Lip oil for dry lips

e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil has the best record for dry lips: 29 of 30 shoppers said it left their lips hydrated and soft. Milani Fruit Fetish Lip Oil comes next at 27 of 29, then Neutrogena Hydro Boost Tinted Lip Oil at 18 of 19. NYX Professional Makeup Fat Oil Lip Drip has the weakest record here at 11 of 18, and Burt's Bees Passionfruit Lip Oil is mixed at 26 of 36.

  • 247 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Apr 2021 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave lips hydrated? What shoppers said
  1. e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil 30 said either way
  2. Milani Fruit Fetish Lip Oil 29 said either way
  3. Neutrogena Hydro Boost Tinted Lip Oil 19 said either way
  4. e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil Glimmer 25 said either way
  5. L'Oréal Paris Plump Ambition Hyaluron Lip Oil 8 said either way
  6. Burt's Bees Passionfruit Lip Oil 36 said either way
  7. NYX Professional Makeup Fat Oil Lip Drip 18 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.

e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil Best record e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil 29 of 30 say it left their lips hydrated and soft See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Wearing off fast is the complaint that keeps coming up: 12% of Burt's Bees reviews, 10% of Milani reviews and 10% of Glimmer reviews mention it. Scent divides shoppers too, as 45% of Milani reviews praise the smell or taste while 12% do not like it.

The ranking, product by product

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

1 e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil

e.l.f.

Glow Reviver Lip Oil

Best for shine and tint

29/30 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

It has the highest share on the page, 97%, with 29 of 30 shoppers saying it left their lips hydrated and soft. 30% praise the shine, 28% the tint, and 20% say it lasts a while. Complaints are small, with 5% saying it wears off fast.

What buyers praise

  • Glossy shine 30%
  • Nice tint 28%
  • Lasts a while 20%
  • Pleasant scent or taste 18%
  • Not sticky 15%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 5%
  • Sticky 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 29 of 30
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
2 Milani Fruit Fetish Lip Oil

Milani

Fruit Fetish Lip Oil

Best for scent and taste

27/29 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

Scent and taste are the talking point: 45% praise it, though 12% found the smell or taste bad. 27 of 29 shoppers said it left their lips hydrated and soft. 30% like the tint, and 10% say it wears off fast.

What buyers praise

  • Pleasant scent or taste 45%
  • Nice tint 30%
  • Glossy shine 25%
  • Not sticky 20%
  • Lasts a while 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad taste or smell 13%
  • Wears off fast 10%
  • Sticky 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 27 of 29
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
3 Neutrogena Hydro Boost Tinted Lip Oil

Neutrogena

Hydro Boost Tinted Lip Oil

Best for a non-sticky feel

18/19 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

18 of 19 shoppers said it left their lips hydrated and soft, and 1 said it didn't. 42% call it not sticky and 26% say it lasts a while. Fewer shoppers said how it worked than for the two oils ranked above it, so the record is thinner.

What buyers praise

  • Not sticky 42%
  • Glossy shine 32%
  • Lasts a while 26%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Target 18 of 19
  • Brand site 3 of 4 shown, not counted
4 e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil Glimmer

e.l.f.

Glow Reviver Lip Oil Glimmer

Best for tint that isn't sticky

23/25 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

This is a separate product from the plain e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil, counted on its own. 23 of 25 shoppers said it left their lips hydrated and soft. 38% mention the tint and 30% call it not sticky, while 10% say it wears off fast.

What buyers praise

  • Nice tint 38%
  • Not sticky 30%
  • Glossy shine 30%
  • Pleasant scent or taste 5%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 10%
  • Sticky 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 23 of 25
  • Brand site 5 of 6 shown, not counted
5 L'Oréal Paris Plump Ambition Hyaluron Lip Oil

L'Oréal Paris

Plump Ambition Hyaluron Lip Oil

7/8 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

A small group said how it worked, 7 of 8, so treat the record as thin. 32% praise the shine and 32% call it not sticky. The complaint to know about is tingling or burning, which 18% of its reviews mention.

What buyers praise

  • Not sticky 32%
  • Glossy shine 32%
  • Nice tint 27%
  • Pleasant scent or taste 18%
  • Lasts a while 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Tingles or burns 18%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 7 of 8
  • Brand site 2 of 4 shown, not counted
6

Burt's Bees

Passionfruit Lip Oil

26/36 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

More reviewers weighed in on this oil than on any other here (36), and the record is mixed. 26 of 36 shoppers said it left their lips hydrated and soft, while 10 said it didn't hydrate or left them dry. 42% praise the scent or taste, and 12% say it wears off fast.

What buyers praise

  • Pleasant scent or taste 43%
  • Glossy shine 23%
  • Not sticky 15%
  • Lasts a while 5%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 13%
  • Scent or taste 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 26 of 36
  • Brand site 5 of 9 shown, not counted
7

NYX Professional Makeup

Fat Oil Lip Drip

11/18 say it left their lips hydrated and soft

It has the weakest record here: 11 of 18 shoppers said it left their lips hydrated and soft, and 7 said it didn't hydrate or left them dry. The scent still wins praise (32%), and 10% call it sticky. NYX's own site is kinder at 9 of 10, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Pleasant scent or taste 32%
  • Glossy shine 16%
  • Lasts a while 13%
  • Nice tint 10%
  • Not sticky 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 10%
  • Bad taste or smell 6%
  • Wears off fast 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 11 of 18
  • Brand site 9 of 10 shown, not counted

Share of 31 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 20,279 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about dryness, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Apr 2021 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 (20 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

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 most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

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

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil Target (40 reviews counted)
  2. Milani Fruit Fetish Lip Oil Target (40 reviews counted)
  3. Neutrogena Hydro Boost Tinted Lip Oil Target (19 reviews counted)
  4. e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil Glimmer Target (40 reviews counted)
  5. L'Oréal Paris Plump Ambition Hyaluron Lip Oil Target (22 reviews counted)
  6. Burt's Bees Passionfruit Lip Oil Target (40 reviews counted)
  7. NYX Professional Makeup Fat Oil Lip Drip Target (31 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which lip oil works for dry lips?

e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil has the best record (29 of 30), followed by Milani Fruit Fetish Lip Oil (27 of 29) and Neutrogena Hydro Boost Tinted Lip Oil (18 of 19). Each count is shoppers who said the oil left their lips hydrated and soft.

How do you decide whether a lip oil worked?

We counted a lip oil as working when a shopper said it left their lips hydrated, moisturized or soft. It counts as not working when a shopper said it didn't hydrate or left their lips dry or peeling. Reviews that didn't say either way are left out of that tally. Shine, tint, scent and plumping show up as themes, not as the result.

Are the two e.l.f. Glow Reviver oils the same?

No. e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil and e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil Glimmer are two different products, so we count them separately. The plain oil is at 29 of 30 and the Glimmer is at 23 of 25. Check the full name before you buy.

What if my lips stay cracked, sore or bleeding?

A lip oil is not the fix. See a doctor or pharmacist if your lips stay cracked, sore or bleeding. The counts on this page are what shoppers said about how an oil felt on their lips, nothing more.

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