M.A.C.'s "O". It's a fab red lipstick. Looooove it! :)

I just don't think I was meant to wear lipstick. I like to do my eyes up more and keep the rest of the face pretty plain.
I do love the look on other people if they can pull it off.

On a regular basis, I'm a big fan of Bobbi Brown Shimmer Lip Gloss in Pink Sugar paired with M.A.C. lip pencil in Whirl. Just enough gloss and slight shimmer to plump up my lips.

This is a reminder for me that I need to order more!

I use several colors at the same time. I outline with Lancome's Bronzelle lip liner. I use Estee Lauder's Caramel Toffee on my lips. And I go over the center of my bottom lip with Nars' Fever.

My lips feel naked without a lip liner. I'd almost rather line my lips than apply full color if I had to make a choice between the two.

Anybody else addicted to lip liners?

Following closely, as I look like a corpse without lipstick. A friend recommended the lipstains over the summer, and gave me one - I think maybe they are a Cover Girl product? I know it was a drugstore product, but are a great base or just alone to run an errand or go to the gym or beach. If I can only have 2 products on the island they would be lipstick and mascara:P

I'm with you, Monablair, on the necessity of lipliner, & yes, I also use several products simultaneously! I never do my lips without liner. I don't spend big on liners or lipsticks. My old favorite for years was made by Wet & Wild for 99 cents, but they discontinued my color. Now I use Rimmels's Exaggerate pencil in Allure & wait for the buy one get one free deal Walgreens often has on Rimmel.

I have lots of lipsticks, but my favorite, almost every day look, is the Allure pencil, followed but a smidge of Jane's Peach Perfect lipstick (which is not peach, but rose) topped with Estee Lauder's Pure Color Crystal gloss in Light Copper. I also like Clinique's Full Potential gloss in Luscious Lilac, Blackberry or Glamourful when I'm wearing pinks & purples. My favorite hot pink lipstick to wear underneath those glosses is Wet & Wild #918B. It's just as pretty as Lauder's Rubellite, another pink shade I use. Though I have drugstore glosses, that is one lip product that I do prefer dept. store brands for. They are longer lasting & less gloppy. The Lauder Copper is my all-time favorite. It really looks good over any lipstick, & would work with any skin tone.

Thank you so much for mentioning the Cover Girl lip stain work_in_progress_08.

I was using Benetint and loved it, but was looking for something cheaper out there. I posted a request on the Beauty & Fashion Forum but never received a reply. I even bumped it up once to refresh the post.

I just went and read the reviews on Cover Girl Outlast lip stain and the reviews are great and the cost is 75% less than Benetint.

Woot.

$28.00

$7.00

Here is a link that might be useful: Benetint

Dilly, don't know if this is the review you already read, but here's another glowing endorsement of your new find:

Here is a link that might be useful: CG lipstain

My all time favorite has been Clinique's Almost Lipstick (I think that's what it's called) in Black Honey. The color goes on a light lighter than you'd think, and it's basically a sheer gloss that isn't sticky. Problem is, no lip color lasts very long on me.

ah Sueb, I love that product and used it before; someone had told me it wasn't made anymore, now I just looked it up and it's widely available. I could put that on without a mirror, it was very forgiving.
thanks for reminding me, I'm going to get me one.

Yes, Sue & Mitch, & does anyone remember Clinique's Black Honey lipgloss in the little green pot? That was the first makeup item I ever used! Bought it with my allowance when I was 14! The Almost Lipstick in Black Honey is really the same thing in stick form ( much more user-friendly). It is a great color. Just a dab looks so natural or you can layer it on for more depth. Clinique's Blackberry Full Potential gloss is similar.
I don't like makeup, do I?

I like something sheer. Loved Club Monaco's Glaze, a la Monica Lewinsky, but it's no longer available. Thought about having the formula duplicated at Three Custom, but never did. Have any of you used that service?

I was curious about the CG Outlast, but reviews I've read aren't very good. I don't like any product that's drying.

mitch, it can be hard to find, which is why I bought 3 of them the last time I found them!

I remember finishing mine a year ago and not being able to find more when I was in Florida. I'm going shopping tomorrow so I'll stop by a few places and see if it turns up.

"I was curious about the CG Outlast, but reviews I've read aren't very good. I don't like any product that's drying."

I went and bought some after reading this thread. I was that excited about it (and I am completely out of Benetint as of this week).

