The Blotted Lips are significantly more pigmented, and Bees Knees in particular takes on the look of a regular lipstick after three coats. Glossier claims that all of the Generation G shades have “dialed-down pigment loads,” though Cake and Like in particular are “super subtle.” I can certainly attest to this! No matter how many coats I layer on my lips (usually about four or five), neither Jam nor Cake can reach full opacity. (Update, 6/4: I opened Drip today and the bullet had detached from the tube! Luckily it didn’t fall out. My own Blotted Lips are fine so far, but I haven’t had them long I’ll update this post if they break eventually. There must be something about a dry, waxy formula in a thin tube that leads to breakage. Interestingly, a couple of Blotted Lip reviews have mentioned the same issue. In fact, it seems like the packaging revamp has somehow made the cap flimsier! I can report that both of my Generation G bullets broke off shortly after purchase (the caps are still intact), though I managed to mash them back into their tubes. (Note that although I spent my own money on the Blotted Lips, the Generation Gs were gifts from Renee.) First, though, a bunch of photos! Choosing just two Blotted Lip shades was tough, but I eventually settled on Drip, described on the website as a “warm rosey mauve,” and Bees Knees, a “fuchsia.”Īlmost every review on the Glossier site and MakeupAlley notes two big problems with the Generation G packaging: the cap is prone to cracking and the bullets often break off at the base. In this post, I’ll compare the Blotted Lip and Generation G formulas in several different categories and see which comes out on top. All of the BL and UBL shades have names that evoke popsicles or candy, in line with the “popsicle lip” trend that has dominated East Asian beauty for years but has only just made it to the West. While Glossier offers six shades of Generation G, ColourPop’s Blotted Lip lineup comprises eleven shades, with a further eight in the liquid-to-matte Ultra Blotted Lip range. Glossier has ripped off quite a few ideas from Asian skincare, and anyway, that’s how the beauty industry works: one brand comes up with a general idea, and other brands improve upon it, and the consumer gets a wider range of choices. For the record, it doesn’t bother me that ColourPop more or less ripped off Glossier’s idea.
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