner.

In the meantime, have you seen the new creamy lipcolor by Bourjois?

La crème des Lèvres is a 2-in-1 light reflecting and enhancing lip cream that moisturizes like a balm and shines like a gloss.

The non-sticky formula is smooth and creamy with a sweet almond fragrance and comes in six soft nude hues:

• Beige Velouté nude and chic
• Rosé Voluptueux rosy delight
• Rose Doux almond rose
• Rosé Moelleux tender rose
• Praliné Dolce praline melt
• Brun Onctueuz candied chestnut

La crème des Lèvres is available at Sephora for $14.

Baume Baiser, the pillowy soft bubble balm from Lancôme’s Mystery Game collection, is beyond fun.

Seriously, this is like a toy for us. The firm, cushy bubble exfoliates while applying the yummiest marshmallow-y sweet lip balm. It’s hard to explain, but it leaves our lips feeling so soft and moisturized.

The strange thing is—we have no idea just how much lip balm is in this thing. At the rate we’re going, we might need to go back to the Lancôme counter tomorrow for another one.

Mmmmm, MAC Tendertones are right up our alley. Lip Balm with SPF that looks like a silky gloss and tastes like strawberry-kiwi is better than an afternoon off from work!

There’s nine delicious colors to choose from:

• Deep Sigh Sheer bronze with red pearl
• Softnote Sheer lilac with blue/purple pearl
• Hush, Hush Sheer peach with gold pearl
• Warm Smile Sheer pinkish brown
• Purring Sheer tangerine with pearl
• Tender Baby Sheer watermelon pink
• Shush! Sheer lime green with multicolour pearl
• Take A Hint Sheer intense mid-tone pink
• Pucker Sheer raspberry pink

We’ll have to wait until May 31st when Tendertones will be available at all MAC locations nationwide.

As much as we love us some shimmer, we begin to look like the reflector on the front of our 10-speed bike if we aren’t careful. With highlighting foundation, brightening concealer, shimmering blush and glowing bronzer- it’s almost guaranteed that we’ll frighten the neighbors with our super-powered glow as we leave the house each morning.

This is why we’re so excited about Prescriptives new matte bronzer, part of their Summer 2007 Collection, The Vibrants.

With two new shades of Colorscope Cheek Color in Bronzer- Light and Bronzer- Medium we can add just the right amount of sun-kissed goodness to our face without overdoing it. Especially if we use the Prescriptives Bronzer Brush, which allows more control in application than any other bronzer brush we’ve tried.

Also in this collection we found a new shade of Tint Balm for the Lips called Caramel that would be one of the three items we’d take with us if we were to be stranded on a desert island (the other two would be Anthelios SX and a journal).

We admit the color looks scary in the tube, but please give it a chance. You won’t be disappointed in the barely-there caramel color or gentle hint of vanilla. Caramel Tint Balm is lip balm perfection. (Apparently we’re not the only one who thinks this- Caramel Tint Balm is temporarily sold out on Prescriptives.com, but your local counter might still have it.)

There’s also an incredible new self-tanner called Sunsheen Custom Color that we can’t wait to tell you about. Watch for our Self-Tanner Review, appearing soon, for more details.

View the entire Prescriptives Summer 2007: The Vibrants collection here.

The quickest way to brighten our face in the drab, depressing winter months is to apply a bright, cheery lipstick.

Our favorites of late have been Clinique Pink Chocolate, Shiseido Rouge Irise SL8 (shimmering berry), and MAC Mystic (brick red).

Bright or dark lipstick can be tricky, and sometimes (after a few hours of wear) we look like we’ve been making out all morning (not an especially flattering visual for our co-workers.)

Thankfully, Trish McEvoy Flawless Lip preps our lips for long-lasting wear and keeps our favorite dark lipsticks from bleeding.

Someone should tell Jessica Simpson about this.

Trish McEvoy Flawless Lip, $22

2007 woke up on the right side of the bed.

Today we found our favorite MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner SPF 15 in a pretty new container. Look!

This sleek new packaging has a wider mouth making for easier application, and it’s so pretty. (The yummy vanilla flavored formula remains the same with 6 great sheer tints.) (We like Petting Pink.)

MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner SPF 15, $14.5

Gift sets for the holiday are definitely the way to go.

Not only do they pack a huge value, but they give the receiver an opportunity to try a range of products that they otherwise wouldn’t.

The Body Shop has some great holiday gift sets like this Vanilla Spice Quartet Gift with Body Butter, Shimmer Body Lotion, Soap, and Lip Balm in the yummy Vanilla Spice scent.

There isn’t a girl out there that wouldn’t want this under her tree.

The Body Shop Vanilla Spice Quartet Gift, $25