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Posted: 16 July 2007 07:12 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Have you ever bought a lipstick from the store, especially the drugstore that doesn't look the same on you as it does in the drugstore, or for some reason you are yearning for something a bit more subtle or on the other hand a bit more bold? Or do you have enough lipstick in the bottom of the container to last you a week of wear, but adore the color?

I know that some people mix their lipsticks together with vaseline or abaline or balm to create a subtler gloss or to add the good points of their lipsticks together. I tried this once with this very bold red lipcolor that was a touch too strong for my skintone, however when applied subtly would add a glow to my complexion and face. I also had a frosty candy pink with lots of sparkles that I truly despised, but I had bought it and I wanted to use it. I added this beige lipcolor that looked like a soft pink on the swatch but made me look like a corpse. I mixed it with vaseline and some almond oil to have it be a touch less tacky, and I had a perfect peachy pink lipgloss.

Along the same lines, I mixed a bronze gloss that adds a subtle glow to my lips. I mixed balm with that red color and created a natural lip tint for apple red lips for a natural glow. I mixed cream bronzer which was a touch too dark with my peachy pink gloss and created a very pretty bronzy peach color, its was more of a pigmented gloss until I mixed it with vaseline and almond oil for a tinted lip balm.

I started off mixing with my pinky and realized that alot was going to waste trying to get it off my pinky. I used a toothpick and that worked a fair bit better…

Has anybody done something similar?

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Posted: 16 July 2007 07:34 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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I do it all the time.. with vaseline and during the winter with carmex.. It's a great way to use up the rest of an old lipstick. I usually mix mine in an old contact lens case, which makes it easy to store and carry.

I haven't tried ti with almond oil.. I'm going to have to do that…

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Have you ever bought a lipstick from the store, especially the drugstore that doesn't look the same on you as it does in the drugstore, or for some reason you are yearning for something a bit more subtle or on the other hand a bit more bold? Or do you have enough lipstick in the bottom of the container to last you a week of wear, but adore the color?

I know that some people mix their lipsticks together with vaseline or abaline or balm to create a subtler gloss or to add the good points of their lipsticks together. I tried this once with this very bold red lipcolor that was a touch too strong for my skintone, however when applied subtly would add a glow to my complexion and face. I also had a frosty candy pink with lots of sparkles that I truly despised, but I had bought it and I wanted to use it. I added this beige lipcolor that looked like a soft pink on the swatch but made me look like a corpse. I mixed it with vaseline and some almond oil to have it be a touch less tacky, and I had a perfect peachy pink lipgloss.

Along the same lines, I mixed a bronze gloss that adds a subtle glow to my lips. I mixed balm with that red color and created a natural lip tint for apple red lips for a natural glow. I mixed cream bronzer which was a touch too dark with my peachy pink gloss and created a very pretty bronzy peach color, its was more of a pigmented gloss until I mixed it with vaseline and almond oil for a tinted lip balm.

I started off mixing with my pinky and realized that alot was going to waste trying to get it off my pinky. I used a toothpick and that worked a fair bit better…

Has anybody done something similar?

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Posted: 16 July 2007 01:31 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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I use carmax with my lipgloss and definitely with lipstick because I have really dry lips and I have never owned lipstick that had enough moisturizer in it for my lips. It didnt matter if it was $5 or $50. Plus it gives my lipstick a little extra shine.

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Posted: 16 July 2007 02:05 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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with almond oil, you will definitely have to be stingy with the amount, because to much makes it oily, but a drop of oil in vaseline makes the vaseline feel softer… dunno how to explain it but less tacky…

I also love it, because I'm not much of a lipstick girl… I use empty lip balm pots… it especially helps because I am a lipbalm freak… lols… does anyone ever mix sunscreen to protect their lips?

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Posted: 22 July 2007 10:34 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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I also love it, because I'm not much of a lipstick girl… I use empty lip balm pots… it especially helps because I am a lipbalm freak… lols… does anyone ever mix sunscreen to protect their lips?

I like the color of my natural lips, so I don't wear anything except for vaseline and a very basic chapstick with SPF together.

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Posted: 23 July 2007 01:21 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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lucky.... I wish I had that… I love Blistex Gentle Sense as lip balm… I adore it. And aveeno's lip balm… whatchamacallit? Also, I kind of like costco's kirkland balm (the vanilla one is best)… A cheap fix I guess. <3

Other than lipgloss and sunscreen and a touch of perfume and two swirls of MAC studio fix in the summer months to absorb the oiliness of sunscreen, I wear no real cosmetics I guess..

It perks my skincolor up when I haven't been eating enough iron and feel pale (kind of like blush), my lips when they look dry, my clothes when they look drab. Funny enough, my lips look plumper, my eyes and lashes look bigger when they already fairly big if I do say so myself, and my skin looks creamy and for some reason more perfect.

A true lipstick effect… lols

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