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These 14 Lip Plumpers Might Even Be Better Than Lip Filler

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Who doesn't want fuller lips? Dermatologists and plastic surgeons across the globe can tell you that just about everyone wants a more volumized pout. But opting for fillers isn't for everyone, nor is it the only way to achieve fuller lips. Rest easy knowing you can skip the trip to the injector’s office with one of the best-selling beauty products in the market—lip plumpers.

Available as glosses, balms, and liners, lip plumpers work to give your pout an extra bit of volume while also including the benefits of moisture and hydration.

The beauty of these lip plumpers is that they are temporary—you can always wipe the plumper off if you don’t love it. The same, however, cannot be said about lip injections. So, before you make an appointment with a plastic surgeon or your dermatologist for fillers, give one of these best lip plumpers a try. Whether you love drugstore makeup or prefer high-end brands, these lip products help to perfect your pout while offering you a wide range of shades and beneficial features.

Our Tip Lip Plumper Picks At a Glance

14 Best Lip Plumpers

1. Most Hydrating Lip Plumper:

DIOR Addict Lip Maximizer

DIOR Addict Lip Maximizer
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Price: $$
Shade Range: 12
Active ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen, Peptides

Apart from the instant and long-term plumping effect this lip plumper provides, what we really love most about it is how hydrating it is. With up to 24 hours of hydration, you can rest assured that your lips will feel soft and pillowy all day long.

2. Best Cream Gloss Lip Plumper:

BUXOM COSMETICS Full-On™ Plumping Lip Cream Gloss

BUXOM COSMETICS Full-On™ Plumping Lip Cream Gloss
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Price: $$
Shade Range: 21
Active ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Peptides

BUXOM COSMETICS offers a ton of plumping products that we love and use regularly. This Plumping Lip Cream Gloss is no different and is a must-have in your makeup arsenal. It’s a shimmer-free plumping lip polish that gives a natural splash of color for that perfectly subtle popsicle-stained lip pout. Fuller lips, here you come!

3. Best Lip Plumping Gloss:

TOO FACED Lip Injection Extreme Lip Plumper

TOO FACED Lip Injection Extreme Lip Plumper
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Price: $$
Shade Range: five
Active ingredients: Avocado Oil, Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E, Peptides

There is a reason everyone speaks volumes about this hydrating plumping lip gloss—it works to actually give you incredible lip volume. Your lips will feel fuller after one application, and the added benefits of how hydrated your lips will feel make this gloss an iconic formula. Lip filler, who?

PCA SKIN Hyaluronic Acid Lip Booster

PCA SKIN Hyaluronic Acid Lip Booster
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Price: $$$
Shade Range: Clear
Active ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Peptides, Collagen, Vitamin E

When it comes to anti-aging skincare products, lip serums and treatments are less talked about. However, this preventative product does it all—moisturizes, hydrates, softens, and improves long-term lip volume. You might just need this lip booster in your life. With a powerful blend of hyaluronic acid and peptides that stimulate collagen production, this booster helps to reduce fine lines and wrinkles on your lips. Even if you have mature skin, you can still benefit from using this lip plumper.

NYX Filler Instinct Plumping Lip Color

NYX Filler Instinct Plumping Lip Color
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Price: $
Shade Range: four
Active ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Mango Butter, Ginger Root Extract

Next time you browse the drugstore makeup section, snatch up this $8 lipstick/lip gloss hybrid. Or, maybe a couple! This vegan formula is semi-sheer yet very buildable. Plus, the hydrating benefits of this product is said to last up to 8 hours. It’s the perfect summer lip plumping product that’s light and fun to wear on any occasion.

DUWOP COSMETICS Lip Venom

DUWOP COSMETICS Lip Venom
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Price: $
Shade Range: clear
Active ingredients: Cinnamon, Wintergreen, Ginger Extract, Avocado Oil

We have this clear gloss to thank for the rise in lip plumper products on the market. This gloss boosts blood flow to the lips, inducing some natural swelling right to your lips to make them appear fuller.

7. Best Tinted Lip Plumper:

L.A. GIRL Tinted Lip Plumper

L.A. GIRL Tinted Lip Plumper
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Price: $
Shade Range: clear
Active ingredients: Cinnamon

When we're short on time or don't feel like going all-out with our makeup look, we reach for this lip plumper with a subtle shade. With its soft pink tint, this product is also the perfect complement to most natural lip colors, working to enhance all the best parts of your pout. Some even say it’s a $6 dupe for Too Faced.

