So whether you want sheer and pretty, matte and dramatic or something in between, Lipstick Queen have got lips lacquered. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Chantal Halley and Chantal's Corner with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. You have to almost put them into your nose to smell something, and even then it’s really really light. Meet the latest editions to the Lipstick Queen Family: Belle Epoque Lip Balm and Hello Sailor Lip Gloss! One of my favourite winter lipsticks is Revlon’s Cherries in the Snow – a really vibrant dark pink/almost red.

Moisturizing and plush, I love sweeping this over bare lips for a customized cool pink wash of color. A stunning, slightly shiny incarnation of bestselling ‘Hello Sailor’ lipstick, this dazzling topaz blue lacquer transforms upon application into a beautiful, deep berry gloss, while shimmering blue pearl pigments help to make your teeth look whiter. When I was a child it made me think a dream job would be inventing and naming lipstick colours – I’d still like to do that!

As it often happens, while working on my blackberry Single Note Exploration post, I had blackberries on my mind. Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vegetable Oil (Olus/Huile Vegetale), Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax (Candelilla Cera/Cire De Candelilla), Beeswax (Cera Alba/Cire D'Abeille), Ozokerite, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Tocopherol Acetate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Olive Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Red 27 (CI 45410), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Manganese Violet (CI 77741). I am loving my Urban Decay and Bite lipsticks, but since I have such dry skin, I have to pat a bit of lip balm on first. It provides a beautiful, non-sticky finish with an amazing, morphing colour that veers from topaz to mauve with movement. What it is: A nod to the nautical, Hello Sailor tints your lips a cool berry tone with a hint of deep sapphire.

Not only I (and my whole generation, I think) grew up with the female version of this character but I don’t think I heard about the existence of the other one until I was in my late twenties. But since I still wanted to play this game, I decided to count Rusty out and go with inanimate objects. Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vegetable Oil (Olus/Huile Vegetale), Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax (Candelilla Cera/Cire De Candelilla), Beeswax (Cera Alba/Cire D´Abeille), Ozokerite, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Tocopherol Acetate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Olive Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Red 27 (CI 45410), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Manganese Violet (CI 77741).This product is advertised as being moisturizing, but doesn't say that it's a lip balm kind of product. It leaves my lips moisturized with the perfect natural shade of pink, and the stain lasts most of the day.