100 Days of Lipstick Challenge

[snoflakefaerie]

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. 

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Day 1: ColourPop Matte Liquid Lipstick in Tulle
Day 2: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Shimmer Patina
Day 3: Kat von D Studded Kiss in Babe
Day 4: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Cookie
Day 5: Urban Decay Matte Revolution in Tilt
Day 6: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Tabloid
Day 7: treStique Matte Lip Crayon in Florence Fig
Day 8: Bite High Pigment Pencil in Corvina
Day 9: MUFE Rouge Artist Intense in 36
Day 10: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Fig
Day 11: Spehora Collection LipsStories in 21 Pineapple Express
Day 12: NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment in Low Rider
Day 13: Smashbox Always On Metallic Matte in XO, Vlada
Day 14: Kat von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Halo
Day 15: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Chutney
Day 16: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Chai
Day 17: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche LIpstick in Sweet Cream
Day 18: Bite Beauty Creme Lip Gloss in Peacock Pearl
Day 19: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Beetroot
Day 20: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Pepper
Day 21: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick and Creme Lip Gloss in Gold
Day 22: Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Bon Bon
Day 23: Tarte Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paint in Yaassss
Day 24: Lala & Co Lip Lube in Stranger Danger
Day 25: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Brunch
Day 26:Buxom Big & Sexy Bold Gel Lipstick in Pink Decoy
Day 27: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Flambe
Day 28: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Cruz
Day 29: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Tuxedo
Day 30: ColourPop Ultra Metallic Lip in Maneater
Day 31: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Cheers
Day 32: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Brills
Day 33: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Heart On
Day 34: ColourPop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Be-Dazzled
Day 35: ColourPop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Lychee
Day 36: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Wildfire
Day 37: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Famous
Day 38: Sephora Collection Rouge Infusion Lip Stain in Peony
Day 39: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Fig
Day 40: Tarte Tarteist Quick Dry Matte Lip Paint in Rose
Day 41: Tom Ford in Indian Rose
Day 42: Pixi Shea Butter Lip Balm in Scarlet Sorbet (I think)
Day 43: Benefit Lolli Balm in Candy Orchid (only one shade)
Day 44: The Beauty Crop PBJ Smoothie Stick in Raisin the Roof
Day 45: Pacifica Power of Love Powerful Natural Lipstick in Nudie Red
Day 46: Cailyn Art Touch Tinted Lip Gloss in Basic Instinct
Day 47: Huda Beauty Lip Strobe in Snobby
Day 48: J Cat Wonder Lip Paint in Mad Splatter
Day 49: Trust Fund Beauty Lipgasm Liquid Lipstick in K, Bye
Day 50: Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer in Sweet Pop
Day 51: Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Creme in Wonder
Day 52: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Wrath
Day 53: Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Anarchy
Day 54: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Mad
Day 55: Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Bad Blood
Day 56: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Amulet
Day 57: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Double Crossed
Day 58: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Lovedrunk
Day 59: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Lotus Root
Day 60: Marc Jacobs Le Marc Lip Creme in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Day 61: Buxom Full-On Lip Cream in Berry Blast
Day 62: L'Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Gloss in Rebel Rose
Day 63: Dose of Colors Matte Liquid Lipstick in Campfire
Day 64: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Primrose
Day 65: Colour Pop Matte Lippie Stix in Frenchie 
Day 66: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Cancer
Day 67: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Big Bang
Day 68: INC.redible Listen Hard Girl Real Neon Lip Paint in She's Arrived
Day 69: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Nori
Day 70: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Spiced Plum
Day 71: Smashbox Be Legendary Liquid Metal Liptstick in Foiled Brat
Day 72: Sephora Collection Lipstories in 14 Twolips
Day 73: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Backtalk
Day 74: Too Faced Melted Matte in Gingerbread Man
Day 75: ColourPop Matte Lippie Stix in Lady
Day 76: NARS Audacious Lipstick in Jane
Day 77: Urban Decay Revolution Matte Lipstick in Menace
Day 78: Smashbox Be Legendary Liquid Lipstick in Girl, Please
Day 79: Kat von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Saint
Day 80: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Inspiration
Day 81: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Violate
Day 82: Kat von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in La Femme
Day 83: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Holly
Day 84: Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Lipstick in Firebird
Day 85: Urban Decay Matte Revolution in Bittersweet
Day 86: Bite Beauty High Pigment Lip Pencil in Chablis
Day 87: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Pickled Ginger
Day 88: Bite Beauty Creme Delux Lipstick in LLLR 010 (Boysenberry)
Day 89: Bite Beauty Creme Lip Gloss in Rose Pearl (w/ 090 lip liner)
Day 90: Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick in Driver's Seat
Day 91: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Scorpio
Day 92: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Sagittarius
Day 93: Kat von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Ozzy
Day 94: Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick in Holly
Day 95: NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment in Get Up Stand Up
Day 96: Smashbox Always On Metallic Matte in Maneater
Day 97: Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Full Panic
Day 98: Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Elson
Day 99: Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Obsessed!
Day 100: Pat McGrath Labs LuxeTrance Lipstick in Pink Ultraness

