swaly
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I wanted to start a thread on "unusual," goth, punk, or plain nutty lip colors.
It seems it was only a year or two ago that the only colors I could track down were really cheap Halloween lipstick if I wanted blue, yellow, etc., or the limited color range of Manic Panic makeup. I probably just didn't know where to look!
Now I'm the proud owner of bizarre and unusual lip colors from Lime Crime and OCC, and soon I'll be happily opening packages of lip colors from Morgana Minerals, Fyrinnae, NYX, and Sinful Colors.
I'll post pics as they come but meanwhile discuss your favorite strange lip colors--blues, greens, purples, silvers--and I'll put together a list of what kinds of colors you can get, and from where.
- Lime Crime: bright blues, pastel lavenders, creamy coral, neon pinks. All the formulations are opaque, glossy and shimmer-free. They're very poppy, plasticky, creamy colors. $16 each.
- OCC Lip Tars: they have a good range of primary and secondary colors in "liquid lipstick" formulation, also all shimmer-free. They have yellow, blue, red, blue, purple, white, black, and now a wide range of nudes and deeper hues. $12.50 each.
- Morgana Minerals: they have vegan/mineral-based lipsticks in a large range of blues, greens, greys, color-tinged blacks, as well as more standard reds/wines/oranges. Most of them seem fairly dark, many of them bordering on black. $10 each.
- Fyrinnae: they have "lip lustres" which are liquid but are meant to dry like a stain. They have a lot of more average colors, but they have some fantastically unusual candy colors in a variety of opacities and finishes. $2.50 for the sample size (which appears pretty sizable) and $4.50 for the fullsize.
- NYX: I actually purchased a full set of 144 from Joy's Cosmetics on eBay in order to give many out as goodies and keep the better colors. I see they have mostly the usual reds, nudes, pinks, etc., but there are a few fantastic nudes, purples and silvers I'm interested in. $1.40 on eBay, can be gotten as cheap as $0.99 and as much as $5, it seems.
- Sinful Colors: I can't attest to the quality yet, but they have a couple of chartreuse/lime shades, a lot of color-tinged darks, and several light and dark blues, bright purples, royal blues, grape blue-purples, silvers, greys. $4 each.
So, pics as they arrive. Meanwhile, discuss your favorite "unusual" lip colors! What other brands have you seen carrying strange colors? I know Illamasqua and MUFE both have strange colors that are hard to get in the US, and MAC releases blues and silvers from time to time.
It seems it was only a year or two ago that the only colors I could track down were really cheap Halloween lipstick if I wanted blue, yellow, etc., or the limited color range of Manic Panic makeup. I probably just didn't know where to look!
Now I'm the proud owner of bizarre and unusual lip colors from Lime Crime and OCC, and soon I'll be happily opening packages of lip colors from Morgana Minerals, Fyrinnae, NYX, and Sinful Colors.
I'll post pics as they come but meanwhile discuss your favorite strange lip colors--blues, greens, purples, silvers--and I'll put together a list of what kinds of colors you can get, and from where.
- Lime Crime: bright blues, pastel lavenders, creamy coral, neon pinks. All the formulations are opaque, glossy and shimmer-free. They're very poppy, plasticky, creamy colors. $16 each.
- OCC Lip Tars: they have a good range of primary and secondary colors in "liquid lipstick" formulation, also all shimmer-free. They have yellow, blue, red, blue, purple, white, black, and now a wide range of nudes and deeper hues. $12.50 each.
- Morgana Minerals: they have vegan/mineral-based lipsticks in a large range of blues, greens, greys, color-tinged blacks, as well as more standard reds/wines/oranges. Most of them seem fairly dark, many of them bordering on black. $10 each.
- Fyrinnae: they have "lip lustres" which are liquid but are meant to dry like a stain. They have a lot of more average colors, but they have some fantastically unusual candy colors in a variety of opacities and finishes. $2.50 for the sample size (which appears pretty sizable) and $4.50 for the fullsize.
- NYX: I actually purchased a full set of 144 from Joy's Cosmetics on eBay in order to give many out as goodies and keep the better colors. I see they have mostly the usual reds, nudes, pinks, etc., but there are a few fantastic nudes, purples and silvers I'm interested in. $1.40 on eBay, can be gotten as cheap as $0.99 and as much as $5, it seems.
- Sinful Colors: I can't attest to the quality yet, but they have a couple of chartreuse/lime shades, a lot of color-tinged darks, and several light and dark blues, bright purples, royal blues, grape blue-purples, silvers, greys. $4 each.
So, pics as they arrive. Meanwhile, discuss your favorite "unusual" lip colors! What other brands have you seen carrying strange colors? I know Illamasqua and MUFE both have strange colors that are hard to get in the US, and MAC releases blues and silvers from time to time.