Milani Fruit Fetish Lip Oil, Luminoso

The year was 2024. I walked into a beauty supply store in my city and scored myself a deep purple lip oil. My life was changed. Unfortunately, the beauty supply store would close down months later, leaving me without access to the lip oil that I so desired. For two years now, I've been trying to find a decent lip oil that skews deep purple to black. You can find all kinds of lip oils that are pink or clear or even blue or green for some reason. However, black lip oils are difficult to find. They're virtually impossible to find at Walmart. Until Milani. So this might actually be my favorite lip oil I've ever had. It's a black base with purple and red shimmer. It works to mute the color of your natural lips down a bit and then make them shiny. If you've used the Mac Squirt in black, you already know the base color. This is actually pretty darn close. As far as color payoff goes, you don't need a lot. It's a tiny bit sticky upon application and I think that's largely to do with the fact that it's got vitamin E. After a minute or two the stickiness mostly dissipates. It migrates a tiny bit, but not nearly as bad as a lot of other lip oils do. The hang time is also surprisingly decent, though it's a lip oil, so you should just go ahead and expect to reapply it while you're out and about. I still don't know if I'd trust wearing this while eating, I think it would probably wind up all over my face if I ate a sandwich or pizza or something. While I, a goth ding dong, will absolutely wear this color year-round, I think for most people this will be the perfect fall/winter shade. It's moody, which makes it perfect for Halloween and the deep color is a nice alternative for anyone who is tired of glosses that skew baby pink or watermelon.