The 5 Best Lip Liners of 2025 For All Day Wear
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If there’s one beauty rule I swear by, it’s that no lip look is complete without a great liner. The right one doesn’t just define—it enhances your favorite shades, adds dimension, and elevates the overall finish. More than just an outline, a well-chosen lip liner is a game-changer, allowing you to sculpt, shape, and intensify color with effortless precision. Whether you’re softly blending or creating bold definition, the perfect liner is the key to next-level lips.
To help you find your go-to, we’ve curated a list of influencer-approved lip liners that deliver on both pigment and performance.
1. Merit Beauty Signature Lip Liner
A hydrating, buildable lip pencil that gives soft definition and sheer, all-over color.
Provides sheer, buildable color with a natural satin finish.
Smooth, lightweight gel formula glides on easily without crumbling or skipping.
Use it to create soft definition or all-over color. Wear it alone or paired with your favorite Signature Lip or Shade Slick shade — it’s impossible to mess up either way.
Antioxidant-rich pomegranate and jojoba complex is known to help skin barrier function for smooth, healthy looking lips.
Features a retractable tip and built-in sharpener for more precise application.
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2. Makeup by Mario Ultra Suede® Sculpting Lip Pencil
This full-coverage matte formula is infused with emollients for extra comfort and does not feather or bleed. It also has lip-lock technology, which extends the wear of your lipstick, and contour-shape technology creates the ideal definition for any lip shape. The dual-ended brush blends and blurs color to perfection.
This product is an Allure Best of Beauty award winner.
Photo: @Dacey Cash
3. Make Up for Ever ARTIST COLOR PENCIL EXTREME
This waterproof, transfer-proof pencil is ideal for definition that won’t feather or fade. The ultra-creamy texture glides with ease and wears comfortably all day, has a velvet-matte finish, and can be worn alone or with your favorite lipstick or gloss.
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4. Anastasia Beverly Hills Long-Lasting Velvety-Matte Lip Liner
Anastasia Beverly Hills draws the line at the perfect lip. Its full-pigment Lip Liner delivers precise shaping, contouring and payoff. Glide on its creamy (never shiny or slippery) formula for a velvet-matte finish or wear all over for long-lasting, velvety-matte lips. The 18 shades pair with Matte & Satin Velvet Lipsticks.
Photo: @Olivia Chatfield
5. Saie Lip Liner 101: Creamy & Nourishing Lip Pencil
Lip Liner 101’s silky formula glides on smoothly for a framed lip with a soft-matte finish. No tugging, tightness, feathering or dryness due to nourishing ingredients like meadowfoam oil, jojoba seed oil, and shea butter. The five versatile shades are designed to pair perfectly with your favorite gloss– like Glossybounce™ (sold separately).
Photo: @Olivia Chatfield
