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Instyle Pick for Best Lipstick Cosmetics

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:55:44 +0000

Instyle has chosen the best cosmetics for 2010. Nars Lipstick has come up Number One for best overall lipstick. It has been a long time favorite of makeup artists.Nars Lipstick is a great lipstick,as it wears off looks is does so evenly. So you will look as good at the end of the day as you did when you first applied it. Nars lipstick contains antioxidants and Vitamin E which helps to increase the wearability and keeps color intact.
and the colors are great.
Try the sheer finish for the natural stained look for your lips. The semimatte will give your lips velvety full pouty lips,or try the satin for creamy moist-looking lips.
Nars is a pure, creamy lipstick formula for bold color.
The prices are reasonable. I think Instyle has chosen a quality product for overall best lipstick.
If you are looking to try a new lipstick cosmetic, try Nars in your favorite shade.

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admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:42:19 +0000

Orange Shades of Lipstick Cosmetics are hot for Summer!

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:22:32 +0000

Summer is almost here, so put away your dark shades of lipstick cosmetics, and find a complementary shade of orange for your lips. Orange shades are hot this summer, they look so sexy and beautiful with your bronzed skin tones. They are fresh and bring that summery hint of citrusy colors.
Try a tangerine, maybe a coral, orange-reds,or a nice apricot or peach and be your stunning self.
Stay away from the Halloween bright orange shades, they are not sexy on anyone.
All the cosmetic companies have brought out new shades and everyone can wear orange lipstick cosmetics. Tangerine orange shades work nicely for blondes.Orange sherbet shades work well for brunettes, and try a bright glossy orange with darker hair and olive or darker skin.
If you are choosing orange lipstick cosmetics, please do adjust your color palette, move from blacks, dark charcoal,maroon,deep blues and the pinks. You will want to try the golds, plums, reddish-orange,coppers, or even a lighter blue will complement the orange lipstick shades.
Remember orange lip colors are a bold choice, so try just leaving off the eyeshadow and going with the lip color, bronzer, and a mascara. Top off your lipstick with a orange shiny lip gloss to make your lips look more full and moist.
Take a look at the orange shades available, make your choice and look hot for summer.

Linda Carter for Maybelline Lipstick Cosmetics

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:29:28 +0000

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Maybelline is one of the biggest names in cosmetics. In the eighties Linda Carter did an ad for Maybelline, which showed Lynda coming up out of the water with her Maybelline lipstick cosmetics still intact. It was a great ad on TV, and Lynda was at peak of her career as Wonder Woman.

History Of Lipstick Cosmetics

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:26:41 +0000

Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, Marilyn Monroe, and modern women have one beauty product in common, lipstick cosmetics. Where would women be without lipstick? Over the years lipstick ingredients have changed drastically. Lipstick cosmetic origins date back to 3000 BC, women in Mesopotamia used red clay to create lipstick, also henna, seaweed, iodine and bromine mannite, some of these ingredients were toxic. Women were dying to be beautiful.

IN 5000 BC, the Sumerians used crushed semi-precious stones to make their lip color. Cleopatra of Egypt used lipstick cosmetics, hers were made from crushed beetles with a base of ants. Upper class Roman women used homemade lip color ,also.

Around 900 AD, Abu al-Quasim al-Zahrwai is actually given credit for creating the first actual lipstick. A wax base was created for the pigment, perfume was added and pressed into a mold. This was a giant improvement from little jars and tiny brushes. Thank you, Abu for making the lives of women through the centuries easier.

During the Middle Ages lipstick still remained popular, but mainly in the lower class and prostitutes.

In the 1500’s Queen Elizabeth I introduced the trend of chalk white faces together with red lipstick. The main ingredients they used to produce lipstick were beeswax and plants. Although lipstick became very popular during this time, lipstick faced a lot opposition from the church. The church considered painting faces and lips as the Devil’s work

In the 1700s lipstick was thought of as a devil’s tool to seduce a man, and in England parliament actually ruled that women could be burned at the stake for luring a man into marriage. After all, how powerful can pouty red lips be? Lipstick is a potent weapon in a women’s arsenal, but luring a man to marriage might require a little more than our favorite lipstick cosmetics. Queen Victoria was against lipstick and in the middle of the Victorian era lipstick cosmetics were not popular.

The twentieth century brought innovations to lipstick cosmetics. Max Factor introduced the first glossy lipstick, of course a lot of this was seen on actresses in Hollywood. Maurice Levy invented the metal container in 1915, much like the ones use d nowadays. By 1949 kiss proof lipstick was developed and that was an exciting enhancement to the cosmetic industry.

The popularity of lipstick cosmetics increased as lip liners and lip bombs were developed. The evolution of lipstick continued as moisturizing lipsticks appeared on the market in the nineties. Lipstick lasted longer and more new and innovative colors were introduced.

Modern day women have lots of choices and Avon is one company that offers a variety of lipstick choices. Beyond Color lipstick offered in several beautiful colors with retinol and spf 15 so lips will be protected and be more youthful looking.

Another great product it the Three in One Lip wand. First define with lip liner. Then add luscious color with lipstick. Add shine with lip gloss. All three in one product which fits conveniently into your purse.

After all, what would women do without lipstick? On our low days, a slash of color can perk us up instantly and on good days your favorite shade can make you feel fantastic.