Best overall
Rare Beauty
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush
8.5Great
A weightless, highly pigmented liquid blush where one dot is enough, now in 16 matte and dewy shades.
Blush5$25.00
Finish & Wear · Wear
Long-wear
15 products we review are built for long-wear — 33% of them complexion. The ingredients doing most of the work: vitamin e, glycerin and vitamin c. Most are made for sensitive skin, oily skin and combination skin.
How makeup looks and lasts: matte to dewy, all-day wear, sheer to full coverage.
Top rated
The long-wear podium.
The ingredients behind it
Key actives in the products that deliver long-wear — tap one for what it does and how strong the evidence is.
Often paired with
Benefits that tend to come along for the ride.
15 products
Every long-wear pick.
15 products
Best overall
Maybelline New York
Lash Sensational Sky High Washable Mascara
8.4Great
A $13.99 drugstore mascara with a bendy Flex Tower wand that creators rate for length and separation, though some find it clumpy.
Mascara5$13.99
Best overall
Maybelline New York
Super Stay Vinyl Ink Longwear Liquid Lipcolor
8.3Great
A transfer-resistant liquid lipstick promising a shiny vinyl finish and up to 16-hour wear, for under $15.
Lipstick5$13.99
Community favorite
Laura Mercier
Translucent Loose Setting Powder
8.3Great
The benchmark loose setting powder: finely milled, truly translucent and long-wearing, though it contains talc and costs $43.
Powder4$43.00
Best value
Maybelline New York
Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation
8.2Great
A $11.99 oil-free matte foundation in 40 shades that remains a go-to drugstore pick for normal to oily skin.
Foundation4$11.99
Best value
Maybelline New York
Instant Age Rewind Eraser Multi-Use Concealer
8.2Great
A $12.99 cushion-tip concealer with medium coverage and 18 shades, long a drugstore favorite for brightening under-eyes.
Concealer5$12.99
Cult favorite
NARS
Radiant Creamy Concealer
8.2Great
A cult creamy concealer with a luminous finish, buildable medium coverage and 30 shades, priced at the prestige end.
Concealer4$36.00
Cult favorite
Stila
Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner
8.1Great
A long-running marker-tip waterproof liner built for precise lines and wings, offered in 12 shades at $25.
Eyeliner5$25.00
Best value
L'Oréal Paris
Voluminous Lash Paradise Washable Mascara
8.1Great
A soft-bristle drugstore volumizer that creators keep testing as a cheaper Better Than Sex alternative, at $13.99.
Mascara5$13.99
Best value Trending
Milani
Baked Blush
8.0Great
The drugstore baked blush with a soft, multidimensional glow, relaunched in 2026 with up to 12-hour wear.
Blush4$12.99
Best value
essence
Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara
8.0Great
A $4.99 cone-brush mascara that gives a dramatic false-lash look; reviewers love the payoff but some report transfer.
Mascara5$4.99
Cult favorite
Benefit Cosmetics
Hoola Matte Bronzer
7.7Good
The long-running matte powder bronzer: soft, natural warmth with no shimmer, now in seven shades.
Bronzer5$36.00
Estée Lauder
Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation
7.6Good
The long-wear matte icon, reformulated in 2026 with 36-hour claims and skin-balancing actives; longtime fans are split on the change.
Foundation5$52.00
Cult favorite Trending
Charlotte Tilbury
Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk
7.5Good
The best-known nude-pink matte lipstick: comfortable, flattering and long-wearing, at a luxury price.
Lipstick4$37.00
Splurge
Shiseido
Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 60+
7.2Good
A luxury, invisible SPF 60+ lotion built for heat, water and sweat, with 80-minute water resistance and a steep price.
SPF 601$52.00