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alana Avatar
alana

mac lipsticks in the amplified cream formula are a favourite of mine
i quite like chanel allure laques, do they count as a gloss?
i dont really use lipliners too often but my fav are mac’s too!

heidi Avatar
heidi

Best lipstick: clinique rose aglow
Best lipgloss: mac viva glam IV
Best lipliner: I’m not crazy about lipliner but I do like prestige.

lil Avatar
lil

* Best lipstick you’ve tried? – Mac lustre or creamsheen
* Best lipgloss you’ve tried? – Mac Lusterglass or Jemma Kidd high shine lip gloss

* Best lip liner you’ve tried? – I have only tried Mac and they are nice i really like soar

Swathi Avatar
Swathi

Best Lipstick – Tie in between Guerlain Rouge G and Rouge Automatique and Chanel Rouge Allure …
Lipgloss – Dior Apricot Cloche

meme Avatar
meme

Best lipstick you’ve tried? – I hate more than I like – Right now it’s Birthday Suit – a limited release from Josie Maran. I am really into tinted lip balms right now over any lipsticks 99% of the time.
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? – I really like another from the Josie Maran line – but not her original formula – rather the volumizing formula in Opulence I think it’s called – but really am goofy over about 3 of her shades. All natural which is big in my book – I don’t want a tummy full of parabens and junk.
Best lip liner you’ve tried? Very few – Nude from BE is good for me as I don’t do any other color. Nude works with all lipstick shades and today we don’t want our liner to show. Worst look is to have worn off your lipstick and only have your liner left even if you apply it to the entire lip, still it will leave a line behind if you use anything but a nude or match to what your own lip shade is.

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Stephanie M!

Best Lipstick: Estee Lauder Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick – So moisturizing and smooth!

Best Lip Gloss: Lancome Color Fever Gloss – Not sticky, moisturizing.

Best Lip Liner: I’ve only tried MAC and random drugstore brands. I need to try more !

Mertle Avatar
Mertle

Best Lipstick: Dior Addict in “Diorkiss”
Best Lip Gloss: Nars’ “Giza” (not to be worn with Diorkiss, though)
Best Lip Liner: I don’t wear lip liner!

kate Avatar
kate

Best lipstick you’ve tried? Tie between Guerlain’s Rouge G and Rouge d’Armani
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Do liquid lipsticks count? If so, Chanel’s Rouge Allure Lacque and Mac’s Kissable Lip Colours. If not… Mac’s Dare to Wear glosses and Chanel’s Glossimers.
Best lip liner you’ve tried? They all seem the same to me. I don’t wear liner often.

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lazeny

Best lipstick you’ve tried? A toss up between Cle De Peau Extra Rich Lipstick and Guerlain Rouge G
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Guerlain Terracotta Gloss
Best lip liner you’ve tried? Shiseido lip liners

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Chris25

Best lipstick: Revlon Super Lustrous.
Best lipgloss: Still trying on this, but so far I like NYX MegaShine.
Best lipliner: NYX Pencils. I own some Beautique and UD lipliners I need to test out, and I am hopeful!

Kay Avatar
Kay

Best lipstick you’ve tried? Becca Sheer Tint Lip Color
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Smashbox
Best lip liner you’ve tried? Aveda (d/c)

Marian Avatar
Marian

Best lipstick you’ve tried? Chanel Rouge Allure Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Chanel Glossimer Best lip liner you’ve tried? Rimmel

helen Avatar
helen

Best lipstick – Julie Hewitt (staying power is amazing)
Best lipgloss – Chanel Allure Laques (if they’re a lipgloss)
Best lipliners – don’t use one

Carrie Ann Avatar
Carrie Ann

Best lipstick you’ve tried? I really like NARS and MAC Lustre lipsticks.

Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Revlon Super Lustrous and MAC (Lustreglasses, Cremesheen Glasses & Lipgelees).

Best lip liner you’ve tried? I haven’t tried a lot of them, but I do like the MAC lip liners that I have.

