It takes a certain kind of person to wear blue lipstick. Perhaps you are entering retirement and have started dyeing your hair shades of purple and blue. Then you are the type of person who might want to try out blue lipstick. Or are you going for a “goth” look? Or is blue lipstick part of your Halloween costume? Or maybe you are fifteen and want to wear blue lipstick to identify with Jessie, the fifteen year old whose journal we view through the poetry of John Grandit’s book Blue Lipstick.
Or none of the above, and you are just a fashion and trend setter and like to turn heads as you walk through the mall. You already wear blue eyeshadow, green eyeshadow, green mascara or blue mascara, so why not delve into nontraditional lipstick colors? When you get tired of blue lipstick, there is always orange lipstick to try, too!
Regardless of your reasons, there are a few manufacturers ready to have you try their version of blue lipstick. Blue lipstick is a shade that isn’t seen very much, just like the green shade. In fact, it is difficult to decide which is more readily available, blue shades or green shades.
MAC lipstick’s Blast O Blue is selling well by all accounts. It is close to sky blue, but a little richer. Revlon lip, of course, could be counted on to deliver a great, rich blue lipstick. Don’t forget L.A. Colors Moisture Lipstick Shade 342, called Bright Blue.
And how about lipstick that changes colors, similar to the “mood rings” of days past? You can find Fran Wilson Mood Matcher Lipstick, which changes from blue to fuchsia. They have two shades of blue – a dark shade and a light shade.
It is too bad that L’Oreal discontinued its lip color blue mood, a pearled deep blue color.
Sephora makes some blue lipsticks, but that is a little misleading, as they are really not blue as expected. Instead, they are blue-based pinks. That’s just not enough blue for most people seeking a true blue lipstick.