Day 2 of Red (Lips): Gloss

To me, nothing says a nice and pretty red lip like a beautiful glossy finish. This post should be pretty short, as I’m sure even if you have been living under a rock for the last decade, you know what a lip gloss is and how it works. Basically, the glossy red lip has the beauty and fierceness of the colour red and the shine of a gloss. I don’t really know why or how, but somehow this look is very appealing to me. Something that you should be aware of though, and it is essentially the one down side to a glossy red lip, is that you will have to re-apply, and often (well, that is, if you want your lips to look good). However, if you are willing to do the work, the gloss finish will be SO worth it.

One of my favourite products to create the look of effortlessly glossy lips is with an inexpensive, fairly easy to find lip pencil. Though the name of this product is ridiculously long and the edges of the liner can get really messy, this product is, in a nutshell, the bombdotcom! I’ve never seen or heard of anything like it, and given the fact that it works really, really well, it’s a total steal. Find it pictured below.

The Hard Candy Shockingly Wet Glossy Lip Pencil in Must Have (natural light)

The Hard Candy Shockingly Wet Glossy Lip Pencil in Must Have (with flash)

It applies really well, with even colour payoff and no bad taste, which is awesome, especially when one thinks about the fact that it’s just a lip pencil! What’s better? There is no sticky, icky feeling that some glosses leave behind. It’s truly a must have. 

Applying…

Finishing off this step…

The finished look…

Close-up of finished look!

Now, many, if not, most, people would leave the lips at that, but I’m going to show you an alternative product that can also be used as a finishing product on top of the Hard Candy lip pencil. The super awesome product I’m going to show you is one of the first products I ever bought in my collection (as in, ever) and is still one of my most used! I really like this gloss, its incredibly cheap price and the pigmentation it has! You really only need a tiny drop to get coverage all over your lips! I usually apply it on top of other glosses to give that really nice, shiny but also somewhat subtle effect. The one down side to this gloss: it doesn’t have a name (or if it did, it peeled off a while ago and is now totally unreadable)! But, I’m sure if you were to go to your drugstore, look in the New York Colour section, you might be able to find a similar colour or the exact same one! What is this mystery gloss, you might ask? Let’s see!

The N.Y.C Kiss Gloss in Unknown Colour (natural light)

 

The N.Y.C Kiss Gloss in Unknown Colour (with flash)

To complete the lips, I applied just a tiny bit of this to the middle of my lips and then rubbed them together! 

Applying…

Posing with the gloss like a weirdo…

Finished glossiness!

Okay, so that is it for the gloss day! I love the look of gloss and truly believe that anyone and everyone can rock the glossy red lip, you just have to find what products work for you! 


Until tomorrow,
S♥