Happy Friday! Today I wanted to talk about my undying love of lip liner. Growing up in the 90s, lip liner was a very strong trend. I always loved the look, but I didn't start wearing liner until I graduated from college. I think getting my first "big girl job" warranted me the right to start wearing what I thought of as a grown up makeup look. My first lip liner (and all my first "high end" makeup for that matter) was by Clinique. It was a natural, rosy shade that I wore every single day. I wore it with a glittery MAC lip gloss (very grown up, I know...haha!). I used that liner until it was worn down to a little nub of a pencil. Good times.
For a good while, lip liners were virtually unseen in the beauty world. I never let go of the hope that they would make a comeback. Over the last couple of years, my prayers have been answered! Now that I am a little bit older and have played around with a lot of different shades and brands, I have a few holy grail liners that I swear by. I think that MAC and Urban Decay make the best liners. Both have very different formulas and I like them for different reasons.
For day to day, I reach for my MAC liners in the shades Dervish, Half-Red, or Stripdown. Dervish is a natural mauve-y pink (reminds me of my first Clinique shade!) that goes with nearly every lipstick color and is beautiful on it's own with a lipgloss. I discovered Half-Red when a makeup artist used it on me while I was a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding. I would describe it as a deep, brownish pink with a subtle red tint. I am absolutely obsessed wearing it with the MAC lipsticks in Faux and Brave. Finally, Stripdown is a nude brown color. Perfect with nude or brown toned lipstick (helloooo 90s lip color!).
When I am doing a bold lip, I reach for my Urban Decay liners. They are a creamier formula that I find really locks in the color so it doesn't budge from my lips. My favorite red lip combo is UD's liner and lipstick in the shad 69. It is the most perfect, classic red lip. In the fall, I love to wear a vampy, deep purple lip and for that I use the shade Venom. When I want to do a magenta, bright pink lip, I love Anarchy. A recent favorite of mine is the shade Liar which is a brownish mauve.
Check out the swatches below of my liner favorites!
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| UD liners (L to R) Liar, Anarchy, Venom, and 69 |
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| MAC liners (L to R) Stripdown, Half-Red, and Dervish |
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