The beauty industry is all about contradictions. Especially, when it comes to lip products. There are so many claims on which best lipstick to try, and such recommendations seem to change every season.
First, everyone was obsessed with liquid lipsticks. You might have dry lips that are almost peeling, but hey, the color stays all day long.
Then, the era of lip glosses arrived. Or, should I say, it never really ended? Truth be told, the only time I really loved wearing lip glosses what when my hair was longer and I could put it in a braid. Otherwise, my hair sticks to the lip gloss at any given opportunity – and that is not a very classy look.
Lately, I’ve been all about the OG formulas – aka creamy or satin finish. Yes, these might take quicker to come out, but the cream formula gives me the comfort that none of the liquid formulas can. And even if a hair gets stick to my lipstick, it’s not as “cemented” in it as with a lip gloss.
In this roundup, I share some of my recent favorite cream formulas that I can’t stop obsessing about.
BEST RED LIPSTICK
La Bouche Rouge Lipstick
I’m trying a lot of luxury beauty products on a regular basis but this lipstick is on a completely new level! This clean beauty gem is formulated without perfumes and allergens which doesn’t disrupt the formula. It’s one of the most pigmented and long-lasting cream lipsticks I tried to date. And if you love luxury – which I do – you would love the magnetic leather case this elegant lipstick comes with.
La Bouche Rouge Lipstick
I’m trying a lot of luxury beauty products on a regular basis but this lipstick is on a completely new level! This clean beauty gem is formulated without perfumes and allergens which doesn’t disrupt the formula. It’s one of the most pigmented and long-lasting cream lip products I tried to date. And if you love luxury – which I do – you would love the magnetic leather case this elegant product comes with.
Tom Ford Lip Color Rouge A Levres
If you are all about glossy finishes for your creme lipsticks, this one is for you. I can only compare the texture of this glamorous product to melted butter – it’s that soft and smooth. But don’t think that the smoothness is taking away from the pigmentation. Tom Ford lip products are easy to apply and super pigmented at the same time.
YSL Rouge Volupte Shine
This lipstick is one of the first products I featured on my blog way-back-when I just launched it. Over the last 4 (almost 5!) years, my opinion of this product hasn’t changed. It’s the most comfortable lipstick to wear. Even though it provides pigment, the product feels on your lips like a balm. And did I mention that the packaging is like a piece of art?
BEST MATTE LIPSTICK
Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution
This creamy lipstick formula is truly iconic. The adjectives people are using to describe this comfortably matter lipstick are always the same – fabulous, fantastic, extraordinary!
And I’ll sign up for every single of these statements – that’s how amazing that lipstick is.
Oh, and did I mention that it feels like cashmere on your lips?
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What are your thoughts on cream formulas? Are you wearing those or it’s too old school? What do you consider the best lipstick formula?
