Clear Lip Gloss Is Back! The 10 Best to Try, and Why You Need Them

1. COMPLEX CULTURE POWER POSE LIP GLOSS IN CLEAR

Best moisturizing lip gloss

Vegan, cruelty-free, and made with nourishing raspberry seed oil, this gloss both looks great and feels fantastic on chapped lips.

2. MICABEAUTY Lip Gloss

Best long-wearing lip gloss

For a classic glossy lip, this lip lacquer has a doe-foot applicator and non-sticky formula that hydrates and adds shine for hours, without the need to reapply.

3. TOO FACED COSMETICS Lip Injection : Power Plumping Lip Gloss

Best plumping lip gloss

The slight tingly sensation lets you know it’s working, while the barely-there pink tint flatters every natural lip color. Try pairing with a lip liner, such as MAC COSMETICS Lip Pencil, for an even plumper-looking pout.

4. NAILS INC. Rolling It Back Roller Lip Gloss

Best roll-on lip gloss

Your favorite lip gloss from the ‘90s is back. The stickiness you remember is gone—replaced with a nourishing B12-infused formula—but the strawberry-flavored nostalgia hasn’t gone anywhere.

5. WE ARE FLUIDE Mini Elsewhere Lip Gloss

Best smile-brightening lip gloss

That subtle blue tint? It helps make your teeth look whiter. (Genius, we know.) That, paired with a hydrating formula made with vitamin E and jojoba oil make this gloss an absolute must-try.

6. HAUS LABORATORIES LE RIOT LIP GLOSS Entranced

Best “near-clear” gloss

This gloss from Lady Gaga’s epic makeup collection is translucent in the best way, adding a pearly finish to your natural lips, or on top of the lip color of your choice.

7. 19/99 BEAUTY High-Shine Gloss

Best multi-purpose gloss

Sure, most clear lip glosses can be used on the eyes and cheeks, but some are scented (peppermint oil by your eyes? Yeah, we’ll pass). This product was designed to be multi-use, giving a gorgeous sheen to all your makeup looks.

8. LOVE+CRAFT+BEAUTY Cyber Glare Gloss

Best shimmer gloss

This vegan gloss has just the right amount of shimmery, iridescent pigment to be worn day or night. It’s great on its own, but we love it as a topcoat over a bright lip like red, or even blue.

9. BOBBI BROWN Extra Lip Tint

Best gloss balm

Do you ever apply lip balm and think to yourself, “I wish this were shiny?” Good news: The perfect combination of these two MVP lip products exists. And while these are ever-so-slightly tinted, you can still expect the polish of a gloss plus the hydration of a balm, all in one convenient tube.

10. WANDER BEAUTY Lip Retreat Oil

Best lip oil

Think of a lip oil as a gloss, only with more skincare benefits. This one is made with moisturizers like apricot kernel oil and avocado oil, and leaves lips as shiny as your favorite lacquer.

Bonus:

Best shine: FENTY BEAUTY Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer in Glass Slipper

Courtesy of FENTY BEAUTY

We can’t decide what we love most about this ultra-glossy formula from none other than Rihanna: the shea-butter-infused formula, the peachy scent, or the slick—not sticky—feel.

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