Gone are the cruel surprises of adaptive balms. Now you can have decent tone and texture
You may recall a time in the early 1980s when “colour adaptive lipbalms” were all the rage. Sheer lipsticks – often pea green, inexplicably – that went on clear and, reacting to the wearer’s unique pH, developed into the perfect pink shade for their skin. Or so was the theory. It was a fun gimmick when I was six years old and they were 99p from the chemist, so I was intrigued to see adaptive balms making a comeback at serious beauty brands.
Zelens skincare, which has diversified with an otherwise great capsule make-up range, has the adaptive Lip Enhancer (£32), Dior calls its version Lip Glow (£23.50), while Pixi sells Unique Pink balm (£12) – all promising to work with your body chemistry to give lips a pretty flush.
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