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Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter

Wearing undertones makes you fashion-forward for the winter, especially in Manhattan. Whether you sport a black mink coat, dark grey infinity scarf, or brown over the knee boots, you are on the dress to impress list. Aside from clothes, cosmetics play a big role this season as they can give your face a glow, especially since many feel they look pale as a ghost.

Giving your lips that pop of color will give your face some life this winter. Not to mention that your lips will feel moisturized throughout the cold rather than choppy. With this being stated, Downtown Magazine has rounded up ten lip colors and brands that’ll make your lips look and feel better than ever for the winter of 2019-2020.

Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour in Mia

This classic red color is always a go-to, especially in the winter. Pinch of Colour’s Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colours last on your lips for over 8+ hours. The products are mixed with natural, lip-nourishing extracts of Rose Hip Oil, Jojoba Oil, and Mango Seed Butter.

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter
Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour in Mia

Givenchy Le Rouge Night Noir in Night in Light

Stunt on everyone with the Le Rouge Night Noir lipstick this winter. This black lip color was made to have your lips glisten like no other and will give you that classy gothic look this winter. Givenchy cosmetics are as ambrosial as couture which contain personalized formulas with state of the art innovation.

Givenchy Le Rouge Night Noir in Night in Light

Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Color in Cardi

Walk into the room without giving a hoot when sporting the Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Color in Cardi. This blue sparkly color inspired by Cardi B features rich, sensuous shades that give you that boost in confidence. Rare and different ingredients such as soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter, and chamomilla flower oil develop a super creamy texture with an impeccable smooth application.

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter

Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Color in Cardi

Charlotte Tillbury Matte Revolution in Scarlet Spell 

Get your hands on this web exclusive winter berry matte lipstick. This is the perfect color to rock for upcoming fashion week events as it goes with anything you decide to wear. The lipstick is sealed with kisses and its tip has a dreamy lip-print design. Not to mention, that the lipstick tree and orchid extract the lipstick contains will soften and hydrate your lips.

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution in Scarlet Spell Color

Fenty Beauty By Rihanna Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid in Unveil – chocolate brown

Rihanna’s Stunna Lip Paint in the Unveil-chocolate brown color is very versatile as it goes well on any one’s lips no matter your skin color. This liquid lipstick is weightless, everlasting, and has a soft-matte finish. A fun fact about Fenty Beauty is that Rihanna handpicks every color herself and develops formulas that work for all skin types.

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter

Fenty Beauty By Rihanna Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid in Unveil – chocolate brown

Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick in Ladies Night

Grab this matte bold burgundy lip color to pucker up for the night of your life, whether it is with girlfriends or not. This specific lipstick puts together exceptional pigmentation along with maximum comfort, which is curated to provide smooth, full-coverage with just one application.

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter
Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick in Ladies Night

Glossier Generation G Sheer Matte Lipstick in Jam

This Downtown New York City company is bringing hip lipsticks to the yard. This Jam lip color will provide you with that perfect smudge, however, there really isn’t a smudge after you apply it. This lipstick will also give you that low key pigmentation that adapts perfectly to your natural lip color as well as a casual look that looks quite different than usual. Also, this dark purple lip color will give you that boss lady look!

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter
Glossier Generation G Sheer Matte Lipstick in Jam

Nudestix Magnetic Matte Lip Color in Vino

This Nudestix item is one of a kind as it is a three-in-one lip stain, lip color, and lip liner. The Vino color is ideal for the winter as it’ll give you the perfect nightcap look after a date. Not to mention, that this touch-and-go makeup stick is designed to give you that bold nude lip look in addition to a kiss-proof color that will last you for a good nine hours.

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter
Nudestix Magnetic Matte Lip Color in Vino

Kosasport LipFuel Hyaluronic Lip Balm in Pulse

This is the type of lip balm to wear after you’re done at a Soul Cycle class…better yet, maybe you can even apply some before you hop on that spin bike so your lips can have a pop of color while being drenched in sweat. Pulse is also the perfect color for the winter as it is electric metallic red. Most importantly, the lip balm provides advanced lip care invigorated by active botanicals.

Ten Lip Cosmetic Brands and Colors To Apply This Winter
Kosasport LipFuel Hyaluronic Lip Balm in Pulse

Laura Mercier Rouge Essentiel Silky Crème Lipstick in Beige Intime

Make a statement at your next meeting by applying this weightless lipstick that’ll give you that satin finish. The Beige Intime color is a very neutral color that’ll go well with any outfit as well as season. Benefits this lipstick has are that it contains Mediterranean sea algae extract, which is part of why is moisturizes and smoothes skin’s appearance to cultivate the ideal image.

