 Lip creams and glosses can make your lips irresistible
Added: 01/12/2006 |
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With the help of lip creams and glosses any woman can render her lips the look that will sweep men off their feet.
Creames are a balance of shine and texture. Glosses have a high shine and low color.
Apart form decorative cosmetics there exist quite a number of different types of oils and conditioners that can efficiently take care of your lips and provide the soft and natural look you are striving for.
History tells us that ancient Egyptians used henna to paint their lips. Lip creams and glosses began gaining popularity during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who made blood red lips and stark white faces a fashion statement. Lip creams and glosses were a blend of beeswax and red stains from plants by that time. During WWII, it gained respect by the movie industry, when it became a duty for female citizens to "put their face on". Putting on a happy face during World War II, aided by the movie industry, gave lip creams and glosses, and face powder respectability. It became the patriotic duty of female citizens to "put their face on." In the 1930s, leaders in the industry such as Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden opened their first beauty parlors, offering services that ranged from facial massages to hair dressing to makeup tips, that led to soft and natural look.
As with most other types of makeup, lip creams and glosses are typically, but not exclusively, worn by women.
Lip gloss is a cosmetic substance, containing oils and
conditioners, used for making the lips appear, as the name suggests, more glossy. A myriad of different types of
lip creamms and glosses are available, that give soft and
natural look. Some of these are: basic glosses: where they add shine to the lips and nothing more; coloring glosses: where in addition to adding shine add color as well glitter glosses: where glitter is present in the gloss -- these can be coloring as well
flavored glosses: these can be any of the above, with the addition of having a certain flavor associated with the gloss. Lip creams and glosses
are less heavy (although sometimes thicker) on the lips than lipstick which is purely designed to color.
Coloring lip creams and glosses have usually
oils and conditioners with
less opaque coloring than lipsticks. Theey are designed to color. Coloring glosses have usually less opaque coloring than lipsticks and
give soft and natural look. It is reasoned that preference for glosses instead of lipsticks is reactionary to animal origins of lipsticks, such as fish scales. Lip creams and glosses have come into greater popularity in the past few years. Lip glosses are moisturizing and often add soft and natural look plus a plumping effect to the lips. A technique that emphasizes this is placing one dot of clear gloss in the center of the top and bottom lips. Using lip liner in conjunction with lip glosses also gives a different and more defined look.
Lip creams and glosses contains a variety of waxes, oils, pigments, and emollients. Among the waxes are beeswax, a substance obtained from bee honeycombs that consists of esters of straight-chain monohydric alcohols with even-numbered carbon chains from C24 to C36 and straight-chain acids also having even numbers of carbon atoms up to C36. Other waxes include carnauba wax, which is an exudate from the pores of leaves of Brazilian wax palm trees, and candelilla wax, which is obtained from the candelilla plant and is produced in Mexico by immersing the plants in boiling water containing sulfuric acid and skimming off the wax that rises to the surface.
The application of makeup is a very multifaceted art, and one of the intrinsic prerequisites of good quality of lip creams and glosses is the ability to provide the effect that is reasonably long-lasting. Any brand of lip creams and glosses can only be trusted if it is manufactured on the basis of a patented technology, its form and texture being pleasant and user-friendly. It may also be very effective to test the special oils and conditioners that will reveal the charm of your lips and you will not regret it.
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