For the holidays, Halloween, and special events, you may be in the mood to wear makeup in bolder and less traditional ways. In this post, we review glitter and loose pigments, and non traditional lipstick colors. That is, blue, green, black, and more.
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Glitters and Loose Pigments
There are so many things you can do with loose pigments and glitter. You can mix them with nail polish, lipstick, eye-shadow, and more. There are many options from black owned brands. Check out the company and product links for details.
- Danessa Myricks offers a multi-chromatic metals glitter and a micro metals glitter that is micro-fine and holographic. Both are available in several colors.
- Joy Lorraine offers a selection ofloose highlighters packs with iridescent pearl pigments. Several colors are available.
- Posh 21 Cosmetics offers a selection of Glitter Glam in a variety of colors.
- Zhané Beauty offers a diamond dust glitter in several colors. A glitter adhesive is also available.
Non traditional lipstick colors pair well with a variety of melanin skin tones. The trick is to find one that makes your skin tone pop. Again, there are many options from black owned brands. Lipsticks are organized by color.
Lipsticks
BLACKS
- Juvia’s Place (advertisement) offers dudu, a festival liquid lipstick.
- The Lip Bar (advertisement) offers a night owl lipstick. Use the code leslie for a 10% discount.
- Beauty Bakerie offers a midnight truffles matte lip whip.
- CAK’N offers afterlife in a rich jet black.
- Coloured Raine offers a 2AM liquid lipstick.
- Eleven 08 offers a fini$se him glitter gloss.
- Hue Noir offers a black orchid hydrating lip gloss.
- Klarity Kosmetics offers a black rose matte lipstick.
- Ka’oir offers a liquid matte lipstick in Black Friday.
- Ruby Lips offers queen midnight and wicked gal lipsticks.
BLUES
- The Lip Bar (advertisement) offers an icon matte lipstick. Use the code leslie for a 10% discount.
- The Lip Bar also available on Amazon (advertisement).
- Blufajjo Cosmetics offers a blue like you lipstick, a soft matte with extreme shine.
- CAK’N offers a metallic royal blue vibranium, a light blue fairy tale, and royalty a violet with a metallic finish.
- Coloured Raine offers speechless, (a turquoise), royal blue, and ocean glow a turquoise with gold undertones.
- Glow By Melodye offers stiletto sass and be bold be bright lip glosses.
- Joy Lorraine offers a lipstick in deep blue sea, and and lip gloss in Pacific.
- Ka’oir has a glitzstick collection that include a lipstick, corresponding “glitz,” and glitter (glitz) applicator brush. Lipsticks can also be purchased separately. Glitzsticks in this color scheme include pool party, blumarine, doll, and baby bleu.
- Ka’oir offers a berry blue high definition lip gloss. Blue jeans and hot gyal lip glosses are also available. Ka’oir also offers matte liquid lipsticks in denim and lollipop.
- Klarity Kosmetics offers first place and grey’s anatomy matte lipsticks.
- Lypsynk Cosmetics offers a blueberry lip gloss.
- MDM Flow offers an icy semi matte lipstick, and a mas marinacreme lipstick.
- Ruby Lips offers a Brooklyn blues lipstick.
Some non traditional lipsticks colors from black owned makeup brands listed in this post are available on Amazon (advertisement).
GOLDS/YELLOWS
- Pat McGrath (advertisement) offers lipsticks in blitz gold and starglaze.
- BAABS Beauty offers coin a liquid matte which applies as a gold foil.
- CAK”N offers her majesty and blazing karats in gold, and sunrise in yellow.
- Eleven 08 offers a bout my fetti glitter gloss.
- Joy Lorraine offers Carmen B., lime time, and lemon drop lipsticks.
- Ka’oir has a glitzstick collection that include a lipstick, correpsonding “glitz,” and glitter (glitz) applicator brush. Lipsticks can also be purchased separately. Lipsticks in this color scheme include golden goddess, and banana milkshake.
- Ka’oir offers see thru u, brown sugar, and juicy fruit lip glosses. A neon lyme lip gloss is also available.
- Klarity Kosmetics offers a boomerang matte lipstick.
- LaMonique Cosmetics offers a 14 Karat lipstick.
- Lypsynk Cosmetics offers a juicy lip gloss.
- MDM Flow offers a shimmery 999 balm pot that can be used for eyes and lips.
- Viola Fox offers a patchouli liquid matte lipstick, and a gliterazzilip gloss glitter.
GREENS
- CAK’N offers emerald city and camouflage lipsticks.
- Coloured Raine offers a jade (dark green with metallic) and ivy (hunter green) liquid lipsticks.
- Joy Lorraine offers lipsticks in serpent, spearmint, and wintergreen. An Emerald city lip gloss is also available.
- Ka’oir has a glitzstick collection that include a lipstick, correpsonding “glitz,” and glitter (glitz) applicator brush. Lipsticks can also be purchased separately. Lipsticks in this color scheme include excite-mint, Jamaica, envy us, and force.
- Ka’oir offers a sour apple high definition lip gloss. A superstar minty green lip gloss is also available.
- Klarity Kosmetics offers kamo and swamp thang matte lipsticks.
- Lypsynk Cosmetics offers a magarita lipstick.
- Ruby Lips offers Casha, a metallic green liptstick.
SILVERS/GRAYS
- Pat McGrath Labs (advertisement) offers a Noir lip balm in a satin or shimmer finish. These products are also available at Sephora (advertisement).
- CAKN offers sphinx a metallic with black undertones, and gun metal a dark grey with shimmer. Silver bullet a sparkling matalic silver is also available.
- Joy Lorraine offers icing lipstick.
- Ka’oir has a glitzstick collection that include a lipstick, corresponding “glitz,” and glitter (glitz) applicator brush. Lipsticks can also be purchased separately. Lipsticks in this color scheme include plantinum, and virgin.
- Ka’oir offers a sparkle lip gloss. A heavy metal lip gloss is also available.
- Ka’oir offers a matte liquid lipsticks in storm.
- Viola Fox offers a grunge liquid matte liptstick, and an arsenal lip gloss glitter.
In reviewing these glitters, pigments, and lipsticks, I hope you find one or more that work for you.
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For more information about using loose pigments, glitter, and non traditional makeup looks, check out the following.
- Battle, Marquaya. “26 Black Panther makeup looks that are widly beautiful.” 13, February 2018. https://www.revelist.com/makeup/black-panther-makeup/11605
- Martin, Laura on Wiki. “How to apply loose eye shadow.” 28, March 2019. https://www.wikihow.com/Apply-Loose-Eyeshadow
- Non traditional lipstick colors and black women on Pinterest.