Lip Gloss Too Sticky For You? Try One Of These Lip Oils Instead

Amongst the steadily growing lip oil category, the Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil is a somewhat underrated high performer, combining sheer colour with a uniquely moisturising formula. A nourishing blend of hazelnut and jojoba oils moisturise and comfort the lips, while delivering a light wash of colour. Wear alone for a natural look or use on top of matte lipstick.

Price: $47AUD

A more pigmented take on their cult-favourite Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil, the Clarins Lip Comfort Oil Intense softens lips with a blend of hazelnut, cranberry, and jojoba oils while providing intense colour akin to that of a lipstick.

Price: $47AUD

Available at an excellent price point, the Revlon Kiss Glow Lip provides your lips with a subtle tint while a lightweight complex of moringa and crambe abyssinica seed oils moisturise the lips. 

Price: $10.97AUD

More akin to a stain than a lip oil, the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil is ideally suited to those desirous of a more natural, satiny finish. Lightweight yet richly pigmented, it’s almost indiscernible on the lips yet packs an aesthetic punch. Made with jojoba and sunflower oils, it lightly moisturises the lips as it works. 

Price: $39

While it’s one of the newer additions to the lip oil category, the Summer Fridays Dream Lip Oil has been a mainstay in the handbags of beauty editors across the country since its launch earlier this year. Delivering a light wash of colour with a shiny, glossy finish sans stickiness, it’s one of the more nourishing formulas on the market thanks to a blend of nine plant oils, vegan collagen, and vitamin E. 

Price: $45AUD

The OG lip oil, this unique formula courtesy of Dior works to enhance your natural lip colour, while cherry oil nourishes lips and protects them from the elements. J’adore. 

Price: $62AUD

Unlike most of the other formulas on this list which come in a range of colours, the Fenty Skin Cherry Treat Hydrating + Strengthening Lip Oil goes on almost clear, acting as a moisturising treatment for the lips. Enriched with rosehip, jojoba, and sweet cherry seed oils, it conditions and softens the lips, improving texture over time. Use on its own or over lipstick.

Price: $36AUD

Ultra-moisturising with a sheer tint, Morphe Glassified Lip Oil keeps your lips feeling supple and nourished with a blend of moringa, jojoba, and coconut oils. 

Price: $14AUD

For a natural look, try a fruity lip oil iteration by Ciaté. This watermelon flavoured lip oil deliver intense nourishment alongside a glossy, non-sticky finish. 

Price: $25AUD

Infused with peptides, hyaluronic acid, and jojoba oil, the Australis Lip Glaze cushions and comforts the lips while providing a light wash of colour. We particularly like the Red Velvet and Dirty Chai shades.

Price: $11.89AUD

Technically more of a lip gloss with oil that a lip oil (semantics, we know), the Kosas Wet Lip Oil Gloss combines hyaluronic acid, shea butter, and peptides with evening primrose and avocado oils to create an intensely hydrating and moisturising lip product. A tad stickier than the pure lip oils on this list, it does deliver an impressively glossy finish as well as a slight plumping effect.

Price: $38AUD

For lips in need of intense nourishment, look to the Gisou Honey Infused Lip Oil. Laced with the brand’s signature Mirsalehi honey as well as low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, it intensely hydrates and moisturises the lips while instantly smoothing out fine lines upon application. Use as a pre-lipstick treatment or alone as part of a natural makeup look.

Price: $48AUD