What is lip gloss? Professionals to answer!

Nowadays, women have to put on makeup before going out to attend different activities. People wear different types of makeup. Sometimes women will wear heavier makeup, but most of the time they like to wear light makeup or nude makeup, or even transparent makeup. When applying these makeups, lip gloss is usually needed. Maybe many people don’t know what lip gloss is, so the following is a detailed introduction.

What is lip gloss?

The lip gloss is in toothpaste form and is squeezed. Generally speaking, lip gloss is very light in color and belongs to the gel type. It has a crystal clear visual effect, but its covering power is relatively poor. It is usually used in combination with lipstick in professional makeup, and is rarely used alone. Its advantage is that it is sparkling and suitable for light makeup, transparent makeup or nude makeup. Lip gloss with a thicker texture will have a better shimmering effect than lip gloss with a thinner texture.

the difference:

The difference between lip gloss and lipstick:

Lipstick is a solid lipstick

Lipstick is the original and most common lipstick. It is generally solid and has a drier and harder texture than lip gloss and lip balm. The lip protection effect and skin feel are not as good as lip gloss and lip gloss. It is not moisturizing enough and often makes people feel that the lips will be dry after 1 hour. Therefore, you must apply lip balm to moisturize your lips before applying lipstick.

The advantage of lipstick is that it has high color saturation and strong color covering power. Moreover, since it is solid, it is generally not easy to overflow due to deep lip lines. Using it to modify lip shape and lip color is most appropriate.

If you want to create a shiny effect and want to modify your lips to the maximum extent, you can first use lipstick to outline the lips and apply a base, and then apply a transparent or similar color lip gloss or lip gloss to brighten them.

The difference between lip gloss and lip gloss:

The lip gloss is in stick form, with a brush

Generally speaking, lip gloss is thicker than lip gloss, has stronger covering power and richer color. Solid lip glosses work similarly to lipsticks.

In addition to the common stick-shaped liquid lip gloss, there are also semi-solid or solid lip glosses with a relatively viscous texture, which have an effect somewhere between lipstick and lip gloss. Lip gloss with a thinner texture lasts for a shorter time and needs to be touched up every 1-2 hours, and it will feel oily.

Thicker and stickier lip gloss lasts longer and needs to be touched up every 3-4 hours for a more sparkling effect. (There seems to be less lip gloss with this thicker texture on the market, and most people like lip gloss that is not too sticky, but I personally prefer this stickier lip gloss).

The disadvantage is that it easily overflows from the lip lines, thus blurring the lip contours.