Three to four hours without completely fading, and it’s important it doesn’t just cling to imperfections or settle into lip lines as it wears down. I want it to wear away evenly.
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I want it to fade evenly and I don’t want it to dry my lips out so they look like the face of Half Dome in Yosemite.
Three to four hours of wear and fades evenly without settling on lip lines or imperfections.
I don’t mind having to reapply lipstick every three hours or so or after meals. I prefer a matte or satin finish but it should feel comfortable and not settle into my lip lines or spread outside my lips. And it should fade evenly.
I usually like to wear some sort of tint, specifically the Fenty Beauty tints! The colour stays on for so long!
For me, comfort and an even fade is much more important than overall longevity! I don’t mind reapplying, as long as it doesn’t feel dry or look weird.
I like a longer wearing lipstick but one with a creamy, hydrating quality. MAC’s Amplified Cream lipsticks pretty much embody what I like as did one from Guerlain that is no longer available and some wonderful ones from Clarins – the Rouge Prodige formula (discontinued far too quickly quite a number of years ago). I dislike matte or “liquid” lipsticks but do like something that wears a bit longer and fades evenly and all 3 of those formulas did just that!
I also enjoyed the Rouge Prodige lipsticks and had a range of them when an Australian online retailer was selling them for more than half price off. One of my favourites from the range was Red Terra – the only red that never turned pink on me and Spicy Cinnamon.
I also bought some of the coral shades for my DIL and she loved them too.
It’s a shame that Clarins had d/c the best of the beauty products….
Those Rouge Prodige lipsticks weren’t around for very long at all – maybe a year? Even at full price, they were terrific. Shiseido also had some superb lipsticks a few years back and they, too, have been discontinued and replaced. I wonder why companies develop, release and market products only to discontinue them so quickly. I guess it has to do with sales, although Clarins isn’t particularly known for their colour cosmetics, though they have had some stellar products over the years. They’ve also discontinued quite a few of my favourites from their skincare line – so many things like a great throat cream (but they kept the inferior but pricier Super Restorative one), an eye cream with SPF, a wonderful cream cleanser….I could go on and on. Mind you, so many companies have discontinued or reformulated some of their very best products too. I don’t know if those more recent changes are in pursuit of the “clean” marketing claims or what but so many things are worse than their “predecessors”.
At least 3 hours of decent looking wear. And NO “butthole lips”, please!
So I’m thinking the ombre lip mode that’s returning isn’t your things then??? Ha ha ha!
I want it to go on smoothly and feel good on.
I want it to go on smoothly and feel good on. Nancy, too funny!
Im in the minority cuz i expect long wear. Especially from a darker color. However i do agree. I want no dryness and flakiness as it wears off.
I wear sheer tinted balms, glosses or lip oils almost exclusively so I’m happy with 2 hours of wear time. I want them to stay inside my lip lines and fade evenly so I can reapply quickly without much fuss or a mirror. I’ll occasionally wear a medium to full opacity lipstick and want the same features as before but 3- 4 hrs of wear.
First of all, apart from the shade colour that has to be one I would favour, it must be a lipstick that is creamy, hydrating with a satiny kind of finish – absolutely no mattes for me!
I want the lipstick to apply easily across my lips, be pigmented and feel comfortable to wear.
I don’t mind reapplying after a couple of hours, but I certainly don’t want the lipstick disappearing after 5 minutes (like Revlon lipsticks do on me).
An example of my favourite lipsticks is CP’s Lux lipstick range – great quality, creamy, hydrating, a wide range of colours and at a very reasonable price.
Most important: No bleeding! Comfort (a semi-matter to satin usually is most comfortable for me). Hydration (without being slippery)!
Least important: If it has a slight perfume to it or stains.
Wear: If I can have 5 to 6 hours (most of a workday out) them I’m happy. I don’t care to retouch and rarely do even if I have the tube with me. I just don’t think about it.