Rare Beauty has more lip products around the oil, and the Soft Pinch Lip Oil Stick is the easiest to carry. It is a three-in-one that treats like an oil, shines like a gloss and gives buildable color, with apple seed oil and comfortable wear for up to 12 hours. Wish is a bright coral, Dream is a mauve, Muse is a nude beige and Embrace is a warm brown. Muse is the one I would hand to someone who says they never wear color.

The Positive Light Luminizing Lip Gloss is a different mood. It is nonsticky, with prismatic shimmer and glass-like shine. Dazzle is a sheer blue with multicolored shimmer, and Beam is a peachy coral with gold and pink pearl. Layer either over a stick for sparkle.

The Find Comfort Lip Butter Balm in Friendly is a muted caramel with a subtle vanilla scent, and it works as a daytime balm or an overnight mask. Rare Beauty suggests tracing your Cupid's bow with the rounded tip.

Kind Words Lip Liner in Gifted is a deep reddish brown, and Rare Beauty says it is waterproof and smudge- and transfer-proof. Rare Beauty recommends filling in with a Soft Pinch Lip Oil Stick, so Embrace over Gifted is a natural match.

What I would skip: the shimmer gloss on bare lips if you want a quiet look. It is made to be seen, so use it as the top layer on purpose.

Other brands make a tinted lip oil, and they land in different places. Clarins Lip Comfort Hydrating Oil in 01 Honey is clear, with sweetbriar rose, jojoba and hazelnut and a plush applicator. Clarins suggests wearing it before bed, after you remove makeup. MERIT Shade Slick in Marrakech is a soft peach with a high-shine finish, and Summer Fridays Dream Lip Oil in Blush Dreams is a sheer blush made with nine oils. Gisou Honey Infused Hydrating Lip Oil in Cherry Chocolate uses Mirsalehi honey and bee garden oils.

For a little more edge, MILK MAKEUP KUSH in Green Dragon is sage and peppermint with a clear tint, and it uses hemp seed oil. Haus Labs PhD Hybrid Tinted Lip Oil in Tint is a sheer pink with vegan collagen and prickly pear oil. NARS Afterglow in 500 Faraway is an apricot tea shade, and BOB BEAUTE The Oil in Gloss in Soft Pink is a vegan formula with a sheer, buildable tint.

A layering idea: a Rare Beauty Soft Pinch oil in Delight underneath, then a clear oil like the Clarins on top for a shine that does not change the color.

What I would skip: layering the KUSH in Green Dragon over another gloss. It is meant to be a sheer, clear-tinted oil on its own, so let it be the only shine.

Choose the finish before the shade. If you want a light stain, start with Soft Pinch oil. If you want more color in one swipe, use the Lip Oil Stick. If you want shine you can see from across a room, use a Positive Light gloss or a clear oil from the last grid.

For shade, look at your favorite blush. Gomez says the oils were made to complement the blush shades, so a warm blush goes with Serenity or Joy and a cooler one with Happy or Wonder. Keep a balm like Friendly for nights, and save the oil for daytime color.