HotandFlashy has put more than 40 lip products to the test, and her approval rate sits at 73%. Most things she tries she ends up liking, which makes her skips all the more telling. She covers everything from everyday lip liners to overnight treatments, and she is especially clear about what actually keeps lips comfortable versus what just promises to.
What does HotandFlashy recommend in lip?
When she loves a lip product, it tends to check a few consistent boxes. Hydration that lasts is the big one. She raves about the Lineage Lip Sleeping Mask for keeping her lips soft through the night, and she praised the Anastasia Beverly Hills Satin Lipstick in Taupe Beige specifically because it does not settle into lip lines or dry things out. That last point comes up again and again. She also rated the Maybelline SuperStay Vinyl Ink Lipstick highly for staying put all day without that tight, cracked feeling a lot of long-wear formulas leave behind. Texture matters to her too. She was drawn to products with a creamy, smooth feel, like the MAC Glossy Lip Liner, which she called so creamy with a very fine point.
Hot and Flashy's lip product picks, in her words
"For a lip liner, the best one that I tried over the last couple of months was this Glossy Lip Liner from MAC. It's [...] so creamy, with a very fine point. This shade is Velvet Teddy, it's just a beautiful neutral. I [...] really, really love this lip liner."
"This is the Anastasia satin lipstick. This is literally one of my all-time favorite lipsticks. Can you tell I have five of them in five different shades? [...] This is the most gorgeous lipstick. Comes in the most gorgeous colors. The shade I'm wearing it in today is called taupe beige. Mauvey nude, not too brown. Oh, I love this so much. [...] They're so comfortable. They're so hydrating. Your lips never feel dried out with that. It's a fantastic one."
"I use every single night of my life and that is my Lineage Lip Sleeping Mask this is the best overnight lip moisturizer. I just butter up my lips with this at night and when I wake up in the morning it's still there. This really keeps my lips hydrated and feeling comfortable especially this time of year but I do use it all year round."
"The Too Faced Lip Injection is spicy. If you love a good lip tingle, if that's really your jam, it's mine. I love it. This [...] one will actually give you a little bit of a plump. It's one of my all-time favorite lip plumpers."
"I bought this one during Prime Day last year so exactly a year ago I'm not even finished yet I haven't even hit the bottom yet. It's about two-thirds of the way used so I still have like another third of the year to go with that."
"One of my favorites is their vinyl ink lip color. I'm wearing this one today. This one is called Charmed. It's a beautiful lip color. It's really longwearing. It's not drying."
How many lip products has HotandFlashy reviewed?
HotandFlashy has reviewed 48 lip products, for an approval rate of 73%. 35 approved, 7 mixed, and 6 skipped.
What has HotandFlashy skipped in lip?
The products she skipped tended to underdeliver on exactly what they promised. The NYX Lip Lingerie Lip Liner Stain was supposed to stain; she found it barely lasted five hours. The Ordinary Squalane + Amino Acids Lip Balm looked promising but she said it actually dried her lips out rather than hydrating them. The L'Oreal Plump Ambition Hyaluronic Lip Oil missed on staying power and hydration both. It is worth noting that most of what she tried earned her approval; these misses were genuinely the exception.
"I don't like anything going on on this side of my face. I have combo skin so I am oily through the T-Zone but not super oily, just a little bit through the T-Zone. I have some dry patches around my mouth and my temples and the rest of my face is fairly normal. I tried the Aquaphor concealer hack three days in a row just wanting to make this work, but for me I could just never get it to work no matter what I tried. I don't love it by itself with my regular stuff. I don't love it with this."
"I love the packaging. It is so adorable, and I thought it was going to be like the most hydrating, the most nourishing lip balm. Oh boy. It is just not. Sadly, there just wasn't much that I liked about this. Putting it on, it just goes on like so thick and weird on the lips. I just didn't enjoy it. I didn't feel like it gave me any kind of hydration. I felt like it actually dried out my lips by the time it was off. My lips were so dry and I was running for my regular lip hydrator."
"I just didn't feel like it really stained my lips that much and it wasn't as longwearing and it wasn't as hydrating as I wanted it to be."
"Was not impressed with this at all. I had trouble getting it on and it just definitely didn't last even for 5 hours. It's supposed to be a stain. It didn't stain."
What should you take from HotandFlashy's picks?
If you are looking to shop her record on lip products, her named winners are a strong place to start. The NYX Duck Plump Plumping Lip Liner earned her top pick for liners, and the Anastasia Beverly Hills Satin Lipstick in Taupe Beige is the lipstick she calls her favourite right now. Her through-line is clear: she is after products that genuinely hydrate and hold their place, without drying the lips down or bleeding into fine lines.
Watch HotandFlashy say it
Every verdict here comes from a video. These are the moments themselves, each one jumping straight to the bit about that product.
- NYX Duck Plump Plumping Lip LinerNamed a winnerWatch at 2:31
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Satin Lipstick in Taupe BeigeNamed a winnerWatch at 27:52
- Lineage Lip Sleeping MaskNamed a winnerWatch at 11:17
- Maybelline SuperStay Vinyl Ink LipstickNamed a winnerWatch at 19:52
- Maybelline Color Sensational Shaping Lip LinerNamed a winnerWatch at 9:21
- MAC Glossy Lip LinerNamed a winnerWatch at 3:58
- Aquaphor Lip Repair StickSkipped itWatch at 12:49
- The Ordinary Squalane + Amino Acids Lip BalmSkipped itWatch at 9:28
- L'Oreal Plump Ambition Hyaluronic Lip OilSkipped itWatch at 20:53
- NYX Lip Lingerie Lip Liner StainSkipped itWatch at 22:08
- Lawless Forget the Filler Lip Plumping GlossSkipped itWatch at 13:17
- RMS Beauty Legendary Lip Oil in ChameleonSkipped itWatch at 11:53
- Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Lip GlossRated itWatch at 28:42
- Laneige Lip Glowy BalmRated itWatch at 3:28
- YSL Loveshine Plumping Lip Oil GlossRated itWatch at 7:07
- e.l.f. Pout Clout Lip Plumping PenRated itWatch at 3:42
- NYX Line Loud Lip LinerRated itWatch at 25:56
- Dr. Dennis Gross DermInfusions Plump + Repair Lip TreatmentRated itWatch at 18:40
- Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stick in Blazed DonutRated itWatch at 1:30
- Westman Atelier Baby Cheeks Lip and Cheek Cream Blush Stick in PetalRated itWatch at 7:10
- Supergoop Glow Gloss SPF 40 Lip BalmRated itWatch at 7:08
- ColourPop So Juicy Plumping Gloss BalmRated itWatch at 3:42
- ColourPop Fresh Kiss Glossy Lip Balm in Caramel LatteRated itWatch at 7:23
- Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Lip ShaperRated itWatch at 15:33
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This guide reflects what HotandFlashy said across her videos about 48 products in lip, aggregated by The Guru Index. Sponsored takes are excluded. The approval rate is the share of these products she approved. It is general information, not medical advice.