Do you put on makeup to head to the gym? One PR girl recently guiltily confessed to me that she puts on blush before heading out to exercise.
Now I don’t think you should do your whole face, but I know I need more on my face than just sunscreen to feel presentable to the world, so I usually slick on a soft lip colour.
What’s working for my workouts lately: Smashbox O-Gloss Noir. It goes on black but then reacts to your skin to create a perfect bespoke berry.
Bonus: it’s jam-packed with antioxidants such as Goji Berry-C Complex. Downsides? Gloss can muck up your water bottle spout more than a lip balm does. Oh, and O-Gloss Noir doesn’t have any SPF (but my everyday balm does so I’m covered).
As a side note, as I mentioned I’ve been donning D.J.V. Beautinizer Fiberwig LX daily and have put it through the workout test and it didn’t smudge whatsoever during my oh-s0-sweaty evening runs.
November 4, 2010
Neck muscle is the newest thing you can have injected into your lips to plump them up. Yup, three plastic surgeons in the U.S. have harvested muscle and connective tissue taken from the neck to create lip implants.
I’m particularly intrigued by the plastic surgeons quoted as saying that the procedure “has not resulted in any limitation in head movement” in the 25 people in the study. Let’s go with the assumption that it was a purely cosmetic, elective surgery for these people — they were willing to possibly risk limitation in head movement for fuller lips?
Wow.
Me, 
I’m going to stick to my new favourite lip gloss, FusionBeauty‘s LipFusion Infatuation Liquid Shine Multi-Action Lip Fattener. The gloss features a technological called Amplifat, which promotes and stores your lips’ own natural fatty acids. In FusionBeauty’s clinical trials, four straight weeks of wearing Infatuation daily was proven to increase lip volume.
I’m only on week one of my personal “clinical trial” (aka wearing makeup as I do regularly) — so I can’t judge if my lips are more luscious just yet. What’s already earned Infatuation a spot in my cosmetics case is its intense pigment (giving me some colour — too-sheer glosses make me look washed out), great shine factor and decent staying power. Fave colours: First Crush (a beige-y nude) and Angelic (a coral-y pink — sometimes I layer it on top of First Crush to brighten up the beige).
FusionBeauty LipFusion Infatuation Liquid Shine Multi-Action Lip Fattener, $29 each, available at Sephora.
March 18, 2010