[WinglessOne]

@heartsmyface  I should’ve clarified this in my original comment (I just edited it again to clarify) but: when I say I won’t support a beauty brand, I usually mean I won’t financially support them. If I have a problem with a brand for whatever reason—the way they treat their customers, super shady behavior, beliefs or behavior of the brand founder, etc.—I choose not to give them my money. Other folks can still love on the brand’s products if they want because “it’s just makeup,“ but I choose to personally not help the brand profit. That’s just how I roll. 🤷‍♀️ I realize it’s not how everyone else operates. I don’t automatically assume all customers of a problematic-to-me brand condone said brand’s behavior. I just always feel obligated to post that disclaimer because of all the times I’ve been bullied (outside BIC) for daring to mention I don’t support certain brands. 😄 

ANYway... yeah, I’m a bit confused by the new KVD brand approach, starting with the decision to keep the “KVD” name. It’s now an acronym for something I don’t recall, other than V is now for Vegan. I wish Kendo had at least slightly changed the acronym. I realize they’re trying to keep some brand recognition but they might not need to rely as heavily on that as they think. I wonder how they’ll rebrand products as they transition through the former “Kat von D” brand name... how much tattoo reference will remain in packaging, product photos, and ads. I see they’re currently kinda going with a “rebel” theme so... huh. 

[SchylarR]

YAS YAS YAS YAAAAAAS GIRL!!! These swatches are AMAZING!!! I am LOVING IT!!! 😄Thank you for posting, they are super helpful!!! @2manyperfumes 

[2manyperfumes]

Thank you so much @SchylarR 🥰, I tried to give the photos a gothic vibe.  🦇🌹

[SchylarR]

Love love love!!! 🤗 @2manyperfumes 

[WinglessOne]

Lipstick 259: Gucci Rouge a Levres Mat in Valentine Verdante. Because how am I supposed to resist a potentially good dark teal lipstick? I picked up my Sephora package yesterday and couldn’t wait to test this shade, so I wore it last night. 

Gucci Rouge a Levres Valentine Verdante, 1 of my 2 favorite teal lipsticks. (The other is ColourPop Lux Getty.)

Mini review: 

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I bought 2 of the Gucci Rouge a Levres bullets: one matte, one satin. Haven’t put the satin one on my lips yet because I’m still super stoked about the teal. Do you know how hard it is to find a dark teal bullet that performs to my standards? And I don’t already have one with a velvet matte finish, so this fills a gap! (That’s my story, anyway. 😂) 

My only complaints about Valentine Verdante:

1. It has a mild perfume smaste (smell-taste) that, thankfully, disappears 5 minutes after application.

2. It kept wanting to create a slightly fuzzy outline during application, especially along my upper lip. I never have this problem with PMG MatteTrance bullets, which have a similar velvet matte finish. I’m tempted to cut a sharper edge into this bullet’s tip to correct the problem. Sure, I could just use a lip liner instead for a crisp outline, but I don’t use liners with bullets unless I’m doing something artistic on my lips, stopping a bleeder, or laying down a full base coat to tweak a top coat’s color. Anyway, I’ll play more with this bullet to figure out how to fix this. Maybe after enough use, it’ll submit to my will and always give me that clean line I get with other bullets. 

