wearing Estée Lauder Pure color High intensity Lip Lacquer in Peach Glass
I think that over the course of practically every MAC-aholic’s time as a semi-professional MAC makeup hoarder/enthusiast, there’s a period during which Lipglasses are, like, the end all, be all pinnacles of lip glossy-ness, and everything else might as well be a sub-par knockoff sitting on a folding card table on a sketchy street corner sidewalk being sold by some man named Zipper, know what I mean?
From the left, six of the 12 Estée Lauder Pure color High intensity Lip Lacquers in Peach Glass, Ruby Glow, Melting Sun, liquid Petals, wet Plum and Amber Halo
For me, that period was the late ’90s, when if I couldn’t have MAC Spite or Nymphette, I didn’t want anything at all.
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But times change. Eventually, my eyes (and makeup bag) opened to new possibilities, with the possibilities in this case being different glosses.
Thank goodness, too, because I would have kicked myself for missing these new potently pigmented Pure color High intensity Lip Lacquers from Estée Lauder ($25 each), a new line of 12 long-wearing glosses available now.
Swatches from the left: Amber Glow, Peach Glass, liquid Petals, wet Plum, Melting sun and Ruby Glow
Basically, they’re like MAC Lipglasses raised on a high-pigment diet and taught to wield a flocked applicator instead of MAC’s doe foot. They’re also unscented and unflavored.
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Peach Glass
Similarly thick, sticky Lipglass-like formula, even application, smooth texture and shiny finish…but with hella high levels of pigment.
Amber Halo
Part of me finds the coverage very satisfying, especially with the light and nude shades like Amber Halo (a peachy nude) and Peach Glass (a peachy pink). My lips are pretty pigmented, and I can’t always find opaque glosses in nude shades that are able to completely cover my natural lip color.
But Amber Halo and Peach Glass do it just fine (even one layer).
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Liquid Petals
On the flip side, though, that pigment can make application tricky, like with Ruby glow and wet Plum, the darker red wine and berry shades.
Yeah, the flocked applicator helps where precision’s necessary, like around the inner corners, but in some cases I still stray outside my natural lip line.
Bottom line: unless you have the stable hands of a surgeon or a professional Jenga player (I’m so awful at that game), you might want to line your lips first with a lip liner when you wear the darker shades.
Wet Plum
EL claims they last six hours. I’ve been getting much more like two hours of the glossy finish, which then wears down to a stain that lasts another 2-3, so about 4-5 hours total from one application.
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Melting Sun
Ruby Glow
I dig these and think they’re cool, even the slightly high maintenance darker colors, but my favorites are the ones I know I could wear day in, day out, like the nudes and lighter ones I’m unlikely to mess up…like Peach Glass, Amber Halo and liquid Petals.
PRICE: $25 each
AVAILABILITY: Permanent, and available now at Estée Lauder counters and online
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P.S. So long, Monday. Don’t let the door hit you in the have a great night!
P.P.S. Did you just smile? I hope you did.