A while back I was watching an episode of Monk. On this episode, the serial killer would always take his victim’s one lipstick. The whole time I was watching this (and now, months later) I can’t get over the one lipstick thing.
I don’t know about you, but I have a bit of a lip product addiction. I have a lip balm hidden in nearly every room and every purse, even the ones I’m not using right now. Then there are the glosses…I have one extra in my “concert” purse (just a wristlet that holds everything in one place – which reminds me, I need to add ear plugs to that bag) and another on the ready in my carry on bag.
In my current, every day purse I have the following lip products on hand (these will all travel from bag to bag):
- MAC Captive Satin lipstick
- Bobbi Brown Slopes lipstick (great color!)
- NARS Tobago lipstick
- Bare Escentuals Lip Savor (my all time favorite lip balm E.V.E.R. – nearly finished and discontinued *wah*)
- Clinique Black Plum Almost Lipstick (again, great color – most like Black Honey, but this works better for me)
- NARS Positano lip gloss
- Bombshell dual gloss in That’s So 80’s
- NARS Triple X clear lip gloss (this one comes and goes depending on the purse since the Bombshell also has a clear gloss)
Good Lord, now that I think about it, eight lip products (for a girl that doesn’t really wear much make up) does seem a tad bit excessive. I’ll blame it all on the economy and the economic principal known as the Lipstick Factor (even if I’ve bought many of these before our most recent recession…shhhh).
But of course, since it’s October and Breast Cancer Awareness month, there are many, many other cool products that are out. And they’re so cool and cute and well, pink, that I can rarely contain myself. Right now, I’m eying a Shiseido Think Pink lipgloss that according to Blogdorf Goodman is hydrating like a lip balm – two for the price of one…SCORE! Of course, the Shiseido counter at my local rinky dink Macy’s had no idea what I was talking about, so I’ll have to hit up a nicer mall.
How many lip products do you tend to carry? Am I alone in my lippie addiction love? Are you a one lipstick kind of gal? Or do you only do tinted blams or maybe glossies? Spill…I just might discover a new product 😉
i thought my family was the only one to call it “lippy”…and we have LOTS of it. i love chapstick, blistex, et al.
for everyday use i have ONE lippy that i discovered no so long ago. it rendered ALL other lipsticks obsolete: benefit lipstick in ‘skinny dip’. i’m so addicted. it’s a perfect color, doesn’t need lipliner, just swipe and go. the color is flattering on everyone. seriously. i discovered it while browsing at sephora. i bought two–one for my purse make up bag and one for my vanity.
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You are NOT alone!
I have 3 different lip balms at work + one emergency lipstick. In my purse makeup bag I have lip gloss, lip stick, lip balm and chapstick. In my purse I have lip gloss and lip balm. I have to buy lip balm because I can never remember *where* the others are!
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CWG – I just might have to stop by the Benefit counter the next time I’m out and check out “Skinny Dip”. I will say though, typically any “works on everyone” kind of product just doesn’t seem to work on me. Even the NARS gal didn’t believe that Orgasm wouldn’t work on me…and it didn’t.
Resse – Glad to know I’m not alone. When I used to live in Atlanta I used to have a lip balm for every pocket of every pair of pants or shorts. Then I started to forget to take them out and kept washing and drying them – not cool. I will say, it’s not uncommon for me to misplace a lippie only to later be pleasantly surprised when it shows back up again. Now, I just stick to one in every room (but the kitchen), a few in my car, one in every purse, and one in very jacket that has a pocket (including my husband’s jackets since you never know when I might be wearing it!)
I have to admit I’m actually not a lip product girl. I hate reapplying so lipstick and even gloss is wasted on this girl. I did, however, just buy Sugar’s Fresh Lip Treatment. It’s sheer, smells like sugar and has SPF 15.
Ok, so I’ve officially stopped trying to count how many lipsticks, lip glosses, lip balms, lip stains, and any other lip products I may have forgotten to list that I own. Yes, I have an addiction – good thing I’ve made it part of my living! Just for you I counted the one’s sitting in my purse right now…there are 9 different variations of pink currently getting carried around all over town. Hmmm, time for an edit? My everyday go to slam dunk lipstick is my YSL Rouge Pur Shine in #12 (surprise, it’s discontinued!) and my current go to glosses are my Balmshell (note the CORRECT spelling) in You Give Me Fever and Lucy B. in Glamorama.
You are NOT alone!
I have 3 different lip balms at work + one emergency lipstick. In my purse makeup bag I have lip gloss, lip stick, lip balm and chapstick. In my purse I have lip gloss and lip balm. I have to buy lip balm because I can never remember *where* the others are!
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