I put it on to try at home and it seems moister than Benetint and a bit heavier. The wand with the pointed tip made it easier to apply that the wide brush that comes with Benetint. It also seems to have a slight fruit flavor which is something I do not care for in a lip color. As of now, it has LASTED through a greasy dinner, several cigarettes smoked, and a dish of ice cream. I am impressed. A+++++++++

I guess I will know tomorrow if the product is drying to the lips. I do not think it will affect me as some users said the same about Benetint and I never found it to be a problem. I think that if your lips are already dry and chapped, that a tint or stain will make it more noticeable. That is all. One must make sure to exfoliate the lips before using or you will end up with red, stained, dry flakes around the lips. You don't have to buy any of that special lip exfoliator that they sell in department stores - just use your rinsed toothbrush after brushing and scrub the lips.

One exciting thing about the Cover Girl Outlast lip stain is that it comes in many different shades. Benetint only came in one reddish shade. I chose the Mauve since I wear lip stain when not wearing eye make-up. If this CG Outlast turns out to be a great product for me, I may try the brown or red to go under lipstick. That way if my vivid, deep, lipstick wears off I still have some tint under it instead of pasty lips.

In some of the reviews users wore lip gloss over it and the stain stayed and the lips were moister.

One downside to CG Outlast lip stain, is that it is not a lip and cheek stain like Benetint is. I sometimes used Benetint as a sheer cheek stain and I can tell that Outlast will not work for this nor is it advertised as such.

Another thing is that along with the cheaper cost there is less product, A bottle of Benetint lasts like forever.

I actually like makeup more now than I did in my teens and twenties. And I was pretty sold on it then. I put on foundation, line my eyes, mascara, brow brush my brows, line my lips and fill in with lipstick, on days when I'm just gonna be home cleaning. That's basic. And it's the rare day that no makeup touches my face.

I stand proudly with Mona on the lipliner question. Must-Have-Lipliner. In fact, my absolute favorite, is a flat pencil from a company called Stili Style. When it was sold in the local drug store, a short walk down the shopping center from work, I had the eye pencils, the sharpeners, and several colors from the lip liner pencils. But they discontinued. Last week, I found them online, and tonight, just before checking this board, my package arrived with two lip liner pencils in Carnaby, a color that closely matches most all of the lipsticks I wear. Ridiculous to have lipliner shipped, in a box, to my home. But I love that they go on smooth, and that you can easily line and fill in with these pencils. And you must have the sharpener. The eye pencils are fine, but not the best eyeliner out there.

My lipsticks? Well, I already said on the Foundation thread that I love Verve by M.A.C. I also love Boots lipsticks, available at Target. I like #35 and #60.
And I have quite a few lipsticks from various companies that I like in various degrees. But I've been mostly wearing the Boots Stay Perfect.

Red

Here is a link that might be useful: Styli-Style Flat Lip Pencil in Carnaby St.

Found the" almost lipstick" in black honey and bought 2; the girl said they run out from time to time, it's very popular.

Can I ask you all a very basic question? when you line your lips and fill it in with lipstick, does the liner outlast the lipstick? I guess I need to refresh my lipstick more often, as I am an eat them up kind of girl..good thing I wear make up almost next to never!

Glad you liked the CG lipstain. I tried the colorlast or whatever that CG product was with the color on one end and the gloss on the other. That product for me was indeed, very drying.

The discovery of the CG lipstain happened at the beach for me. I actually thought my friend had some permanent coloring done as her lips looked really nicely colored all day. Not dry, just enough color so you don't look dead. lol Fortunately, we know each other well enough that I could ask "the" question about whether the color was a permanent procedure. She laughed heartily and the next time we met, she brought me a tube of the lipstain. I have 3 different colors now. Love them. You are right, you can't use them for cheekstain as well, but for the price, you can't beat the product.

The lipliner question is ambiguous for me. When I use most lipliners, the ones with a sharp end that you draw on as you would draw a set of lips on paper.......yes, the liner can outlast the lipstick. I reapply during the day, even when I use an 8 hour+ lipstick, so I don't usually have too much of a problem. But that's why I like the stili style that I linked. I line with the flat edge and fill in a bit too. So if I "eat off" my lipstick or wear it off, I still look like I'm wearing some.

Red

Work_in_progress_08, I love the CG Outlast, and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to recommend it. Just for a test, I wore it to sleep and it did not come off on the pillows, and I woke up with tinted lips. I wore it again today and it lasted all day through everything.

For those of you who are discussing lip liner I would check out the CG Outlast to use as a liner instead of all over the lips. It has a very pointy end for precision application. It lasts forever. I never cared much for lip liners as I found them too hard and waxy to apply, and they seemed to 'skip' when applying and I ended up with a dotted line. The pencils always had to be sharpened. The CG Outlast does not have those issues.