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Ever wonder how Saweetie keeps her lips looking effortlessly shiny?
When she’s not selling out shows or climbing the Billboard charts with punchy and toe-tapping tracks, the “My Type” rapper is applying ultra-shiny lip gloss from NYX, a brand best known for its inventive, artistic makeup at price points worth celebrating. The gloss in question is a new launch for the brand, and one Saweetie serves as the face of.
It’s their Jelly Job Lip Gloss, retailing for $12, a deeply hydrating, ultra-pigmented gloss akin to formulas we’ve seen popularized in the ’90s. When applied, the result is non-sticky, glassy and kissable lips that’ll have you turning heads like Saweetie every time. It offers a sort of plumping, full-bodied effect, without all the drama and stinging pain of your usual plumping glosses. “It’s juicy and makes the lips look like glass,” Saweetie said in an interview with ShopBillboard, giving her makeup secret weapon a glowing review. “Lips look rich, feel hydrated and stay scrumptious! Muaaaah!”
Scrumptious indeed. It’s easy to see why Saweetie is obsessed with these glosses. The price point is excellent and the formula is unlike anything we’ve seen before, leaning towards a jelly-like consistency rather than the fluid and tacky lip glosses on the market today. Jelly Job comes in 16 shades, although the rapper seems to gravitate towards the color Toast N’ Jelly, a pale nude.
You’ve got versatile, clear hues like the shade Just Jelly that can be applied on top of your usual lip combo to bump up the shine, along with shades like Glow Job and Jelly Kiss’d with sparkling flecks suspended in the formula that give the lips even more dimension and sparkle. When asked about makeup pet peeves, Saweetie kept it simple, sticking to the gloss theme with a problem we can all relate to. “Lip gloss that bursts in purses!! Ughhh.” Rest assured, though, these glosses won’t go spilling out on you, given that the applicator, a precise doe foot, is nestled into the unit, screwed shut with a clear decorative cap.
To go along with her glossy lips, Saweetie spilled on some of her other NYX favorites that could get her stage-ready in a flash. “Gloss for shine, liner for drama and setting spray so it doesn’t move a muscle.” Her liner of choice? NYX Lip Lingerie Lip Liner Stain in the shade Cuff Me for $12, another innovative product from the brand. Unlike your average liner, this style is a felt tip for extra precision. It’s a stain rather than a waxy stick formula, making sure that your lip liner won’t budge even if you’re drinking, talking, or, in Saweetie’s case, rapping into the mic.
NYX The Face Glue Setting Spray
A setting spray with intense staying power to keep your makeup staying in place for hours.
The liner stain comes in 12 shades, with a range of both warm and cool toned hues great for whatever mood you’re in. The felt tip is an ingenious addition that comes with a rounded tip, allowing users to carve out the lip shape they want with a flick of the wrist.
To set her base, the “Icy Girl” rapper sets things in place with NYX’s The Face Glue Setting Spray for $10. The spray is meant to emulate the look of a glue bottle like something straight out of your childhood. As the name suggests, the setting spray features a “grippy” finish that keeps your makeup pristine for hours upon hours of wear. The setting spray also gives your makeup a transfer-resistant finish, which means you won’t have to worry about smudging your base on clothes or others, a specifically important detail for Saweetie while performing.
You’ll notice that all three of these products are meant for longevity and high-impact, a facet that is extremely important for stage makeup, as well as everyday makeup if you want your look to last long. If you follow in Saweetie’s proverbial makeup footsteps with NYX in your kit, you’re bound to come up with makeup that wows.