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Kimberly

Best LipStick: NARS (I love all of NARS LipSticks…especially NARE PURE MATTE in Volga)

Best LipGloss: Chanel Glossimers (Pink Teaser, Charming & Astral)

Best LipLiner: Revlon ColorStay (Nude)

Georgina Avatar
Georgina

Lipstick: I’ve just bought my first Mac Amplified Cream in Impassioned and the texture is better than anything else I’ve tried. Also love OCC Lip Tars
Lipgloss: I used to have an old Urban Decay plumping one that smelt like cookie dough and was not sticky at all, could never remember the name or find a backup!
Lipliner: Mac Subculture

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inge

Lipstick: Mac Amplified Cream all of them are beautiful and wear well. Rouge Dior in 475 is a favorite as well, very flattering.
Lipgloss: Sephora brand and Dior are the best.
Lipliner: Mac Subculture.. is beautiful alone if applied like lipstick it is the perfect nude shade especially if you are going for a nude look

Michelle Avatar
Michelle

Lipstick: Either Avon Ultra Color Rich or Rimmel Moisture Renew.
Lip gloss: I can’t decide between NYX, Cover Girl, and Avon. All three brands have my favorite glosses.
Lip liner: I’ve tried 2 or 3 (ever) and I like the Ulta lip liner.

Amanda Avatar
Amanda

Lipstick – I’m loving the Dior Addict lipsticks in the colors Diorissime and Tailleur Bar
Lipgloss – Buxom and NYX are my faves
Lip Liner – Makeup Forever Waterproof

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condesa

Best Lipstick: YSL Rouge Pur in shade 34 (golden copper) and Estee Lauder Pure Color Crystal Baby
Best Lip Gloss: YSL Golden Gloss (various shades all gorg)
Best Lip Liner: Bobbi Brown lip liner in Tulle Brown (now d/c)

ak Avatar
ak

Best lipstick you’ve tried? MAC Yash lipstick and MAC Mehr lipstick
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? MAC Flesh lipglass
Best lip liner you’ve tried? MAC Cork lip pencil and MAC Hodgepodge lip pencil

Amanda A Avatar
Amanda A

Best lipstick you’ve tried? NARS or MAC Amplified Creams
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Buxom
Best lip liner you’ve tried? Makeup Forever Aqua Lip

Mariella Avatar
Mariella

Best lipstick…so hard to answer! I love MAC Craving (amplified) and Capricious (lustre, I think – just bought another one today) but my all time fave has to be an oldie from Estee Lauder – Datenut Red!
Best Lipgloss – don’t have one; not a huge gloss fan but maybe Clarins Colourquench Lip Balm in 07
Best lipliner – only have one and it’s MAC Dervish

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pinksoda

best lipstick: Nars cruising
best lip gloss: the mentha ones from bath and body works
best lip liner: taupe from elizabeth arden

Elizabeth Avatar
Elizabeth

Lipstick – MAC Angel
Lipgloss – MAC cremesheen glass in Boy Bait
Lip liner – Just have one, and it’s pretty. MAC Magenta liner

Vicki Avatar
Vicki

Lipstick: Rimmel lipstick in Airy Fairy and also Revlon Matte Lipsticks are amazing
Lipgloss: Revlon ColourBurst Lipgloss
Lip liner: Tie between Annabelle and Maybelline

Valerie Avatar
Valerie

Best Lipstick: Estee Lauder Hydra Lustre Lipstick
Best Lip Gloss: NYX MEGA SHINE LIP GLOSS
Best Lip Liner: Revlon Colorstay lip liner

Vania Avatar
Vania

Best lipstick – Chanel Rouge Coco (& Coco Shine) & Guerlain Rouge G

Best lipgloss – Chanel Glossimer in Bikini Peach

Best lip liner – i hate them all 😛

Mandy Avatar
Mandy

Best lipstick: Suqqu – a Japanese brand I got from Selfridges in London.
Best lipgloss: Lancome color fever
Best lipliner: wet n wild

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Abril

Best lipstick you’ve tried? YSL Rouge Volupte and MAC Amplified and Creamsheen
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Best lipgloss you’ve tried? MAC Lipglass.

Best lip liner you’ve tried? MAC Subculture.

Jasmine Avatar
Jasmine

Best Lipstick: NYX Round Tube & Rimmel
Best Lip Gloss: My new HG gloss, Revlon Super Lustrous in Coral Reef
Best Lip Liner: Don’t wear it.

