22 Lip Liners to Shop Now — and How to Use ’Em!
November 22, 2022
NYX Professional Makeup Line Loud Vegan Longwear Lip Liner
For a smooth, creamy texture, look to this jojoba oil and vitamin E-infused lip liner. It offers a soft matte finish in 18 waterproof color options.
L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Matte Lip Liner
Add a matte touch to your lip routine with this lip liner option. It has a creamy, smooth payoff and comes in nudes, reds, pink, violet and deep brown.
Maybelline New York Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner
Define and shape your lips with this drugstore favorite pencil that comes in over a dozen shades, from taupe-y nudes, to pinks, berries, reds and more. It has a creamy, long-lasting finish that can be worn alone or underneath your favorite lipstick.
Lancôme Le Lip Liner
This waterproof liner option is our favorite because it has an extremely comfortable wear. It’s smudge-resistant as well, making it a perfect option to help keep your lipstick hue intact throughout the day.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil
This pick comes in 25 shades, but our go-to is the clear one. It can be used to keep lipstick or gloss from smudging or bleeding throughout the day.
L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Anti-Feathering Lip Liner
If you find that your lip products often seep into fine lines around your mouth, prep your lips with this liner. It’s designed to define lips while keeping lipstick in place.
YSL Beauty Dessin Des Levres Lip Liner Pencil
According to Warren, matte lip liners will help whatever you apply on top stick better. With a creamy matte finish, this liner provides grip without drying the lips out.
NYX Professional Makeup Ultra Slim Lip Pencil
Beauty lovers everywhere rave about this ultra slim lip pencil because it’s long-wearing, has a precise tip and comes in a myriad of colors. We love using this before and after lipstick to ensure that our lips look plumped, defined and precise.
Urban Decay Ultimate Ozone Multipurpose Primer Pencil
For a versatile lip liner pick, look no further than this primer pencil that will keep feathering and cracking lipstick at bay. We love that it has a creamy consistency that helps prime the lips for color and keeps them looking smooth and chap-free.
Giorgio Armani Beauty Smooth Silk Lip Pencil
This cult favorite lip pencil offers a precise application and a satin, long-lasting finish. Not to mention, the color payoff is absolutely dreamy.
Makeup By Mario Ultra Suede Sculpting Lip Pencil
We love to use this super precise, dual-ended lip liner to define, sculpt and shape our lips. On one end is the creamy, suede-like lip liner, and on the other is a lip brush that helps create a soft, diffused finish that gives the illusion of a fuller pout.
Huda Beauty Lip Contour 2.0 Automatic Matte Lip Pencil
Achieving velvety matte lips is easy with this lip pencil option that looks great as a lip color all on its own. It comes in a variety of neutral shades to help enhance your natural lip color, and even has soybean and licorice extracts to help nourish the lips, too.
Milani Color Statement Lip Liner
This lip liner is extremely pigmented and user-friendly, thanks to its creamy consistency and precise pencil tip. It comes in a ton of colors, from a bold red to an orange-brown, light pink and a deep berry — all of which can satisfy any makeup mood.
Stila Stay All Day Matte Lip Liner
A crowd favorite amongst many artists and beauty lovers, this long-lasting lip pencil has stunning color payoff and can be worn alone or paired with your favorite lippie or gloss.
UOMA Beauty Badass MF Lip Liner
Define your lips with this silky smooth pencil that matches perfectly with complimentary lipstick hues, whether it’s a taupey-brown or a bright red. This formula is matte and long-lasting, too, so you won’t have to worry about it slipping or sliding throughout the day.
About Face Matte Fix Lip Pencil
Go bold with this lip pencil that comes in a bright coral, hot-red, burgundy and more. It has buildable color payoff and is infused with hyaluronic acid to help plump the lips and retain moisture.
Patrick Ta Monochrome Moment Precision Lip Crayon
If you prefer a crayon-like consistency over a pencil, you’ll love this pick. It has a smooth, creamy crayon applicator that glides effortlessly onto the lips without skipping or smudging, and comes in four neutral hues to compliment your natural lip color.
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner
Your lips will look and feel as soft as pillows with this lip liner. It helps you reshape and define the lips for a fuller, more plumped-looking pout and has a velvety, rich texture.
Kosas Hotliner Hyaluronic Acid Contouring Lip Liner
If plumped lips are what you’re after, try this hyaluronic acid-infused lip liner that will define, plump and soften them. It also contains konjac root and jojoba oil to nourish, soothe and smooth out the lips so there’s no flakiness in sight.
Thrive Causemetics Lip Filler Long-Wearing + Plumping Lip Liner
Prime and add volume to the lip area with this lip liner that comes in eight versatile shades. It’s formulated with semi-permanent pigments that give you long-lasting coverage all day, so it won’t smudge, budge or feather.
Juvia’s Place Luxe Lip Liner
Seamlessly line your lips with this no-tug creamy pencil that comes in a variety of hues, from a universal red, to a soft rose, a dark plum and a golden-brown shade. Bonus: It has a luxurious feel that will wear comfortably for hours.
Essence Soft & Precise Lip Pencil
If the blurred, matte lip is a look you yearn for, this soft lip pencil will help you get there. It’s super creamy and gives off a powdery-smooth finish that will plump, define and mattify your lips, making them appear smooth and velvety.
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