Q&A: What Are The Best Lip Liners?
Lip Lip Hooray!
Friend of the TIBAAC newsletter, Anna G., recently wrote in and dished about how she loves Lisa Eldridge’s lipsticks (I have yet to try them but I’m now intrigued!) and also asked me to share my favorite lip liners.
In my ever-evolving arsenal of beauty products, lip liners go in and out of my makeup bag. When I was in high school, I loved the “Gym Lips” look, as it’s now called by the TikTok crowd. It’s just lip liner applied all over the lips and topped with either a lip balm or a gloss. It’s the perfect way to get a your-lips-but-better effect that doesn’t look too done. Now that I’m in my 40s, I’m back into that lip liner lifestyle.
In the ‘90s, my lip liner of choice was Max Factor’s lip liner in Nude, and RIP to that. I was devastated when the brand stopped selling in the U.S. You might be able to get it overseas and if you can—buy that shit in bulk. It’s the business and the truth.
Nowadays, I go high and low when it comes to lip liners.
My favorite wallet-friendly pick? Wet ‘N Wild Lip Liner in Brandy Wine (shade 666). It was recommended by the epic Cat Marnell, whose quips during beauty events I sorely, sorely miss. This shade is a plummy take on a neutral and makes your pout look perfect in pictures. Oh, and a 3-pack costs under $8. You can’t beat it.
For a more luxe lip liner, I’m a fan of Charlotte Tilbury’s in Pillow Talk, available in this mini set with the matching lipstick I love for $23.75. This shade is the ideal pink-tinged medium brown hue and works well in lieu of eye shadow in addition to all over the lips—or just lining the lips.
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