I think some of us have seen the black lipsticks around 2016 since it was trendy that time. I don't see them that much nowadays thanks to the clean girl makeup trend. Black and any dark lipsticks are not easy to find unless you really go deep into researching on which brands carry these colors.
With my recent interest hyperfixation on Chinese beauty (cbeauty), I came across this Chinese brand called Girlcult which describes itself as a brand centered around weirdness, romance, and adventure. The whole vibe itself is very avant garde and is "for the weird, bold, and quirky". I fell in love with the brand and the style immediately as it speaks for me - someone who admires alternative aesthetic (although I don't wear them yet) influenced mainly by my music taste. I guess if you've seen some of my art it will tell you a bit about that. :D
Back to the black lipsticks... I've been looking for one for quite some time now since I really want to explore makeup styles and what "I like more". I used to see it in Western brands like Nyx, Mac, L.A. Girl, but I don't think I've seen one anyway.
Girlcult of course have black lipsticks/lip gloss and aside from those, they have others too.. Like this dark green lip gloss I'm wearing in the photo.
This is called Girlcult Lip Glaze Peaches Banquet in the shade J813. The name sometimes differ and I think because of the translation so it's safer to just say the shade name of the number lol.
It's a cool-toned dark green that looks almost black if you put a whole coverage.
It's a lip gloss but surprisingly thick and opaque. There is quite a strong scent although I don't mind it.
The gloss wand is quite a softy or limpy haha so it was quite a difficult task to swipe it on the lips since the formula is quite thick. I'd say it takes a few seconds for you to get used to it and with dark colored glosses like this, you'd want to be precise with drawing it since any misalignment is so obvious. Using the wand becomes easier as you use it tho and in the end I liked using it. :D
I'm also really surprised that I like how it looks on me. I thought it would look really weird because it's cool-toned dark green and I've never tried that before but it just looks "right". This style of makeup suits me I would say, it's just my jam haha.
I really love this lip gloss as well because you can see there are red shimmers which is really thoughtful and really gives a vibe of avant garde and not just some dark green witchy vibe if you know what I mean.
Anyway, I enjoy exploring styles and I'm glad that the emo aesthetics and music is "coming back" or being trendy again. I think ever since the pandemic, we became more accepting of showing emotions and appreciating emo and alternative music which is why it is slowly becoming more popular again even on makeup which is a really nice thing to see.