Tint my lips

Lipt tints or lip stains are a staple of Korean style makeup. Usually they are used to achieve a gradient lip look. Tints are also awesome because they are usually very long lasting and easy to apply and also very versatile, you can go from natural to full blown glamour just by using one lip tint. They are also a godsend for us who like to talk a lot and are too lazy to reapply our lip products. 

My lip tint collection

They come in matte or glossy finishes and in various formats like water tints, gel tints, creamy tints and oil tints. I usually like to apply liptint on top of a lip balm by putting little product in the centre of lips and blending it out with a finger. It gives a more natural look. I first encountered tints when I was gifted a Benefit gift set that contained posie tint, which you can use on cheeks and lips, and I fell in love. I still love Benefit tints especially cha cha tint. When I discovered Korean beauty, I entered a lip tint heaven, there was a sea of lip tints to choose from for a fraction of a price. With tints more expensive is not necessarily better. Korean road shops (price equivalent of drugstores) do awesome tints. There is something for everyone. As i have quite a rich lip tint collection I thought it would be interesting to go through them.
Now I am going to take this slow and go by brand and swatch them over time, as they stain the skin and you cannot do more than one set of swatches per arm.
So to kick off  "Tint my lips" series here are the first tints of the bunch.


 Laneige Water Drop Tints 

Laneige and Benefit tints - subtle and comfortable

Laneige Water Drop Tints are some of my favorite for natural look. They are not the most pigmented or the most long lasting but are really comfortable on the lips and leave a subtle stain. Darker colours leave more of a stain. They are a bit sticky when applied (nothing bothersome really) and are easy to reapply as they come in a thicker creamy format. They come with a really good sponge applicator and are easy to blend and manipulate. You do not need to be skilled to use this.

1. Fuchsia Pink (No.3); 2. Neon Pink (No.2); 3. Rose Mauve (No.4)

Lanegie tints leave a very subtle stain

Benefit Tints

1. posie tint; 2. cha cha tint

Benefit Tints are kiss proof and long lasting. They leave a stain behind and can be used as blushes too (you better work quickly because they dry fast). They are neither sticky nor drying. The colour in the bottle is more of a hint what colour your lips will be because it is more like a blush of color on lips. They are another good choice for natural look lovers.  Applicator comes in a form of a brush that looks like a nail polish brush. Not so easy to control if you are going for gradient look as they come in a form of a thick creamy liquid.

Stain that Benefit tints leave behind

So I did subtle but I'll end this post with a bang:


Tony Moly Liptone Tints

Tony Moly LIPTONE TINTS

Tony Moly Liptone Tints are some of the most pigmented and longlasting tints on the market. You can use them for a natural look (just a smidgen of tint blended on lips) for gradient lip or for a full blown in your face lip colour. These babies are so hard core they will survive a greasy hamburger. They go on slightly glossy but dry down fast. Mind you, like with most tints use a lip balm first and if your lips are dry and flakey apply a lip scrub prior to using any lip tint because tints will just emphasise all the dryness and flakiness. GET IT TINT line comes in an attractive packaging reminiscent of a nail polish bottle. Tint itself is somewhat thicker than water which make them easier to use than regular water tints. It comes with a nice sponge applicator. GET IT TINT WATERBAR comes in a form of lipstick but turns slightly watery when in contact with skin. It dries instantly, you really have no time to work with them or to mess up as it is very unforgiving. It is matt and a bit drying on the lips. Waterbars look really nice as full lip colour. 

1. Get it Tint HD in 03 Peach Punch; 2. Get it Tint in 04 Red Hot; 3. Get it Tint in 03 Play Orange;
4. Get it Tint Waterbar in 05 Plum in Purple; 5.  Get it Tint Waterbar in  04 Red in Red

This is the stain they leave behind  after wiping it away

Laneige and Tony Moly lip tints can be bought on ebay, Jolse or in a store if you are lucky and live in a country that has stores that carry these brands (not me).