Chaps off the old block

Location: Holstein Park Pool

The natural mint ingredient in Jack Black’s Intense Therapy Lip Balm with SPF 25 not only has a refreshingly cooling effect, but the fresh scent actually lasts a good 20 minutes. Plus, dudes can lube their lips with a thick coat without worrying about a glossy finish. $7 at Merz Apothecary (4716 N Lincoln Ave, 773-989-0900; 111 N State St, 312-781-4000, merzapothecary.com).

Besides eliciting a few giggles with its silly name (no, the ingredients do not include this species’ feces), the citrus-y smelling Chicken PooP Outdoors comes cheap and lasts about two hours, but it does leave your lips a little white. The company opted out of getting an SPF rating (it objects to the testing process on ethical grounds), but two of the five natural ingredients—zinc oxide, which reflects sunlight, and avocado oil, which is said to filter UVB and UVA rays—should provide decent protection. $3 at Merz Apothecary.

True to its name, a coat of Fresh’s Sugar Lip Treatment, with SPF 15, feels like rubbing your lips with a buttercream-frosted sugar cookie; it’s sweet to sniff (though the scent doesn’t last long) and goes on like butta (read: goo-free). $23 at Macy’s (111 N State St, 312-781-1000, visitmacyschicago.com).

French brand Labello’s Sun with SPF 25, has a cultlike following for its lip-moistening effectiveness, and we’ll agree that the stick kept our smackers satisfied. That said, you’d think with our appearance-conscious culture the company would figure out a way to mask that lifeguard-white-lips effect; make sure to pack a darker shaded lipstick to cover this one up. $9 at Merz Apothecary.

Between the cotton candy–like scent, purple packaging and tinted, glossy balm (it comes in three barely-there shades), Tarte’s Slide-Tin Lip Balm, with SPF 15, is made for the girly girl. The only downside: By the time it wears off about an hour and a half later, it leaves a slight trace of dry, crumbly bits on the lips. $12 at Sephora (520 N Michigan Ave, 312-494-9598; 845 N Michigan Ave, 312-335-9391, sephora.com).

With a yellowy medicinal-ointment appearance, Kiehl’s Lip Balm SPF 15 is the most reminiscent of a tube of Vaseline; perhaps it’s that gooey texture that makes this one last so very long—we went a good three hours without even thinking about reapplying. $10 at Kiehl’s (907 W Armitage Ave, 773-665-2515. kiehls.com).