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Maybelline Lifter Lip Liner.

About this product

A smooth, creamy lip liner pencil available in multiple shades, designed to define and enhance the lips.

Full ingredients

Isododecane, Synthetic Wax, Polybutene, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Sucrose Tetrastearate Triacetate, Isoamyl Laurate, Silica, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Cetearyl Behenate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Kaolin, Trihydroxystearin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Colophonium/​Rosin/​Colophane

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Guru Score

87%

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4 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

The pencil glides on so smoothly and gently that it barely feels like anything on the lip, earning consistent praise for its effortless application. The shade range wins real fans too, with reviewers calling out specific colors and noting there is genuinely something for most people across roughly ten options. Both gurus who have tried them rate these among the best drugstore lip liners available.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take August 2025

What they liked

  • Glides on smoothly and gently
  • Stays put after it sets
  • Creamy texture adds dimension to lips

What they flagged

  • Requires a light hand or will break

Type

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Abbey Yung
Abbey Yung
886k subs
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"This is just the most insanely amazing lip liner I've tried in the longest time, my number one favorite lip liner. The first shade I have is Line Leader, a rosy pink, and the second [...] is Big Lift, a deeper, cooler, mauvier shade. Unlike a traditional lip liner, these are not dry or pencily, so they're not going to tug at your lips, they're softer and creamier."
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"This is just the most insanely amazing lip liner I've tried in the longest time, my number one favorite lip liner. The first shade I have is Line Leader, a rosy pink, and the second [...] is Big Lift, a deeper, cooler, mauvier shade. Unlike a traditional lip liner, these are not dry or pencily, so they're not going to tug at your lips, they're softer and creamier."
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"These liners are soft and creamy so they don't have that really gross dry tuggy pencil feel, but they are so long lasting. They dry down tacky so they literally do not budge. I don't understand how that formula works, [...] but it's incredible, this is unreal."
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"This new drugstore lip liner is freaking amazing, unbelievable, super pigmented, creamy and comfortable, and it sticks, you can feel the tack once it dries down, so it does not budge. Her shades are Line Leader and Big Lift, and while she thinks it's a nice variety, she hopes Maybelline releases even lighter shades since she'd buy every light one they made."
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"I was super excited to see that they're doing bundles of their lifter gloss and new lifter liners. I immediately fell in love with these. They literally stick on your lips, they don't budge, they are so impressive. If you watched my massive lip stain showdown, then you will know that I love, love, love them."
Robert Welsh
Robert Welsh
1.11M subs
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"That Glides smoothly like I hardly even felt that on my lip. That is a really beautiful pencil that Glides on so smoothly so gently. [...] I'm very very impressed. I have quite a few shades of these. Do I think this is overhyped? I do not. I actually think that's really beautiful. That's really nice."
AliceintheRabbitHole
AliceintheRabbitHole
59k subs
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"This is the Maybelline Lifter Liner in the shade Line Leader. I actually thought I was going to hate it the first time I tried it because [...] it is so absurdly creamy, so you have to have a light hand or it is going to break on you. I also thought there was no way it would stay on since it feels like a lipstick, [...] but even though it goes on super creamy, once you wait a few minutes and let it set, [...] it does not move. It floored me."
Allie Glines
Allie Glines
829k subs
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"The Maybelline Lifter Lip Liners are by far my favorite lip liners at the drugstore. These are so beautiful. The shade range is incredible. My personal favorites are On It and Big Lift, which are number seven. [...] Big Lift has that beautiful kind of mauvey undertone, and then [...] On It is also so pretty. I really really love both these colors so much, but you really can't go wrong with any of them. They come in I think 10 shades. [...] They're so good though, I really love them."
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"I've got a couple lip liner options to choose from here. I'm kind of deciding between this Maybelline Lifter Liner which has a slightly more rosy tone to it or the Sephora liner in the shade Dressed to the '90s which is a little bit more brown. I'm honestly thinking I'm going to go with the first one. [...] This is the Maybelline Lifter Liner in the shade Big Lift. I feel like fall makeup blends itself to great lip combos so I'm going to go a little heavier on the lip liner."
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"The Maybelline Lifter Lip Liners are by far my favorite lip liners at the drugstore. These are so beautiful. The shade range is incredible. My personal favorites are On It and Big Lift, which are number seven. [...] Big Lift has that beautiful kind of mauvey undertone, and then [...] On It is also so pretty. I really really love both these colors so much, but you really can't go wrong with any of them. They come in I think 10 shades. [...] They're so good though, I really love them."
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"Diese sind so unglaublich. [...] Die Formel ist fantastisch."
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"I'm really excited to try more of the Maybelline lip liners. [...] I just feel like cool tone lip liners no matter what lipstick you're wearing, even if it's a bright one or a warmer one, I just like having a little bit of a sculpt to the lips anyway. I love how my look turned out."
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"I am so thankful for the Maybelline Lifter Liners, this is one that I fell in love with this year and I really really love the formula. These dry down very fast."
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"I have the Maybelline Lifter Lip Liner and this stuff is so, the color out of this world is so pretty. I just love a good cool tone lip liner because I feel like it just sculpts out the lips like nothing else."
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"I'll usually just take a lip liner. Today, I'm going to use this Maybelline Lifter Liner in the shade Line Leader. We'll just do a nice little line and partial fill with this."
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"This one is from Maybelline, it's called Lifter Lip Liner. I just barely got this and I just love how closely it matches my lip color. I feel like lip liner is something I prioritize in a 5 minute look. I just think it makes things look more polished."
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"Big Lift, another one of my favorite colors. [...] This is a little bit more mauve brown versus the other one before that's a little more on the pink side. [...] If you like mauves you need this one, it's so pretty. This one is just like the perfect lip liner that kind of gives that shape and structure and a more glamorous look for me. [...] Fine Line seems to be more of like a wine color with a hint of berry in it, like it's a muted raspberry."
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"To me I feel like you need all of them if you have a similar taste in lip liners. [...] Shade five is what I have all over the lips today, I love that for more like a nude look. Then we have shade Line Leader, which I love for more of an everyday look because this just kind of enhances my natural lip color really beautifully. It's very soft and subtle. And then Big Lift is gorgeous for those cool-toned lip looks. These are by far my faves. [...] The formula is insane, it's to die for."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Maybelline Lifter Lip Liner?

A smooth, creamy lip liner pencil available in multiple shades, designed to define and enhance the lips.

Is Maybelline Lifter Lip Liner worth it?

Yes. All 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 87%.

What is Maybelline Lifter Lip Liner's Guru Score?

Maybelline Lifter Lip Liner holds a Guru Score of 87%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

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