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Add to FavoritesAs children we watch the adult women sitting at their vanity tables, twirling with their bouncy hair, powdering their face, adding touches of blusher and last but not least glazing their lips with lipstick before going out. I just used to always think how deeply ageing lipstick was; as a child fascinated by make-up you automatically assume that it's a grown up instrument and a single swipe to the lips transforms you.
Lipgloss has always had a naive light to it- preferred by the younger generation and certainly made popular by young actresses and singers you imagine it to be something that the teenage girls favour. This is very true and for many years I much preferred the goo texture of it to the simple sheen of a lipstick. It's just a natural thing. Our mothers wear lipstick, therefore as rebellious teenagers we try to do the opposite.
I don't think it is until you grow up a little, can afford more make-up and have learnt some talents of applying it that you realise just how much more versatile lipsticks are compared to lipglosses. Lipsticks are bright and lasting and can convert a look into sophistication. The good thing about them is also that not every single other person as a club or bar looks the same as you. They tend to hardly ever look cheap and the countless shades make it so easy to play around. But what exactly can you do with a lipgloss apart from have the same look every single time. I mean, take a certain brand of make-up. Undoubtedly their lipgloss section would have tons of colours to choose from, different glitters and pretty sparkly things, but the truth is that no matter which one you choose, they are always going to be the same once on the lips. And lets face it, when have they EVER lasted more than half an hour (no matter what L'Oreal says)?
I believe that you can never have too many lipsticks because each one is different from the last shades always differentiate and you walk into any MAC counter and you will have choices of diverse textures; matte, lustre and whatever else they have invented in the last twenty four hours that I haven't been there.
It's true that when we are young we never relate lipsticks as something our age' but rather something for adults so we assume that lipglosses are our safe substitution. But I basically believe that lipglosses are child's play and that lipsticks are not ageing at all. It's just the slick sophistication which they illuminate that we can only see when we grow up.
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Lip gloss
Lipstick has been a traditional part of women's make-up for years. It has a thick, opaque consistency designed to completely cover your lip's original color. It generally appears formal and few under the age of 25 feel comfortable using it. Lip gloss, however, is light, enhances what you naturally have without covering it up, and everyone from 12-year-olds to 60-year-olds feels comfortable wearing it. Lip gloss can also go from daytime casual to evening appropriate in a flash. Lip gloss, in its great versatility, is superior to lipstick when you can only pick one.
Lip gloss is often associated with the younger people who wear it as an alternative to the heavily made-up look of lipstick. Despite this image, people of all ages wear lip gloss, which comes in demure as well as bright colors. A preteen might be attracted to a candy scented, glitter infused gloss, while a mature woman might appreciate a brown gloss that adds little more than a soft color and a little shine. Lip gloss's transparency makes it impossible to look over done while wearing it, but its shine, and sometimes soft color, is enough to make anyone look put together. This makes it appealing to an incredibly large number of people.
Since so many people can and do use lip gloss, there is great demand for lip gloss to fulfill more and more purposes. As the demand rises, so does the supply. Every year there's more lip gloss coming in more varieties. Some are even able to replace lip stick by coming in darker, more opaque shades, while still retaining the qualities so valued in a lip gloss, namely its shine and its lightness. Lip gloss makers have managed to combine the best qualities of lipstick and lip gloss in many of the new lip glosses. People can now have a rich dark shade that has shine and doesn't feel cakey.
Lip gloss's comfort is another way it is superior to lipstick. While lip gloss can suffer from stickiness, and both lip gloss and lipstick tend to come off on glasses, lipstick is thick and dry, which can make your lips feel stiff and uncomfortable. When people attempt to stretch or lick their lips so as to feel better, lipstick leaves large unsightly smears on their teeth and around their lips. Lip gloss, should it smear, is generally less visible and is more likely to simply disappear as the day passes rather than spread across a person's face. This makes it easier for people to go through their day without having to worry about or check their make-up.
Lip gloss is a newer form of make-up than lipstick and thusly better represents the needs of modern people. Despite being associated with young people, almost anyone can lip gloss due to its great variety. As lip gloss's popularity rose, so did its quality. You now find formulas of lip gloss that combine the best qualities of lipstick and lip gloss. One of the coveted qualities of lip gloss is its comfortable lightness, a quality which no lipstick has. Also, lip gloss's lightness makes it easier to maintain than lipstick as it is less likely to visibly smear. Because of its many virtues and the variety in which it comes, lip gloss is better than lipstick if you could only one or the other.
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