- Lip gloss is so 1999, but that's a great thing to be in the year 2019.
- Glossy lips are fully back in style, and the latest formulas are all grown up.
- The Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer is the most beloved option on the market, known for its high-shine formula that's comfortable to wear because it isn't sticky.
Like many people born in the early '90s, my first forays into makeup involved body glitter and lip gloss. I'm still mourning the shimmery tube of cake-flavored gloss from BonneBell that rolled under the TV stand in my childhood bedroom, never to be seen or heard from again (until we moved that piece of furniture, I guess).
These days I'm more of a cream lipstick or subtle stain kind of woman. I prefer formulas that are less like magnets for stray hairs. But the latest crop of sophisticated lip glosses on store shelves has me revisiting my first beauty love more often these days.
Of course, all lip gloss is inherently a little bit sticky and usually pleather-pants shiny. That's the look! But these newer formulas are a step up in terms of comfort, pigment, and staying power.
Here are the best lip glosses you can buy in 2019:
- Best lip gloss overall: Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminzer
- Best long-lasting lip gloss: Marc Jacobs Enamored Hi-Shine Lip Lacquer Lipgloss
- Best clear lip gloss: Glossier Lip Gloss
- Best drugstore lip gloss: NYX Butter Gloss
- Best plumping lip gloss: Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish
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