Almost every gloss adds shine and moisture to lips, though to varying degrees of course. But not every gloss does so while tasting so sweet, you’ll be tempted to lick your lips all day long.
If that sounds appealing, let me introduce you to Josie Maran’s Plumping Gloss ($20). Available in six shades – from neutral to bold – this gloss relies on gentle, yet effective Marine Collagen to plump your lips, instead of the irritants or stimulants that most plumpers use to induce swelling. Extracted from sea plants, Marine Collagen has been proven to help lips retain their moisture – …read more

The fab peeps at Lancome have alerted me that their lovely Rose Fishnets Juicy Tube, created exclusively for Sephora, has become Marc Jacobs’ latest muse for design.
Whether he came across this little lipgloss beauty and became inspired to create this fab tee or if it is just coincidence, they do see to look very much alike.
Lancome’s Rose Fishnets can be found for $18 at Sephora and Marc by Marc Jacobs fishnet tee can be found at Sak’s for $98 (wish he had been inspired by the Sephora price though!)

The makers of Urban Apothecary are expanding their wings and have launched a new brand on etsy called SEXYcosmetics. For now the line is strictly lip plumpers.
I’m not sure if you’ll get Angelina Jolie’s pout, as I haven’t yet tried them myself, but if SEXYcosmetics are anything like the quality of Urban Apothecary’s cosmetics then I’m confident they’ll work great.
It also doesn’t sound like these plumpers are the “lip burning” kind. From their product page it says, “Tiny, dehydrated, marine collagen micro spheres are instantly absorbed by the lips, and seek out the body’s natural moisture. As soon as the …read more

As I was walking up to Bryant Park for the opening ceremony of Fashion Week with Christina of ebeauty Daily and Teri of Aging Fabulous, these girls on the corner were handing out free lip gloss. Of course, never one to pass on something free, I gleefully took it and put it in my coat pocket. Caught up by the excitement of seeing Brooke Shields and the rest of the cast of Lipstick Jungle cut the ribbon at The Tents made me forget all about it until a few weeks ago.
I noticed that this gloss simply said “Lipstick Jungle” on …read more

Fusion Beauty’s LipFusion Color Shine is considered the next generation of lip plumpers. Most of the lip plumpers I have been trying lately use an irritant to swell your lips…although they did more irritating than swelling.
So when I received a gift card to DermStore.com I decided it was my chance to give LipFusion a try. I’ve heard a lot about Fusion Beauty products and had been pining for their LashFusion, LiftFusion Facelift and the LipFusion.
What makes LipFusion different from the others? They say they use “breakthrough technology that uses tiny, dehydrated, marine collagen microspheres, which seek out the body’s natural …read more

Luscious Cosmetics Lip Delites are glosses with just a hint of color to them. They contain hyralonic acid to soften your lips and a lip volumizer to plump them up to 40%.
I received two Lip Delites from Luscious Cosmetics; Boca Raton and White Sands. Boca Raton is a pink nude with a bit of silver shimmer and White Sands is a sheer pearl with silver shimmer.
I loved the look of these glosses; definitely shimmery and the colors were pretty. As with some of the other lip plumpers I have reviewed, Lip Delites plumping action only occurs over a 30 day …read more

 
Back when my mom finally allowed me to wear makeup, I always remember seeing Sally Hansen products on the shelves of my local drugstore. Yet, somehow, I have never tried them. So a few weeks ago I decided to give their Lip Inflation a try. Sally Hansen now has Lip Inflation Tints and I chose Sheer Pink simply because I am a pink fanatic.
Sally Hansen says:
* Refreshing tinted gloss enhances lips’ natural color and shape by shape while adding brilliant shine.
* Peppermint “cools” and stimulates lips.
* Lips become flush and plump instantly for a sexy, pouty look.
* Vitamins A …read more

I’m not one to stick to a particular brand and just about everyday I mix and match my makeup to suit my mood. I would find it inherently blaaaaahh to just do my face with just Este Lauder or Nars each day. How boring.
Some of my favorite mix and match products are:
* Lumiere Mineral Makeup’s Lavender Pearl along my lower lid with Jane Iredale’s Think Pink eyeshadow trio on my upper lid and brow bone.
* NYX Comsetics Super Volume Lip Plumper and Lulu Beauty’s Velvet Lip Lustre.
* Max Factor Volume Couture for thickness and length and Imju Fiberwig Mascara for …read more

NYX Cosmetics Super Volume Lip PLumper is a lip treatment designed to give you 40% fuller lips. Besides being super glossy, it also contains antioxidant Vitamin E acetate to condition your lips and herbs and Rosemary & Jojoba Oil.
The Super Volume Lip Plumper only comes in one shade: clear. The shine is tremendous. It does giving a burning sensation, although its really not that bad. My lips did plump up for about 25 minutes, which I am sure was a combination of actual plumping plus the look of the gloss to enhance its appearance.
While clear gloss always looks good, sometimes …read more

Was it just me or were Paula Abdul’s lips really big with the wrong colored gloss on them tonight? I had only tuned into American Idol tonight to see if Sanjaya would do the KFC bowl hairdo, but was agast to see these really huge lips on Paula that looked like she tried to minimize by putting on super pale pink lip gloss. Almost like Meg Ryan after her plastic surgery and grossly huge lips…except Paula added lip gloss to the ordeal to make it all the more horrific.
Seriously, did anyone else notice this?