https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:53:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-1540494 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:30:50 +0000 dakotacheryl 1540494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just noticed that this thread was started 3 years ago!!</p> <p>I have many different brands of both, but I like my lipsticks on the sheer side, and my glosses to be non-sticky. Both have to be moisturizing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-1540342 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:50:57 +0000 Jaime 1540342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie introduced me to Laura Mercier's stickgloss. It acts like a lipstick, but I find it very moisturizing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-1540257 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:59:28 +0000 Banoffi 1540257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lipstick. &nbsp;Lipgloss never lasts on me and I don't like sticky lips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-1540223 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:56:13 +0000 kerlyn 1540223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never been a big fan of either because I don't like anything drying or sticky on my lips. &nbsp;I usually just play up my eyes and swipe some lip balm on my lips! &nbsp;That said, I really love Almay's Lip Butters because they feel like balm, super creamy and moisturizing. I have the berry (medium) and the nude (medium-light). &nbsp;But I really think the pinks or reds on the darker end of the spectrum would be lovely with your coloring!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-487342 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:33:53 +0000 catgirl 487342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love lipgloss but my hair is constantly sticking to it, so I actually do either lipsticks or MAC lipliner and a dab of Kiehl's lip balm for shine.</p> <p>MAC Twig is a nice neutral pinkish-brown - didn't work for me, but perfect on my fair-complexioned friend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-487317 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:59:05 +0000 Louise 487317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the moisturising formula of gloss but I *hate* it when my hair sticks to it when it's windy!!! I've had real problems with dry lips over the last few months and have settled on The Body Shop Hemp lipbalm. I'm hoping to start wearing lippie again soon. I love lip stains though they are drying they do leave a lasting colour. I use Mac prep and prime under them which helps it to last then keep adding lip balm over the top x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-486691 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:03:36 +0000 Golden 486691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>gloss. I love bobbi brown and chanel the best. YOu could try bobbi brown rose sugar or chanel giggle might be nice on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one/page/2#post-486657 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:17:42 +0000 rae 486657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it has to do with what effect you want, and what your natural lips are like. For example, my lips are rather unevely pigmented. I use a pearlized gloss or shimmer chapstick, because the shimmer helps even out the look while still looking somewhat sheer &amp; low key. I also have a friend with very highly pigmented lips who really prefers lipstick, because the opaque coverage really helps tone down the bright natural color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486637 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:46:36 +0000 Ornella 486637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bella, you've just touched on the subject that really annoys me - discontinued products... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486605 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:57:49 +0000 bella 486605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another Dior Addict lipstick fan here! High five Jenava!<br /> I loathe the texture of lipgloss, but adore the shine. Dior Addict gives me lipstick with super high shine. It isn't very long-lasting but I don't mind, I love the texture and shine.<br /> My favorites are Beige Casual (222), Parisian Chic (454), and Rose Déshabillé (260) .<br /> I also own it in a nice red, New Look (745), and a deep plum color, which is no longer available.<br /> <a href="http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P282501&#038;categoryId=B70" rel="nofollow">http://sephora.com/browse/prod.....goryId=B70</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486581 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:23:11 +0000 cciele 486581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For everyday, I like a pinkish-rosy-nude lipstick -- basically, your lip shade but a little more saturated. My favorite is the NARS Velvet Matte lip pencil. It goes on really easily and is long-lasting. For going out, I stick with a fairly nude lip with gloss at the center. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486541 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:02:23 +0000 Ana 486541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I much prefer lipstick, but this time of year my lips get SO DRY and actually flake and peel (yuck). I have to be careful to only use a sheer, moisturizing lipstick or a lip gloss. Tinted balms are good too, but none of those last as long as lipstick for me. </p> <p>I second Angie's recommendation of Chanel and Mac. Chanel almost stains my lips with color, so it seems to last a long time for me. It's my all-time favorite lipstick. Plus it feels really light when it's on and I like the smell (I think it's roses). Nars makes a pretty good lipstick also, although the lighter Nars colors don't seem to last as long on me as Chanel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486530 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:54:03 +0000 rachylou 486530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like lip pencil and gloss. Pencil stays for me, unlike lipstick, and the gloss provides the shine. I only carry the gloss.