National Lipstick Day is the perfect excuse to refresh your beauty routine with a swipe of colour. Whether you gravitate toward timeless reds, flattering nudes, soft pinks, or glossy finishes, this year’s latest launches offer something for every style and occasion. From hydrating formulas that keep lips feeling comfortable to long-lasting colours designed to stay put from morning to night, these standout lipsticks are worth adding to your makeup bag. Celebrate the occasion by discovering our favourite picks for every beauty lover.
Clé De Peau Beauté Lipstick Shine, $90
A luminous, sheer-shine lipstick with an exquisite dewy finish and unparalleled moisture that lasts for hours. Enhances lips with a dewy luster for a plump look, while deeply moisturizing lips with Premium Argan Oil, rich in Vitamin E, and Comfort Fit Oil for smoother lips.
In the blink of an eye, Rouge Coco Flash shows its true colours through its transparent cap. In a stroke, it applies easily over the lips with its glide-on, melt-away and ultra-hydrating texture which transforms into a shiny oil on contact with the lips for a sensation of absolute comfort.
Dior Addict Glass Lipstick Ultra-Shine Hydrating Lip Gloss Stick, $61
Composed of 90-percent oils and oil derivatives for maximum light diffusion, Dior Addict Glass Lipstick reveals instant shine. Infused with hyaluronic acid spheres, the formula hydrates lips for 48 hours, leaving lips looking plump and smooth. In 15 shades and two effects: ultra-shine “glossy” or sparkly.
Guerlain KissKiss Bee Glow Plump, $54
KissKiss Bee Glow Plump is the first illuminating and plumping lip care with honey and cyclopeptides. Made up of 91% naturally-derived ingredients, it delivers 24-hour hydration and 12-hour volume and shine. Its unique formula guarantees instantly plumped lips that radiate a lasting glow. Available in two shimmering sheer shades designed to make all lips glow.
Lixr Lixstick™ Creamy Lip +Cheek Tint Stick, $48
This ultra-concentrated, waterless lip and cheek tint is designed with no skin-barrier damaging ingredients, less packaging, less waste, and more colour per swipe. A little goes a long way, delivering buildable satin pigment and hydration powered by hyaluronic acid, in a perfectly portable stick.
Clarins Cryo-Plumping Lip Oil Balm, $42
Cryo-Plumping Lip Oil Balm takes inspiration from cryotherapy and reinvents the classic oil-balm in a plumping cryo edition. A true lip balm with its plumping peptide, it provides an instant Baby Lips effect for glossy, immediately plumped-up lips.
NARS Afterglow Lip Shine Gloss, $42
Lip it up with a comfortable gloss that glides on mirror-like shine and hydrates lips for up to eight hours. Swipe on a sheer veil of color while making lips feel instantly nourished, soft, and supple. The custom-designed applicator hugs the curves of lips for an effortlessly buildable application.
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stick, $36.50
A luscious lip gloss and lipstick hooked up to give you Gloss Bomb’s explosive shine in this color-packed stick. Its moisture-lock formula is packed with caring ingredients to condition, nourish, and keep lips looking plump.
MAC Cosmetics M·A·Cximal Silky Matte 12HR Wear Lipstick, $34
This iconic matte lipstick delivers bold pigment with a creamy texture and a silky matte finish. It wears comfortably for up to 12 hours without flaking, caking, or feathering. Lips feel soft and look visibly fuller with up to eight hours of moisture.
Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm Treatment for Hydration + Nourishing Shine, $32.50
A nourishing vegan lip treatment with hydrating butters and waxes that soothes dryness, supports the lip barrier, and leaves a healthy-looking shine. This formula delivers soothing moisture to parched lips in seconds. Butter up on the go for a quick hit of moisture and shine—or apply at bedtime as a nourishing overnight mask.
Peptide Lip Tint is a nourishing formula with a hint of tint that hydrates and replenishes lips while leaving a glossy, high-shine finish.
Glow Recipe Glass Balm Lip Treatment for Shine & Hydration, $30
This lip treatment is shown to hydrate lips for up to 12 hours. Innovative hyaluronic microspheres flood lips with moisture, smooth the look of lines, and lock in hydration for a glass-like glow. Each shade delivers a sheer, juicy tint with a high-shine finish inspired by Bingsoo—the fruity, icy Korean dessert.
Biossance Pro-Peptide™ Hydrating Lip Perfector Balm with Hyaluronic Acid, $26
Treat lips to a nourishing peptide with three times the power. High-weight hyaluronic acid rapidly and intensely hydrates, while squalane nourishes and protects lips’ moisture barrier. Experience the powerful results of a perfecting lip treatment with the glossy shine and silky-smooth texture of a luxe, daily balm.
Yves Rocher Rouge Botanique Glow Lipstick, $22.95
This Glow Lipstick enhances the lips thanks to its glossy finish, delicately tinting them to enhance their natural color. Enriched with camelina oil, it provides long-lasting comfort for up to 24 hours. Visibly smoother and softer, lips are more hydrated. Its melting texture blends with the lips without bleeding into fine lines.
NYX Fat Matte Smooth Colour Lipstick, $19.99
Experience a fat smooth feel and creamy pigments with this lightweight, non-drying lipstick. Infused with raspberry oil and tapioca powders, the whipped formula delivers a texture-erasing glide for a seamless, soft matte look. Choose from 6 smooth shades.
Bubble Skincare Tell All Juicy Secret Lip Balm, $16.87
Formulated with nourishing ingredients like Chicory Root Extract, Moringa Oil Esters and Sunflower Seed Wax, the lightweight balm helps plump the look of lips, restore moisture and support the skin barrier while delivering lasting comfort. Wear it on its own for a boost of hydration or layer it under your favourite lipstick for a smooth, moisturized base.
Maybelline New York Super Stay Peel-Off Lip Liner, $15.99
Infused with vitamin E for a hydrating feel, the buildable formula can take your look from a subtle wash of colour to a more defined, high-impact stain. The multi-use applicator features a precision tip for outlining the lips and a flat side for filling them in or creating a soft gradient effect. Available in five wearable shades spanning neutral brown, mauve, plum, pink and classic red.
L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Lipstick, $13.98
Colour Riche LipStick contains nourishing ingredients like Vitamin E, plus the lipStick is enriched with Argan Oil to condition and soften lips for intense hydration. With a spectrum of gorgeous satin shades from bold to nearly nude, Colour Riche LipStick offers a lip colour that’s perfect for every look and any occasion.
Burt’s Bees Plumping Lip Serum With 100% Natural Origin Shea + Hyaluronic Acid, $11.97
One tube of Burt’s Bees Shea + Hyaluronic Acid Plumping Lip Serum that conditions and plumps lips while delivering big shine and a refreshing tingle.
Bondi Sands SPF 50+ Lip Balm Toasted Coconut, $7.99
Hydrate and soothe dry lips, all while keeping them protected from the sun, with the nourishing Toasted Coconut Lip Balm with SPF 50+. Delivers a subtle, tropical aroma for a sensorial experience. Formulated with Vitamin E to deliver up to 72 hours of hydration to leave your lips feeling deeply moisturized.
e.l.f. Main Stain Lip Marker, $5.97
e.l.f.’s newest lip innovation featuring a buildable, transfer-resistant formula and felt-tip applicator that lines, contours and fills lips. Available in eight shades.
