Any beauty fan worth their weight in lip gloss knows that packaging has a way of pulling you in (and, yes, often making up a big chunk of the product’s cost). Those sleek, Instagram-ready designs?

Love trying new lip products? This one's for you. Here's why one of our editors is recommending that you give the Monika Blunder lippies a chance.

Avon Lake resident Erin Flynn has collected over 4,500 Lip Smacker products since the 1970s. Bonne Bell, a cosmetics company founded in 1927, created the iconic Lip Smackers product in 1973.