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  Why Our Natural Lipstick are Best A common myth about natural lipstick is that you need to sacrifice color payoff, vibrancy, or staying power for safer ingredients. WRONG: the proof is in the pigments. Sure, anyone can add shea butter or vitamin E to lipstick. But the pigments are where most brands lose any chance for a ‘natural’ lipstick formula. Since the beginning, Susie Wang has formulated our lipsticks with the ultimate trifecta of natural ingredients. She nailed natural pigments, natural moisturizers, and natural long-lasting color — all without sacrificing a truly natural formula. A History of Lipstick It wasn’t until the 19th century that French cosmetologists began molding lipsticks for widespread, commercial sale. It was covered in silk paper and made from deer tallow or animal fat, castor oil, and the ever-useful, beeswax. During the same century, lipstick emerged in the U.S., and it was colored with carmine dye — a colored extract that comes from the dried and crushed...

      Find The Perfect Shade! You know you’d like something pink, so you check out the shade range–only to feel entirely overwhelmed. Even if you’ve been a makeup lover for years, this is still an incredibly common (and understandable) experience. Finding the best lipstick for your skin tone is no small feat; beauty retailers offer more options than ever before, but only a handful are sure to complement your own unique beauty. How To Determine Your Skin Undertone Whether your skin is incredibly fair or on the deep side, you should be able to categorize your skin as one of the following: warm, cool, and neutral. From there, you then determine your shade range, which is generally fair, medium, or deep. You can learn more tricks to help you determine your skin’s undertone in our blog , but in this article, we’re going to give a rapid-fire strategy so you can determine the  best lipstick  for your skin tone. Warm-toned individuals tend to have a hue to their skin th...

  Find Your Perfect Shade Even if you’ve been a makeup lover for years, this is still an incredibly common (and understandable) experience. Finding the   best lipstick  for your skintone is no small feat; beauty retailers offer more options than ever before, but only a handful are sure to complement your own unique beauty. How To Check Your Skin Undertone Whether your skin is incredibly fair or on the deep side, you should be able to categorize your skin as one of the following: warm, cool, and neutral. From there, you then determine your shade range, which is generally fair, medium, or deep. You can learn more tricks to help you determine your skin’s undertone in our blog , but in this article, we’re going to give a rapid-fire strategy so you can determine the best lipstick for your skin tone. Warm-toned individuals tend to have a hue to their skin that’s either olive, yellow or golden, and you can tell you’re warm if you tend to look best in gold jewelry, and if the vei...

  Find the Perfect Shade Have you ever tried on a taupe nude lipstick, only to find it made you look ill? Or perhaps that fiery red shade you loved in-store looks too orange on you? This is because when it comes to finding the   best lipstick   for your skintone, undertone matters! And today, we’re here to decipher everything about it! First, let’s discuss what an undertone is, and how to identify yours. How To Determine Your Skin Undertone Whether your skin is incredibly fair or on the deep side, you should be able to categorize your skin as one of the following: warm, cool, and neutral. From there, you then determine your shade range, which is generally fair, medium, or deep. You can learn more tricks to help you determine your skin’s undertone in our blog , but in this article, we’re going to give a rapid-fire strategy so you can determine the best lipstick for your skin tone. Warm-toned individuals tend to have a hue to their skin that’s either olive, yellow or golden...

  Exploring all Secrets of how Lipstick is Made A common myth about natural lipstick is that you need to sacrifice color payoff, vibrancy, or staying power for safer ingredients. WRONG: the proof is in the pigments. Sure, anyone can add shea butter or vitamin E to lipstick. But the pigments are where most brands lose any chance for a ‘natural’ lipstick formula. A History of Lipstick Since the 1950s, lipstick has been a beauty staple for the modern woman. However, the real   history   of this small and mighty cosmetic accessory dates back centuries earlier. It all started with Islamic chemist and cosmetologist Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, who crafted the first molded form of lip color. Centuries later, Queen Elizabeth I immortalized the image of coloring one’s lips. Her stark white face and bold, red lips led to a brief   red lip color   trend in the 16th century. At that time, lipstick was made from a blend of beeswax, which the Chinese used some 1000 years earlier ...