Lipstain VS Lipstick

I have very pale lips, they are practically the same color of my skin. It never used to bother me, until last year. I saw some pictures of myself, and they were ok, but I kept thinking, would it kill me to put on some lipstick??

If you know me, you know I LOVE my chap stick. Some people may say I am addicted to the stuff. That may be true, I have dry lips and I don't like the way it feels when they are dry! I even keep chap stick in my bra at the gym - my lips get super dry there as I am a mouth breather when I exercise. Hot, I know.

Over the last few months I have been experimenting with various lip stains. I have tried.....Revlon's Just Bitten, Tarte LipSurgence, Maybelline Color Sensational, Cover Girl Outlast and Laura Mercier Lipstain just to name the few I found in my purse and car.

I thought that lip stain was the perfect solution because I don't like lipstick - it tastes funny if you accidentally lick it, it will smudge and I am always afraid it is on my teeth! It seems that no one has perfected the lip stain just yet. I find that most of the stains go on very uneven and stain parts of your lip very dark and then don't stain other parts that well at all. Why? Who knows, maybe my lips have a different texture in some places. I also found that most of the lip stains leave color dots everywhere that you have to fight to get off. They also dry out VERY quickly in the tube. If I had to pick my favorites though I would go with the Laura Mercier - it goes on nice and smooth, they have great colors and it seems to last well. The only downfall is that it is in a pot and not a tube - I usually end up wiping the excess off my finger and on to my pants, but whatever. My second choice would be the Tarte, it's in a pencil with a good size tip, it goes on nice and lasts well. I didn't get a color I love, but I would buy another color. The other ones are really, just a waste of time and money.

I do have some lipsticks in my make up arsenal that I have been trying over the last few weeks. I have to admit, it's not so bad. The taste and the smell turn me off, but it I put it on after powder and blot, it seems to last. These days, you won't catch me without a lip color very often.

My only question is why can't they make a stain that truly stains your lips? Like Koolaide. That stuff would make your lips stay colored for days! They should harness that technology. I would use Koolaide if they had better colors. The reds are way to red for me and the blue raspberry made me look like I was just about dead!

I guess I will keep my experiment going, I will try to find the perfect color and I will try very hard not to worry so much that my lip color is on my teeth, or all over my face!