Does the Queen wear custom lipstick? I guessed yes. Anyway, I don’t consider myself High Maintenance or beauty royalty. I can get up and out the door in 20 minutes, including shower, if I need to. But when I walked past this shop in SoHo, I knew I wanted one: a lipstick color designed just for me.
BITE Lip Lab on Prince Street in Soho
It was a blast – I had so much fun I forgot to take pictures of the process. So I borrowed some from the Bite site and I can tell you, this is just how it rolls. You meet your lipstick advisor – Brigid for me – and chat about your favorite shades. Whatever it is, they will have it, from noir to ivory. I said I prefer a true red with slightly orange undertones. Brigid started painting on her palette.
I was able to try all of the mixes and give a verdict on each. We went bluer, then yellow-er, and arrived at a gorgeous shade that made my lips pop. You can choose from among four finishes – I chose matte – and from eight flavors (Cherry for me). It stays on for hours – it’s not one of those 24 hour lipsticks – and when it fades, it looks like a pale wash of color, not a harsh lip outline.
Brigid did her magic chemistry, heating, shaping and cooling. It was fascinating to watch a lipstick being born.
I even got to choose the shape of my lipstick tube. Here’s my finished creation, along with my personal “formula.” Brigid can send me new lipsticks in “my” shade anytime, but I think I’ll wait till my Spring trip to NYC and design a new color. You’ll be seeing this one in lots of future posts:
And the trip is unfinished until I pose in front of the Washington Square Arch, built in 1892 and modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris:
Stay fabulous,
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It’s been a few years since I’ve visited Washington Square Park – I will be adding it, and getting my own custom colour of lipstick made, to my list of must-do’s for my next visit to New York.
What an amazing service – the Patti is born!
And I love your Washington Square photos – your happy place! xxx
What a brilliant idea, I’d love to do that! x
And name it the Vix, and I’ll buy some too. xox
Such a great idea and a trully beautiful color you have created. Now everytime you wear it you will feel satisfied and special. That’s what a good lipstic does. Of course no man will ever understand. But that’s fine, we don’t want to see a world war starting over a secret lipstick formula, haha!
yes, that would be bad wouldn’t it! But women cooperate better : >
Ohmygosh! That does look like fun! I want one now!
It is fun! hope you’ll get to make one. xo
Oh, what fun to get a custom lipstick! You really made the most of your time in NY!
I think you’d enjoy this too Susan! xo
What a fun unique thing to do!
bisous
Suzanne
it is on the list for us to do in NYC together. xo
How much fun is that! Would love to find such a shop nearby! Thanks for sharing.
yes I think you’d really enjoy it Pam, with your love of color.xo