Beauty

[Kind1too]

I rub my lips together after applying lipstick or gloss.

[champagnepoodle]

On 7/15/2014 hulagirl said:

I wear lipstick, but I cannot stand the way lip gloss feels on my lips......no smacking from me!!

I agree! I hate to see Armour All Tire Shine on lips YUKKKK

[pepes mom]

When Mally first came to the Q, she always instructed the models to silently go "Ma Ma Ma" with their lips after applying any lip product.

[sparklestar]

On 7/15/2014 brewhaha said:

First time I've seen you at a loss for words

[Trix]

They smack and smoosh for effect. A lot of people do it. That said back in the golden olden days when I was taught how to put on makeup the models told me not to smack my lips together, but rather lightly kiss a tissue. To this day that's what I do. The method leaves that lipcolor/gloss in place and blended flawlessly.

[Katluvr58]

It depends for me. If it's lipgloss I smoosh and lipstick I kiss a tissue (love how that sounds). I think how we apply lipstick could be related to our age or what we saw our mothers do.

[Sweetbay magnolia]

On 7/15/2014 Katluvr58 said:

It depends for me. If it's lipgloss I smoosh and lipstick I kiss a tissue (love how that sounds). I think how we apply lipstick could be related to our age or what we saw our mothers do.

Yes, I remember being somewhere around first grade, and making a little book of lipstick blotters for my Mom as a school project. 1960's.

[ID2]

I really never thought about it but yes I always rub my lips together after applying lipstick.

[QueenDanceALot]

On 7/15/2014 Grade1Teach said:

I apply my lip gloss or lipstick all over my lips and then gently rub or "smack" my lips together. However, there are times when I just apply my gloss and dab it with my fingers to even it out a bit.

I find that too much smooshing or smacking will lessen the amount of color that shows.

One reason I may smoosh is to get a less intense color. It's just a way of depositing less color on your lips.

Sometimes I feel like a smoosh, sometimes I don't!

[QueenDanceALot]

My mother always blotted.

I blot when I wear a matte lipstick.