Wednesday, April 21, 2010



Lifespan of Lipstick Cosmetics


Women have been applying color to their lips since 7000 BC. The popularity of lipstick enabled it to progress and evolve down through the generations. In 1920, the familiar lipstick push up holder was invented and is still used today.Lipstick formulations are mixtures of oils, waxes, and pigments. Lipsticks that provide long wear time are made out of high wax, low oil and high pigment concentrations.

Creamy, smooth lipsticks are low in wax and high oil concentration.Common waxes used in lipstick cosmetics are white beeswax, lanolin, wax, ceresin wax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, and other synthetic waxes. Oils are then added to form a film suitable to be applied on lips and for dispersion of the pigments. Common oils found in lipstick cosmetics are castor oil, white mineral oil, lanolin oil, and hydrogenated vegetable oils.


Lipstick Holder with Mirror


Coloring agents are then added to achieve the lip staining. The FDA has provided guidelines for cosmetic companies to ensure the safety of coloring agents used in lipsticks cosmetics.Today there are countless choices of lip cosmetics. Lip gloss provides shine and lip liners help define and shape lips. And just as there are countless choices in lip cosmetics, there are lots of cosmetic companies that are competing for their market share.

Finding and keeping loyal, repeat customers requires cosmetic companies to produce a quality product at a competive price.It can be frustrating as a consumer to have found a shade that you like only to learn that the shade was discontinued. Then the search for a new lipstick is on and brand loyalty is challenged with a wide selection of competing brands.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Choosing Lipstick Holder

Choosing the right lipstick for you can be a difficult task to do when you are entering a cosmetic store. There are a lot of variant of color and formula which is made for lipstick. Make sure lipstick you will use is suitable with your outfits and performance. Moreover you can select lipsticks that properly match with your personality.

There is a lot persuasive advertisement that offers various kinds of product. You do not need to be easily trust on certain product because of its advertisement. The main important thing while you are choosing lipstick product is how that lipstick will be a right additional touch for your great appearance.

If you are planning to choose a lipstick, you should read this following the article until it ends. Then, you will find the proper lipstick is you looking for. You should consider your skin tone color before choosing the right lipstick. The right lipstick should meet your skin tone color. Put a little lipstick on your wrist to get the actual display of color.

In general, people with fair skin will look good when wearing red lipstick plum color, medium brown, pink beige, mocha browns, and the shimmer pink. While people with brown-skinned skin tone color will be suitable to use lipstick shades of blue, warm brown, deep caramels, creamy coffees, and deep pink.

For women who have olive skin tone, brownish reds, plums, dark berries, auburn, mahogany, and brown will be best suitable for her. Meanwhile, blue-based color reds, deep plums, wine, mahogany, brown various shades, sheer pinks, and berries will be perfectly match for owners brown and black leather.

Furthermore, you should properly choose the kind of lipsticks with the occasion that you will attend. Choose bright red lipstick if you want to go to a night club. But you do not need to do it when you work for a company that tends to conservative, because it would be best fitted with beige pink. You can apply bright color of lipstick at night and soft color in a day. If you use a heavy make up, a light lipstick will be proper for you.

In addition, you should also properly determine your eyes and hair color with your lipstick. Though it is not the strong determinant, but some eyes color will be only suitable with certain color of lipstick. Such as Brown eyes are most appropriate for red lipstick, brown, and pink. The color of your hair will give a significant role in choosing your lipstick.

For example, blonde hair will be suitable with pink, plum, red soft corals, mauve, and reddish brown lipstick. While the black-haired woman can choose bold lipstick colors,like red raspberries, various shades of red, geranium, coral, fuchsia, vivid Roses, berry, burgundy, and plum of lipstick color.