The 15 Best Lip Glosses for Your Shiniest Lips Ever

July 14, 2023

By: Alanna Martine Kilkeary | Makeup.com by L'Oréal

Maybelline New York Lifter Gloss With Hyaluronic Acid

A TikTok favorite, this drugstore option is a must-try for plump, reflective lips. Hyaluronic acid helps lock in moisture and drench lips in shine. Plus, the tiny flecks of glitter in shades like Copper and Rust give a summery, sunkissed look.

NYX Professional Makeup Fat Oil Lip Drip Lip Gloss

This juicy lip oil works to plump, soften, and add major shine to your pout. Raspberry and cloudberry oils and vegan squalane add light-reflective shine while moisturizing the surface of lips and keeping them deeply hydrated all day long.

Giorgio Armani Beauty Ecstasy Mirror Full-Coverage High-Shine Lip Gloss

On days when you want shiny lips and rich color payoff, make this gloss your go-to. It offers opaque, striking color with a high-shine finish. While it’s not totally transferproof, it’s incredibly long-lasting for a gloss, with minimal fading after a full six hours of wear.

YSL Beauty Rouge Volupté Candy Glaze Lip Gloss Stick

All the benefits of a pigmented lip gloss, in an easy, hydrating stick. Infused with hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, and mango oils, one swipe glazes lips with nourishment and a sheer whisper of color.

Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss

A Y2K staple, this lip gloss still holds up as a shiny, hydrating favorite. With a formula that tastes like candy and a wide offering of colors and finishes – from sparkly and shimmery to creamy and sheer – there’s nothing not to love.

Urban Decay Vice Plumping Shine Balm

This vegan glossy balm gives lips a subtle plumping effect and a wet-looking shine. It’s infused with hyaluronic acid, shea butter and passionfruit oil to draw in moisture and keep lips feeling soft and conditioned all day. The shade Extra, a sheer red, is our go-to color for a natural-looking rosy lip.

NYX Professional Makeup Shine Loud High Shine Lip Color

We’ve been reaching for this ultra-shiny lipstick-meets-gloss for a while now and we can’t get enough. It comes in a ton of shades (from reds to pinks, browns, even a green and blue!) and combines the color payoff of a lipstick with the shine of a lip gloss.

Tower28 ShineOn Lip Jelly Non-Sticky Gloss

This gloss is an editor favorite for its high-shine, non-sticky finish. It comes in 12 sheer, juicy shades, like Oat, a milky pinky-nude, and Fearless, a translucent berry that gives lips a pretty, bitten effect.

Lawless Forget the Filler Lip Plumping Line Smoothing Gloss

If you love the results of lip plumping glosses, but hate the burning, tingling after effect, you need to try this comforting formula. Soothing shea butter and rosehip oil hydrate, smooth, and soften while making lips appear fuller, all without irritation. The shade Velvet is one of our favorite universally flattering hues in the lineup.

Pat McGrath Labs Lust: Gloss

There’s a shade for everyone in this collection of luxurious balm-gloss hybrids. Choose from iridescent golds and violets, classic pinks and nudes, rich reds or lustrous berry tones. No matter which gloss strikes your fancy, the formula will give your lips a pillowy finish and gorgeous, hydrating sheen.

Kosas Wet Lip Oil Gloss

Reap the benefits of a lip gloss and a lip treatment with this product. It’s packed with skincare ingredients like hyaluronic acid, peptides, evening primrose oil, avocado oil and shea butter to keep lips touchably soft and moisturized. Plus, with eight translucent shades ranging from neutrals to pinks to reds, it’s easy to find one (or a few!) you’ll love.