# Lipstick: Your number's up **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 8, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162 "2001-10-08T18:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/21 "2001-10-08T22:44:24Z")
Aveda lipstick never comes off. Two days later, it still looks like I’m wearing it. You will pay more, but my God does it work. Get to a salon and grab some. I swear by it. It even lasted from before the wedding ceremony until well into the homeymoon with only one touch-up. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/22 "2001-10-08T23:13:59Z")
So, I’m getting the idea $10-12 dollars is a lot to spend for lipstick. What’s a reasonable price? I’d be willing to pay it if it meant the difference between a woman’s lipstick coming off while she’s sucking my cock, or not. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/23 "2001-10-08T23:14:50Z")
ummmmm…cocksucking lips…in capital letters…ummmmmmmmmmmm, ooooohhhhhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/24 "2001-10-08T23:18:31Z")
Lipfinity is $7 or so at Target. Works, too. Warning: the color on th box, the sample chart and the bottle itself are all wrong and all different. You MUST open the the bottle and LOOK at the actual color. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/25 "2001-10-08T23:50:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*So, I’m getting the idea $10-12 dollars is a lot to spend for lipstick. > > What’s a reasonable price? I’d be willing to pay it if it meant the difference between a woman’s lipstick coming off while she’s sucking my cock, or not. \*\* It depends on a great many things. I think of $10-$15 as average, and don’t start to cringe until I hear $19 for lipstick (but then, I couldn’t really buy drugstore lipstick that wasn’t a horrid mistake until I’d been buying it for years). TIGG, amen. I have given up putting on eyeliner and/or mascara unless I want to spend the next few days wearing eyeliner/mascara because it is simply going to be there whether or not I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/26 "2001-10-09T00:11:16Z")
Disclaimer: I do not sell Mary Kay but I do use some of their products. But they will take back anything you don’t like, so no makeup drawer buildup (supposedly). Runny mascara: Do you use a cream to take it off? The cream stays on your lashes, even after washing, causing it to run the next day. I have good luck with the normal Cover Girl mascara. It comes off with water, no soap needed. I gave up lipstick long ago. I kiss too many babies and children! Only grammies can kiss kids and leave a big smooch-print behind. Not us youthful mommies. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Perm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Big\_Perm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Perm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/27 "2001-10-09T00:12:18Z")
Oral sex post… then a lipstick post? We have someone with an oral fixation on our hands 🙂 BP ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/28 "2001-10-09T00:39:52Z")
That Lipfinity stuff is by Max Factor. It’s good - like a paint that you let dry on. I’ll go test it’s blowjob withstanding power in the next couple days and clue you in on the results. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/29 "2001-10-09T00:42:07Z")
Okay, so I drove to CVS about five minutes after reading this thread and I bought the Cover Girl Outlast lipstick. (I wanted the Lipfinity, but they didn’t have it). Anyway, I applied the color, let it sit a minute, then glossed it. This was at about 6pm. I then ate baked ziti for dinner and had a butterscotch crimpet for dessert. I drank a Dr. Pepper, smoked a cigarette, chewed some gum and blew bubbles, and the stuff **has not budged**. I think I’m in love. Thank you CoverGirl! Oh yeah, what Stoid said about the color. I got one called Brazen Raisen, and it’s different from the color on the box. Next time I get paid, I’m going to pick out some more colors. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/30 "2001-10-09T01:19:52Z")
As for the mascara, I use Loreal’s FeatherLash, and it goes on smoothly and beautifully, but also comes off in a snap if you want it to. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/31 "2001-10-09T03:01:15Z")
my two cents: Lipfinity is AWFUL. yeah, it lasts. but is the worst! It is soooooooo dry. you feel like you have gunky putty on your lips. It is a miserable experience. and the colors are indeed horrid. and yes, you can buy lip dye. many companies make it: lancome, benefit, etc. the body shop makes one that looks like a magic marker. note with these though: NO MISTAKES can be made. and if you have dry lips, forget it. it will dye unevenly…or travel up the lip. a good inexpensive lipstick is covergirl. Now a days, some of the grocery store brands are just as good if not better that department store brands. ---
