| One should remember that perfection is ten percent | | | | you have since the color of your lips automatically |
| inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. So | | | | affects the color of the gloss applied on it. Never |
| searching for the lip gloss that best suits the lip color | | | | choose based on how good or bad a lip gloss looks |
| and lip tone one has is an endeavor that requires | | | | on Jennifer Anniston or Angelina Jolie. Jennifer has thin |
| patience, perseverance and a little (just a little) bit of | | | | pale lips while Angelina has full pucker-up ones. |
| luck. Hopefully, the following tips will better the chances | | | | Naturally, yours is similarly worlds apart from theirs, if |
| of discovering the lip gloss that best suits the lips you | | | | not better. Lip gloss colors appear differently on |
| have on you. | | | | different kinds of people. One?s own lip color plays an |
| 1. Be open, do not forget to experiment! | | | | important part because your natural lip color will shine |
| There are numerous brands of lip gloss and the prices | | | | through. So does your natural lip tone, the pigmentation |
| of each vary. A $7 lip gloss bought at a neighborhood | | | | of the lip gloss, how convenient is it when applied and |
| drugstore is not necessarily inferior in quality compared | | | | whatever it is you?re looking for a lip gloss. Clearly this |
| to an $18 Poole lip gloss compact. Lips could only | | | | is as unique, individual and personalized as it could be. |
| appreciate the texture, smoothness, silkiness of the | | | | 4. Not All That Glitters Is Good |
| gloss or feel its heaviness, stickiness, or icky-ness. Little | | | | No matter how great it looks, make sure that the lip |
| do lips care about how much the lip gloss cost or | | | | gloss put on the lips feels comfortable, as if it?s almost |
| where it was bought. Though high-end lip glosses at | | | | like it wasn?t there. Lip gloss glitter that feels gritty or |
| times do offer a super-glossy feel that it almost glides | | | | sharp should not be tolerated by the lips or by you. Do |
| delightfully on the lips, there are also not too expensive | | | | not be afraid to return it to the store and politely |
| lip glosses like Bonne Bell which could give the high-end | | | | explain to the store clerk or - preferably - the store |
| brands a run for their money. A label is not everything. | | | | manager your problem. It should be exchanged for |
| Sometimes, a great find could be found in dollar stores. | | | | another less grittier tube. But if the same trouble |
| Try your luck, win or lose, its all worth a dollar. But, if | | | | persists maybe it is time to change to a different |
| buying in a drugstore or at Wal-mart, make sure that | | | | brand, specifically one that has not too much glitter that |
| extensive research has been done on the lip gloss | | | | it hurts. |
| product you are considering of buying since drugstores | | | | 5. Moisturize! |
| offer no testers. | | | | Be realistic, lip gloss gives lips a smooth shimmer, it |
| 2. A Gloss Is Not Forever | | | | does not provide anyone with kissable cottony-soft |
| - Reapply to preserve the dye | | | | lips. Lip balms do that. Balms are not shiny. But it |
| - Some brands, even the best ones, fade off after a | | | | makes lips feel supple. Apply a balm over the lips first |
| few hours | | | | before putting on a lip gloss, this is to moisturize the lips. |
| - Some people really do not like the feel of a heavy | | | | Gloss is supposed to be - you?ve guessed it - glossy. |
| gloss | | | | If it does not, troop to the shop or store where it was |
| - Judge by your lip color not anyone else?s | | | | bought from, you are supposed to get the product you |
| 3. Selection Tips | | | | purchased for. |
| Make sure to choose a lip gloss based on the lip color | | | | |