I was on a mission a few weeks ago to research what the best lipstain or liptint was, that did the job of lightly and naturally staining, or tinting the lips, for hours, without totally drying them out like most other stains, even the higher end ones I tried, do. I came up empty handed, but I did see one promising one that’s only like $7 from the Avon company Mark, which is still made by Avon, but is geared more toward the younger women crowd with more “fun” trend products and colors to appeal to teens and twenty somethings.
It’s called Glossblossom by Mark, and it is supposed to do something pretty cool, although of course there were some mixed reviews on what it does, although I must say a fairly impressive amount of the reviews were positive. It is supposed to go on clear, then “blossom” on your lips and create the perfect pink shade for your complexion. Some of the lip plumpers on the market do that, they go on clear and make your lips turn a deeper color, but it is because they make them fill with blood and plump up, and they also irritate the top layer, making them appear red for a while.
Well, first of all, I’m skeptical that a product can know what your complexion is and therefore become just the right shade of pink to match your skin tone, and second of all, I thought it must be some sort of plumper formula, maybe with cinnamon or some other irritant, which is usually drying, to be able to “gradually” make the lips a stained color.
A lot of reviews on Glossblossom said that it turned their lips a perfect shade of pink, but there were a few women who said they were naturally very pale and that Glossblossom actually made their lips too dark of a pink color and looked bad with their skin tone. The majority of women though liked the pink color that it turned their skin, so that wa s good sign. I did read several reviews of Glossblossom that cautioned users to put on a good moisturizer or extra lip gloss with the product because it did dry their lips out fairly quickly.
The problem with most lip stains seems to be that because they absorb so completely into the lips due to their thin, liquid nature, they tend to dry out the lips as well. There is not a great formula yet that can make the lips a deeper but natural looking color, but also not make them appear dried out and even chapped after you apply it. If anyone has tried a great lip stain or lip tint – one that also plumps the lips would be great- that gave them naturally pretty results and also didn’t dry the heck out of their lips, please share that with us here.
