The Lancôme Le Metallique Lipstick Takes Lip Gloss to the Next Level
By Devon Abelman. Photos: Hannah Choi/Allure.
With '90s beauty trends back in full force, all things shimmery seem to be firmly placed on everyone's lips. But the new Lancôme Le Metallique lipsticks takes everything we love about 2016's best lip looks (think everything from Pat McGrath glitter to Sigma Beauty holographic glosses) into 2017 in a fresh, slightly unexpected way. The metallic lip lacquer is honestly a hybrid of the shiniest lip gloss ever, but with all of the metallic lipstick, minus the drying factor. (Because let's be real, the latest liquid mattes, as much as we love them, can be drying sometimes.) And although all 13 shades of the Lancôme Le Metallique metallic liquid lipsticks, which we got to test before they launch next month (I know, tough life), are the chicest combo of glitter, shimmer and sheen we've seen in quite some time—and don't leave lips chapped in any way.
We know, we know. A gloss that hydrates and drops serious color payoff? Hard to believe, but we get it: We know just hearing the word "gloss" can scare some of us matte lovers off. When we unscrewed the top of the new Le Metallique lacquers, pulling out the flat, fluffy applicators and heard that squishy noise, our "stickiness alarm" went off. Like, hair-glued-to-our-lips type of alarm. Several of our lip gloss-loving staffers instantly fell for the wand alone, citing they could practically use its precise cut to line their lips. Others were a bit skeptical of the color payoff—those would be Allure's matte-or-die crowd—but were pleasantly surprised at the buildability the lacquer has. Because while some of our favorite lip glosses are perfect to use over a lipstick, the pigments in this formula provide a superserious color payoff. Now, depending on how dark the shade of the metallic lipstick is, one coat can give lips a more sheer wash of color, but two helps the hue become more intense and opaque, with an almost heavy metal-like appearance. Regardless of how much you use, the end result is undeniably all kinds of shimmery—some people even thought one of our editors was trying out the holographic Unicorn Tears lip gloss instead.
And that other thing that bugs us about both liquid lipstick and lip gloss? The dehydrated, chapped lips they can leave behind. Thanks to ingredients like vitamin E and grapeseed oil, both emollients, the metallic lipsticks actually hydrates lips—and yes, even in a Polar Vortex. The one downside? It transferred from our lips to our coffee cups, but that's to be expected with this kind of formulation. (It's not like every product can do every single thing, obviously.)
With 13 different shades ranging from a soft rose gold and a vibrant orange to a shimmering, petal pink and a crystalline blue, and metallic-themed names including Magnetic Mauve, Molten Magenta and Iron Nude, we can see these glosses going fast. They're great on their own, layered atop your favorite matte formula, or mixed together—especially if you want that unicorn tears look.
The Lancôme Le Metallique lip glosses are available starting January 1 for $22 exclusively on sephora.com and at Sephora stores.
This story originally appeared on Allure.
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