Of all the hot collections hitting MAC counters this summer, we’re most excited about Tendertones .

We fell in love with this lip balm posing as lip gloss in May 2007 when it first launched. With four popular shades brought back (Deep Sigh, Hush Hush, Take a Hint and Pucker ) and six brand new ones, how is a girl to choose? We want them all.

Tendertones are super moisturizing with a delicate strawberry-kiwi flavor. Keep one on your desk and see how fast it disappears (you’ll be applying and re-applying ALL. DAY. LONG.).

• Tread Gently Soft lime green with yellow pearl
• E-Z Baby Sheer milky pink
• Honey Bare Rosy blue pink with white and gold pearl
• Hot n’ Saucy Soft cherry red
• Sweet & Nice Sheer red grape with red pearl
• Take A Hint Sheer peach with white pearl
• Hush, Hush Sheer gold with yellow gold pearl
• Sweet Tooth Sheer coral with white pearl
• Pucker Sheer berry with red pearl
• Deep Sigh Sheer grape brown with red pearl

Suggested Retail Price: $14.50 US/$17.50 CDN

Tendertones are currently available online at maccosmetics.com .

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.