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Sheer Lipstick

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Sheer lipstick is a type of lipstick that is very lightly pigmented. Sheer lipsticks are often used as a base for other lipstick colors, or worn on their own. Here are some great sheer lipsticks available today.

MAC CosmeticsLustreglass Sheer-Shine Hydrating 8HR Lipstick

Size: 0.1 oz/3.5 G·ITEM: 2485472

Color: See Sheer - grapefruit pink

97 Reviews

$33.00

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my favourite lipstick...This is hands down my favourite lipstick. It’s a colour that goes with everything. ...However, it’s not really a lipstick in the traditional sense. The color payoff is super sheer, more like a tinted lip gloss than a true lipstick.

What it is: A lightweight, sheer lipstick that delivers high-shine, buildable color with 8-hour wear and long-lasting moisture.


Formulation Type: 
Lipstick


What Else You Need to Know: This silky lipstick glides on for sheer, buildable color and a lustrous finish. A blend of Jojoba, Raspberry Seed, Coconut and Organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oils nourishes, while Shea Butter conditions and Hyaluronic Acid helps lock in moisture. The result? Comfortable color with long-wearing shine.

SEPHORA COLLECTIONAbout That Shine Sheer Shine Lipstick

Size: 0.10 oz.·ITEM: 2730083

Color: 13 Blinding Pink

526 Reviews

$22.00

I really like the About that Shine Sheer Shine Lipstick by Sephora. It’s much more hydrating and feels smoother on lips than many other lipsticks I’ve used. ...Sheer shine, lip gloss/lipstick for everyday use....Sheer lipstick

What it is: 

A lightweight lipstick with eye-catching prismatic shine that provides lips with a sheer flush of color and a 12-hour moisturizing, balm-like texture.


Formulation Type: Lipstick 


What Else You Need to Know: This lipstick contains pigments with unrivaled power to reflect light, for maximum prismatic shine.Their special structure reflects the light more intensely than traditional pearls while the sheer coverage balm formula coats the lips with a long-lasting feeling of hydration. Available in a wide range of shades that compliment all skin tones with a sheer flush of eye-catching color.

GlossierGeneration G Sheer Matte Lipstick

Size: 0.1 oz·ITEM: 2717973

Color: Leo - neutral cocoa brown

445 Reviews

$27.00

love love love this lipstick for those days when i’m not wearing too much makeup. i quite enjoy this one because usually sheer lipsticks are glossy and shiny and i find them uncomfortable sensory wise but i have no problems with this...Love the soft sheer color of these lipsticks. Since it’s not super creamy it lasts longer that regular lipstick.

What it is: A sheer-matte lipstick with sheer, buildable pigment for a just-blotted, softly diffused, blurred lip look with a comfortable, cushiony feel.


Formulation Type: Lipstick


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Sunflower Seed Wax: Feels smooth and cushiony on lips.

- Blue Agave: Locks in moisture for comfortable wear.

- Soft Focus Elasto-Powder provides the unique mattifying-but-not-drying effect.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, a

GivenchyLe Rouge Sheer Velvet Matte Lipstick

Size: 0.12 oz/ 3.4 g·ITEM: 2484749

Color: 32 Rouge Brique - brick red with dusty orange tones

276 Reviews

$60.00

Love the color and the consistency of this lipstick. Not too drying, can be layered. Apply once for a sheer look, apply it 3-4 times for a more intense look....I don't think I would go for this again as it is a sheer lipstick and I don't find the pigment as strong as I'd like.

What it is: A sheer matte lipstick that delivers buildable lip color with a blurred, soft-focus effect.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick

Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Wild Mango Butter: Rich in vitamin E.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of phthalates, retinyl palmitate, coal tar, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan.

What Else You Need to Know: This formula’s glide-on sensorial texture ensures an immensely smooth, easy application. Thanks to mango butter that’s rich in vitamin E, this lipstick envelops lips in weightless comfort where initial hydration is preserved for up to 24 hours along with up to 12 hours of wear.

This couture formula co

VIOLETTE_FRBISOU BALM Sheer Matte Lipstick

Size: 0.08 oz / 2.5 g·ITEM: 2864437

Color: Bonbon Coquelicot - warm poppy red

367 Reviews

$46.00

Finally a matte lipsticks until I can wear!...I had given up on matte lipsticks until i applied Mon Cheri. The coverage is sheer and weightless and the color is perfect. ...Bonbon Coquelicot is it! Matte lipsticks are my favorite, so I was overjoyed to find this lipstick.

What it is: A hydrating, sheer-matte lipstick-meets-balm with a flush of color and subtle blurring effect for a just-kissed look.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick, Lip Balm and Treatment

Benefits: Hydrating

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Tabebuia Impetiginosa Bark Extract: Is a calming antioxidant.
- Rapeseed Oil: Moisturizing.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

Lise WatierRouge Fondant Suprême

Size: 0.13 oz/ 3.8 g·ITEM: 2134245

Color: Kate - cool pink mauve

15 Reviews

$38.00

What it is:
A sheer lipstick enriched with antioxidant properties.

