Inexpensive- but pretty great!
I love these L.A. Colors lip pencils. I buy a bunch of them at a time. The colors are great, and there is a good selection to choose from. I love the spectrum of warmer, browner tones they offer. They’re so pretty. For such inexpensive pencils, they have a very decent amount of pigment, and the colors are not muddy, the way so many cheap lip pencils tend to be. They are not excessively hard in texture, nor too greasy. I have worked with many, many different brands of lip pencils, as I was a make up artist for 30 years. I am now retired, and these are the lip pencils I buy now for my personal use. I could splurge, but I tried one of these, and really liked its performance. They have a decent wear time, if you go over your lined lips with a bit of translucent powder, and they last awhile, even with daily use. There is one thing about these pencils that can be frustrating- though this can happen with any makeup pencil. Sometimes, you will get one that will keep breaking when you try to sharpen it. There are a couple of things you can do if this happens. First, put the pencil in the freezer for about ten minutes before you try to sharpen it again. The cold will solidify the oils in the core of the pencil, so it will be more solid when you go to sharpen it again. Also, always clean all of the remnant gunk left over from sharpening your pencils out of your sharpener. That stuff, if you leave it in there, is going to grab on to the point of the pencil you are trying to sharpen, and encourage it to break. Soak the head of a Q Tip in some waterproof makeup remover, then wipe it all around inside and outside the blade of your sharpener, to clean it out. Use as many Q Tips as you need to get it nice and clean. It’s kind of a pain to keep doing this, but it will save your pencils from breaking. Also make sure the blade in your sharpener has a good sharp edge on it. If it doesn’t, what you are doing is smushing your pencils, not sharpening them. Keep brand new back up sharpeners handy. And when you are sharpening- do it slowly. Concentrate on what you are doing. I can’t tell you the amount of times (in the past) I whittled an expensive Chanel or NARS (etc.) makeup pencil down to nothing because I was in a hurry, or not paying attention to what I was doing. But sometimes, you will just get a pencil that keeps breaking on you. And if it’s one of these L.A. Colors pencils, well- it’s really no big deal to replace it. I’m really happy I discovered these lip pencils, and glad Amazon stocks them. I think these lip pencils are pretty great, and I highly recommend them.. Read more





















