Lip gloss for dry lips

Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss has the best record for dry lips at 35 of 39, and reviewers call it hydrating or comfortable. The catch is stickiness, which 35% of its reviews mention. Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer comes next at 29 of 40, then NYX Butter Gloss at 14 of 19.

  • 534 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Feb 2017 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Is it kind to dry lips? What buyers said
  1. Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss 39 said either way
  2. Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer 40 said either way
  3. NYX Butter Gloss 19 said either way
  4. Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish 39 said either way
  5. Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Lip Plumper 50 said either way
  6. Maybelline Lifter Gloss 22 said either way
  7. Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink 16 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for dryness. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Best record Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss 35 of 39 say it feels good on dry lips Check price on Amazon
What stands out

Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer swings by store: 22 of 27 at Sephora but 7 of 13 at Ulta. Dryness complaints are more common at the bottom of the list, at 23% of Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Lip Plumper reviews, 21% of Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink and 19% of Maybelline Lifter Gloss.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points buyers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1

Lancôme

Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss

Best for lasting hydration

35/39 say it feels good on dry lips

39% call it hydrating and 34% say it lasts a while. It holds up at both Ulta (10 of 11) and Sephora (25 of 28), and 8% mention the price.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts a while 34%
  • Flattering color 22%
  • Pleasant scent or taste 22%
  • Glossy shine 16%
  • Not sticky 11%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 35%
  • Too expensive 8%
  • Unpleasant scent or taste 7%
  • Thick or goopy 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 10 of 11
  • Sephora 25 of 28
  • Brand site 11 of 11 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination15 of 17
  • Dry5 of 5
  • Oily4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium11 of 12
2

Fenty Beauty

Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer

Best for flattering color

29/40 say it feels good on dry lips

38% like the color and 26% call it hydrating, but 11% say it dries their lips and 7% mention a leaky or awkward applicator. Sold at Sephora and Ulta.

What buyers praise

  • Flattering color 38%
  • Lasts a while 16%
  • Not sticky 14%
  • Plumps lips 13%
  • Glossy shine 12%

What buyers complain about

  • Leaks or bad applicator 7%
  • Wears off fast 6%
  • Unpleasant scent or taste 6%
  • Sticky 4%
  • Too expensive 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 13
  • Sephora 22 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination15 of 16
  • Dry3 of 5
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light9 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 7
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 5
By age (reviewers who gave one)
  • Under 405 of 5
  • 40 and over4 of 5
See it at Ulta

Share of 90 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

3

NYX

Butter Gloss

Best for good value

14/19 say it feels good on dry lips

50% like the color and 25% call it good value. 23% say it is not sticky, but 21% say it wears off fast. Its counted reviews are all from Ulta.

What buyers praise

  • Flattering color 50%
  • Good value 25%
  • Not sticky 23%
  • Glossy shine 15%
  • Lasts a while 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 21%
  • Unpleasant scent or taste 6%
  • Sticky 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 14 of 19
  • Brand site 1 of 1 shown, not counted
4

Buxom

Full-On Plumping Lip Polish

26/39 say it feels good on dry lips

36% like the color and 23% like the plumping. 13% say it dries lips and 8% call it sticky. Results are level at Ulta (12 of 18) and Sephora (14 of 21).

What buyers praise

  • Flattering color 36%
  • Plumps lips 23%
  • Lasts a while 15%
  • Glossy shine 13%
  • Not sticky 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 8%
  • Too expensive 6%
  • Wears off fast 6%
  • Leaks or bad applicator 3%
  • Thick or goopy 2%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 12 of 18
  • Sephora 14 of 21
  • Brand site 4 of 4 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination5 of 10
  • Normal5 of 5
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light8 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 5
Check price on Amazon

Share of 101 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5

Too Faced

Lip Injection Extreme Lip Plumper

26/50 say it feels good on dry lips

The plumping is the draw (48%), and 22% call it hydrating. About half of the reviewers who weighed in, 26 of 50, said it feels good on dry lips, while 23% of reviews say it dries them out.

What buyers praise

  • Plumps lips 48%
  • Flattering color 17%
  • Glossy shine 8%
  • Lasts a while 6%
  • Not sticky 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 11%
  • Too expensive 10%
  • Unpleasant scent or taste 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 11 of 22
  • Sephora 15 of 28
  • Brand site 2 of 4 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 13
  • Normal1 of 5
  • Dry4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium1 of 5
  • Medium-tan to tan5 of 6
See it at Ulta

Share of 104 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6

Maybelline

Lifter Gloss

12/22 say it feels good on dry lips

40% like the color and 24% call it hydrating, but 12% call it sticky and 10% say it wears off fast. Its counted reviews are all from Ulta.

What buyers praise

  • Flattering color 40%
  • Not sticky 19%
  • Glossy shine 12%
  • Lasts a while 10%
  • Good value 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 12%
  • Wears off fast 10%
  • Unpleasant scent or taste 10%
  • Thick or goopy 5%
  • Leaks or bad applicator 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 12 of 22
  • Brand site 2 of 4 shown, not counted
See it at Ulta

Share of 42 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

Maybelline

Super Stay Vinyl Ink

7/16 say it feels good on dry lips

A long-wear lip color more than a gloss: 60% say it lasts, but 16% call it sticky and 14% say it wears off. It has the weakest record here at 7 of 16.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts a while 60%
  • Flattering color 35%
  • Good value 9%
  • Glossy shine 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 16%
  • Wears off fast 14%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 16
  • Brand site 1 of 1 shown, not counted
See it at Ulta

Share of 43 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 68,451 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for dryness and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Feb 2017 and Oct 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that Amazon sells from the brand and that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else links to the store page, unpaid.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts and link to the product pages, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss Ulta (83 reviews counted)
  2. Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer Ulta, Sephora (90 reviews counted)
  3. NYX Butter Gloss Ulta (52 reviews counted)
  4. Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish Ulta, Sephora (101 reviews counted)
  5. Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Lip Plumper Ulta (104 reviews counted)
  6. Maybelline Lifter Gloss Ulta (42 reviews counted)
  7. Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink Ulta (43 reviews counted)

People asking about it on Reddit

  1. People with dry lips that peel and especially peel with lipstick: what lipgloss do you like? r/beauty, Apr 2024, 230 comments
  2. What’s a good lip oil / gloss / balm that you reccomend for dry lips? r/MakeupAddiction, Aug 2023, 22 comments

Questions buyers ask

Which lip gloss is good for dry lips?

In these reviews, Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss comes first at 35 of 39, then Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer at 29 of 40 and NYX Butter Gloss at 14 of 19. Expect some stickiness from Lancôme Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss, which 35% of its reviews mention.

Is Lancôme Juicy Tubes good for dry lips?

By these reviews, yes: 35 of 39 reviewers said it feels hydrating or comfortable. 35% of its reviews call it sticky, and 4% say it dries their lips.

Does Fenty Gloss Bomb dry out your lips?

29 of 40 reviewers said it feels hydrating or comfortable, and 11% of its reviews say it dries lips. It did better at Sephora (22 of 27) than at Ulta (7 of 13).

Does Too Faced Lip Injection dry out lips?

Often. About half of the reviewers who weighed in, 26 of 50, said it feels good on dry lips, and 23% of its reviews say it dries them out. 48% praise the plumping.

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