**Author:** ![junkyardangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@junkyardangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/junkyardangel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/32 "2001-10-09T03:02:33Z")
I spent this last week-end in intensive scientific research. Lipfinity does indeed remain after numourous expeiments. Next week-end I intend research the properties of Outlast. Science is my life. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/33 "2001-10-09T03:36:12Z")
Well, I have chronically dry lips stemming from my 7th grade addiction to Blistex (I don’t care what Cecil says…I’m addicted!). I apply a wad of Vaseline every night. But I just scrubbed my lips a little with my toothbrush, and the color went on evenly. The mistake thing is true - this stuff ain’t coming off until I use Vaseline to clean my lips. So, the update on the Outlast: Baked Ziti - check Crimpet - check DP - check cigarette - check gum - check some Extra BBQ doritoes - check another DP - check chewing on a pen cap for five minutes - check numerous attempts to fix smudged corner - check three reapplications of the gloss they give you - check second cigarette - check flat-out rubbing with my index finger - check It ain’t going anywhere! Hooray! Mad props to my moms for lending me $8 for this stuff. I’ve seen the light. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/34 "2001-10-09T04:25:58Z")
I’ll add another vote for Lipfinity or Outlast, they’re both good. I once WOKE UP with perfect lipstick…about 14 hours after I had applied it. One hint: Don’t put on too much or it will crack and flake off, but only randomly…it’s a bad look, trust me. One more: Use only the clear gloss that comes with it, anything else will make it wear faster. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/35 "2001-10-09T13:58:43Z")
Bad News Baboon has confirmed my Lipfinity fear. I don’t want it to be like thick red clay on my mouth. The thing I like about M.A.C. and Clinique lipsticks is they’re very smooth and rich. And $12 for lipstick? Dream come true. This fucking piece of shit, asschapping M.A.C. shit is $17.50 jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/36 "2001-10-09T14:12:29Z")
But what do you need lipstick for, anyway? Aren’t you already married? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/37 "2001-10-09T14:12:36Z")
This could have been a GQ but would have been much less entertaining… jarbabyj - Lola swears by that Lipfinity stuff. I’m the lucky guy who gets to test it’s staying power. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)🙂 There’s nothing like those long passionate kisses that don’t have ME looking for ways to remove lipstick. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/38 "2001-10-09T14:18:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*But what do you need lipstick for, anyway? Aren’t you already married? > 😉 \*\* Right…I mean, what am I talking about? I’m going to quit wearing make up, quit washing and styling my hair, just wear light blue sweatpants and Precious Moments sweatshirts while I watch One Life To Live and eat Stouffer’s French Bread Pizzas all day. Oh, I’m sorry, wait. That’s my cousin Stephanie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/39 "2001-10-09T16:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > > \*\*But what do you need lipstick for, anyway? Aren’t you already married? > > 😉 \*\* > > Right…I mean, what am I talking about? I’m going to quit wearing make up, quit washing and styling my hair, just wear light blue sweatpants and Precious Moments sweatshirts while I watch One Life To Live and eat Stouffer’s French Bread Pizzas all day. > > Oh, I’m sorry, wait. That’s my cousin Stephanie. > > 😃 \*\* Auuuggghhh! The horror! Did I NEED that visual before my second cup of coffee?!? :note to self- read at least one **jarbaby** post each day before any strenuous activity…: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162/40 "2001-10-09T18:04:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > **Baked Ziti - check > Crimpet - check > DP - check > cigarette - check > gum - check > some Extra BBQ doritoes - check > another DP - check > chewing on a pen cap for five minutes - check > numerous attempts to fix smudged corner - check > three reapplications of the gloss they give you - check > second cigarette - check > flat-out rubbing with my index finger - check** Oh. Great. Another couple tests and you’ll be Joan Crawford… “No… more… Outlast… EVER!!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-your-numbers-up/86162.md?page=3)