Lipstick that isn't drying

NARS Audacious Lipstick is the lipstick reviewers most often say doesn't dry their lips: 27 of 36. Sephora Collection Rouge Cream Lipstick is close behind at 26 of 36. Long-wear liquids score lower: KVD Beauty Everlasting Liquid Lipstick at 18 of 32 and Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink at 18 of 38.

  • 583 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Jan 2016 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Is it drying? What buyers said
  1. NARS Audacious Lipstick 36 said either way
  2. Sephora Collection Rouge Cream Lipstick 36 said either way
  3. Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint 26 said either way
  4. KVD Beauty Everlasting Liquid Lipstick 32 said either way
  5. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick 58 said either way
  6. Sephora Collection Color Lip Last Lipstick 37 said either way
  7. Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink 38 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.

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

NARS

Audacious Lipstick

Best for rich color

27/36 say it isn't drying

35% praise the color payoff, the most of any lipstick here, and 48% the wear time.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 48%
  • Strong color payoff 35%
  • Doesn't transfer 10%
  • Good value 10%
  • Leaves a stain as it fades 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Transfers 5%
  • Doesn't last 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 27 of 36
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination17 of 23
  • Dry4 of 6
  • Normal3 of 4
2

Sephora Collection

Rouge Cream Lipstick

Best for value

26/36 say it isn't drying

20% call it good value, the most of any lipstick here. It is Sephora's own brand.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 38%
  • Strong color payoff 20%
  • Good value 20%

What buyers complain about

  • Doesn't last 5%
  • Bothersome scent or taste 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 26 of 36
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination17 of 22
  • Oily4 of 5
  • Dry4 of 5
  • Normal1 of 3
See it at Sephora

Share of 40 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

3

Fenty Beauty

Stunna Lip Paint

Best for long wear

17/26 say it isn't drying

56% say it lasts through eating and drinking, and 18% say it transfers.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 56%
  • Strong color payoff 18%

What buyers complain about

  • Transfers 18%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 17 of 26
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 10
  • Dry5 of 6
  • Normal4 of 6
4

KVD Beauty

Everlasting Liquid Lipstick

18/32 say it isn't drying

48% praise the wear time, but 14 of 32 reviewers who mentioned dryness said it dried their lips.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 48%
  • Doesn't transfer 13%
  • Strong color payoff 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky or heavy 8%
  • Cracks or flakes 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 18 of 32
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 15
  • Dry5 of 9
  • Normal5 of 6
5

Stila

Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick

30/58 say it isn't drying

The most-reviewed lipstick here. 28 of 58 reviewers who mentioned dryness said it dried their lips.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 47%
  • Strong color payoff 11%
  • Doesn't transfer 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Doesn't last 11%
  • Transfers 8%
  • Too expensive 5%
  • Bothersome scent or taste 5%
  • Fades patchy or leaves a ring 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 11 of 22
  • Sephora 19 of 36
  • Brand site 0 of 1 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination9 of 20
  • Normal4 of 8
  • Dry4 of 4
  • Oily2 of 3
6

Sephora Collection

Color Lip Last Lipstick

20/37 say it isn't drying

50% say it lasts, but 17 of 37 reviewers who mentioned dryness found it drying.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 50%
  • Strong color payoff 25%
  • Good value 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Transfers 13%
  • Sticky or heavy 5%
  • Cracks or flakes 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 20 of 37
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination11 of 19
  • Normal6 of 9
  • Dry2 of 6
See it at Sephora

Share of 40 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

Maybelline

SuperStay Matte Ink

Best for staying power

18/38 say it isn't drying

60% say it lasts, the most of any lipstick here, but 20 of 38 reviewers who mentioned dryness said it dried their lips.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts through eating and drinking 60%
  • Strong color payoff 24%
  • Good value 17%
  • Doesn't transfer 14%
  • Good shade range 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky or heavy 24%
  • Hard to take off 17%
  • Transfers 5%
  • Bothersome scent or taste 5%
  • Cracks or flakes 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 18 of 38

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 89,632 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for dryness and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Jan 2016 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 (40 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.

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. NARS Audacious Lipstick Sephora (40 reviews counted)
  2. Sephora Collection Rouge Cream Lipstick Sephora (40 reviews counted)
  3. Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint Sephora (39 reviews counted)
  4. KVD Beauty Everlasting Liquid Lipstick Sephora (40 reviews counted)
  5. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick Ulta (64 reviews counted)
  6. Sephora Collection Color Lip Last Lipstick Sephora (40 reviews counted)
  7. Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Ulta (42 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

What lipstick is least drying?

In these reviews, NARS Audacious Lipstick (27 of 36) and Sephora Collection Rouge Cream Lipstick (26 of 36).

Are long-wear liquid lipsticks drying?

More often than the bullets here. Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint (17 of 26), KVD Beauty Everlasting Liquid Lipstick (18 of 32) and Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink (18 of 38) all trail NARS Audacious Lipstick (27 of 36).

Is Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick drying?

For about half of the reviewers who brought it up: 30 of 58 said it isn't drying.

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