I love everything else about this shade. It doesn’t bleed or feather. It’s not gritty, grainy, chunky, or patchy. It applies smoothly and holds up nicely to multiple cups of coffee and water, and its weardown is a graceful gradient. I have no regrets about this purchase. 

How about a little swatch porn? Here’s Valentine Verdante compared with other teals and one of the greens in my hoard:

Top to bottom: Fenty Mattemoiselle in Turks & Caicos, ColourPop Lux in Getty, MUFE Artist Rouge in C603, Gucci Rouge a Levres in Valentine Verdante, Guerlain Rouge G in 111.

While I’m at it, here’s Guerlain Orange Fizz and Bite Hot Harissa compared with others in that shade family: 

Top to bottom: Bite Amuse Bouche in Hot Harissa, Guerlain KissKiss in Orange Fizz, Lipstick Queen Jungle Queen, Gucci Rouge a Levres in Sadie Firelight, Lina Choo The Great Artist in Raffaello. Vertical swatches are just for color reference: MAC Satin in MAC Red and MUFE Artist Rouge in C304.

[itsfi]

Those teal and green lipstick swatches are so calming to look at. 😊 Very pretty @WinglessOne! 

[WinglessOne]

Thank you @itsfi ! 

[fatimamummy]

@WinglessOne  You are queen of untraditional colours!

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @fatimamummy ! 

[Sunnysmom]

Gucci def my fav for you @WinglessOne ! Nice nice! Are you loving them? I have been wearing Myra a lot. 

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @Sunnysmom ! So far, I’ve only worn the teal one. I was going to wear Sadie Firelight today but I decided to stay home instead... I might throw it on soon just to give it a half-day wear test. 🙂 I considered buying one of the Gucci sheers as well, but couldn’t decide on a shade. I’m waiting for those to hit stores so I can swatch in person. 

If I wasn’t currently doing another declutter round of red lipsticks (I still have waaaay too many reds 🤣), I’d have bought Myra Crimson. I bet it looks great on you! 

[Sunnysmom]

It is a good one @WinglessOne you’d love it too. Agree on swatching in person because they look subtly different ! Oh I need to do that but I feel like I’m losing such good friends I can’t bear to part with them ! 😩

[lmaster]

These swatches are all beautiful @WinglessOne 

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @lmaster ! 

[heartsmyface]

@WinglessOne   I’m loving that mufe shade! 

[WinglessOne]

@heartsmyface  C603? It’s one of my favorites. 💙 Only problem with it is the stubborn stain it leaves behind after wiping it off. Fully removing it requires both a strong makeup remover and petroleum jelly, unless you don’t mind looking asphyxiated for a few hours. 😄 

[heartsmyface]

@WinglessOne   Oh no, hahah that makes me nervous!  I stain so easily!  Hahahaha,  asphyxiated is a look😂. 

speaking of lipstick remover- dang do I ever miss the Bite beauty lip wipes!   

[WinglessOne]

@heartsmyface  🤣 I swear that shade of lipstick is the only thing Lancôme Bi-Facil can’t fully remove on its own. 

I never tried Bite’s lip wipes, but now I wish I had. Though really, if a good makeup remover doesn’t work, petroleum jelly always does the job for me. 

[2manyperfumes]

Oooh you rock a teal lip the best @WinglessOne ❤️👏, love this and that you busted into it and couldn’t wait lol.  I love that it has balance between both the blue and green undertones.  All your teals are completely different.  Colourpop also caught my eye.  I also love orange fizz and Sadie firelight.

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @2manyperfumes ! Sadie Firelight is the second Gucci bullet I bought. I might wear it tomorrow. 🙂 

[heartsmyface]

I’m wearing 104 from the Merveilleuses du Ladurée Paris Rendez-vous collection.   These lipsticks are so lightweight and creamy.  I love that it feels like nothing on the lips until you press your lips together and feel creaminess.