Cosmopolitan UK — June 2017

COSMOPOLITAN · 125

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never dream of letting you leave the house w
a pair of inner-tyre tubes on your face. So we’ve
collected the best and newest ways to pump up
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The power

lacquer

This is gloss, but not as you know it. Industrial

amounts of micro-milled, high-shine pigments, along

with a mix of balmy waxes and glossy polymers,

make for modern glosses that have it all: blinding shine

that optically contours lips for a mega-pumped illusion,

and full-on, opaque colour that actually stays put.

We adore Essence Shine Shine Shine Lipgloss,

£2 (‘Red Carpet Starlet’ is used on page 123),

Max Factor Colour Elixir Honey Lacquer, £9.99,

and Dior Addict Lacquer Stick, £27.50.

The lipstick balm

The point of a balm is to soften and plump lips long-term with plant

emollients that properly nourish. It’s the perfect texture if you want

bigger-looking lips in a swipe, but the trade-off is wishy-washy

colour. Well, not any more: tinted balms with the colour payoff of

a lipstick are officially a thing. Check out Stila Color Balm L

£16 (‘Becky’ is used here) [1], Hourglass Girl Lip Stylos, £2

and Fresh Sugar Tinted Lip Treatment in Tulip £20 [3].i

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Tulip, £20 [3].

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