What's your lip balm addiction?

...I'm sitting on Poipu Beach watching the surf...I used to tease my big brother because he was never without his ChapStick. The moment his lips felt dry, you could spot him applying the lip balm as if he'd been dragging himself across the desert and his lips were scorched.

I can't say much about it now because I'm fully addicted to lip balm. When I was a teenager, I used lip gloss (still do...but over my lip balm). I loved Kissing Potion by Maybelline and my favorite flavor was Green Apple. Remember how tingly your lips would feel after putting it on? I used to keep a bottle in the glove compartment of my then-boyfriend-now-husband's '66 Mustang. I'd always re-apply it before a kiss. (Sometimes he'd actually apply the gloss to my lips and request a smooch, though he will deny this.)

I'd moved on to Carmex (too medicine-like) and finally to Aveda Lip Saver, since I spend tons of time outdoors with my kids. But the Aveda lip balm is pricey.

Now I'm back from a holiday vacation in Kauai, Hawaii, and I've a new lip balm addiction: Kauai Kiss. The smell alone transports me back to the beach, where I'm sitting in the sand watching my boys play in the sun and surfers ride the waves. Sipping a Mai Tai or another fruity concoction.

But besides putting me under an island spell, it's sweet on the lips because it's made with macadamia nut oil (those of you with nut allergies, stay away), palm and olive oils, beeswax and of course...aloha. (When you're in Kauai, you can visit the shop where the lip balms are made at Island Soap Candle Works in Koloa, which starts another addiction to gorgeous smelling soap and candles.) Plus, it's super cheap at US$3.50 a tin (they are out of tubes in Kauai Kiss), or you can buy a 4-pack of tubes with assorted flavors for US$9.

What's your lip balm addiction and, of course, why? Also, reminisce a little and share your teen lip gloss favorites.