Along with flip phones, low-rise jeans and Myspace, some items were iconic in 2000s pop culture – and that includes Lancôme's Juicy Tubes, clear tubes of lightly tinted, fruity-flavoured lip gloss that were the ultimate in any make-up bag. Now, with the current obsession with everything Y2K, they're firmly back in fashion again, and available in three tasty new flavours.
Lancôme has recently launched three new coffee-inspired shades: Almond Drip, a mid brown with gold shimmer and a scent of roasted almonds, Cocoa Macchiato, a rich brown with a hint of pink and a cocoa flavour, and Lavender Latte, a pretty lilac that's also Olivia Rodrigo's go-to shade.
Usually priced at £26 each, you can currently find these new variations with 25% off at Debenhams, down to £19.50.
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Promising up to four hours of moisture, visibly plumper lips and an easy-to-use applicator, the resurge in the popularity of Lancôme Juicy Tubes might have something to do with how lip balms are fashion accessories in their own right nowadays; Rhode Peptide Lip Tints, £18, and Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balms, £23, are both hugely popular, and Dior's new Lip Glow Butters, £33, with their cute charms, look set to have the same mass appeal.
If you need any more convincing to add a Juicy Tube back into your make-up routine, iconic actors from the 00s have also been sharing how they loved – and still love – the product. In sponsored posts on their Instagram accounts, Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson, who played Marisa Cooper and Summer Roberts respectively in the hit teen drama The OC, share their go-to flavours, and their favourite Juicy Tube moment.
"There's something about the scent that makes me really nostalgic and takes me back to the early 2000s," Mischa says in her post, remembering who she wore the product when, in season one of The OC, Marisa and Ryan finally kiss on the fairground ferris wheel.
"My two favourites were always Spring Fling and Marshmallow Electro," she adds.
Rachel Bilson, meanwhile, says on her account how she favours the rose shade Tickled Pink, sharing how it instantly reminds her of when she won the Teen Choice Award for Best Chemistry in 2005.
Although all three of the new latte shades are still available – and reduced – on Debenhams, most of the other core shades are currently out of stock – however, you can find them all available on the Lancôme website, and you might also be able to find your chosen colour on Sephora or Boots.
If your budget doesn't quite stretch to this, you'll find lots of other affordable lip balms in the shops, including Boots Glossy Lip Balms, a bargain at just £3 each.
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