Liquid lipstick that doesn't crack

Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint has the best record here: 21 of 26 reviewers who mentioned cracking said it doesn't crack. The best pick sold on Amazon is Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipstick at 16 of 25. Cracking is a real problem for several of these, and NYX Shine Loud Liquid Lipstick has the weakest record here at 1 of 18.

  • 259 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Dec 2016 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Does it crack? What buyers said
  1. Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint 26 said either way
  2. Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipstick 25 said either way
  3. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick 50 said either way
  4. KVD Beauty Everlasting Liquid Lipstick 27 said either way
  5. Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink 18 said either way
  6. Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Liquid Lipstick 27 said either way
  7. NYX Shine Loud Liquid Lipstick 18 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for cracking. 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 Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint 21 of 26 say it doesn't crack Check price on Amazon
What stands out

Cracking and dryness tend to show up together. 37% of Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Liquid Lipstick reviews and 32% of NYX Shine Loud Liquid Lipstick reviews also call it drying.

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

Fenty Beauty

Stunna Lip Paint

Best for shades and comfort

21/26 say it doesn't crack

Sephora reviewers carry this one, with 20 of 23 saying it doesn't crack. 47% praise the shades and 38% call it comfortable, though 26% say it transfers.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 47%
  • Great shades 47%
  • Comfortable 38%
  • Doesn't transfer 9%
  • Good value 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Transfers 26%
  • Drying 9%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 1 of 3
  • Sephora 20 of 23
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination9 of 11
  • Dry5 of 6
  • Oily4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light11 of 11
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 6
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 4

How often it comes up: about 1 in 46 of this product's 5,538 store reviews mention cracking.

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Share of 34 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2

Smashbox

Always On Liquid Lipstick

16/25 say it doesn't crack

47% praise the shade range and 47% say it lasts all day, but 9 of 25 reviewers who mentioned cracking said it cracks. Ranked on Sephora reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Great shades 47%
  • Lasts all day 47%
  • Comfortable 27%
  • Opaque in one coat 10%
  • Doesn't transfer 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Drying 20%
  • Transfers 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 16 of 25
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination7 of 11
  • Dry5 of 7
  • Normal3 of 4
  • Oily1 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium9 of 12
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 3

How often it comes up: about 1 in 25 of this product's 2,770 store reviews mention cracking.

3

Stila

Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick

27/50 say it doesn't crack

The most reviewers weighed in on this one, 50 in all, and it lands near the middle at 27 of 50. 40% call it comfortable, but 27% call it drying.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 40%
  • Comfortable 40%
  • Great shades 22%
  • Doesn't transfer 13%
  • Opaque in one coat 11%

What buyers complain about

  • Drying 27%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 23
  • Sephora 12 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 7
  • Normal0 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 9
  • Medium-tan to tan1 of 4
  • Deep2 of 3

How often it comes up: about 1 in 45 of this product's 8,954 store reviews mention cracking.

Share of 55 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4

KVD Beauty

Everlasting Liquid Lipstick

13/27 say it doesn't crack

14 of 27 reviewers who mentioned cracking said it cracks, and 28% call it drying. It gets credit for the shades (28%), and it is ranked on Sephora reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 28%
  • Great shades 28%
  • Comfortable 24%
  • Opaque in one coat 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Drying 28%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 13 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination5 of 11
  • Dry4 of 8
  • Oily2 of 4
  • Normal2 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 11
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 8
  • Medium-tan to tan5 of 8

How often it comes up: about 1 in 30 of this product's 15,301 store reviews mention cracking.

Share of 29 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5

Maybelline

SuperStay Matte Ink

8/18 say it doesn't crack

Wear time is the draw, with 68% praising it, but 45% mention cracks. Ranked on Ulta reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 68%
  • Great shades 27%
  • Comfortable 14%
  • Doesn't transfer 9%
  • Opaque in one coat 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Drying 18%
  • Transfers 9%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 8 of 18
  • Brand site 0 of 1 shown, not counted

How often it comes up: about 1 in 139 of this product's 18,891 store reviews mention cracking.

Share of 22 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6

Anastasia Beverly Hills

Smudge-Proof Liquid Lipstick

4/27 say it doesn't crack

23 of 27 reviewers who mentioned cracking said it cracks, and 23% say it crumbles, though 47% still praise the shades. Ranked on Sephora reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Great shades 47%
  • Lasts all day 13%
  • Comfortable 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Drying 37%
  • Crumbles when eating 23%
  • Transfers 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 4 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination3 of 14
  • Normal1 of 5
  • Dry0 of 5
  • Oily0 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light1 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 6
  • Medium-tan to tan0 of 4

How often it comes up: about 1 in 15 of this product's 4,344 store reviews mention cracking.

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

NYX

Shine Loud Liquid Lipstick

1/18 say it doesn't crack

17 of 18 reviewers who mentioned cracking said it cracks, the weakest record here, though 41% of its reviews praise the shades. Ranked on Ulta reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Great shades 41%
  • Lasts all day 23%

What buyers complain about

  • Drying 32%
  • Too expensive 9%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 1 of 18

How often it comes up: about 1 in 20 of this product's 2,549 store reviews mention cracking.

Share of 22 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 58,347 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for cracking and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Dec 2016 and Sep 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 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 and link to the product pages, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint Ulta and Sephora (34 reviews counted)
  2. Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipstick Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  3. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick Ulta (55 reviews counted)
  4. KVD Beauty Everlasting Liquid Lipstick Sephora (29 reviews counted)
  5. Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Ulta (22 reviews counted)
  6. Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Liquid Lipstick Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. NYX Shine Loud Liquid Lipstick Ulta (22 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which liquid lipstick doesn't crack?

Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint has the best record (21 of 26), followed by Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipstick (16 of 25). The rest sit near or below half.

Does Stila Stay All Day crack?

It is close to a coin flip. 27 of 50 said it doesn't crack, and 27% of its reviews call it drying.

Does Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink crack?

Often. 10 of 18 Ulta reviewers who mentioned cracking said it cracks, though 68% praise how long it lasts.

Does Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof crack?

For nearly everyone who mentioned it. 23 of 27 reviewers said it cracks, and 37% call it drying.

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