6 Best Lipglosses To Wear This 2023 Summer And Beyond

Gone are the days where to find lightweight and hydrating lipglosses on the market was daunting work, nowadays nourishing, hydrating and long-wearing lipglosses are everywhere. I remember my experience with lipglosses over 20 years ago when I was in college, the only lipgloss to wear was by Estee Lauder and I had to sacrifice my £13.00 feed money to get this lip gloss in raspberry brown color that wouldn’t feel like rubber on the lips.

Forget about the sticky goopy texture of the past and welcome the modern formulas that are lightweight with a healing character that;’s similar to lip balms. Lipglosses are color cosmetics that we use to decorate our lips, and what makes them different is the shine they carry and today is a heck of a lot more comfortable to wear.

The beauty of lipglosses is that they are great for days you want a color along with shine and the shine is always ‘super’. Although there are clear versions that give the same shine which makes it ok for no makeup days or for days you would like to top your matte lipstick with clear lipgloss so you don’t add extra pigment to what the lipstick is already given.

The natural-looking ones are great for everyday wear while other pops of color can be great as a top-up for bright-colored party lips. Nevertheless, the natural shade can also be used as a top-up for any nude lips and for ‘a makeup no makeup look. Lipglosses are very common in the summer season, I don’t understand why but I guess it is because it goes with the summer glow.

The best ones are filled with nourishing ingredients like hyaluronic acid that plumps and attracts moisture to the skin, it also helps the skin to hold on to moisture, look out for ingredients like squalane oil that’s known to add suppleness to the skin, non-sticky is what to look for when testing it, it has to be lightweight and long-wearing. Longwearing in the sense that it should transfer less when drinking and eating so the shine can stay on for as long as possible.

Thank goodness many drugstores and luxury brands have put out the best into the market with modern innovative formulas. Maybelline Lifter-gloss is always a money-well-spent shopping experience – it’s juicy, sweet, smells great, lightweight -almost gloss to the weight of water but glossy, contains hyaluronic acid and other nourishing, and the shine is worn forever – ‘I’m on my second bottle’. We also have NYX This Is Milky another drugstore lipgloss that’s so beautiful, lightweight, vegan, nourishing, and oh so natural looking just because of the milky effect in the formula – ‘I finished a whole bottle in peachy and smells like cake, yummy!’. Other lipgloss on the market – ‘this I have my eyes on’ and gears towards a luxury option is the Charlotte Tilbury Lip Lustre in Pillow Talk, NYX Butter Gloss, Patrick TA Major Glow Lipshine, Kylie Cosmetics Gloss Drip, etc.

Shop the best lipglosses below: