It’s almost the end of the shortest month of the year, beauty pickers, which means it’s time for another top 10 beauty finds rundown. It’s also the last official month of winter – yahoo! – and we’ve now counted more than 48 consecutive hours with no rain so we’re feeling a bit spring-like in many of our picks this month. So, what are the chart movers and shakers for February? Read on, lip smackers.

Topping the charts in the Number One spot is Merit with its new Signature Lip Blush. It’s a lipstick that isn’t a lipstick, a balm that is no ordinary balm, a swipe of matte colour that’s emphatic yet still sheer. Yes, it’s like its very own riddle of the Sphinx. But whatever the answer is that you arrive at it should include trying it because this really is the next level, new gen, hybrid lip colour that nourishes and hydrates as it goes, and contains anti-feathering tech so it stays were you put it. Prepare to pucker up, buttercups. Shop here.