Where precision-painted mouths and lacquered lips scream high maintenance, subtle washes of juicy stains belong to a more playful, spontaneous and fun-loving lip. A summer lip. So forget painstaking application, constant compact-checking and re-application and choose a frivolous swipe of high shine lip stain.
Revlon‘s Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain £7.99 (available July) is a delightfully chunky lip crayon. Boasting a hyper nourishing balmy formula, it glides over lips leaving a subtle stain of moisture-rich colour for the perfect laid-back lip look – no mirror required.
Or for a more potent pigment shot, try Nars Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil £17.50. Offering the concentrated colour of a lipstick, the ultra-glazed finish of a gloss and the moisturising qualities of a balm all within a handy jumbo-sized pencil.
Application needn’t be too considered, in fact that’s the joy of this look – simply daub colour with fingers onto the centre of lips, blending outwards. Perfect for beach to bar – simply slick across lips and go.