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Best Lipsticks for women

1. BEST OVERALL LIPSTICK

Luxe Matte Lipstick

Bobbi Brown Luxe Ma

PROS
  • Long-wearing
  • Doesn’t smear or fade
  • Full coverage
CONS
  • Pricey

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics’ extra-rich full-coverage lipcolor won “gold” in the Beauty Lab’s long-wear lipstick test for true color that stayed in place. In addition to high consumer satisfaction scores, it got top marks for not smearing or fading in the Lab’s test of color transfer to cups after a hot drink. “I forgot I had it on,” a testers commented. Users loved it so much that they were still reaching for it three weeks later.

2. BEST VALUE LIPSTICK

Color Sensational Lipstick

Maybelline New York Color Sensational Lipstick

PROS
  • Affordably-priced
  • Extensive shade range
  • Rich, vivid color
  • Smooth texture
CONS

Maybelline New York‘s creamy lipstick, a GH Beauty Award winner and GH Seal star, delivers proven vivid color and smooth wear at a bargain price. It comes in a huge range of 70 shades, from nudes to pinks, berries, reds, and beyond. In a study of over 100 women, 86% reported that the lipstick’s color looked fresh, 80% said it appeared rich and 89% found that their lips looked smoothwhile they were wearing it, GH Beauty Lab data assessment confirmed.

3. BEST LIP GLOSS

Pop Splash Lip Gloss + Hydration

 

Clinique Pop Splash Lip Gloss + Hydration

PROS
  • High shine
  • Makes lips look full
  • Less stickiness
  • Selection of shades
CONS

A fresh take on gloss, Clinique’s GH Beauty Award-winning lightweight fluid leaves behind a touch of color with glassy shine, reflecting light to make lips look plush and full. Testers loved that the formula, made with fruit extracts and vitamin E, was “not goopy and less tacky than a traditional gloss”and “felt cushiony on lips.” Bonus: It comes in a range of shades from neutrals to bolds.

4. BEST VALUE LIQUID LIPSTICK

Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick

NYX Professional Makeup Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick

PROS
  • Applies easily
  • Resists feathering
  • Stays in place
  • Great value
CONS
  • Some testers found it drying

Get nearly foolproof application and minimal color transfer at a nice price with NYX’s liquid lipstick, a winner of the GH Beauty Lab’s liquid lipstick test. It hadstrong staying power through the Lab’s hot-drink test and scored best for going on precisely and evenly without feathering. The sponge-tipped wand gave “full coverage in one pass” a tester said.

5. BEST LIPSTICK FOR DRY LIPS

Age Perfect Luminous Hydrating Lipstick

L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Luminous Hydrating Lipstick

PROS
  • Made with moisturizing ingredients
  • Keeps lips hydrated
  • Resists feathering
  • Affordably-priced
CONS

Not your average lipcolor, this next-generation formula from L’Oréal Paris, a GH Beauty Award winner and GH Seal holder, contains a nourishing treatment serum core. In a clinical study, its formula with hydrating ingredients like jojoba oil and vitamin E kept lips moisturized for nine hours, and 81% of users found that it didn’t feather, per GH Beauty Lab data evaluation.

6. BEST LIP BALM

100% Natural Moisturizing Lip Balm

Burt’s Bees 100% Natural Moisturizing Lip Balm

PROS
  • Made with natural ingredients
  • Hydrating formula
  • Non-sticky matte finish
  • Great value
CONS

This iconic Burt’s Bees lip balm made with natural ingredients is a GH Beauty Lab top-evaluated formula. Lightly flavored with coconut and pear, the beeswax-and-shea-butter stick hydrates with coconut and sunflower oils, says GH Beauty Lab Director Birnur Aral, Ph.D. Its shine-free finish means no goop or visible gloss

7. BEST VALUE LIP BALM

Lip Repair Stick

Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick

PROS
  • Softens and soothes chapped lips
  • No-mess stick form
CONS

Aquaphor, the GH Beauty Lab gold standard drugstore salve, has morphed into a handy stick for lips. The GH Beauty Award-winning formula packs shea butter, vitamins B5 and E and sunflower seed wax to soften with no stickiness. “My lips felt soothed instantly and through the day,” a tester said.

8. BEST MATTE LIPSTICK

Gel Semi-Matte Lipstick

Mary Kay Gel Semi-Matte Lipstick

PROS
  • Smooth, full-coverage finish
  • Resists feathering
  • Shades are true to color
  • Soft on lips
CONS

Everything you could want in a lipstick, Mary Kay’s richly-colored yet nondrying velvet matte formula is a GH Seal star and Beauty Lab all-time favorite. Evaluations found that it provides full coverage, glides on smoothly, adheres to lips without feathering, and contains jojoba butter to condition. And nearly 90% of testers reported that the shade in the tube was true to how it looked on lips.

9. BEST LONG-LASTING LIPSTICK

Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick

PROS
  • Color stays on lips over five hours
  • Rich, vibrant color
CONS

Fenty Beauty’s lipstick, a winner of the GH Beauty Lab’s longwear lipstick test, coats lips in rich pigment that doesn’t budge. The shades remained vibrant after five hours, Lab evaluations found. “Strong color throughout the day and stays on my lips even after eating!” a tester marveled

10. BEST NON-DRYING MATTE LIPSTICK

Rouge Pur Couture The Slim Matte Lipstick

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture The Slim Matte Lipstick

PROS
  • Vibrant color
  • Resists transferring
  • Non-drying on lips
CONS
  • Pricey

For a shine-free finish that won’t parch lips, kiss up to one of YSL Beauty’s 17 jojoba oil–infused shades, a winner of the GH Beauty Lab’s longwear lipstick test. The lipstick earned the highest score for not drying out lipsand performed well for even and vivid color, including through the Beauty Lab’s hot-drink transfer test. Testers said they “got many compliments” on the “beautiful” and “flawless” color.

11. BEST TINTED LIP BALM

Dior Lip Glow

Dior Dior Lip Glow

PROS
  • Softens lips
  • Sheer wash of color
  • Luxurious formula and packaging
CONS
  • Pricey

The Rolls Royce of tinted lip balms, this GH Beauty Award-winning Dior formula goes on matte, giving lips the look of a sheer stain with the comfort of a treatment, thanks to nourishers like mango butter and cranberry oil. “The perfect wash of color that doesn’t look like you’re wearing a product — just like you’ve been born with the prettiest rosy lips!” a tester exclaimed. “My lips felt as soft as they do with regular balm,” another said. “It didn’t feel like I had lip color on.”

12. BEST LIP SPF

Sugar Advanced Therapy Treatment Lip Balm

Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Treatment Lip Balm

PROS
  • Effectively moisturizes lips
  • Contains treatment ingredients
  • Reduces lip lines
CONS
  • Pricey

This Fresh lip balm, a GH Beauty Lab test winner, does more than just soften lips. In Lab evaluations, the treatment was the best at reducing testers’ lip lines in four weeks, thanks to line-filling hyaluronic acid and nourishing jojoba and grape-seed oils.

13. BEST VALUE TINTED LIP BALM

MoistureSmooth Color Stick

Neutrogena MoistureSmooth Color Stick

PROS
  • Affordably-priced
  • Silky, softening formula
  • Sheer but noticeable color
  • Easy twist-up stick
CONS

A GH Seal star, this tinted lip balm in stick form from Neutrogena easily gives lips a natural, plush look at drugstore pricing. The balmy, hydrating texture and slight sheen of the crayon, made with plant butters, help soften the look of lip wrinkles

 

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