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My Top 10 Favorite Lip Glosses

I had a great deal of trouble deciding how to approach this post. At first, I thought I would do my top 10 MAC lipglasses. But then, I had to be honest with myself. Mac is not my favorite lip gloss brand. I honestly have several. So instead, I decided to focus on my favorite lip glosses across the board. I really love variety, and having a different lip product for every mood and outfit is a delight. I am a bold Aries for sure, and it shows in everything I wear. My whole life, I’ve struggled with my vibrance because I am Muslim and naturally not very demure.

But no matter how many glosses I purchase, these tend to be the glosses that I return to, use up, and buy again. And you are going to love that none of these are limited edition or discontinued!

The Goods

Buxom Dominique

10. Buxom Dominique: A Clear with Diamond Sparkle. Diamond is the color of my birth month, and it looks exquisite on me. It adds a touch of razzle-dazzle when I don’t want to do too much.

9. Revlon Pinkissimo: A straight-up ’80s pink, but on my pigmented lips, it looks gorgeous, not at all as bubblegum pink as it looks in the tube. My flash doesn’t do the color justice; it’s a lot lighter than it appears.

8. Fenty Frosted Buns: The name drew me in, but the sparkle keeps me wearing it. I would describe this as a midtone champagne brown with rainbow sparkle. Extremely pretty.

7. Elf Candy Coated: A beautiful pale pinky nude with multicolor glitter. This is giving Mac dazzleglass in sugarrimmed, which has been discontinued (Mac is foolish). I wear this alone or over my nude lipsticks.

6. Mac Oyster Girl: She’s a classic. A mixture of gold and silver shimmer in a pale pinky lilac nude base. Looks beautiful on all complexions, but I especially like it on the Caucasian girlies.

5. Pat McGrath Labs Sunset Rose: I initially got this lip gloss because I heard it was a dupe for Mac Pinkarat lustreglass lip gloss. Pinkarat was really that girl. The comparison picture is from Temptalia.com. As you can see, they are super close, but Sunset Rose is more pigmented, which I like.

4. Fenty Glow (Lip Oil): It’s beautiful. I don’t even know how to describe it, it’s like a honey-toned peach with green shimmer. The only other gloss that I can remember being remotely close to this was Mac Queen Bee from the Naked Honey Collection (est. 2009). I’m old. And if you notice, Mac is always the inspiration for my other colors. Because so many of the things that I loved were limited edition, I’m always searching for similar colors.

3. Mac Nymphette: This color is also an OG shade. It is a sheer rosey mauve with golden bronze shimmer. This is pretty enough to wear alone without a liner. I especially love it at the end of the summer and going into fall. Truly one of my most repurchased lip glosses. I have been buying it since I was 20.

2. Pat McGrath Labs Flesh Astral: Subtle but also a statement. She can be described as a peach with gold shimmer. I think I see a slight pink shimmer, too. Very similar to Mac Love Nectar, which was recently discontinued. I only wear this over nude lipsticks or with liner. Lined, it’s absolutely gorgeous and perfect for summer.

  1. Mac C-Thru Lipglass: My Shayla! (Peeps from the future Google Tyrese and My Shayla, and it will make complete and utter sense). C-Thru was my first true love of lip gloss. I bought her with Nymphette and have not been without her for not one year since I was 20. I am 34 now. So that’s 14 years of C-Thru. She is a pale nude with barely there golden shimmer. She looks good on top of everything, but I most like wearing it to mute out my lips. I hope Mac never discontinues this color.

Swatches

L to R: Mac C-Thru, Fenty Beauty Fenty Glow Oil, Mac Nymphette, Pat McGrath Labs Sunset Rose, Mac Oyster Girl, Elf Candy Coated, Fenty Frosted Buns, Pat McGrath Labs Flesh Astral, Revlon Pinkissimo, Buxom Dominique

This was such a fun post to make. What makeup products can you not live without? Gloss is a necessity for me. Alright, y’all, it’s late and I’m tired. Hope you enjoyed! Sayonara. I am going to bed!

Signed

– The Lipstick Diaries

Remembering Plushglass: A Beauty Staple Lost and Replaced

Thank you, Buxom, and RIP, Plushglass. Plushglass is one of many products that Mac had absolutely no business discontinuing. They were plumping, moisturizing, and the colors were bomb. Colors like Ample Pink, Fulfilled, Posh it Up, Nice Buzz, Wet Wild n Wonderful, and my favorite: Cushy White.

I got the picture of Cushy White from Makeup Alley, a long-time love of mine. I used to visit the website to read reviews before purchasing products, but it seems to be going extinct. And no tea, no shade, Makeup Alley was popular during a time when we were more concerned with a product being a quality staple, rather than the newest, celebrity or influencer-backed trend. In creating this blog, I hope to fill a niche, seemingly empty space that used to be so commonplace before; consumer opinion, sans influencer. A love for individuality, not popularity.

However, this post is not about the ‘buy more and keep buying’ culture that has become the norm. It’s also not meant to be about my frustration with influencer culture. But I am an Aries with ADHD, and I cannot forgo a good old circumstantial rant. Still, I want to give Gin Fizz its just due. And well deserved if I may add.

Gin Fizz is said to be beige, but honestly, does this color look beige to you? It looks straight-up white to me, just like Cushy White, but maybe a bit more opaque than Cushy was. It still looks pretty and natural on the lips, despite the scary white in the tube. I also tend to put more on than it probably needs because I love it so. It provides a cooling plump, it’s comfortable, and it makes the lips look juicy. It’s a color that I’ve purchased again and again. It’s effortless, unique, and allows me to relive my glory days.

The Nostalgia I feel for products that are no more…my gosh. Duping them is always very dialectical, both fun and frustrating, as I really would much rather have the original. Seriously, plushglass was amazing. But a close second isn’t bad either. So if you are like me, stuck in the past, mad at Mac for discontinuing your HG product, I hope this reaches you in kindness. I am still angry as H E double hockey sticks about plushglass being gone. But I want to thank Buxom for sticking around and being consistent. They have the same glosses that existed in the early 2000’s. I appreciate you and the beauty that is Gin Fizz immensely. Please don’t discontinue her.

Sincerely,

-The Lipstick Diaries