12 Best Long-Lasting Lipsticks of 2020 – Top-Rated Long-Wear Lip Color

Whether it’s a long day at work or a night out, you want a lipstick you can trust. And by trust, we mean a long-lasting lipstick that doesn’t dry out lips, smudge, smear, transfer, or require reapplication and constant mirror checks.

The Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty Lab regularly tests longwear lipsticks both in the Lab and with consumer testers all over the country. Over years of testing, we’ve parsed through well over 124 lipsticks and whittled down the field to the best formulas with good smudge resistance, high pigmentation, and great opacity. The final products underwent both Lab and consumer testing for color retention, transfer resistance, ease of application, overall satisfaction, and more.

In our most recent category-wide test of longwear lipstick, we disseminated 88 products, tallied responses from over 1,230 questions, and evaluated 176 images from the VISIA complexion analyzer which assesses color immediately after application and after five hours of wear. If you want your lip color to last all night, these long-lasting liquid, stick, and cream formulas are your best bets, according to our experts.