Jules Avatar
Jules

Lipstick: Chanel Rouge Coco – loving Camelia at the moment
Lipgloss: NYX Mega Shine, especially Tea Rose, La La and Beautiful
Lipliner: Revlon Colorstay

Jasmin Avatar
Jasmin

mac lipsticks are the best! i love lustre and cremesheen finish too 🙂
if i would have the possibility, i would like to try Nars Lipsticks
lipgloss i would say mac too, tinted or cremesheen lipglass, but I’m not into lipglosses
and lipliners? i don’t use them 😀

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Lizzi

I don’t use liner and I’m overwhelmed with all the lipgloss I own to choose my favorite, but the best lipsticks by far are Burberry ones. They’re so smooth and creamy, they melt on your lips and are so comfortable. They actually last through coffee drinking! 😉

Kimberly Avatar
Kimberly

Best lipstick: Mac Amplified Cream & Rimmel Moisture Renew
Best lipgloss: Buxom lipglosses
Best lipliner: don’t really wear them but would if I found a good one

Bekka Avatar
Bekka

You can’t beat MAC lipsticks. I’m particularly fond of frosts.

I generally hate lip gloss, but Urban Decay Lip Junkie glosses are fantastic.

And I don’t do lip liner, so I couldn’t say!

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Stepha Hernandez

Givenchy’s Rouge Interdit Shine Lipstick in 04 Auburn Shine
NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss (various shades)
Sephora collection nano lip liners (various shades)

Stacey Avatar
Stacey

No one seem to have said Dolce N Gabanna on this blog
Lipstick- Dolce N Gabaana…nope I still dont look like Scarlett Johanssen with it on…
Lipgloss- old version of Dior- Addiict
Lipliner -probably Dolce N Gabanna

Jaime Avatar
Jaime

Best lipstick: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque (worth every penny and then some!)
Best lipgloss: I’m going to go with my good old MAC Lipglass. Opaque shiny colour, which is really all I want in a lipgloss
Best lipliner: Honestly? Prestige waterproof lipliner. It’s cheap, comfortable to use and lasts all day.

Erica Avatar
Erica

Best lipstick – Bobbi Brown Creamy lipcolor
Best lipgloss – Dior (forgot the name) gloss
Best lipliner – not quite a lipliner person

Melissa Avatar
Melissa

I have a lot of favourites, but I will narrow my selection down to my go-to lip products:

Best Lipstick: La Bella Donna Mineral Light Lip Colour in Tranquil Pink
Best Lipgloss: Chanel Glossimer in Volage
Best Lipliner: whatever neutral colour I can find in my collection

NeenaJ Avatar
NeenaJ

Lipstick: Dior Addict (new formula) and Guerlain Rouge Automatique

Lip Gloss: Smashbox and NARS

Lip Liner: mostly too drying for me, but if I have t, I’ll use Cargo The Reverse Lipliner or Sephora Nano Liners for color. I have some Clinique automatic liners that aren’t too bad, either.

Julia Avatar
Julia

Best lipstick you’ve tried? Tie between mac cremesheen and amplified creme
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? HANDS DOWN mac cremesheen glass. LOVE.
Best lip liner you’ve tried? I don’t use lipliner… so no idea!

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wendyh

lipstick: I bought my first Inglot lipstick the other day…I am impressed! and it is only 10 pounds.
lipgloss: buxtom + NARS
lipliner: i only try them on my hand and buy them.. never really wear them.. but on my hand, Burberry feel good.

Jen Avatar
Jen

Best lipstick you’ve tried? Clinique Butter Shine Lipstick in Pinkaboo
Best lipgloss you’ve tried? Clinique Long-Last Glosswear in Kissyfit
Best lip liner you’ve tried? I don’t wear lip liner :\

Alex Avatar
Alex

Lipstick – Tie between Chanel Allure and YSL Volupte.
Gloss – not an enormous fan but Clinique Superbalm is great for moisturising. I prefer the Chanel Lacques if I want a more glossy look.
Liner – Most of mine are NYX. Seems to be a colour to match everything and the fact they’re cheap means I can splurge on the lipsticks!

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