I’m a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant, and this is what I recommend to my clients.
If your skin is light to medium, you’ll like the lipstick called “apricot glaze.” It’s not pink or mauve. If your skin is olive to dark, you’ll like the lipstick called “gingerbread.” It’s also not pink or mauve. Both of these colors are neutral, and they give your lips presence without standing out too much.
As for long-wearing, here goes…
Start by forgetting about so-called “long-wearing” lip colors. Even the ones that come with gloss don’t work. They either smear off on the gloss tube or crack off on the gloss tube. And the color itself is very drying. Not good. For real long-wearing lip color, follow these steps:
1) Use lip balm every single day. Put it on in the morning and then at night before bedtime.
2) Once or twice a month, use a lip mask to exfoliate and then apply lip balm. Do this before bedtime so that the balm has a chance to really penetrate.
3) When putting on your makeup, use lip balm before putting on anything else. If your lips feel wet, blot with a tissue.
4) Lightly dab on one thin layer of lipstick and blot with a tissue. Lightly dab on another thin layer of lipstick and blot with a tissue. Dab on a third layer and blot with a tissue. Finally, dab on a fourth layer.
I use all of these tricks myself, and I’ve come home from weddings and other events with color on my lips even after all the eating and drinking, and with no touch-ups.
If your favorite lip color is bright (like red) or dark, follow the steps above, but before applying lipstick, use a neutral lipliner to fill your lips with color and anchor the lipstick (do NOT just outline the lips), and use a lipbrush to apply the lipstick layers.
Enjoy.
