Perhaps you've heard the one about lipglosses being the new sun worshippers? Experts say some shiny glosses have an uncanny ability to soak up the sun's rays, making them eerily similar to those aluminized-silver sun reflectors from the 1950s (with taglines like "harness the sun's power!", back in the day when we all thought it healthy to bake our skin in Johnson's Baby Oil).
But back to lips: Most lip products don't have sun protection, making our pout even more prone to sun damage and (yikes) skin cancer. So rather than go out in the sun sporting a dazzlingly glittery disco-ball-type gloss, I've made Sally Hansen's Volumizing Lip Shield with SPF 15 my new lip product staple for summer. It's a lipstick that goes on sheer and hydrates with soy extract, vitamins A, C & E and pomegranate. And, rather than pack this lippie with stinging ingredients that some lip plumpers have, the volumizing action in this Lip Shield is from optical diffusers (little orbs that pick up the light and make lips appear fuller), so there's no pain involved. It's also considerably kinder to your wallet than many lip plumpers on the market. My favorite shade is Fully Fabulous, a pretty whisper of iridescent (and dare I say it?) frosty pink, which looks great with a subtle bronzed glow. Plus, the Sally Hansen Volumizing Lip Shield is chicly packaged in a pretty gold-toned tube that just reads "high-end". So it turns out, the Sally Hansen ads were right to be asking, "Have you seen Sally lately?", because the brand's got a lot to boast about.
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