As I started to wear lipstick in my 20s, one of the first things I noticed was that I apparently had old lady lips. Lipstick would not stay put on me. It would bleed outside my lip line and collect in the crevices – not a pretty sight at all! (And yep, I tried lip liner, I tried setting powder, I tried concealer around the edges… nothing worked!)

The only thing that has worked for me (thank heavens) has been using some kind of a clear lip priming base or a clear lip liner. Clear lip liners are slightly different from a regular lip liner in the sense that they have more of a waxy, gel-like consistency that acts as a barrier around your lips to prevent your lipstick from bleeding outside the edges.

The No Bleeding Lips secret lip liner is one of these products and I put it to the test! No Bleeding Lips claims:

• Stops lipstick & lip gloss bleed (I did not try it with lip gloss!)
• Waterproof
• Long-lasting
• Stops feathering
• Free of: mineral oil, gluten, paraffin, preservatives & animal-derived ingredients

One of the benefits of a clear lip liner is that they’ll obviously match every single lipstick colour you possess!

So here it is in action: On the left side I applied No Bleeding Lips to the outer rim of my lips and applied MAC’s Russian Red lipstick on top (this is a lipstick that made my lip line bleed out profusely when I first purchased it). On the right side I just have lipstick on. The shot was taken five hours after application. I’d like to draw your attention to my top lip: Both sides are experiencing a little bit of bleed out, but the right side is definitely worse – you can see my lip line is becoming less defined and the lipstick is starting to spread upwards ever so slightly past my lip. (As for the bottom of my lip, I never experience bleed out there – what you’re looking at is just crummy lipstick application on my part!)

Final Thoughts

Does No Bleeding Lips work? Yes, it does. Does it work as good as I had expected? Not quite as there is still some visible lip line bleed out on the lined side of my lips. I’m actually surprised my lipstick didn’t bleed MORE outside my lip line on the un-lined side as I had expected a much starker comparison based on my previous experiences with unprimed lips. No Bleeding Lips will do me in a pinch and it’s definitely something I’ll use up completely, but I still prefer my MAC Prep + Prime Lips.

Let me know if you’ve tried this product out and what your thoughts were!

No Bleeding Lips can be purchased on Sephora.ca for $15 CAD.

The product featured in this post was sent to me for consideration.