Baseball games… a great time to soak up some sun, enjoy an overpriced but totally worth it hot dog, an ice cold drink, catch a foul ball, and swatch makeup?
Who swatches makeup in the middle of a baseball game?? This girl!!! 🙂
I have a double swatch comparison for you all today of 2 nude/pink lip glosses!
1) Swatch comparison of a drugstore lip gloss retailing at $1.99 vs a luxury lip gloss, originally retailing at $24.00
2) Swatch comparison of how these shades look on my skin tone versus on of my bestest friends, Angela!
Gerard Cosmetics: Lighted Lip Gloss in Butter Cream
NYC: Liquid Lipshine in Prospect Pink
1- Swatch comparison: Drug store gloss vs Luxury glossÂ
Both of the lip gloss shades look very similar in the tube but the differences in the 2 lip glosses can be seen after I swatched them on my arm.
The NYC lip gloss (top) has a much lighter consistency. This gloss looked like a slightly lighter shade when swatched on my arm versus how it looks in the tube. Â Overall, the shade looked like a beautiful flurry of glitter mixed with a pink tint.
The Gerard Cosmetics lip gloss (bottom) has a thicker consistency and more color pigmentation. Â In the tube, this lip gloss looks like a lighter pink/nude shade versus the slightly darker pink shade when applied on my arm.
Overall, I think that both of these shades are gorgeous!
2-Swatch comparison of these two lip glosses on myself and Angela:
Both Butter Cream and Pink Prospect looked like pink shades on my darker skin tone while the glosses looked more like a nude/coral shade on Angela’s skin tone. All the swatches were beautiful and looked especially glittery under the natural brightness of the sun.
Take-away’s from these swatch comparisons!Â
If you want your lip gloss to show up as a specific color, I definitely recommend trying the Gerard Cosmetics Lighted Lip Glosses because they are super pigmented and they come in so many gorgeous shades. Each tube has a mirror on the side and lights up when you take the lid off! (I still get excited every time I use it).
If you want to add a little bit of shine to your lips with a hint of color, Â then I would recommend using NYC Liquid Lipshine glosses. They’re cheap and pretty (and they smell good too by the way).
So depending on what look you are going for, both of these lip glosses may work!  My favorite is still Gerard Cosmetics Buttercream 🙂
Now I want to hear from you!
Do you prefer matte lipsticks or shiny glosses?
What are your favorite drug store lip glosses?
What are your favorite high end/luxury glosses?
UPDATE!!! I just checked the website and it looks like Gerard Cosmetics Lighted Lipglosses are going for $10 right now! BRB… gotta buy some new glosses!
https://www.gerardcosmetics.com/color-your-smile-lighted-lip-gloss.html