A classic solution that seems forgotten in the makeup tips memory box. It is within urban tribes where the most iconic makeup and fashion trends are born, as transgressive symbols of artistic expression, such as plaid pants and skirts, spiked necklaces and bracelets, spiked Mohawks, black-painted nails, ripped jeans, music band T-shirts, and with them, multiple combinations of colors and textures, with diverse types of cuts and styles, mostly concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s, up to the early 2000s.
Black lipstick has always been a defining element of Gothic, Punk, Heavy metal, and even classic Visual Key makeup. Black lip color always manages to attract attention, even more than the classic deep intense red lipstick, even on the darkest skin tones, and despite everything, it continues to be an unusual and very artistic color, as well as gorgeous, that somehow highlights the features of any person regardless of their skin color, being able to choose to combine it and integrate it with the rest of the makeup on the face, or giving it all the attention by neutralizing the rest of the face, focusing all the attention on the black color of the lips.
With this post, I wanted to show what various urban tribes and makeup artists have always done to achieve a long-lasting matte or glossy black lips without having to constantly retouch them, before the arrival of long-lasting lipsticks in various formats and finishes.
LONG-LASTING EYE LINERS AS LIP LINERS.
Eyeliners have a stronger hold on the lips, providing more reliable wear, and in an era where black lipsticks were unusual, they were the most pigmented and long-lasting option available.
LONG-LASTING & NON-STICKY LIP GLOSS (LIP OIL).
However, if you're not looking for a matte finish, but rather a long-lasting glossy finish, you can use a long-lasting lip gloss, and one of my favorite options is the Sheglam's jelly lip oil.
