Best drugstore lip glosses

Drugstore lip glosses can sometimes offer more for your money, considering that many drugstore brands are actually owned and created by higher-end cosmetic companies. There are so many lip glosses to choose from. How can you choose which drugstore lip gloss is best for you? It all depends on whether you are looking for pigment (color), stickiness/non-stickiness, or flavor.

L'Oreal offers its very popular Color Juices, which are the drugstore version of Lancome's Juicy Tubes, and cost half the price. The packaging is a squeeze tube, and the formula is thick and sticky, guaranteed to last for hours, and offers clear, sheer, shimmering, and pigmented lip glosses. Unlike the Juicy Tubes, Color Juices all have the same scent, which can be described as fruity and pleasant. Color Juices also have rounded tips, which can be used to apply directly from the tube to lips, or can be squeezed onto a lip brush for application.

L'Oreal also has found popularity in its Glam Shine lip glosses, which feature micro-crystals to reflect light and provide a superb shine. This smooth, non-sticky formula plumps lips, while providing moisture for lips that sparkle and shine. Glam Shine lip glosses provide a wand applicator in the tube.

Cover Girl's Lip Slicks have been around for quite some time, and are well-known for their lipstick-style appearance (a twist up tube), and their sheer color and shine. The sheer color enhances lips, and can be layered with other lipsticks for a different look or worn alone for increased shine. Lip Slicks are smooth and moisturizing, and provide lasting coverage.

Cover Girl's Wet Slicks are very popular. These lip glosses have been touted as having the lasting shine and coverage of a lip gloss, with the feel of a lip balm. The come in an assortment of sheer and colored shades, and are applied with a sponge-tip wand applicator concealed in the tube.

Revlon's Super Lustrous lip glosses are also quite popular. These sheer-colored and pigmented glosses are formulated to be smooth and creamy, not sticky. They have a sponge-tip wand applicator in their tubes.

Revlon also offers Lip Glides, which can be found in sheer and pigmented shades. These lip glosses are click-pens, which you click to release more lip gloss into the applicator, which is a sponge-tip, similar to a felt-tip pen.

Maybelline offers Wet Shine Diamonds Liquid, which feature light-reflecting micro-pearls, providing a sparkling diamond effect. These glosses range from sheer to pigmented, and offer radiant shine. They are not thick or sticky, but they include liquid moisturizers to keep lips smooth and moisturized. A sponge-tip wand applicator is included in the tube.

Maybelline also has found popularity in its Lip Polish, whose unique gel-based formula promises vivid shine, and features a variety of sheer and colorful shades. This tube features a sponge-tip wand applicator.

Maybelline's Shiny-Licious lip glosses provide a highly-pigmented, high-shine finish, while moisturizing lips, keeping them hydrated. They are thick, lasting, but non-sticky. The varying scents are those of their namesakes, such as Cola-Float, Sugar Plum, and Caramella. Shiny-Licious lip glosses feature a squeeze tube, with a soft sponge-covered slanted applicator.

With the popularity of expensive high-end flavored lip glosses, which offer a better taste for kisses, there are several classic brands available in the flavor competition.

Bonne Bell, which is no longer just for little girls. They have two sub-brands: Smackers, which is marketed toward younger girls, and Bonne Bell, which is marketed to older teens and young adults. Their flavored lip balms, known as Lip Smackers, have been around for years, satisfying every little girl’s craving for a yummy lip balm. Lip Smackers offer increasing flavors, especially for holidays. Original Lip Smackers come in a twist-up lip balm tube. Some popular product lines have included their soda flavors (including the popular-for-years Dr. Pepper lip balm), and candy glosses, such as Starburst and Skittles.

Bonne Bell's Lip Frostings are one of the most sought-after Bonne Bell lip glosses. Featuring flavors that match their names, these sheer, shimmering lip glosses have gained popularity among kids and grown women alike. whipped cream, strawberry, and birthday (birthday cake) are some of the most popular flavors. Lip Frostings combine Vitamin E, shea butter, and aloe, for a moisturizing formula. These squeeze tubes feature a round-tip applicator for easy application.

Lip Lites are another brand of popular lip glosses by Bonne Bell. These are lightly pigmented and offer a finish that is thick, non-sticky, and moisturizing. Packed with flavor, names such as Champagne Frost, Cream Pop, Vanilla Swirl, and Mocha Mousse beckon lips of all ages. These tubes feature a sponge-tip wand applicator.

Bonne Bell's Lip d'Votion and Lip d'Votion Shimmers offer a lasting alternative to higher-end lip glosses such as Stila's Lip Glaze. Featuring a click-tip pen with a brush applicator, one just needs to twist until the desired amount of lip gloss is pushed into the brush. These lip glosses are very sticky, and provide lasting high-shine and color, depending on which shades you choose.

Naturistics offers several lip glosses which have been popular for quite a while: their Roll-on Lip Gloss, and their Automatic Lip Gloss (with a sponge-tip wand applicator), among others. These two feature flavors from real fruit extracts, so watermelon really tastes like a slice of watermelon. Both offer high-shine, and moisturizing ingredients such as aloe and Vitamin E.