CG Outlast Double Lipshine

L’Oreal Infallible Never Fail Lip Gloss

CG Outlast All Day Lipcolor

It seems as though all the cosmetic lines have their own lipstick and gloss that boasts hours of lasting color. When I saw commercials for them, I thought it was BS and didn’t believe it at all. (Especially the part where the model wipes her mouth on a white napkin and shows us how none of her lipstick came off.)  I first tried the lipstick and bought Covergirl Outlast All Day Lipcolor and I love it because it actually does last all day likes it advertises.  Its two separate tubes, the lip color and a solid clear topcoat.  The first time I ever wore it was on a trip from Portland (Oregon) to Tennessee; I put it on in the morning and it was still on about eight hours later when I landed in Tennessee.  All I had to do was reapply the topcoat throughout the day after meals or if my lips felt dry. I think it’s definitely worth the ten or so dollars I paid for it.

Even though the CG Outlast worked like it said it would, I didn’t believe the ads about the long-wear lip glosses.  I figured there was no way a gloss could last though a couple hours of doing nothing but talking, much less eating or drinking. So I decided to put it to the test: I bought the two most popular long-wear lip glosses–Covergirl Outlast Double Lipshine and L’Oreal Infallible Never Fail Lip Gloss–to see which one worked best, if either worked at all.  Here’s what I found out…

I first tried the Infallible, which is a one-step liquid gloss. I chose a shimmery mauve color out of the sixteen shades they offer.  Its a little sticky when you first get it on so its best to avoid going out into any wind until it dries to keep from having your hair stuck to your lips.  Within an hour, the glossy shine that was there when I first applied it had basically gone away–even without having had anything touch my lips.  The color was still there some, but the gloss had faded into tiny dried glitter. I had to reapply about every hour or so to keep a glossy look. On a scale of 1-5, Infallible receives a 2 at best.

CG Outlast Double Lip shine is a two-step application with a liquid lip color at one end and a clear liquid gloss at the other. I chose a hot pink-purple color out of the twenty shades they offer.  The lip color is matte and only takes a few seconds to dry, to which you then apply the gloss. The lip color lasted all day, however the gloss fades within a couple hours, given you do not eat or drink. Once you reapply the gloss it livens up the color as though you had just put it on.  I decided that this product isn’t much different than the CG Outlast All Day Lipcolor in that they are both a two-step color that works with a gloss to freshen them up throughout the day.  The difference is the Double Lipshine has a liquid gloss instead of a solid clear top coat like the All Day Lipcolor. On a scale of 1-5, I give it a 4 since the color at least lasted all day.

Covergirl Outlast Double Lipshine makes the cut!