So, I realize that the new BECCA Liquid Crystal Glow Glosses officially have nothing to do with the 1982 Jim Henson classic, The Dark Crystal, but I feel like they should, because the movie featured a cracked gem, and these glosses are inspired by gems that have been melted down to liquid form…
Um…leave it the the girl who named her kid after the heroine in the Terminator movies to find the sci-fi angle, LOL.
Anyway…I like these a lot. Some more than others. They’re a new line of sheer glosses with different levels of glitter, pearl and shimmer, and you can wear them as standalone lip glosses or layer them on top of lipstick.
“Buuuuut, Karen,” I can already hear you saying, “Can’t you layer any old gloss on top of lipstick?”
Why, yes, sweet thing! You certainly can.
But these have a holographic effects, which you may or may not wanna blame on the whole unicorn trend happening in makeup right now. The BECCA Liquid Crystals have the same duochrome effect as shadows like MAC Club, which appear to shift from one color to another in the light, some more dramatically than others, like Opal x Jade, which shifts from a taupe to opal to teal.
It’s move obvs in real life than in pics, which is why you can’t really see a lot of the green on my lips here, but it’s there, though!
My faves are the ones that aren’t as flashy, and are more opalescent than glittery, like Champagne Dream x Bellini.
IT’S. SO. GOOD!
It’s a peach that subtly flashes to a rosy golden champagne, and the duochrome effect is subtle, which is totally my makeup style at le moment.
The other one I love is pink Rose Quartz x Seashell, which shifts from rose to hot pink.
Again, so, so good.
I think that both of these are good for everyday wear or for special occasions (like weddings), where you’re doing a nude lip.
I’m not terribly crazy about the white gloss, Pearl x Gold, because the pieces are big, and I can’t really see a color shift at all. But I’ll give BECCA props for how smooth it feels, because, you know, gritty glosses… They’re the worst. Do you want to feel like you’re making out with an unpaved gravel driveway? I don’t!
Sometimes I think that gloss is even more personal than perfume. Some people like them sticky, some people like them not, some people like them unscented, some people like the ones that smell like Nutella…
Oh, wait! — that’s just me. Haha.
I can’t really taste anything when I wear these, but they smell a little like a coconut vanilla smoothie, and they feel GOOD. They’re thick like a MAC Lipglass, but when I press my lips together (*smack, smack, smack!!*), the formula isn’t ridiculously sticky.
As for wear time, you’d think that a gloss that isn’t very sticky wouldn’t last very long, but I can still feel these on my lips after four hours, a cup of coffee and a meal.
All six colors are limited edition, which is kind of a bummer, because I’d love to always have a tube of Champagne Dream x Bellini on hand for the occasional lip gloss emergency, which I’ve legit suffered from in the past.
You know how it goes… Sometimes, you just REALLY need a peachy gloss that goes with everything, like Champagne Dream x Bellini does.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Lip gloss emergencies, totally have been there…
These look great ! Would love to grab some. The Amethyst X Geode and Topaz x Gilt look really good to me! My issue is that usually when I end up wearing a gloss, random flyaway hairs end up blown over my lips by the wind, and stick there! Arrgh, how annoying. I am not sure if it’s just me having this problem. That’s how I often end up wearing lipstick, just because it feels safer and won’t grab hairs like that. :-/
P.S. This is LK, btw. Thought I’d just switch to the name I’m using on my blog. 🙂
oh lord. you said, “limited edition,” so like a good girl in a capitalist society, I now have to check them out in person. well, that plus the swatches on your IG had me mesmerized during lunch.
Oh, so THAT’S where Connor Claire’s name comes from! I wondered how you settled on it when you first announced her name.
Yup! I talked about it in this post: What’s in a Name?
Favorite quote from Dark Crystal:
Jen:
Wings? I don’t have wings!
Kira:
Of course not. You’re a boy.
Awww! Do you remember being scared by that movie? I found it frightening for some reason!
Oh lord these are pretty. I really want to find the Champagne Dream x Bellini one.
IMHO that one’s the best. It’s very wearable and you can wear it with pretty much any eye look!
Sooo pretty! I just ran out of Buxom plumping gloss in Sugar and am contemplating a still-neutral-but-slightly-more-interesting replacement. These could do the trick! Isn’t Hourglass a “natural” brand? Their marketing seems to go back and forth on that – maybe it depends on the product. Are the ingredients “nourishing” at all (you know, kind of a lip treatment while you wear them)?
Hi Amy,
BECCA is a cruelty free brand, but I don’t really think of them as a natural line because they don’t seem to push that in their ingredients. This line of glosses contains both coconut and olive oil for moisture.
BECCA, of course, oops!! Many thx for the moisturizing thumbs up. 🙂 These are now on my list for the weekend!
Oooooh, pretty! 🙂
Hi Erika,
So pretty, right? Wait ’til you see them in person!
Oh, but if I see them in person, I’ll have to buy them all! lol 🙂
Welcome to the origin of my makeup hoarder story, HAHA!
Hahaha ?
Girl, I ran out and bought Champagne Dream x Bellini cuz I am weak. Damn you…I ❤️ you.
I’m with you on Nutella-flavored lipgloss. 😀
Topaz & Gilt is really pretty.
Karen! Help! I must know what eyeshadow you’re wearing in these pics! You’re gorgeous by the way. Shout out from London – been following your blog for years, it really gets me through the working day 🙂
Zeena
Hi Zeena,
*waves hi from the SF Bay Area*
Hey, lady! So I’m wearing a mix of a few shades from the Viseart 01 Neutral Matte Palette. I did a thin base of MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot, then applied the second beige shade from the left on the top row all over my lids, then mixed the two brows on the far right in the center row and applied that to the crease. The Viseart Neutral Matte Palette is AMAZING by the way!
Not a beauty comment, but…that necklace is gorgeous! I must ask, where’d you find it?