life & style // no. 16

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Beauty on a budget: Sephora Cream Lip Stain

> The long-lasting 40 shade lip line that’s worth the splurge!

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Lauren Kelly
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hen I do this column, I try to

keep everything that I try out
drug store brand, because generally
these brands tend to be a lot cheaper.
However, sometimes it’s worth it to
splurge a little and get the perfect lip
colour in a higher-quality product.
Enter the Sephora Lip Stain collection.
I usually stay away from the Sephora
house line—I guess I can fall victim to the
“cheaper is worse” myth—but it carries
most of what any other brand at Sephora
carries, but at a house brand discount.

I'd been eyeing the new Lip Stain

collection because of how varied the
options are. There are 4o shades total.
Of the shades, 32 are more regular
browns, pinks, red, corals, and purples.
The eight others are greys, blacks, blues,
greens, and a periwinkle. Like other
cream lipsticks, it dries matte, but a few
of the shades have shimmer as well. The
one that stands out most to me is Dark

 

Forest, a deep, gorgeous teal that I’m
in love with, but too cautious to try.
After they were heavily recommended
by one of the employees, who swore
by their longevity, I tested the product
yesterday in the shade Copper Blush.
I applied it at around 4:00 p.m., and
it stayed in place through dinner and
drinks. By the time I was taking it off after
midnight it hadn't budged. I often have
a problem with my lipsticks transferring
and ending up on my face, but I didn’t
experience that with this at all. In fact,
at least on me, it stayed better than the
Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick.
At $18 each, they may be more
expensive than drugstore products, but
they’re also much cheaper than other
liquid lipsticks on the market, such as
the KVD one, which is $24. As always,
you can ask an employee to test a colour
you'd like to try, and even wear it around
before you make your choice later on.

 

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madison__mclaughlin
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madison_mclaughlin Today marks the first day of
my last semester in nursing school! It's crazy to think
how fast the last 3 and a half years of college have
flown by and that in 3 weeks | will be starting my
preceptorship at the hospital | have imagined warking
at since | was a child. Cheers to all my classmates,

were almost done! #nursingschool

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