</p> <p>But I wear lipstick too sometimes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486478 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:48:37 +0000 Queen Mum 486478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>team lipstick all the way. lip gloss makes me feel that I have frosting dripping off my lips. can't stand the stuff! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486469 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:39:36 +0000 Janet 486469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish lipstick lasted longer on me! I do like MAC lipstick. I have one gloss, by Revlon, that lasts longer than lipstick and seems more moisturizing. My ideal product would be a hybrid of the two! I don't like too-shiny finishes, but I don't want dull matte either. </p> <p>I often think it would be nice to find a red that works on me, but that does not seem to exist. I just think I look better with less emphasis on lips and playing up they eyes instead. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486468 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:35:07 +0000 Ornella 486468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for chiming in.</p> <p>I have quite a homework now :)<br /> (wow AJ, I haven't heard of such generous return policies here. I think US retailers do spoil its customers.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486389 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:30:29 +0000 Angie 486389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This was a Team Poll last year :)</p> <p>I NEVER wear gloss. Lipstick all the way. Use MAC or Chanel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486322 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:38:34 +0000 banananutmuffin 486322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am one of those people who "eat off" my lipstick in a matter of minutes. Maybe it's because I eat and talk a lot. ;)</p> <p>A few years ago I switched to "lip stain," and I'll never go back. I guess you'd call it a long-wearing lip color with a top coat. The lip color lasts forever on me (an almost impossible feat before I started wearing this stuff), and the top coat is easy to reapply (or I can just use lip balm as a top coat). I prefer the ones where the top coat is more of a balm than a gloss... I think the one I am currently using is by Cover Girl? Or maybe Maybelline? Not sure... it's a drugstore brand.</p> <p>As for color, I always follow the rule from the How Not To Look Old book (of course, I'm old, so that's why I follow it): pinks. I used to wear more reds/browns/mauve tones when I was younger, but now that I'm older I find that pinks look more youthful.</p> <p>I rarely wear makeup and when I do it is minimal, but lip stain is the one thing I wear to look more polished. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486261 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:30:29 +0000 Scarlet 486261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think either one lasts about 5 minutes on me. I like anything that isn't drying. I have had good luck getting sales people to help me with colors because it is just impossible to predict. I don't have much experience and those little tubes can be expensive! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486251 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:21:45 +0000 Jenava 486251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Dior Addict lipstick. It's between a gloss and stick. I can apply it without a mirror and it's very soft, but not as soft as a gloss. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486248 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:15:33 +0000 AJ 486248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to be a gloss girl, but within the last year, my aging lips are getting dull in color (sigh). So now I use a natural looking lipstick. During the spring/summer, I tried a slightly bright peachy-pink, but now I'm wearing a peachy brown. I did try red, but it just felt too strong.</p> <p>My grocery store will take back open cosmetics within a 2 week time frame. If you're open to buying drugstore brands, you might see what your store's policy is on returns. That would be a good way to try experiment with new colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486237 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:58:41 +0000 SkiDiva 486237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm team sheer lipstick or tinted lip balm. I dislike the stickiness of gloss. For everyday, I usually use either the Clinique Black Honey or the Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Rose or Hibiscus. I have a couple of Clinique Butter Surge lipsticks that I use when I want more color. </p> <p>Laura, I sympathize with you on Neutrogena discontinuing their lip sheers. That was all I used for 3 or 4 years, and I was so sad when I went to buy a replacement tube of my favorite color and found out that it wasn't being sold. My last tube is just about empty, and I still feel like I haven't found a perfect replacement. Sigh . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486198 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:48:54 +0000 Deborah 486198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, I am team lipstick Two great reds are Max Factor "Hint of Red" which is soft and not as Matt. In some ways it kind of mimicks a lip gloss but with a bit more substance. The other is MAC "Rubywoo". It is a very matt very 1940's red... great for evening glam. