I’m so excited for this week’s beauty roundup, PV Community! When I was listing down the releases to feature, I instantly noticed that they’re all from Filipino brands. Ah, what a time to be alive! Filipino beauty is thriving and we are given the opportunity to support and champion it in our own way.

Gone are the days when the only purpose of lip products is to either apply color on the lips or to treat them. These days, we expect more than just a singular purpose from our lip product and a lot of beauty’s recent releases have been answering. These lip hybrids deliver a punch of color while also providing other benefits like a glossy finish, a hydrating boost, or both, or more. Here are 5 local lip products to try: