Vincent Longo Pearlessence Gel Stains in Dolceaqua
Lip stains are absolutely my favorite type of products. For some reason I tend to focus on my lips when I am on a hunt for new products.
This stain is pearly (obvs) and so pretty and goes on really evenly and dries fast. It's a great summer color too.
But after I put in on today I remembered why I don't reach for it that often- a gloss topcoat just ruins it. On it's own, this stain has great staying power and is marketed as waterproof, but once you put on a gloss, it's over.
But my favorite part of a stain is being able to put a shimmery gloss on top.....
This stain dries to a basically undetectable finish, but I typically find that when I purse my lips, they stick together just a bit.
I do think I will wear this more since I re-discovered it, but am not sure that I'd buy again. It's just hard for me to not have on a glossy topcoat.
Edited to add: Well, I have lost my mind. I remembered that 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic did a review on this product, so I went back to read it, and she puts gloss on top! So I put a shimmery Lancome gloss on top about an hour ago, and it's fine! In that case, this lippie is totally back in the rotation!
I love minerals makeup too! And I have found good results with Tru Minerals. (check them out online!)
ReplyDeleteI am hooked on mineral makeup and blush too...but the L'oreal kind from the drugstore. Cheap but good (IMHO).
ReplyDeleteok... so I was using MAC lipstain for a while and it dried the shit out of my lips, I was putting the MAC gloss on like every 10 minutes, but eventually my lips would start to peel... are they all that way, or I am just a freak>
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.... I've never tried the MAC stains... maybe it's just their product that your lips don't agree with?
ReplyDeleteI do switch products from day to day depending on whether my lips are dry or not. Some lipsticks looks terrible when my lips are a little bit dry.