The Best South Korean Beauty Lip Tints Perfect For Instagram

South Korea’s beauty game is top notch. In recent years, K-beauty has become so mainstream stateside that even our drugstores have robust sections for it. But for all the essences and ampoules, sleeping packs and cushion compacts, getting your hands on some real (and not inspired!) South Korean makeup is harder than it looks.

And you need the real deal if you’re going to accomplish the popsicle-perfect stained lips of Pony or any of the other Korean makeup influencers on Instagram. You’ve been seeing them too, right? K-beauty lip tint swatches make up about a third of my explore page, tied with pictures of food and jewelry I can’t afford. It turns out, ‘lip tint’ is about as catch-all a phrase as ‘lipstick’: some lip tints are matte, some are shiny, some are meant to be buffed out, and some leave a stain that lasts all day.

Ahead, I tried out dozens of lip tints to find your perfect match.