Magical Ingredients To Hydrate Your Lips | Charlotte Tilbury (2024)

Unlock the secrets of how to hydrate lips and discover the most magical ingredients to hydrate lips with in my pout-perfecting lip products.

30th July 2021
By Charlotte Tilbury

5 minute read

Darlings, discover the secret to a gorgeous, luscious pout with the most magical lip hydrating ingredients! Whether you love a glossy, bright lip look or a subtle, barely-there pout, Charlotte's beauty secrets hydrate lips with supercharged ingredients that make everyone’s lips look and feel their most hydrated!

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DISCOVER CHARLOTTE'S MUST-HAVE INGREDIENTS TO HYDRATE LIPS

The below ingredients hold hydrating and moisture-retaining benefits that your lips will LOVE! Whether you have dry, dehydrated or normal lips, look out for these ingredients when shopping for a new lipstick, lip gloss, lip oil, or lip balm to instantly hydrate lips!

HYALURONIC ACID

Hyaluronic acid is a popular ingredient used in skincare and makeup, and its perfect for hydrating lips! This supercharged ingredient delivers hydration to your lips thanks to its moisture-retaining properties, and can contribute to hydrated, plumper, healthy looking lips!

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GLOSSY ESTER

Glossy Ester is a high water-holding ingredient that helps to moisturize and hydrate lips while creating a dewy-looking HIGH-SHINE EFFECT! Look out for this ingredient if you love a glossy, plumper looking pout!

HYDRATING BUTTERS

Hydrating Butters, which can be responsibly harvested from Amazonian Rainforest Trees, provide natural hydration to your lips with their impressive replenishing and NOURISHING properties!

ALPINE ROSE

Alpine Rose is a powerful antioxidant that works to enhance resilience, creating a barrier against dehydration! Perfect for a magical hydration boost for your lips!

LIPSTICK TREE & ORCHID EXTRACT

Derived from the achiote tree (also known as The Lipstick Tree), Lipstick Tree Extract is a popular ingredient used in lipsticks to hydrate the lips and add pigment, thanks to its bright-red seeds. A lipstick that has been enriched with Lipstick Tree extract can help to soften, protect and hydrate lips for youthful, healthy looking effect!

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“KISS-ME QUICK” INGREDIENTS

Extracted derived from the Portulaca plant, (also known as the “Kiss-me quick” plant), these ingredients help to improve hydration and create the appearance of fuller-looking lips when used in lip products!

PLANT ADAPTOGEN EXTRACTS

Plant Adaptogen Extracts have the power to adapt to and survive the harshest conditions with their moisture-retaining powers. Extracted from precious, rare plants from around the world, Plant Adaptogen Extracts can be found in many skincare and lip products to provide hydration and retain moisture.

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SQUALANE

Squalane, found in Charlotte's Magic Lip Scrub, is a MAGIC ingredient that helps to BOOST HYDRATION and reduce the appearance of fine lines for a hydrated, youthful looking pout!

BEESWAX

Also found in the nourishing formula of Charlotte's Magic Lip Scrub is Beeswax, a super moisturising ingredient that locks in hydration!

HYDRATE LIPS WITH CHARLOTTE’S HYDRATING LIPSTICK BALMS

HYALURONIC HAPPIKISS

Charlotte’s Hyaluronic Happikiss lipstick gloss balms are infused with hyaluronic acid, Glossy Ester and hydrating butters to intensely hydrate your lips and deliver a dewy, juicy kiss of colour!

HYDRATE LIPS WITH CHARLOTTE’S RESEARCH POWERED HYDRATING LIP OIL

CHARLOTTE’S MAGIC LIP OIL CRYSTAL ELIXIR

Combining the power of a serum with the comfort of an oil, Charlotte’s crystal-infused lip oil is the secret to hydrated, luscious lips!

With potent ingredients including Alpine Rose, hyaluronic acid and Plant Adaptogen Extracts First Light Snow Lotus and Resurrection Leaf, the non-sticky, research-powered formula helps to hydrate and smooth the look of lips, coating them in a soft veil of nourishment with a glossy finish!

BOOSTS HYDRATION by up to 157% in 1 hour!**

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MORE MAGICAL LIP SECRETS TO HYDRATE LIPS

MATTE REVOLUTION

Charlotte’s award-winning Matte Revolution lipsticks are perfect for creating a modern matte lip look with a hydrating, comfortable-to-wear formula!

Enriched with antioxidant Lipstick Tree & Orchid Extract and 3D glowing pigments, these magical lipsticks hydrate, moisturize and condition for a long-lasting wash of intense colour!

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SUPERSTAR LIPS

Superstar Lips bottles the high shine of a gloss and the staying power of a lipstick into a genius hydrating formula!

Inspired the light play of the stars, the magic formula floods your lips with lightweight, buildable colour whilst providing the hydrating benefits of hyaluronic acid!

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K.I.S.S.I.N.G

Like Charlotte’s award-winning Matte Revolution formula, her collection of K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipsticks are enriched with the hydrating, pigment-providing Lipstick Tree extract!

With a selection of universally flattering nude, pink, red, coral and berry shades to choose from, K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipsticks are the secret to a hydrated, full-bodied, satin-finish pout for any occasion!

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COLLAGEN LIP BATH

If you love to top your lipstick with a hydrating wash of mirror-shine makeup magic, discover Collagen Lip Bath lip glosses!

These plump-effect lip glosses are enriched with “Kiss-me-quick” ingredients, ‘Super lip’ peptides, Lip Plump-Effect Mustard Sprout Extract and marine collagen to hydrate, moisturize and create the appearance of a fuller looking pout!

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JEWEL LIPS

For lip gloss lovers who love to dial up the sparkle, discover Jewel Lips! These glittering diamond glosses are enriched with hyaluronic acid and Vitamin E to hydrate, condition and moisturize your lips whilst creating a dazzling, jewel-like GLOW to your lips!

Available in 5 limited-edition shades, including the globally loved nude-pink Pillow Talk, these are Charlotte’s ultimate secret to dazzling, mirror-shine, hydrated lips!

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CHARLOTTE'S MAGIC LIP SCRUB

The nourishing and conditioning formula of Charlotte's Magic Lip Scrub is enriched with moisturising and hydrating ingredients! While Natural Sugar Crystals gently exfoliate your lips, Beeswax and Squalane help to boost and lock in HYDRATION for perfect-looking lips!

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*Tested on 15 people**Tested on 32 people over 28 days

Author Details

Charlotte Tilbury

Founder, President, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.