8. Best Non-Sticky Lip Plumper:

MILANI COSMETICS Keep It Full Nourishing Lip Plumper

MILANI COSMETICS Keep It Full Nourishing Lip Plumper
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Price: $
Shade Range: 15
Active ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Castor Oil, Lactic Acid

Because lip plumpers often come in the form of a gloss, they tend to be somewhat tacky in texture. We go hard for glosses, but we know they're not always the most practical. So if you want to wear a glossy lip plumper your hair won't get caught in, opt for this non-sticky formula. The sheer, lightweight lip-plumping gloss comes in a variety of pigmented shades, all of which are free of nasty irritants. No wonder so many people recommend this lip plumper.

9. Best Plumping Lip Balm:

NABLA Viper Lip Plumper

NABLA Viper Lip Plumper
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Price: $
Shade Range: clear
Active ingredients: Caffeine, Ginger, Menthol, Antioxidant Vitamin B3

This transparent volumizing lip balm relies on the power of antioxidants to soothe and nourish your pout. Not only does it provide an immediate plumping effect by stimulating microcirculation, its effects are long term through collagen production. You can use it on bare lips, as a lip mask, or as a topper over any lip color.

10. Best Plumping Lip Serum to Use Daily:

NEUTROGENA® Healthy Lips Lip Plumping Serum

NEUTROGENA® Healthy Lips Lip Plumping Serum
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Price: $
Shade Range: clear
Active ingredients: Glycerin, Jojoba Seed Oil

Searching for a lip plumper you can use daily? Consider your request fulfilled, because this lip serum is exactly what you need. A blend of peptides and antioxidants smooth your lips and leave them looking fuller with each use. The non-sticky, lightweight formula glides on gently, so you won't even notice it's there. But you will see a difference in how full your lips appear instantly, as well as over a period of time.

11. Best Lip Plumper for Sensitive Skin:

MILK MAKEUP Electric Glossy Lip Plumper

MILK MAKEUP Electric Glossy Lip Plumper
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Price: $$
Shade Range: six shades including clear
Active ingredients: Sichuan pepper, Vegan Collagen, Jojoba Oil

Formulated without parabens, gluten, fragrance, and other irritants that can wreak havoc on your pout, this glossy lip plumper is perfect for those with sensitive skin. Plus, its vegan and cruelty-free formula is safe for your lips. The clear gloss is perfect to top off any lip look. If you’re in the mood for some color, you can opt for one of their five sheer tints.

12. Most Nourishing Lip Plumper:

PIXI BEAUTY LipLift Max

PIXI BEAUTY LipLift Max
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Price: $
Shade Range: five
Active ingredients: Aloe, Jojoba Oil, Peptides, Chamomile Mint

This peptide-infused lip plumper contains a list packed with the most nourishing ingredients for your pout. We love its cooling sensation and minty flavor for how incredibly soothing it feels on lips that you'll never want to take off, with five shades of lip color that range from subtle tints to extra pigmented.

13. Best High-Shine Lip Plumper:

TARTE Maneater™ Plumping Gloss

TARTE Maneater™ Plumping Gloss
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Price: $$
Shade Range: four
Active ingredients: Glycerin, Lactic Acid, Benzyl Nicotinate

For a lip gloss that shines all day and all night, you’ll want to swipe this lip plumper across your pout. Four high-shine shades deliver a pop of color that stays put while plumping up your lips. Benzyl nicotinate adds volume to your lips, and lactic acid makes them appear smoother. Hydrating, nourishing, and colorful? You can't beat that.

14. Best Overnight Lip Plumper:

DEROL Lip Plumper Set

DEROL Lip Plumper Set
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Price: $$
Shade Range: clear
Active ingredients: Ginger, Mint, Collagen, and Vitamin E

TikTok is obsessed with this lip plumper, making it nearly impossible to keep on the Amazon shelves after selling out multiple times. This set includes two capsules of lip oil—one of which is best used during the day, and the other which is to be used at night. Both contain vitamin E and collagen, but the daytime plumper has ginger to add an extra bit of volume to your pout. The evening plumper contains mint, which repairs your lips overnight so you can wake up to fresher, fuller lips in the morning.

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Article Last Updated March 9, 2023 12:00 AM