This season, bright lips are all over the catwalks from bright coral to eye-catching fuchsia. Bright lips look great with a tan and without, so this look works on nearly ever pair of smoochers. When choosing a color, be sure to choose one that compliments your skin tone. Check out how it looks with your teeth as well. Some colors can actually make teeth appear yellow.

Often peaches and corals look great on olive or medium to dark skin, but you’re going to have to play around. Pale skin can have yellow or pink undertones. Pink undertones may not look great with melon or coral lips. The best thing to do is to try a lot of colors at the cosmetics counter.

Bright colors may be intimidating at first, but you’ll get used to it. I like See Sheer, by MAC Cosmetics. It goes so nice with my summer tan.

Another good trend for summer is tinted gloss. A little shine can go a long way! I like a sheer gloss, but be careful. Sheer gloss reflects light and this can increase your risk for sunscreen. I like Clinique’s Long Last Glosswear with SPF 15 in Sunset or Guavagold.

There are a lot of great clear balms and glosses out there with higher SPFs as well. Remember to wear these at the beach or when doing outdoor activities. Hawaiian Tropic even makes an SPF 45 lip balm.

Sunburned lips can be extremely painful and you don’t want to peel, or have very dry, unattractive smile. If your lips do get dry or peel, you can exfoliate them. Sephora carries a lot of great lip exfoliators. My favorite is philosophy’s Kiss Mee Exfoliating Lip Scrub, which is just $15. Take care of your lips to keep them perfect all summer long!