The 20 Best Lip Gloss and Oils Glamour Editors Can’t Live Without

I’m a lip gloss girl through and through, but my biggest gripe with a lot of them is that they’re so sticky. However, that’s not the case with this one from Tower28. Gorgeous taupe shade aside, the formula is everything! It’s comfortable and weightless, and sits pretty for hours. I love keeping it in my bag for reapplication throughout the day. —Andrea Navarro, commerce writer

My friend gave me Dior’s famous Lip Glow Oil for my birthday and I’ve been using it ever since. It’s a small bottle, but I don’t need to use a lot of product for it to give me shine. Plus, it smells amazing—like fresh mint! —Monique Wilson, editorial assistant

I was never a big lip gloss girl until I got my hands on the iconic Glossier lip gloss when the brand first came out. Since then, it’s been my old reliable—surviving through many trips abroad, being thrown to the bottom of my work bag, and tumbling in the washing machine in my favorite pair of jeans (seriously). The Glossier lip gloss is everything a lip gloss should be—slightly sticky, ultrashiny, and just tinted enough. It’s my first lip gloss love and will probably be my last. —Ana Escalante, editorial assistant

When the team announced that Westman Atelier’s lip balm had won a 2022 Glamour Beauty Award, I wasn’t surprised. The product looks good. My suspicions were confirmed from the first swipe. It’s so good, in fact, that I’ve forgotten all about my other lip products since this pretty little thing came into my possession. The formula is juicy and glides on smooth, delivering a sheer wash of color that makes my lips look plump and pouty—and vibes with my no-makeup makeup aesthetic. The packaging also deserves an honorable mention: The matte black case is sleek and has a nice heft in your hand, something you want with a $38 lip balm. Saying I found my new go-to feels cliché, but the truth is, I’m hooked. —Talia Abbas, senior commerce editor

The Fenty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow is my ride-or-die lip product. I’ve literally been using it since high school. I usually go for a natural look, so this lip gloss is the perfect item to add a little bit of oomph to my beauty routine. —M.W.

After getting my lip flip, I’ve been paying attention to lip care more than ever. Despite its not being a typical lip gloss, this Laneige lip mask is practically the only thing I wear on my lips nowadays. It’s meant to be used overnight so that your lips wake up feeling extra hydrated, but I also slather it at least three times a day. It’s not sticky like glosses, and it gives a natural shine rather than having an overly reflective effect on my pout. —A.E.

Kosas’s lip oil made made me audibly gasp as soon as I applied it. It has everything you could want from a newer gloss: It leaves out the tacky residue and glittery flecks, and turns up the skin-loving ingredients, with hyaluronic acid for hydration and peptides for instant lip plumping. Sometimes my lips feel drier and look parched after gloss dries down—but not with this. You can really feel the nourishing shea butter and avocado oil, and your lips truly look wet. If that’s not enough, of all tje lip gloss colors I’ve tried, I keep coming back to Kosas’s Dip color, which is a rosey nude. Stunning. —Shanna Shipin, contributing commerce editor

This highly pigmented glossy lipstick is a godsend! It lasts forever while delivering a gorgeous, iridescent shine, and unlike other liquid formulas I’ve tried, doesn’t feel drying or chunky. Instead it goes on velvety and smooth. It’s also transfer-proof, smudge-proof, and water resistant—a must-have in my makeup bag. — Danielle Sinay, associate beauty editor

These prismatic glosses are so sparkly and fun—my favorite shade is No Hard Feelings, a bright yellow that adds a ton of sheer, warm shimmer with no sticky finish. The formula feels great on my lips thanks to a coconut oil base infused with peppermint and lavender. I also have a soft spot for Unholy (icy blue) and Long Time No See (mint green), which are equally holographic and gorgeous. —Sarah Y. Wu, beauty contributor

This stuff looks like a lip gloss but feels more like a luxe lip balm—it feels amazing. It’s supersmooth and hydrating but glossy. As someone who loves her Juvederm lip injections but doesn’t necessarily love the fact that it fades over time, I’m always looking for products that plump. And this one has a firming complex that supports collagen, so I’m sold. —Perrie Samotin, digital director

There are few instances where you can say, “This is the best lip gloss for the Met Gala,” but the Make Up for Ever Ultra HD Lip Booster Hydra-Pump Serum fits the bill. As Glamour’s red-carpet correspondent for this year’s Gala red carpet, I wore this hydrating lip oil, which withstood eight hours of sweat, heavy lights, and my anxiety-fueled laughter when talking to Bad Bunny. After trying it that night, I’ve been loyal ever since. —A.E.

When the Glamour team reviewed Merit’s just-launched line back in 2021, the one product we could all agree on was the lip oil. If you want a lightweight gloss that imparts a ton of pigment, this is it. You can build up the color without suffocating your lips and feeling like you’re wearing those red wax lip candies. Instead, it feels like you just wrapped your lips in a really nice moisturizer, which makes sense, given the shea butter and jojoba oil in the ingredients. —S.S.

Whenever I want my lips to radiate a glazed-donut sheen, this is the tube I reach for. It gives my lips the glossiest, plumpest, smoothest finish (something that’s true of every lip oil in this line). I love how the applicator is shaped—a little oversized, so it coats my lips perfectly. And the formula, made with a ton of hydrating ingredients, also happens to smell delicious. —S.Y.W.

As with scrunchies, I never thought I’d want to wear lip gloss ever again, but here I am in a time machine, with a scrunchie in my hair and a heavy shot of shine on my lips. I love how low-maintenance it looks on the days I wear no-makeup makeup. And on the days I want my makeup more extra, I dab a bit of it over a smoky eye. —Lindsay Schallon, contributor

Pat McGrath is the queen of dazzling formulas that catch the light just so, and this lip gloss is the perfect example of that. My favorite of all the shades (which is extremely hard to narrow down) is Sunset Rose, a warm rose color with golden flecks of shimmer. It looks equally amazing layered over your favorite nude lipstick or all on its own. —Erin Parker, contributor

Ever since getting my lip flip, I’ve been using more and more lip plumpers. This Fenty Beauty lip gloss has all the benefits of the original Gloss Bomb look while giving my lips a little extra oomph with a plump, Jessica Rabbit look. —A.E.

This is one of the few lip glosses that comes in a shade that matches the natural color of my lips quite well, so it gives them just a bit of shine and gloss without being overly so. The applicator is a little hard to figure out at first, but once it clicks, the cushion is nice. —Ana Colon, contributor

Lip gloss has always made me nervous. But I absolutely love Dior’s Lip Glow, so I figured it would only be right that my foray into lip gloss would be with its plumping gloss. I cannot emphasize enough how obsessed I am. Dior’s gloss definitely gives my lips a natural-looking plump, and I love that it comes in so many different finishes. —Tara Gonzalez, contributor