Lipstick
Beauty Breakdown: What to Toss and Keep This Fall
What: You don’t wear the same shoes in the summer as you do in the fall, so why would you wear the same products on your face? As the season changes, so to should your beauty routine. NYU dermatology professor Dr. Elizabeth K. Hale advises tossing out any old bottles of sunless tanners, heavy-duty sunscreens, and old lipgloss this fall, and instead packing your beauty bag full of tinted moisturizer, oil-free sunscreen, and lip balm with SPF.
What Dr. Hale Says:
“If you want to sustain a healthy glow into fall, better to use a tinted moisturizer. Or, invest in a new bottle of sunless tanner for more intense color. With either choice, make sure you also apply sunscreen. Layer a lightweight SPF formula under your tint to ensure UV protection.”
What We Say: Protecting your skin from sun damage is important all year around, not just in the summer. So as you’re picking up tops and tees for back to school shopping this month, it’s worth also checking out the beauty aisle to update to your skincare arsenal at the same time.
Coral Lips: Beauty Trend 2008
What: Seems like your Grandma does know a thing or two about makeup. Coral “which was once a lipstick no no” is now a lipstick go-to.
What the experts say: In a recent edition of People magazine, celebrity makeup artist Charlie Green tells readers just how to wear the most typically shunned shade: Once you’ve applied your coral lipstick, ”[your lips] can be gently matted down by a dusting of translucent powder for a modern California girl look. Avoid frost coral or the effect will be “80s news anchor"not good.”
What we say: Just hearing the words coral and lipstick together in the same sentence makes most makeup enthusiasts shudder. And trying to pull this shade off can be tricky. However, if you’ve got the right complexion—olive-skinned complete with dark hair and eyes coral can look downright gorgeous. While coral can make most fair-maidens appear sallow and tarnish their smiles, a transparent, glossy coral matched with a smoky eye is a good alternative (try Maybelline ShinyLicious Lip Gloss in Coral-Punch for $5.99 ) at Drugstore.com.
Best Lipstick on a Budget: Reader Advice
The lipstick choices are seemingly endless—a stroll down the drugstore beauty aisle, with all it’s Infinitys and Superstays and Overtimes, it’s enough to make your head spin. Amidst the pile of “not worth our money” lipsticks we’ve purchased over the years, we’ve found that Revlon ColorStay Overtime Lipcolor is pretty decent. Good color, stays put, shiny topcoat—all for $9.99. But we’re not entirely satisfied. So help a girl out—what’s your pick for best lipstick on a budget?
Artistry Lip Care Kit
What: Angela trys out Artistry’s lip care kit, $22 for lip polish and lip conditioner set
The Lowdown: This time of year, cold dry air can mean raw chapped lips for lots of us, and that’s not pretty. This set by Artistry is pretty simple—the lip polish is a gentle scrub to smooth and exfoliate, and the lip conditioner is the follow-up, meant to sooth and moisturize. Does the lip polish smooth? Yep. Does the lip conditioner sooth and moisturize? Definitely, and has some staying power, so it protects and gives a little lasting extra shine at the same time. And they both smell great, besides. Told you it was simple, except . . .
Yea or Nay?: Here’s the except: It would be a Yea, but for the price—$22 for two little tubes (.34 ounces each)—is more than my budget-loving conscience can justify. If you are so desperate for soft, non-chapped lips that you’re willing to splurge, it’s might be worth it. But otherwise? I’m thinking there are cheaper options (Boots Wonderbalm anyone?) that do the trick.
Buy It: @ Quixtar, $22.
Jane Iredale PureGloss for Lips, $19-$24.99 for .17 oz.
What: Angela puts Jane Iredale’s PureGloss lip color to the test.
The Lowdown: The Jane Iredale website description of this product, which contains grape seed and pomegranate extracts, claims “a tingly mint and ginger flavor” while providing moisture and staying power. The mint is prominent, but not in the best way possible, coming off smelling just little bit medicinal. The gloss is sticky going on, but becomes slightly less so once it’s on your lips. “Gloss,” however, might be a misnomer - it looks more like a frosted lipstick, with less shine and more shimmer. The upside? It did have staying power, even through a couple cups of coffee. A side note: apparently this was the lip-treatment-of-choice for Best Actress nominee Abigail Breslin at the 2007 Academy Awards. She was 10 at the time. ‘Nuff said.
Yea or Nay: Nay for me. Too much like sticky kids’ stuff, for a price that’s a little over the top.
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