The quickest and easiest way to update both your everyday look and make-up bag is with a quick slick of a new lip product - that and who doesn't love a new lipstick or two" As it is the very start of the year, the beauty world is in overdrive with new and exciting lip launches (there seems to be an emphasis on lip treatments at the moment; I'm guessing this is no coincidence - hello dried and chapped lips) so if ever there was a time to treat yourself or maybe a loved one, it is now. Let me share five of the best of the latest lip arrivals...

Clinique x Crayola Chubby Sticks

Very seldom does make-up leave me feeling nostalgic but as someone who harboured dreams of becoming the next Picasso as a child, armed with a stash of well used, and often abused Crayola Crayons, the Clinque x Crayola collaboration hit myself - and so many others - straight in the feels. A lip product gut punch if you will, but one that delivers warm and fuzzy feelings. Essentially both the brand behind the now iconic lip crayon, and the creator of youthful scribbles have joined forces to create a limited edition range of tinted lip balms. They have settled on using the beloved Clinique nourishing formula but tinting it using the iconic Crayola Crayon shades as the inspiration behind the new and limited edition lip hues. All in all, it is a sweet and entirely practical collaboration - I mean who doesn't use or need a tinted lip balm - that includes a ...