Laura Mercier Rouge Essentiel Silky Crème Lipstick in Beige Intime

 

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Downtown’s Ultimate Beauty Gift Guide

Our beauty gift guide includes everything you need to satisfy the most beauty-obsessed on your list. From fragrance to body scrubs to seductive love oil, we have selected our favourite things to brighten up the holiday season. And don’t forget to treat yourself as well!

 

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Splendida Bvlgari Tubereuse Mystique

Tuberose is known as the “Mistress of the Night”, a symbol of pure seduction, its aroma is opulent and enchanting, a legendary flower whose allure has hypnotized across centuries and cultures. Because of its temperamental, delicate nature, it is also known as the “Diva of the Field.”

 

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Omnia Coral by Bvlgari

Our CEO’s favorite fragrance by Bvlgari must be featured in our beauty gift guide 2020. Inspired by the shimmering hues of precious red coral, Omnia Coral is a radiant floral-fruity Eau de Toilette of tropical hibiscus and juicy pomegranate. It is reminiscent of summer, the sun, resplendent nature, and far-off oceans. She never leaves home without this delectable, nonintrusive fragrance.

 

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Bond Gold Coast

 

One of our all-time favorites in Bond No. 9. This year, New York’s most iconic fragrance house celebrates in scent the timeless grandeur and youthful vibrancy of one of the city’s most historic neighborhoods. Gold Coast, Bond No. 9 creates a scent snapshot of a city that is always changing, but that retains its character and legacy, the meeting of distinguished old guard New York with the dynamism and spirit of new guard energy. Even the packaging is so very special, Gold Coast’s delicate, yet dynamic, rose scent is reflected in the latest interpretation of Bond No. 9’s iconic Silhouette Bottle, metallic rose gold, laser-engraved with the house’s NY Token signature seal. A must this year!

 

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Bond No9 Fragrances, lipstick,giftboxs,Amphora

Let’s not forget her lips. Bond No. 9 product’s packaging is a gift in of itself. New York Lips Single with Ruby Stones. The most luxurious, high-performance lipstick formula, crafted with the finest ingredients and most innovative technology is all dressed up for the holidays in an opulent refillable gold case covered with hand-applied Ruby Fanci-Stones. This ultimate gift is also a gift to the planet. Refillable. Vegan. Gluten-Free. Cruelty-Free.



A luxurious golden vanity case, SUBLIMAGE Le Coffret unveils two emblematic skincare products from the SUBLIMAGE ritual. Take this ultimate gift with you.

 

 

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Crabtree & Evelyn Body & Hair Oil   

Crabtree & Evelyn, harvesting the nourishing qualities of nature, The Gardeners collection centers on the mind and body. Feed the skin with our Sweet Dreams Overnight Mask. Soothe your soul while you sip our Star Showers Tea. Experiment with a new night-time ritual. Strike a unique balance.

 

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Best Bronze Bronzer

Best Bronze Leg Makeup is high coverage, matte leg makeup that will give you gorgeous, flawless legs in seconds! This simple to use, spray-on makeup instantly camouflages spider veins, stretch marks, scars, uneven skin tone, freckles, and cellulite. Waterproof and transfer-resistant, it won’t come off on clothing or furniture and can even be worn in the water! Made with beeswax to smooth out pores and sweet almond oil to hydrate the skin, Best Bronze Leg Makeup has got you covered.

 

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Laura Mercier 12 Hour Matte Finish

We are loving Laura Mercier’s weightless Texture This lightweight, the finely-milled powder doesn’t add weight or texture to the skin. It doesn’t settle into fine lines and never looks cakey.

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Laura Mercier Caviar Volume Panoramic Mascara and Caviar Stick Eye Color
Laura Mercier’s Caviar Volume Panoramic Mascara offers intense volume, a full panoramic look, and irresistible soft-touch lashes, as it glides on effortlessly to create high-impact volume and glossy intensity in one bold stroke.
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Knours One Perfect Cream
Know your body, a new brand with a great mission for all women. Your skin may feel dry,
dull and tired during the week of your period or during menopause due to lowered estrogen levels. One Perfect Cream is multitasking at its best. Age-defying, brightening, nourishing and moisturizing benefits helps fight visible signs of aging while balancing your hormones to help your skin glow every day.
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Pinch of Color Lip

 

Our Publisher’s new favorite must-have lip color. Waterless in technology and luxurious in a formula, this matte lip color won’t bleed, won’t transfer and won’t budge for over 8-hours+. Infused with natural, lip-nourishing extracts of Rose Hip Oil, Jojoba Oil, and Mango Seed Butter, this highly pigmented lip color glides on to a comfortable, velvet matte finish rich in depth and dimension. Make this year the year to buy the ultimate gift for your lips!

