[Shien Cosmetics Silk Matte Lipsticks; Viper’s Dream and Wild Peony featured]
If you are one to shy away from gloss and love the matte lip look,
Shien Cosmetics is where you will find your happy lip place! The brand’s debut collection, dubbed “Viper’s Dream,” is a line of highly pigmented shades, including ingredients common to
Chinese and Japanese herbology such as
white camellia oil,
green tea extract, and
red algae extract. After testing the lipsticks (see me,
here, in Viper’s Dream), I found that they provided the matte texture achieved by filling in with a lip pencil, coupled with the convenience and rapidity I prefer in a lipstick form. The silk matte collection features eight shades at
$18 each, which will certainly be a welcome addition to your statement lip color assortment.
Continuing along with my new love of matte beauty products, the NARS Matte Multiple has the most opulent and fabulously buildable, long-lasting, and of course, hydrating color for lips and cheeks. I’ve been using the rose coral shade of Laos non-stop, however there are six other gorgeous shades to choose from — Anguilla (ginger pink), Exumas (pink apricot), Siam (poppy red), Altai (rose bronze), Vientiane (copper bronze), and Cappadoce (golden bronze). The creamy, incredibly light, and easily portable multiple highlighter retails for $39 each, available at NARS boutiques and online at narscosmetics.com
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