The best lip stains for a subtle wash of kissable colour

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The best lip stains for a subtle wash of kissable colour

Let’s be real – we at beautyheaven are not ones to discourage a statement lip. In fact, we’d consider ourselves superfans of anything of the lipstick, gloss or liquid lippie varieties – but we also know a luscious low-maintenance lip finish when we see one, and this season we’re loving stains silly.

With more moisturising benefits and far fewer touchups required, stains are amazing on the days when you need to set and forget – they deliver just the right amount of tint to pass as natural, but polish your look at the same time. They’re also so damn comfortable, you won’t even notice they’re there.

So if you’re after more than a lip balm but less than a lipstick, it’s time to add a lip colour compromise to your kit – here are the very best lip stains in the game.


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Clarins

Clarins Water Lip Stains

With a formula made up of over 77% water, it’s the kind of formula you’ll forget you’re wearing until the compliments roll in.

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent Vernis A Levres Vinyl Cream Lip Stain ($59, mecca.com.au)

After something a little bolder but equally low-maintenance? This stain option has the comfort of a cream, shine of a gloss, pigment of a lipstick and staying power of a stain. Phew.

DB Cosmetics

DB Cosmetics Lip Lock Longwear Lip Stain

Lightweight but longwearing, it’s formulated with vitamin E and aloe vera to provide colour and care in one go.

jane iredale

jane iredale Lip Fixation Lip Stain/Gloss

This option pulls double duty with a long-lasting stain on one end, and a high-shine lip-conditioning gloss on the other. Use the stain solo or team the two together.

Benefit

Benefit BeneTint Cheek & Lip Stain

The stain that started it all – if ‘your lips but better’ is your brief, this rose-tinted lip and cheek stain is the one you need in your lineup.

Burberry Beauty

Burberry Beauty Lip Velvet Crush Sheer-Matte Stain ($52, sephora.com.au)

As buildable as it is beautiful, this cream-to-powder stain can go from subtle to striking with a few extra swipes.

The Body Shop

The Body Shop Lip and Cheek Stain

This hydrating stain is as natural-looking as makeup gets – it’s super buildable, but the no-makeup-makeup aesthetic of a single swipe is hard to beat.

Smith & Cult

The Tainted Lip Stained Flatte in Demon Dazed ($42, sephora.com.au)

A moisturising formula and matte finish in one? Consider our lips interested (and saturated with the perfect amount of colour).

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  1. The DB one is fantastic, I absolutely love it.
    But nothing comes close to how utterly incredible the YSL Cream lip stain is! It remains the best lip product I have ever used.

  2. Benefit Benetint gets my vote! It’s fabulous. Gives your lips a lovely glow, and even better, you can also use it on your cheeks! My little bottle ran out ages ago, but it pretty much lived in my handbag. I think I might replace it ASAP.

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