Our Favorite Long-Lasting Lip Stains for the Perfect Popsicle Lips
November 11, 2022
Maybelline New York Super Stay Vinyl Ink Longwear Liquid Lip Color
For two looks in one, reach for this liquid lipstick. A single layer blotted down leaves you with a lightweight lip stain that lasts all day. Layer it on for a glossy finish and boldly pigmented color.
L'Oréal Paris Rouge Signature Matte Lip Stain
This matte lip stain has become a signature in our collections because it’s long-lasting, feels extremely comfortable and applies easily thanks to the doe-foot applicator.
YSL Beauty Tatouage Couture Matte Stain
For a watercolor-like wash of pigment, this stain doesn’t disappoint. One coat gives your lips a sheer veil of color, but you can layer the formula for a more vivid effect.
Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge Drama Ink Liquid Lipstick
While technically a liquid lipstick, this hybrid product delivers a lip stain-effect and is a must-have in your makeup bag. The petal-shaped applicator deposits the perfect amount of product on your lips for a mess-free look. Plus, it’s available in 13 high-impact shades ranging from deep reds to neutral pinks.
NYX Professional Makeup Shine Loud High Shine Lip Color
You’ll get the staying power of a lip stain with a glossy finish with this dual-ended lip color. One side contains a high-pigmented base coat that’s infused with jojoba seed oil to keep lips nourished and soft, while the other side is a high-shine, non-sticky gloss that locks in the look for up to 16 hours.
YSL Beauty Vinyl Lip Cream Stain
This ultra-shiny lip stain lasts all day — so it’s like a gloss, but it won’t smear or fuss. In four rich shades, YSL Beauty’s formula is food- and drink-proof, with all-day shine and wear and a creamy, liquid application.
Urban Decay Vice Lip Bond
This liquid lipstick has a twist: It’s ultra glossy for a vinyl-like finish that lasts all day, but if you remove it before it sets, it can act as a lip stain. In richly pigmented shades, this super-quick drying lip bond isn’t going anywhere.
L’Oréal Paris Brilliant Signature Lip Stain
This lip stain has a lightweight feel and the added bonus of high-impact color. With a shiny finish, this has all the appeal of a gloss with none of the stickiness or smudging.
NYX Professional Makeup Powder Puff Lippie
This creamy matte lipstick has a powder puff applicator for that lip stain-like finish, which also makes it easy to blend out evenly across your lips. The product goes on smooth and dries to provide a blurry, blotted look.
Peripera Ink the Velvet Lip Tint
Achieve a just-kissed look with this K-beauty staple. The weightless, high-impact formula softly adheres to every curve of your lips so you can go about your day without having to worry about reapplying.
Haus Labs PhD Lip Oil
This hydrating lip oil has the benefits of hydration and nourishment with the finish of a lip stain. Color and moisture go hand in hand, with prickly pear oil providing soothing qualities so your lips can have color while getting care.
Ere Perez Beetroot Lip & Cheek Tint
In two vibrant shades, this multitasking lip and cheek tint is the perfect makeup product for finishing off your look. Apply it to your lips (and cheeks!) for an all-day natural flush. The water-resistant formula can survive food and drink, and the beetroot ingredient will nourish your skin as you wear it.
RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek
This creamy lip-and-cheek formula is perfect for a touch of customizable color. Sheer but buildable, go as natural or bold as you want with this moisturizing, dewy formula.
Charlotte Tilbury Tinted Love
This buildable formula glides on wet and dries quickly for long-lasting pigment. Use it for your lips or your cheeks, and see the satiny, luminous finish it provides.
Kaja Love Swipe Lightweight Cushiony Lip Mousse
In five colorful shades, this cushiony, soft lip mousse is the perfect lightweight lip stain — and it comes in the most adorable heart-shaped packaging. Raspberry seed oil moisturizes and hydrates, while the super-blendable and buildable formula dries to a velvet finish that stays on your lips all day.
ILIA Color Haze Multi-Use Pigment
This dewy lip and cheek pigment goes on as a thick, creamy liquid and dries to a lightweight matte finish. To use it as a lip stain, simply dot the formula on with your fingers and blend it out to your desired build — then enjoy long-lasting color.
Flower Beauty Bitten Lip Stain
In six colors, this affordable lip stain is ultra-hydrating, with a buildable finish that won’t budge. The water-based formula goes on like a gloss, and dries to a gel; to get a lighter pigment, blot with a tissue.
Merit Shade Slick Tinted Lip Oil
Available in seven shades (and a clear version), this lip formula delivers intense moisture via rosehip oil and shea butter as well as a subtle dose of glossy color. The shiny finish may wear off as the day goes on, but the tint of pigment will stick around.
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