{"id":27864,"date":"2026-04-04T00:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/?p=27864"},"modified":"2026-04-04T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:38:53","slug":"welcome-to-the-age-of-the-no-liner-lip-liner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/?p=27864","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Age of the No-Liner Lip Liner"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Beauty is full of contradictions. No-makeup-makeup, the naked manicure\u2014the trends of yore are meant to look like you\u2019re not wearing anything at all (even though you most definitely are). The allure of the no-liner lip liner is its undetectability.<\/p>\n

These are the pencils I reach for when I want to subtly amplify my lips\u2019 fullness\u2014no needles required\u2014and achieve a result so natural, some might suspect I\u2019ve opted for filler. The true test is simple: After applying any pencil in my collection, do my lips merely look a bit plumper, or is the liner itself obvious? (This nuance is especially important for me, as I have a double lip line where my natural lip pigment doesn\u2019t extend all the way to the border.) I consider myself something of an authority here, having spent years perfecting my lineup of natural-looking lip liners.<\/p>\n

While playful experimentation is certainly on the rise, no-liner lip liners remain essential in frequent rotation as the perfect complement to a bold, smoky eye or a pop of blue shadow<\/a> when you want the lips to stay understated. Trust me: as someone who\u2019s never subscribed to the clean girl aesthetic, I know their value firsthand.<\/p>\n

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Vogue<\/em>\u2019s Favorite Natural-Looking Lip Liners<\/h2>\n
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Westman Atelier Lip Shape Lip Liner<\/p>\n

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Wonderskin 360 Contour Lip Liner<\/p>\n

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Dior Rouge Dior Contour Lip Liner<\/p>\n

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The rise of the subtle lip liner is certainly a departure from the more contrasting liner looks of the early aughts and 2010s\u2014which can admittedly be intimidating for everyday wear. The 2020s, however, has found resonance with makeup as a form subtle enhancements. Think: natural skin-tone shades for contoured over contrasted pouts, and even blurred finishes; as evidenced by one of my favorite 2025 debuts from Merit.<\/p>\n

\u201cLip liner felt like a category ripe for our particular brand of disruption\u2013a classic product with pain points that tend to make it intimidating for the average consumer,\u201d Merit\u2019s chief marketing officer Aila Morin tells Vogue<\/em>. The idea of their new lip liner is that its incredibly easy to use, designed with versatility in mind. \u201cOur sheer liner is truly impossible to mess up, no matter how much you feel you don\u2019t know how to do makeup. It\u2019s more forgiving and easier to play with\u2013you can outline, overline, or fill in lips entirely\u2013there\u2019s no wrong way to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since, two of my favorite makeup artists\u2014Mary Philips and Katie Jane Hughes\u2014have launched their own options that became instant makeup bag staples. Phillips\u2019s peptide-packed wooden pencil and Hughes\u2019s retractable chubby liner require no professional artist\u2019s touch to master\u2014both aiming to enhance the natural lip shape. Other options by Rhode, Refy, and Dior which instead of the sheer color provided by Merit\u2014which celebrity makeup artist Joel Vasquez describes as a translucent finish by softly outlining the lips while enhancing your natural lip color\u2014lean into the contoured finish; which, per Vasquez, work \u201cto add depth and shape, emulating natural shadows to achieve fuller, more defined lips without noticeable lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Beauty is full of contradictions. No-makeup-makeup, the naked manicure\u2014the trends of yore are meant to look like you\u2019re not wearing anything at all (even though you most definitely are). The allure of the no-liner lip liner is its undetectability. These…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunthow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}