The One Type Of Lipstick No One Over 40 Should Be Using Anymore Because It Dries Out Your Lips
February 17, 2023 by Lisa Cupido
A few things start to happen after you celebrate your fortieth birthday. You become wiser, sexier, more confident, and just overall more amazing. But I regret to inform you of another possible side effect that isn’t as enticing: your skin may become drier. As the skin gets thinner with age, the skin on your lips (which is already thin to begin with) has a harder time replenishing itself and tends to become drier faster. Aquaphor and Vaseline become your new best friends, but you may notice another thing happening: your lips will start to prefer certain more moisturizing lipsticks and glosses over others. This is a time when you’ll really start to see that lipsticks are not created equal and some formulas are simply less kind to aging lips. This is the one type of lipstick that many beauty experts agree dries out your lips the fastest.
Longwear Matte LipsticksLongwear lipstick is one of those inventions that seems like a great idea, but is often better in theory than in actual application. Add a matte texture to the mix and you have the recipe for an intensely drying lip product that isn’t doing your lips any favors.
“Many of the longwear matte lipsticks are very drying and will draw attention to the dryness of the chapped lips,” says Makeup Artist and Beauty Expert Margina Dennis. “The alcohol that aids in the dry down and the silicone which helps to give the longwear formula staying power also draw moisture out of the lips and don’t allow moisture to penetrate, causing further dryness.”
Cha Cha Woska at Cha Cha Beauty Bar, agrees that mattes aren’t the way to go if dryness is a concern. “If you have dry , chapped lips, using matte or liquid lipsticks aren’t recommended,” Woska said. “They are formulated with more pigment, have less hydrating oils and can be a bit more waxy, making them more drying to your lips. A better option is to use a traditional cream lipstick or a gloss which tend to have more hydration and treatments in them to keep your lips softer.”