Category: lips

PANGEA ORGANICS Lip Balm

You won’t find me without Lip Balm and now you won’t find me without: THE BALM. I admit, I have every variation:

  • Pyrenees Lavender With Cardamom
  • Italian Red Mandarin With Rose
  • Egyptian Fennel With Grapefruit & Sweet Orange

They sound exotic (and a bit frightening) but the scent is tame.  I love that each scent comes with a description of its qualities:

  • Pyrenees Lavender With Cardamom: healing, calming, antioxidant, reviving
  • Italian Red Mandarin With Rose: soothing, vitamin-rich, hydrating and protecting
  • Egyptian Fennel With Grapefruit & Sweet Orange: antioxidant, euphoric, soothing, vitamin-rich

I keep the Egyptian by my desk, the Italian in my kitchen and Pyrenees by my bed.  It, honestly, does not have a waxy texture, but does feature bees-wax.  I can attest to the absorption of the ingredients, as my lips have improved in dryness. And such a bonus it is organic.

CHANEL Levres Scintillantes Glossimer

I just cannot get onto this bandwagon.  I know they are iconic and adored, but I find the wear of these glosses, well, annoying.  First, they are too frosty for me.  I prefer a gloss that highlights the lips and looks more authentic.  The shine is really sticky and there is no way I could wear my long hair down – one little breeze and half my hear would be stuck to my lips.  This is probably due to the advertised gel texture. Honestly, the Revlon glosses are much better, in my opinion, and at a much more palatable price point!

Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss

Chic packaging, great colors and totally affordable.  I couldn’t wait to try this gloss that seemed to offer it all. When I pulled it out this weekend, my friend thought it was Chanel because the packaging is so similar. The lighter shades are sheer but add just a touch of color.  The darker shades are relatively pigmented for a gloss, but still has great staying power.  The consistency is not sticky and really moisturizing.  I don’t need lipbalm for hours after I apply the lip-gloss even if the color has faded slightly.

My favorite colors:

  • Color 900 is a bright blush pink and appears subtle but springy
  • Color 022 has just enough orange to honor spring trends, but is neutral and sheer enough to compliment all skin tones
  • Color 008 is a very sheer rose

MAC Lipstick Lady Danger

Now that I am fully embracing the red lip, I turned to the uber-knowledgeable Sarah of @StyleIT for a recommendation.  She came through with the boldest, yet most complimentary shade of red I have found.  MAC Lady Danger can, at first, be a shock of color for a fair-complected girl like me.  But I can’t tell you how many compliments I got when I wore it out.  It took a dose of courage at first (and the help of MAC lipliner in Cherry), but the effect was a matte, bold lip that really worked. 

Dior RougeLiner Automatic Lip Liner

Sometimes with pigmented glosses, I need a little lip liner.  One of my mom’s golfing buddies recommended this pencil: “It stays on the whole 18 holes!” – translation: five hours of wear even in the hot sun.  I fill in my whole lip with these creamy liners and when the gloss wears off, I am left with a long-lasting neutral lip.  I also love traveling with these because you don’t need a sharpener.   Right now I am using Carmel but am tempted to pick up Spicy Pink for the spring.  A word of warning: I found mine at Sephora, but they are rarely in stock so be prepared to hunt around.

NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencils

I am most certainly a lip gloss girl (rather than a lipstick girl).  And I loved the idea of delivering a gloss in pencil form.  NARS took a fan favorite Velvet Matte Lip Pencil and added luminosity – while the Velvet Matte are said to offer a lipstick look, I think the Velvet Gloss gives a gloss look with amazing staying power.  My hair doesn’t get stuck in the product (big issue for gloss-lovers with long hair).  Frivolous offers that pale pink that is big for the spring. And I love that the pencil format allows for tons of control in application.