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486194 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:45:17 +0000 Sveta 486194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was wearing mostly gloss before but now I am moving towards the lipstick: I like how it makes my face more alive. I also use Angie's trick with a layer of balm under the lipstick to make it more translucent.<br /> I think that with your high contrast coloring lipstick will look awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486190 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:40:22 +0000 Anonymous 486190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team lipstick. I don't like the feel or look of gloss on myself. It seems aging. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486186 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:37:20 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 486186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also love the Clinique Black Honey - despite the name it is not that dark a color when worn. It seems to be one of those colors that flatters everyone. </p> <p>I can't stand sticky glosses, so I am a lipbalm girl, or a light lipstick. The lipstick I like best right now is the Boots No 7 (via Target) brand - I think the variation I have is called sheer something-or-other. I've also got some MAC lipsticks which are lovely but a bit dryer and more formal than I prefer these days. For most days I go for tinted lipbalm - Neutrogena used to sell one I loved, which they don't make anymore so I'm nursing along my last one. I don't like the Burt's Bees tinted balm - too waxy and over-mentholed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486147 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:41:11 +0000 Anonymous 486147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lately I love a tinted lipbalm. I am using Burt's Bees in Rhubarb. It's a lovely deep berry color, but it goes on sheer and doesn't look heavy like a lipstick would. I love the moiturizing (not sticky like some glosses) feeling that it leaves, along with a faint tingle like Blistex. Great for winter lips! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486130 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:47:01 +0000 velvetychocolate 486130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like both actually! (not together) For you - I'd choose a reddish lipstick, but try Angie's trick of using lip balm on your lips first (my favourite is Burt's Bees) to soften the effect. </p> <p>Two nice reds I'm loving right now:</p> <p>Drugstore --&gt; Maybelline COLORSensational in "Are You Red-dy"</p> <p><a href="http://www.maybelline.com/products/28/lips/lip-color/color-sensational-lipcolor/are-you-ready/625?shadeId=194&#038;view=shades&#038;position=342" rel="nofollow">http://www.maybelline.com/prod.....sition=342</a></p> <p>Dept. Store --&gt; Lancome L'Absolue Rouge lipstick in Absolute Rouge</p> <p><a href="http://www.lancome-usa.com/L%27Absolu-Rouge/1000206,default,pd.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lancome-usa.com/L%2.....lt,pd.html</a></p> <p>For days when you're just not in the mood for red lipstick - try the Burt's Bees lip balm in Replenishing Pomengranate:</p> <p><a href="http://www.burtsbees.com/natural-products/lips-lip-balms/replenishing-lip-balm-pomegranate-oil.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.burtsbees.com/natur.....e-oil.html</a></p> <p>Also try the mango one too - both are pretty good. I don't love the honey balm or the "refreshing acai" or whatever it is quite as much as I love the mango and pomegranate formulations. </p> <p>Something just a bit 'more' than lipbalm? Try Estee Lauder Pure Color Gloss in "Plum Divine"</p> <p><a href="http://www.esteelauder.com/product/647/9430/Product-Catalog/Makeup/Lips/Lip-Gloss/Pure-Color/Gloss/index.tmpl" rel="nofollow">http://www.esteelauder.com/pro.....index.tmpl</a></p> <p>Do not be put off by the fact that the gloss is both a shimmer and appears to be a very dark colour. It's not at all - it gives just barely a hint of plum colour - gloss, but better than clear gloss. This brand of gloss lasts and it isn't sticky either. I haven't found a drugstore gloss that I really love, though I've tried a few I was given some of this gloss in a Christmas gift box last year, and wouldn't have tried it otherwise. This is really good gloss </p> <p>Looking forward to hearing what you try and what works out for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486128 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:34:07 +0000 rosee 486128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like lipstick b/c my hair gets stuck to the gloss (wind, etc) -- but I qualify my response in that my lipstick has a sheerer texture. I like MAC lustres and glazes, though now I'm wearing 2 products from Clinique (Plum Nude and Angel Red). After these tubes are gone I will likely go back to MAC or Besame lipstick (depending on how well I can match the Clinique shades).</p> <p><a href="http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/shaded/168/310/Lipstick/index.tmpl" rel="nofollow">http://www.maccosmetics.com/pr.....index.tmpl</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.besamecosmetics.com/products.cfm/Classic-Color-Lipstick/pID-15" rel="nofollow">http://www.besamecosmetics.com.....ick/pID-15</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-prefer-lipstick-or-lipgloss-plus-i-need-new-one#post-486123 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:02:45 +0000 crwilson 486123@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely team lipgloss. I don't even own any lipstick anymore. I really like MAC glosses because virtually every color seems to be flattering. (I'm sure that's not actually true, and obviously I haven't tried them all, but they do seem to be pretty wearable.) </p>