Saryn Chorney and Nathalie DiNoia ambush another victim in need of softer lips.

According to Beauty Packaging Magazine, one-armed surfer chick Bethany Hamilton (famous for being a rad athlete and also losing her arm in a 2003 shark attack) has a lip balm out that's extra easily accessible because it can be popped open with one hand, good for whether you're an amputee or just really crazy busy running around with coffee and a bag and all that other crap us ladies always seem to be carrying around. Buy one here for $4.50.

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Oh my darling, darling skincare aficionados, will you turn away from skincare and start spending all your beauty bucks on lipstick? I hope not, but according to this recent New York Times article, all bets say you will!

Three sorts of products sell robustly during tough times, said Lou Crandall, the chief economist at Wrightson ICAP, an independent research firm.

The first is what economists call traditional inferior goods, what people have to buy when they can no longer afford their favorites. If you're a salmon lover eating tuna casserole, you're chewing on inferior goods.

Lipsticks aren't inferior goods, economists say, but they could be small indulgences, an inexpensive treat meant to substitute for a bigger-ticket item. Or lipsticks could also be morale boosters, like Charlie Chaplin films were during the Depression. A warm shade that perfectly matches your skin tone might make you forget how far your 401(k) has tanked.

The article is mostly about how lipstick trumps gloss when it comes to hard times. It's more classic, it has longevity, etc. But ever insightful Product Fiend blogger that I am, leave it to me to take this fundamental truth and take it to the next level. Because hey, lipstick is cheaper than fancy (yet to some of us around here,  indispensable) skincare items. But hark, another deep thought:

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We remember when C.O. Bigelow's now best-selling mentha lip glosses first infiltrated Bath & Body Works shelves years ago. It seemed like BBW had taken the leap from gift-buying central (for those hurried don't-know-WTF-to-get moments) to acquiring genuine, apothecary goods.

With BBW's help, the line of peppermint-infused shines quickly spread to teens everywhere, while the range itself expanded to include Cinnamint (a Product Fiend fave), Ultra-Mentha (yes, you really had to eat that garlic flatbread), and several Lip Tints. Paired with high-octane shine and minty goodness, it easily got our award--and everyone else's--for innovative breath freshener.

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It took a few years for Yerba Mate to move from celeb-drinking trend to our beauty cabinets. It was one thing when it was in my cup, then Kiehl's came along and made a big show of it. But now they're putting it in lip balm. And ya know what? That's A-Okay. This stuff is, DA BALM. (Oh yes, that was so wrong.) What's right is seriously non-sticky, doesn't taste like chemicals or bubble gum, makes your lips feel downright silky lip stuff that actually combats extreme chapping conditions like the majorly frigid New England weather that I had the balls to bike around in a few weekends ago. I've never heard of this Randers McFlanders brand, but now I wanna try their sunscreen.

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I am addicted to lip balms. I bring a tube with me to meetings, to class, and have no fewer than three or four tubes scattered around my car. I cannot go to sleep at night unless I know that there's a tube of soothing something within arm's reach on my bedside table. But if I go without my lip gunk, after a few hours I would have Cryptkeeper lips.

Sarah sent me some of the new Fuze Slenderize Lip Gloss to check out, because she knows that I'm a Product Fiend and also, have a serious lip gloss fetish, not because she is giving me a not so subtle hint about the size of my ass (because chica? Hints are so not necessary). And I was excited. I actually like the taste of Fuze Slenderize beverages. They are surprisingly yum and the blueberry raspberry version somehow manages to have negligible calories while tasting a lot like a melted Slushee. In fact, even as a child, I detested the homogenized flavor that is called "fruit punch" because cherries, grapes, pineapples, those are all good but somewhere along the way, something yucky snuck into the mix, something I can only imagine is "ass fruit." But Fuse Slenderize fruit punch? Yeah, I'm down with it.

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