lip gloss

American  

Or lipgloss

noun

1. a cosmetic used to give shine, and often a tint, to the lips.

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lip gloss British  

noun

1. a cosmetic preparation applied to the lips to give a sheen

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Etymology

Origin of lip gloss

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Buying in — the right lip gloss, the right sneakers, the right acne medication — was all that was required.

From Salon

She can munch on pizza made out of molten lava, or apply snowflakes and cotton candy as lip gloss.

From BBC

There are also those who argue that instead of lipstick or its shinier cousin, lip gloss, which had a cultural moment in the late 1990s and early aughts and has enjoyed a return to popularity in recent years, a more relevant beauty marker today would be nail polish, as the popularity of nail art has been soaring.

From MarketWatch

Hailey Bieber’s Rhode brand had just debuted at Sephora, drawing crowds eager to take selfies and try on lip gloss.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ‘90s are back with a vengeance. Low-rise jeans, frosty lip gloss, baguette bags, fur boots — the whole Y2K closet has been ripped open and dumped all over TikTok. Gen-Z has been single-handedly keeping the eBay reseller market alive. And now that drinks trends are starting to catch up to fashion, the Cosmo’s younger, more “phone-eats-first” cousins have followed.

From Salon