Best "My Lips But Better" Shades

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for Best "My Lips But Better" Shades.

"My Lips But Better" or MLBB is a lip look that replicates the appearance of your natural lip color with some added definition. Choose from our selection of nude lipsticks and lip glosses for an undetectable pout that flatters your face.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaGloss Bomb Cream Color Drip Lip Cream

Size: 0.30 oz/ 9 mL·ITEM: 2399293

Color: Mauve Wive$ - rosy mauve

1.2K Reviews

$30.00

This gloss was basically a my lips but better and shinier. I thought the packaging was really nice and the gloss felt nice on my lips....I chose mauve wive$ and it matches my natural lip color really well, my perfect "my lips but better" shade!

What it is: A cult-fave lip gloss, now with pure, creamy color and incredible shine, that instantly leaves lips looking smoother and more voluminous.

Formulation Type:
Lip Gloss

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. It is also gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: The favorite feel-good, look-great lip gloss now comes in medium- to full-coverage color and zero shimmer. It’s buildable with full-intensity pigment and brilliant shine. The XXL wand applies in just one swipe with a non-sticky feel. It has an addictive peach-vanilla scent plus vitamin A to nourish lips.

LAWLESSForget The Filler Lip Plumper Line Smoothing Gloss

Size: 0.11 oz/ 3.3 mL·ITEM: 2414514

Color: Rosy Outlook - super sheer baby pink

1.9K Reviews

$35.50

The color velvet is like a my lips but better color....Beautiful your lips but better!...Omg this is my lips but better!!! I’m obsessed. I was weary of the red but it’s like a beautiful pink toned red, and looks like your lips but better.

What it is: A clinically tested, ultra-shiny gloss with immediate and long-term softening, hydrating, and visibly plumping benefits.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free and vegan.


What Else You Need to Know: This clean lip gloss feels wonderful to apply with a plush applicator that luxuriously hugs your lips. Immediately, lips feel comforted and appear ultra-shiny and smooth with less-visible lines and signs of irritation.

Urban DecayVice Hydrating Lipstick

Size: 0.11 oz/ 3.4 g·ITEM: 2481687

Color: Liar - medium neutral nude

1.4K Reviews

$29.00

This is my perfect “my lips but better” shade. It looks so natural and feels great...Love Trap—my lips but better...Love Trap is a perfect “my lips but better” colour. The formula is also super creamy.

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 vegan and 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.

Rare Beauty by Selena GomezKind Words Matte Lipstick

Size: 0.12 oz / 3.5 g·ITEM: 2589448

Color: Wise - warm brown nude

729 Reviews

$27.00

LOVE THIS COLOR. It’s my lips but better. The formula is really nice and pigmented. ...For me, this color is the perfect my lips but better shade, applies so smooth and is so comfortable!

What it is: A buttery, pigment-rich, soft matte lipstick, available in a range of wearable shades, that hugs lips in pure comfort all day.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick

Benefits: Hydrating and Long-wearing

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: Selena wanted to create a classic lipstick that’s truly comfortable. This innovative, flexible formula moves with your lips for cushiony, pigment-rich color that lasts all day while keeping lips soft, nourished, and

ILIABalmy Gloss Tinted Lip Oil

Size: 0.14 oz/ 4.3 mL·ITEM: 2354108

Color: Saint - rustic orange

582 Reviews

$35.00

It truly is “my lips but better”....Better than the Claris lip oil...The way people feel about Clinique’s Black Honey is the way I feel about this gloss/lip oil hybrid by Ilia in the shade Linger. Truly a my lips but better look, feel and shade.

What it is: A cushiony, tinted lip oil packed with plumping hyaluronic acid and major moisturizing properties to leave lips soft, smooth, and anything but sticky.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Visibly plumps lips with immediate and long-lasting hydration.
- Salicornia Herbacea Extract: Improves hydration by up to 6,000 percent for smoother, more supple-looking lips.
- Meadowfoam Seed Oil: A rich, balmy oil that supports skin’s natural barrier to help lock in moisture.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

LancômeJuicy Tubes Original Lip Gloss

Size: 0.5 oz/ 15 mL·ITEM: 2357069

Color: 03 Dreamsicle - milky pink

1.7K Reviews

$33.00

I loved how this lip gloss did not feel sticker on my lips but it also hydrated my lips! ...Tickled Pink is my favorite. It's mlbb (my lips but better). Smells like roses and watermelon.

What it is: An original juicy lip gloss with ultra-high shine for a fuller lip effect—the perfect cushiony texture keeps lips hydrated for up to four hours.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin E: Hydrates and softens lips.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.

What Else You Need to Know: This ultra-shiny lip gloss drenches lips in a nourishing formula for a fuller lip effect. Every press of the tube tip applicator delivers moisturizing gloss with a long-lasting glossy lip shine. Lips are left feeling lusciously juicy with up to four hours of lasting hydration.

TOM FORDUltra Shine Lip Color

Size: 0.11 oz / 3.3 g·ITEM: 2756203

Color: 32 Peche Paradis - Burnt peach

575 Reviews

$80.00

Your lips but better!...Literally the “your lips but better” lipstick!...perfect balmy lip product...i received this product complimentary in a #voxbox. i love love love the texture of this product. it has the feeling of a balm, shine of a lipgloss, and pigment of a lipstick. the staying power is great for such a moisturizing lip product. the color nubile is so beautiful, very much a “my lips but better” color. its a great product especially during these dry months.

What it is: A lightweight, high-shine, intensely pigmented lip formula.


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Lightweight Silica Powders: Provide all-day shine.

- Esters and Polymers: Provide easy, glossy application.

- Polyethylene Wax: Provides a lightweight, conditioned feel.


What Else You Need to Know: This innovative lip formula combines the easy application of a lipstick, the gleam of a gloss, and the rich emollient of a balm. Featuring lightweight silica powders, the combination of esters and polymers ensure even, glossy application, while polyethylene wax gives a lightweight, conditioned feel.

SEPHORA COLLECTIONOutrageous Plump Hydrating Lip Gloss

Size: 0.2 oz / 6 mL·ITEM: 2234151

Color: 01 Universal Volume - universal clear shimmer

1.5K Reviews

$19.00

My Lips But Better...I bought this during the Sephora sale. I love this “my lips but better” red shade. My lips feel mentholated, but I’m not sold on the lip-plumping claims. ...This color is like my lips but better! It’s smooth and not sticky, lasts a decent amount of time for a lip gloss.

What it is: Lips look fuller and plumper after applying this high-shine, vibrant lip gloss.


Formulation Type: 
Lip Gloss


Benefits: Plumping


What Else You Need to Know: High-shine lip gloss enriched with moisturizing sunflower seed oil, ginger root oil, and peppermint oil. Helps hydrate and plump up lips with each application.

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