What it does:
Infused with concentrated labrador tea extract, this lipstick glides on easily, provides a lustrous finish, and leaves lips feeling incredibly soft and luminous. Its hydrating formula is rich in antioxidants and has a lightweight texture to provide unparalleled comfort.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens

Westman AtelierHydroBalm Sheer Tinted Lipstick with Peptides and Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 0.12 oz/3.5 g·ITEM: 2942217

Color: Soda - sheer cool cocoa

549 Reviews

$68.00

What it is: A sheer, tinted lipstick with a subtle, juicy sheen that has a clean, swipe-and-go formula with buildable color and the cushion-soft comfort of a balm.

Formulation Type:
Lip Balm

Benefits: Hydrating

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Peptides: Attracts moisture like a magnet and visibly plumps lips.
- Seaweed Extracts and Ceramides: Helps firm and smooth lips.
- Kokum and Seed Butters: Rich in essential fatty acids to soothe and lock in moisture.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This cushiony, clean formula delivers a fresh wash of color, lasting hydration, and a refreshing, cooling sensation with every swipe. Glides on

Fenty Beauty by RihannaSlip Shine Sheer Shiny Lipstick

Size: 0.098 oz/ 2.8 g·ITEM: 2363034

Color: 09 Bubble Rum - chocolate brown

640 Reviews

$35.50

Alone, this gloss is very nice, just enough color to look like you’ve made an effort, but still, sheer enough for casual life. The product is very moisturizing, and feels very nice on my lips. ...beautiful sheer natural finish...For me the ultimate appeal of this lipstick is the gorgeous natural shade and sheer dewy finish.

What it is: An ultra-comfortable sheer lipstick with the perfect amount of nourishing color and shine that is available in a range of easy-to-wear shades for all.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Slip Shine is a lightweight creamy lipstick that delivers sheer color and shine in a range of nudes to shimmer pops. The clinically-proven moisture-lock formula with pomegranate butter conditions your lips for instant poutier, fuller-looking lips—no mirror required.

CHANTECAILLELip Chic Hydrating Lipstick with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 0.07 oz/2 g·ITEM: 2969111

Color: Bourbon Rose - a flattering rosy pink

118 Reviews

$61.00

What it is: A hydrating, glossy, sheer lipstick infused with hyaluronic acid to leave lips shiny and visibly plumped.

Formulation Type: 
Lipstick


Benefits: Hydrating


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Sodium Hyaluronate: Moisturizes.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan.

Urban DecayVice Hydrating Lipstick

Size: 0.11 oz/ 3.4 g·ITEM: 2481760

Color: Hitch Hike - medium brick nude

1.5K Reviews

$29.00

absolutely in love with the smoothness of this lipstick and color. the only thing is is that it transfers quite ª bit...Great matte, but hydrating lipstick...Bought this for my mom, and she really enjoys it, she loves lipstick, and mauvy colors, and it looks great on her.

What it is: A pigmented, longwear lipstick with a creamy vegan formula infused with aloe vera and avocado oil that leaves lips feeling nourished and hydrated.

Formulation Type: 
Lipstick


Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing


Ingredient Callouts:
This product is cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: With a new look and vegan formula, this hydrating lipstick gives you high-impact, long-lasting color in a single swipe. The collection includes 35 Los Angeles-inspired shades from sheer pink and everyday nude to bold red in three moisturizing, vibrant finishes: cream, matte, and shine.

Products related to Sheer Lipstick

Matte Sheer Lipstick
“Alone, this gloss is very nice, just enough color to look like you’ve made an effort, but still, sheer enough for casual life. The product is very moisturizing, and feels very nice on my lips”
Sheer Orange Lipstick
“sweety and natural.it's sheer but lasting. i can wear for a whole day long~”
Transparent Lipstick
“It’s also very versatile in that I can use it underneath certain lipsticks so when the lipstick wears off later, it still looks like my lips have a nice stain to them”
Sheer Lip Tints
“5 stars! Color is perfect and tints beautifully! Hydrating as well. Tint last through a dental cleaning”
Shiny Lipstick
“I love this lipstick, the shade is perfect on my skin tone, easy to apply and looks very sexy, my lips are not dry after use and stays longer than many other lipsticks, I definitely recommend”
Sheer Foundation
“Ok this foundation stick is absolutely gorgeous on the skin, definitely not to heavy or too sheer/thin it is honestly just the right amount of coverage”
Natural Look Lipstick
“I like the consistency of the lipstick! I normally don’t wear lipstick and am more for a gloss look but this one doesn’t feel like it dries out your lips as much as other lipsticks do”
Naked Lipstick
“This lipstick feels so creamy and smooth going on and seems to stay pretty well”
Natural Lipstick
“It has better staying power than a satin or hydrating lipstick as well. However, like every other bullet lipstick, you’ll have to reapply it after just going about your life”
Stick Lipstick
“This red is the perfect shade! The lipsticks feels great on the lips, it doesn’t feel drying at all like other tend to be”

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