NYC Smooch Proof Long Wearing Lip Color
NYC Smooch Proof Long Wearing Lip Color
I was looking for a lipstain when I found this product. I have pale lips that are causing me a few problems—namely that my mom would look at me and tell me to go eat immediately. I have a very minor case of hypoglycemia and pale lips used to be an indicator my sugar was dropping. Needless to say, this aggravated me because I was fine and had just eaten when she told me to go eat AGAIN. So lipstains it was.
Or so I thought. Honestly, the ideas of lipstains scared me. I’m willing to try anything with eye makeup, but when it came to lips, I usually wore way too bright red lipstick. True, it was a good shade of red, and looked great on me, but it wasn’t good for daily use. So when I saw NYC, a company I am familiar with, especially in the lip color department (the company I found my red lipstick with.), I jumped at the opportunity to take a look.
The product has two ends. One has lip gloss with a brush while the other has the lip color with a lipgloss applicator. The lip gloss kind of made me flinch for a second. I hate lip gloss. It’s goopy and sticky and I hate it. It makes my hair stick to my lips and looks way too shiny and I hate it. Did I mention I hate it? All joking aside, I was also worried about the product color. The only one that looked close to my shade was a bright pinkish color. So I tried it.
First of all, I love the lip gloss. It hasn’t converted me to a lip gloss wearer, but it’s as smooth and slick as my favorite lip balm and my hair only gets stuck in it occasionally, and not usually after it dries a little. The applicator could be better but the texture of the lip gloss makes up for it. It helps to seal in the color too, even after the shine fades away.
I liked the colors too. The first one I tried was 481 “Dreamer”. Even though it appeared to be a bright pink, it was a little bit more muted and worked well with my coloring (pale. Very pale.). I liked that color enough to buy 483 “Heartbreaker” which is a darker pink. It worked even better with my coloring and is most likely going to be my primary lip color.
There are a few drawbacks, however. If you use lip balm under or over this or both, it will fade quite quickly. On the flip side, if you have dry lips, the color will pill and look clumpy and gross. The trick is to have well moisturized lips without using a whole bunch of lip. My suggestion is to try one day on and one day off. Alternate with your favorite lip balm because, despite its benefits, this lip color is rather drying.
