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While you may embrace red lips during the colder months of the year, the arrival of summertime means that it’s time to swap your screen siren pout for an au naturel look. Whether you prefer sweet pale pinks or soft nude tones, try restocking your makeup bag with the perfect neutral lip gloss. This season, draw your beauty cues from the ever-refreshing no makeup look, and add these five glossy options to your beauty collection.

1) Tarte Tarteist™ Glossy Lip Paint in Hella, $24: If you appreciate nude lips with a slight pink tone, this lip paint by Tarte may offer the necessary dose of understated colour. The product claims to be vegan-friendly, and to contain concentrated mineral pigments in the form of a conditioning serum. It is also said to soften and hydrate lips, and to offer a shiny, intense effect.

2) Laura Mercier Lip Glacé in Bare Baby, $30: This Lip Glacé from Laura Mercier claims to offer a sheer yet shiny look, and states that it can easily be worn on its own or paired with lipstick. As for this Bare Baby shade, the colour is a soft, barely there pink with a high shine effect.

3) Bobbi Brown Lip Gloss in Almost Nude, $30: Bobbi Brown’s vanilla-scented lip gloss states that it is created with a number of moisturizing botanical extracts, which are derived from avocado, jojoba, chamomile oils and aloe. Meanwhile, this sheer nude gloss claims to deliver sheer colour and a non-sticky finish.

4) Kevyn Aucoin Beauty The Lip Gloss in Beaugonia, $41: Kevyn Aucoin’s option claims to nourish the lips, thanks to its formula of vitamins from sunflower seed, castor and lanolin oils. The trio of ingredients is said to moisturize the lips and contribute to a smooth pout. This Beaugonia shade is a subtle, feminine light pink, which just might flatter your sun-kissed skin and rosy blush.

5) Dior ‘Rouge Dior Brilliant’ Lipshine & Care Couture Colour in Miss, $48: As Dior’s lip gloss, Rouge Dior Brilliant claims to be enriched with a vitamin E complex, the brand’s signature lip care oils and contour waxes. This girlish and fresh pink hue just may revitalize your bronzed complexion for the summer months.