LIPS: 'Cork' Lip Liner by @maccosmetics #Mac with 'Nude' Gloss by @gerardcosmetics #gerardcosmetics X SET: Rainforest of the Sea Setting Spray by @tartecosmetics #tartecosmetics X MODEL: @shaniceofficial.
I hope you love the products I recommend! Just so you know, I may collect a share of sales or other compensation from some of the links on this page. (Affiliate) It is no cost to you, and helps me fund my lipstick obssession!
- Cork is and always be the standard I hold my other brown liners to. It's golden and perfect and as a woman of color a great brown lip liner is key. For those saying they're dry, I find that their reds and Pinks are super hot or miss. But the minimize the scratchy risk, I.
- A lip liner designed for shaping, lining or filling in the lip. Our Lip Pencils have a smooth, creamy texture that is perfect for outlining lips or colouring them in. Available in a wide selection of colours that each work well with many different lipstick shades.
- The Velvet Teddy lipstick, MAC. Popular for many years, the Velvet Teddy is the timeless MAC.
- For reference, here's some images of Cork: (middle swatch as the 'O') For a rich brown liner, try Smashbox's Always Sharp Lip Liner in Nude Dark: It's swatch 7 in the above image. The packaging is a twist on/off cap which keeps the pencil at a sharp point for a precise liner application every time.
I had a thought over the weekend, how many of you use lip liner before you’re lipstick? What are your favorite colors and brands?
Here’s 8 dupes to get you started if you aren’t already a lip liner girl, and if you are, here’s some excellent money saving makeup dupes!
MAC Lip Pencil Chestnut” data-wplink-url-error=”true”>MAC Chestnut dupeNYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP Slim Lip Pencil, Espresso” data-wplink-url-error=”true”>NYX Espresso
MAC Cherry dupeRevlon Red 675
Bobbi Brown Brownie Pink dupePrestige Cameo
MAC Spice dupeJordana Rock N Rose
MAC Cork dupeNYX Toast
MAC Spice dupeNYX Ever
MAC Whirl dupeNYX Mauve
Save
A pencil designed for shaping, lining or filling in the lip. Lip Pencils have a smooth, creamy texture that is perfect for lining the lips or filling them in. They are long-lasting and available in a wide selection of colours that each work well with many different lipstick shades. The colour of Lip Pencils is protected by Vitamin E, which acts as an anti-oxidant, and they contain emollients that moisturize the lips. Lip Pencils can be worn alone, with Lipstick, or Lipglass.
Cork Lip Liner On Dark Skin
| Cork Lip Pencil | Muted Golden Brown | $14 US, $16.50 CAD | Permanent | 1.45 g
So, let me preface this by saying Viva Glam Gaga 2 lipstick is not the easiest colour for Brown Girls to wear on its own. On NC/NW45 + skin, it’s light, it’s pale, it’s grayish, and simply just not the business. Unless you have lighter skin and lips, I’m just going to say Viva Glam Gaga 2 is not Brown Girl Friendly at all. Quite frankly, it looks like doo-doo. But, you probably already knew that. 🙂
Cork Lip Liner
That’s when our buddy Cork Lip Pencil comes to the rescue!
On me, (NW 45/47), Cork is the perfect liner! It’s not too light and not too dark. It brings together the different shades in my lips, which is exactly what I need when going for a nude lip. Yes, it’s an extra step, but I’m willing to take the 5 seconds to get the result I want.
So, this is what scary Viva Glam Gaga 2 looks like on me (yikes….):
Cork Lip Pencil
Viva Glam Gaga 2 Lipstick
Cork Lip Liner Mac
And this is how Cork turned this unforgivable lipstick into my new favourite ultra-nude:
Viva Glam Gaga 2 Lipstick dabbed over Cork Lip Pencil
Pretty good, no?
Cork Lip Liner Morphe
Edited to add: lol My coworker said the cork/gaga combo in the last pic looks ashy!!! I can’t believe it!! I sweaaaaar it’s not ashy in person! I wouldn’t do that to you all!
[…] Cork Lip Pencil | Muted Golden Brown Viva Glam Nicki over Cork Lip Pencil […]
my go to liners are stripdown or hodgepodge when i need to fill in my lips to help lipsticks not look so ghastly. But for some reason i cant really make gaga 2 work on me the way i want it to. And im highly upset mac is getting rid of hodgepodge -_-
omg me too I had no idea it was discontinued. MAC really has no love for black girls.. we can’t all wear cork 😦