Lip gloss
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Lip gloss is a cosmetic product used primarily by teenage girls and women to give the lips shine and subtle color. Lip gloss is distributed as a viscous liquid or a soft solid. It can be transluscent (clear lip gloss can be layered over regular lipstick for extra shine) or various shades of opacity, including frosted, glittery and metallic looks. Also, lip gloss can have a variety of pink or redish tints.
Lip gloss is popular with teenage girls due to its ease of application and flirty look. For some young teenagers, it is used as a "starter" make-up. Although the look is mostly associated with youth, companies like Stila and MAC do make lip glosses for high-end consumers. Some of these glosses contain collagen or other "plumping" agents. Lip gloss is vital to the mod make-up style exemplified by Twiggy, an eyeliner and mascara-heavy look that requires sheer, "dewy" colors elsewhere. It can be paired with well-blended gel or cream blush to achieve this look. Image:348450 cosmetics 1.jpg Gloss, like lipstick, can be applied different ways. The most popular way is a tube, which typically has a rounded or sloped application surface meant to contour to the lips. It can also be squeezed onto one's finger and applied evenly. Other liquid glosses come in cylinderic containers, with a cosmetic wand used to apply the gloss. Soft solid glosses can come in pots and panels, which are used with fingers or a lipstick brush, or tubes, which are used like lipstick.
Though lip gloss is most frequenly used as a cosmetic, it is also used as a moisturizer. Many lip glosses now contain sunscreen. It was first advertised by actress Lillian Gish.
There are many cosmetic companies that produce lip gloss, one being Lip Smackers by Bonne Bell. These lip glosses come in flavors such as strawberry, watermelon, and even candy flavors like Skittles, Starburst, and M&Ms.
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