The runways have been overflowing this season with vampy-glam makeup: especially dark, lustrous, red lips. The look comes from layering a translucent black lip gloss over a vibrant red lipstick, and makeup companies are hustling to replicate it.

Lancome had a waiting list when it released it’s Piha Black Lip Gloss in November- a sheer, shiny black made to wear over their Piha Red Lipstick. Limited-edition set priced at $48. Available at Bloomingdale’s.

Yves St. Laurent quickly followed suit, releasing their Gloss Pur Black, a similar transparent high-shine gloss that’s a little bit more affordable. It smells like black licorice, which is either a plus or a minus depending on your relationship with Jagermeister. $28 at Sephora.

A sad note in this column- rumor has it Christian Dior has discontinued the entire Plastic Shine lip gloss line, including the not-so-translucent, latex-look, handle-with-care blackness that is #997, Alluring Black. You can still grab it online, though. $23 at Cosmetic Garments.

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Tags: black lip gloss, Gloss Pur Black, goth makeup, Lancome, lip gloss, Piha Black, Yves St. Laurent

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 13th, 2008 at 9:34 PM and is filed under cosmetics. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

1. Lauren Says:
   January 11th, 2009 at 7:02 PM

   I found this online on ebay for 85$

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