Lipstick, is Lipstick. While some are far superior to others as far as wear, they all photograph the same to me. It is generally the lip liner or lip gloss that can be the game changer. I palette all of my lipsticks so I usually can’t pinpoint the color for you if it’s in the neutral tones. However, I do carry very specific brands, and I can share that. I like these brands because the pigment is beautiful, they stay on, and they don’t wreak of added fragrance - providing the kind of taste that makes you think you picked up your grandmothers water glass by mistake.

Laura Mercier, Clinique

MAC, Lime Crime

I will add to this that is you want an otherworldly color and great pigment I recommend Lime Crime over any other brand, any day. Check out the shades, Cosmopop and D’Lilac are my favorite:

As for Lip Liners - all are not made equal. I prefer a kohl type pencil for fine, defined lines, and a creamy chubbier pencil for filled in, soft lip lines.

Clinique for a soft filled in look, MAC for a defined punch of color, and Chanel for a mix somewhere in between.

As for Lip Gloss, again, many will do the job. I prefer to keep multiple tubes of clear glosses, because I use it the most. Clear obviously goes with everything, and I tend to mix loose pigments in with it to make a gloss if I can’t find a color that is just right. I only carry a few colors, all neutrals and not all are true glosses. Sephora brand is one of my favorites in gloss - and they taste even sweeter when you get a good deal on them, which you usually can! I am not really picky with clear gloss, as long as again - it’s fragrance free.

Sephora

Ben Nye