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Hi BIC!
A lot of us have talked about our huge lipstick collections, and with the passing of another National Lipstick Day, I took stock of mine. I have about 200 lipsticks and glosses and realized, I only wear about 20 of them! So I'm challenging myself (and whoever else wants to join) to use more of them. I'm going to try to wear a different lipstick every day for the next 100 days.
I really like it. It just needs a lot a reapplying. Not a bad thing at its price point. @Weetart
Continuing my gloss gauntlet with 2 wear tests today.
Lipstick no. 177: Julep Ultra Hydrating Lip Gloss in Boss.
Who knows how long I’ve had this, but it can’t stay in my collection. It has that molasses application feel, and I had to dip in at least 4 times to get a single coat per lip. Good thing it has a large doe foot, otherwise it would’ve taken ages to spread this stuff across my lips. Once applied, I felt like I was wearing 10 coats of Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask topped with candle wax. And the color payoff was really disappointing for such a bold-in-the-tube gloss. And it was goopy between my lips. Nopity nope. I wiped it off immediately after taking this photo. Removal was not easy: it was so heavy and sticky, I had to use a lip scrub to get all that residue (not color, just that yucky feel) off my lips.
178: Kevyn Aucoin The Molten Lip Color in Bronze.
This feels so much better! I’m still wearing it and I can feel it on my lips, but it’s not an obnoxiously heavy feel, more like midweight. It has the same level of stickiness as Fenty Gloss Bomb, which I don’t think is terrible at all. It wears off the innermost side of my bottom lip in graceful ombré fashion; that combined with this particular bronze shade makes it look lovely on me. A cup of coffee made it feather, so it needs a liner or primer barrier to prevent that. I need to compare this to my Lancôme L’Absolu Lacquer bronze before deciding whether or not to keep both.
Really beautiful shade (2 nd) @WinglessOne . Bronze and shinny suits you. Hee hee: the caption of the first photo made me laugh! I hate that feeling some gloss have (and I got to admit I stopped looking for a good one. Here we go: I've thrown the baby with the bathwater! 😝).
Thanks @MlleJuju! There are some great glosses out there, now that brands are starting to create lighter weight formulas. They don’t all feel like thick melted wax anymore. 🙂 So far, no gloss has outperformed my beloved L’Absolu Lacquers, but there are good contenders! Julep ain’t one of ‘em.
@WinglessOne Well, I'm gonna have to look for them then! 😀
Love the Kevyn Aucoin on you @WinglessOne very flattering color. Too bad the other was such a failure
@WinglessOne overly thick lip glosses are the worst feeling! Too bad because its a nice color on you!
Thanks @Kim888! I probably should’ve expected a super thick feel since that gloss is called “ultra hydrating” but good grief. 😂
Ooh, they are both nice on you, but the bronze is fab! @WinglessOne
I wore my KA Molten again the other day (the dark one...Carbon iirc? Too lazy to go look at it lol) and it feathered a bit on me too. I seem to recall it doing the same when I wore it for my test here a few months back as well, but I have nothing even close to it and I love the color, so it's a tentative keeper for me for now, even though a primer or liner isn't really something I'm willing to do very often. For the right shade, I guess I can make it work every now and again lol.
I am curious how close that is to Vertige; it looks like it might be a smidge lighter, but it's always hard to tell from one pic, especially when I'm comparing it solely to my memory 😂
That Julep looks lovely on you; too bad the formula is so terrible!
@RGbrown Oh, Vertige is definitely darker and, on me, more red based. Compared to Vertige, this Bronze gloss looks like a new copper penny, especially in warmer lighting. Comparison time!
This photo confirms my decision to keep Bronze, as long as I can stop the feathering. I also have Carbon but haven’t worn it for this challenge yet.Carbon’s more temperamental for me, but I’ll wear it soon without a balm base. That might fix its attitude problem. The things we do to make certain shades work. 😂
Huh, I don’t think I’ve worn Vertige for this challenge yet, either. Note to self!
@WinglessOne Eeee😬 no thank you to waxy formulas. It looks pretty but not worth that horrible feeling.
@heartsmyface It was so uncomfy! I know some folks love that super thick balm/mask coated feeling on their lips, but not me. A friend of mine sleeps wearing at least 4 layers of the Laneige lip mask for that reason and I think she’s nuts. 😂 I do a single layer, tops—and I’m the one who can’t wear 95% of liquid mattes!
Boo to bad gloss @WinglessOne. I like the bronze.
@WinglessOne love your very descriptive thoughts. Candle wax on my lips no thanks!