Unlike traditional matte versions, these softly airbrush lip lines for a fuller-looking mouth.
The South Korean girls are already onto them (but, of course). And like how it is for everything they like, we find ourselves liking them too.
The blurring effect is courtesy of dimethicone, a type of silicone used as a smoothing agent in pore-filling primers. Velvet matte lipsticks have more of the silicone to fill in lip lines and create a physical barrier so that pigments don’t sink into dry, flaky patches.
Something that older women with thinner lips will like, too. – CT
The best velvet-matte lipsticks to try Giorgio Armani Lip
Maestro Matte Nature, $55. Nine shades.
Rom&nd Zero Gram Matte Lipstick, $22.90. 13 shades.
Dior Rouge Dior Ultra Care Liquid, $52. 17 shades.
Nakeup Face Velvet Scandal Lip Tint, $26.90. Three shades.
Eglips Muse In Velvet Lipstick, $13.90. Five shades.
Bbia Last Lipstick, $13.90. 20 shades.
Candylab Creampop The Velvet Lip Color, $15. Eight shades.
Vdivov Lip Cut Rouge Velvet, $29. 22 shades.
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