Finding the perfect lipstick is somewhat like dating. You have to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince.
No one can deny the power of a good lipstick. The perfect lipstick can immediately transform your look and boost your confidence. But just like a bad relationship the wrong lipstick can do havoc not only to your looks but your health as well. So when you got to spend your bucks on one, it better be good.
Did you know most lipsticks, including the big names, include harmful chemicals (like lead and parabens) and animal ingredients (carmine,lanolin and beeswax to name a few)? Fortunately after a lot of frog kissing episodes, I’ve finally found the perfect one {I mean the lipstick}!
The Tattoo queen turned Sephora best-seller makes one of the best vegan lipsticks that I have come across and there’s a reason why her lipsticks are flying off the shelves – they’re absolutely amazing. Yes I am talking about Kat Von D (sold exclusively at Sephora and her own online store).
The Everlasting Liquid Lipstick and Studded Kiss Lipstick from her range are all vegan and cruelty-free and boy I tell you they’re super amazing. The Studded Kiss comes in a beautiful black packaging and is super-creamy and richly pigmented, an otherwise rare quality in most vegan lipsticks. Plus it smells amazing (a nice sweet powdery fragrance) and lasts long. The Bachelorette is one of my favorite colors from Kat Von D – a nice reddish fuchsia – perfect for day-to-night look.
Everlasting liquid lipstick is equally amazing – its cool formula gives the opaque rich color of a lipstick yet glides on with the ease of a gloss. It turns matte on drying. In fact their best-selling Lolita (one of my fav colors too), which always runs out in Dubai, is perfect shade to break out from your nude lip territory but without going too far. It’s a nice muted chestnut rose shade which is very versatile, you can wear it for any occasion and it complements nearly all skin tones.
Did you know The Studded Kiss Lipstick in Lolita was Sephora’s number-one selling lipstick of 2015? Imagine a new brand competing with all the biggies and making it to the top-seller list at Sephora – while being vegan and cruelty-free. Plus they are paraben and phthalate-free. Now that’s one heck of a lipstick we say…..
P.S.: I slather lip balm generously few minutes before applying the lipstick to ensure the lips don’t dry or crack.
Also check out 5 Vegan Lipstick Must Haves
