Lip colour has moved beyond a finishing touch to become the focal point of modern beauty looks. Today’s formulas balance pigment with care, offering hydration, comfort and a luminous payoff in a single swipe.
From barely-there tints to statement shades, the emphasis is on versatile colour that adapts effortlessly to every mood and moment.
Soft-focus finish
MAC Cosmetics’ Powder Kiss Lip + Cheek Mousse Matte is a multi-use liquid mousse which provides the perfect blur for your lips.
Its weightless, whipped texture creates a comfortable and spreadable formula that instantly blurs lips and glides on evenly while staying pillowy soft and smooth all day.
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Sheer shades
The Huda Beauty Faux Filler Jelly Oil is a softening, ultra-hydrating tinted lip oil packed with peptides and shea butter for juicy, ultra-shiny lips.
Available in three shades, this flavoured non-sticky lip oil glides over lips for a sheer finish with a hint of colour and is infused with a blend of nourishing oils that leaves lips soft and hydrated.
Radiant colour
The Sisley Paris Phyto-Rouge Shine Lipstick is a glossy, hydrating product that combines the shine of a gloss with the comfort of a balm.
It delivers radiant, buildable colour while helping lips feel smooth, plumped and nourished.
In addition to its existing 18 shades, three new shades are now available: Phyto-Rouge Shine 43 Sheer Scarlet, Phyto-Rouge Shine 26 Sheer Bel Air and Phyto-Rouge Shine 14 Sheer Acajou.
Buildable layers
The Le Rouge Celine collection’s matte lip balm range includes one universal shade and seven tinted shades.
These refillable lip balms are hydrating, leaving the lips soft and supple, with a melting texture that provides an immediate feeling of comfort.
Shade 01 Incolore is invisible on the lips, while the other seven coloured lip balms enhance the lips with a veil of colour, the intensity of which is buildable depending on the number of layers applied.
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Wet-shine effect
YSL’s Loveshine Plumping Lip Oil Gloss is a plumping, high-shine hydrating gloss that makes the lips look bouncier.
With a 95% oil-infused formula which includes hyaluronic acid and fig pulp, it delivers 24-hour hydration.
Buildable syrupy colour is infused with glitters for a dazzling wet-shine finish.
