Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm
by Naturium · skin_care
Editor's Take
Worth reaching for when lacquer shine is the brief, but the “Clean Ingredients” badge gives this petroleum-polymer gloss more virtue than its contents earn.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 8.1 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 6.8 / 10
- Clean Standards: 5.5 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 3.0 / 10
The Verdict
Ulta’s Naturium listing promises nourished, moisturized, conditioned lips with silky softness, smoothness, and lacquer-like shine, plus paraben-free and “Clean Ingredients” claims. Hydrogenated Polyisobutene and Polybutene lead the formula and credibly create cushion, moisture-sealing gloss, and the promised lacquer finish, while shea butter reinforces softness for repeated daytime use. It is paraben-free, but that exclusion is entry-level credit: undisclosed Flavor and Synthetic Wax, Microcrystalline Wax, and synthetic color lakes mean the broader “Clean Ingredients” badge does not hold up. Worth it as a glossy, conditioning lip balm, not as a clean-beauty choice.
Is Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm clean?
DARE scores Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm by Naturium 5.5 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm?
The formula leads with Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Polybutene, Polyglyceryl-2 Diisostearate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Microcrystalline Wax, Flavor. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm by Naturium scores Performance 8.1 / 10, Clean Standards 5.5 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 6.8 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 3.0 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Polybutene, Polyglyceryl-2 Diisostearate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Microcrystalline Wax, Flavor, Synthetic Wax, Mica, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Squalane, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Tocopherol, Citric Acid. MAY CONTAIN: Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Red 7 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Red 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Red 33 Lake
Last updated October 8, 2026