 

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Mudras Body Reset

 

The Mudras Body Reset is a personal customized massage, their signature treatment. Each session is tailor-made, designed to meet your individual needs and to generate optimal results. Give it to someone you (really) love, someone who needs it, or someone with impossible standards.
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High On love Oil
HighOnLove this holiday prepare for love…try love with this superior grade lubricating oil blends made with hemp seed oil. Curated by Angela Mustone, a specialist producer of adult cosmetics, this product line brings heightened style and intimacy, for the discerning woman who knows what she wants in the bedroom.
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Shiffa Mint and Basil Body Scrub
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Shiffa Healing Balm

Dr. Lamees out of personal necessity created her first product, SHIFFA Pregnancy Body Oil, a unique organic oil that both protected her skin and increased her well being. SHIFFA a personal vision- natural healing that promotes beauty from within. Coming home from a long day in New York City, prepare a luxurious bath, champagne, candles and Shiffa for the ultimate pampering.

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This deep-cleansing, foaming scrub from Quai, is like a trip to rehab for your scalp and skin. A weekly detox powered by gently exfoliating sugar crystals to cleanse and soften skin.

 

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NVLA Amal Vegan Nail Polish
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WILLOW’S BAY

 

Polish without fear?
After nearly three years of research and development, in-home celebrity manicurist Gina Alcedo announces her official launch of Nailvana LA(NVLA), a collection of vegan, cruelty- and 8-free polishes, cuticle oils, and creams.

 

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BB Mineral -Infused Clarifying Mud Mask
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BB African Black Soap Body and Face Scrub

Our entire office loves Brooklyn Botany a local brand that combines the wholeness of nature with the passion of emerging apothecaries, we make your next moment of Zen both effortless and affordable. There is something special about BB, it truly is the ultimate gift to give yourself.

 

 

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We have chosen our favorite facial wipes C’est Moi. Their ingredients are thoughtfully sourced and utilized to help maintain healthy skin and our environment. It’s important to remember that an ingredient’s source does not always determine its safety, that is why all of our products are rated on the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Database.

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Rituals home and body this holiday, a must-have for your office and or home this season. Lighten your mood with this energizing scented candle. Based on uplifting sweet orange and cedarwood and will put a smile on your face for up to 50 hours. Sweet Orange is our office’s fav!

 

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Going on a trip just toss in your suitcase this grouping of R+Co favorites. From cleanse to prep to style, this sets does it all. Packaged in a limited-edition, R+Co Mesh Pouch. Who can say no to this?

Look for our other 2019 gift guides to help you with your shopping!

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Summer Makeup Favorites

Makeup is an essential part for most women’s day-to-day life. Some use it more than others, but most have a few products they use everyday. Continuously, tried-and-true brands come up with new products, as well there are new brands popping up.

We suffer from makeup anxiety too! Why switch out, when you know what you have?We all have that same makeup we have used for years and years, but are those products you’re using the best? From mascara to foundation, to primer and setting spray, it can be so overwhelming.

There are so many brands to choose from, but which one is the right one for you?

A lot of that depends on your skin type and what you desire. However, Downtown Magazine put together our favorite makeup products this summer whether we’re talking primer, contouring or blush, and these are our picks.

Primer

Photo courtesy of Laura Mercier

Foundation Primer – Radiance from Laura Mercier

Price: $22.00, available here

Foundation

Photo courtesy of Tarte

Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Full Coverage Foundation SPF 15 from Tarte

Price: $39, available here

Concealer

Photo courtesy of Maybelline

Dream Brightening Creamy Concealer from Maybelline

Price: $7.99, available here

Contour

Photo courtesy of Anastasia Beverly Hills

The Original Contour Kit from Anastasia Beverly Hills

Price: $40.00, available here

Blush

Photo courtesy of Mineral Fusion 

Mineral Blush Bronzer from Mineral Fusion

Price: $24.99, available here

Mascara

Photo courtesy of Tarte

Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1-Mascara from Tarte

Price: $23.00, available here

Eyeliner

Photo courtesy of Maybelline 

Eye Studio Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner – Black from Maybelline

Price: $7.99

Lipstick

Photo courtesy of Catrice Cosmetics

Ultimate Colour Lipstick from Catrice Cosmetics

Price: $6.99, available here

Lip Gloss

Photo courtesy of Manna Kadar

Lip Locked Stain from Manna Kadar

Price: $24.00, available here

Eyeshadow Palette

Photo courtesy of Too Faced

White Chocolate Chip from Too Faced

Price: $26.00, available here

Setting Spray

Photo courtesy of Cover FX

Illuminating Setting Spray from Cover FX

Price: $31.00, available here

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10 Products For Your Summer Beauty Bag

As temperatures creep towards the high 80s — and your make-up continues to melt off — invest in high-quality beauty products that will not only provide a fresh summer glow, but protect your skin and hair as well.

