I had a wonderful time yesterday interviewing Richard Hawkins, Guerlain Director of Education & Development, for my other site, TheBeauty+.com, about make-up for older women. One of his recommendations – and there were so many brilliant ones – was Guerlain LipLift, above. I’ve found an answer to what I thought was an unsolvable problem – lip crinkles!
I think I was born looking like I’d just sucked a lemon – my crinkly lips are so annoying and one of the reasons that I rarely wear lipstick, preferring to stick to gloss (not literally!). It is true that gloss is so much kinder to crinkly lips because it bounces light and the glazing hides a multitude of lip imperfections.
However, Guerlain LipLift is a little miracle for smoothing lip crinkles – for first use, it provides an even and comfortable base for lipstick and knocks down crinkles. It doesn’t disappear them completely, but it’s a much softer look. Over the longer term, after about two weeks, you’ll see a general plumpiness. Guerlain LipLift boosts hyaluronic in the lips – they use dehydrated particles that act like sponges.. once they fill up with water (from the air!) it gives a plumping effect. I’m only three days in on this but I can’t wait to see the end result.
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Even on three uses of the Liplift, I can tell you that lipstick hold is definitely longer and the creases are less (but not gone). To apply Guerlain LipLift, you need to pat it over the lip in a thin layer and deliberately go over the lip line – feels all wrong, but looks all right. Liplift is £22 HERE.
I should say that of the very few on-line reviews that I could find, a couple of women found this quite a drying product. Bearing in mind that I have lips that dry out if they even see a towel, I haven’t – yet – found this to be the case.
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This sounds like a fantastic product, I’m also cursed with crinkly lips!
Intrigued by this product, recently I’m starting to get creases above my lips and have been on the look out for some kind of plumping product, would love to hear more about any anti-ageing products that really make a difference.
I don’t have that lip problem, but just wanted to say I’ve met Richard once for a perfume personalized session and I had a great afternoon so I know the feeling!