The beauty product jungle can be a challenge; should you go for a cleanser and a cream? Should you try a new choice or stick to trusted brands, guaranteed to give you good results?

We’ve done some digging and these are Downtown’s top 10 products that any beauty fanatic would be proud to have in her make-up bag.

Glossier Invisible Shield SPF 35

SPF is not an option but a necessity. Just to make sure you’re listening, we repeat, SPF is not an option. The clever people at Glossier agree and present the Invisible Shield SPF 35. The clear watergel formula will quickly absorb into your skin and is also designed to keep it clear of the city’s polluted air. It’s a win-win.


Photo courtesy of Glossier

Price: $34.00

MŪN Argan Pure Argan Oil

This is your 3-in-1; the Argan Pure Argan Oil is a softening treatment that you can use on your skin, nail cuticles and hair. Filled with vitamin E, antioxidants and beneficial fatty acids, the oil will give a much-needed boost during dry summer months. When using the the product in your hair, apply a small amount to the ends only, to avoid a ‘greasy scalp’ look.

Photo courtesy of MŪN

Price: $70.00

Savannah Bee Charcoal, Propolis and Volcanic Ash Cleanser

Activated charcoal has proven incredibly effective in removing toxins — it draws them out, which is exactly what you want in a humid city like NYC. Meanwhile, the added benefit of propolis and volcanic ash in this cleanser will gently exfoliate and hydrate and is perfect for keeping your skin clean this summer.

Photo courtesy of Savannah Bee

Price: $12.99

Urban Decay Travel Size Perversion Mascara

Perfect for mini-holidays, when you just want to bring your travel sized vanity bag. According to Urban Decay, the lash volumizing product is “so intense you might need a safe word, Perversion glides on and gets you sexy in one stroke.” Talk about making a lady blush…

Photo courtesy of  Urban Decay

Price: $10.00

SHOW Beauty Repair Treatment Mask

Pump up your locks with some quinoa protein. The Repair Treatment Mask, which also contains hydrolyzed pea, pro vitamin B5, caviar and white truffles(!), is the stuff of hair-related dreams. This luxurious treatment nourishes, strengthens and conditions dull strands and leave your hair soft and full of life.

Photo courtesy of  SHOW Beauty

Prices range depending on retailer.

Smith & Cult Illumify Starlings Highlighter

This is the second venture by the founders of Hard Candy make-up, Dineh Mohajer and Jeanne Chavez. The dynamic duo are beauty veterans with an eye for creating cosmetics that others envy; beauty with a dash of punk attitude and a dazzle of hipster. The Starlings Highlighter in Gilded Nude will become your new secret weapon.

Price:  $36.00

Laura Mercier Candleglow Soft Luminous Foundation

The base to your daily beauty routine — foundation! The Candleglow Soft Luminous Foundation comes in 20 different shades and has a smooth, light consistency. Containing micro-fine radiant pearl Mica to even out your skin tone, this foundation sits, fits and looks just right For best results, apply with a make-up sponge or softly dab on with your fingertips.


Photo courtesy of Laura Mercier

Price: $48.00

Marc Jacobs Velvet Reality Set

Why buy one, when you can get three? The limited edition set was inspired by Marc Jacobs’ catwalk creations and includes a pop eye stick shadow in a shimmering icy grape shade, a waterproof gel eye crayon in cool blue and the velvet noir major volume mascara. If that’s not enough to win you over, the quirky make-up bag designed by British illustrator, Julie Verhoeven, will.

Photo courtesy of Marc Jacobs Beauty

Price: $49.00

Vita Liberata Ten Minute Tan

Stuck in the office all summer with no chance for a tan? And skin too fair to turn anything but a shade of pink when you finally have a moment to pop out? Self-tanning might be your knight in shining armor. This one from Vita Liberata is fast-acting and odor with vitamin C and Rosehip oil. But remember, always use a tanning mitt when applying to your skin for an even application.

Photo courtesy of Vita Liberata

Price: $39.00

Patchology Lip Renewal FlashPatch® 5 Minute Hydrogels

The trademarked lip treatment with its HydraSurge5™ Moisture System is a wonder for your lips. The product will plump, moisturize and perfect your pout, and we love this treatment. It’s easy to use, works fast and is well worth its price point.


Photo courtesy of Patchology

Price: $50.00