What makes up your favorite lipstick? In basic terms, it is a mixture of wax, oils and dyes or pigments blended and heated to form a silky stick of creamy color. It is a great feeling to find the perfect color that brings out your complexion and makes you feel dressed and ready to take on the day. With so many lipsticks on the market, how do you choose the right one? The answer has a lot to do with the look you want to achieve and the quality of the ingredients used to make it.

A good lipstick has enough payoff in the formula. Test your lipstick for payoff, or the amount of color you get when you draw the lipstick on your hand. If you get coverage in one or two strokes, that is a quality lipstick. If you need to rub it back and forth a few times, it is not a good buy. Purchase better quality products and they will last longer and perform better in daily use. Even coloring, good texture and a pleasant smell, round out the qualities in a superior product. Gloss or sheer lipsticks do not follow this formula, since they are designed to be lighter and therefore don't use the same amount of color.

Lipstick with good color should not be greasy, or it will run and leather. Bésame lipsticks have been called by our customers the "Ferrari of lipsticks". They are definitely performance driven and made with the finest ingredients. Full coverage with a satin finish make our lipsticks really last, so you don't have to touch up during the day. The satin finish keeps your lips moist while keeping even the strongest reds from bleeding.

Keep your look fresh with a new lipstick!

By keeping your routine simple, you can always be elegant with minimal effort. Lip color is the easiest way to change your look from day to evening or from natural to glamorous. Experimenting with color is inexpensive and can make for dramatic changes in your look. Use moisturizers on the lips often, and exfoliate by brushing them with a soft toothbrush. Moisturized lips will take color better, and a lip brush makes drawing lines and filling in corners much easier.

The lips, throughout history, were generally treated with balms, tinted slightly with red herbs to provide a sheer tint. This is still a great practice today for a basic daily routine. Apply the color lightly to stain the lips and then top off with a clear balm or gloss. A generously- pigmented lipstick will also make your complexion brighter and instantly polish your look.

Bésame colors offer some of the highest concentrations of pigment in lipsticks today. The colors are versatile, so use them lightly as stains, or full strength for bold color. Besame reds are exact renditions of the best red lipsticks made for the legendary movie actresses of the 30s and 40s. Besame shades are a favorite with celebrity stylists for red-carpet events and have been featured in many Hollywood motion pictures including "The Good Shepherd" with Angelina Jolie and the Golden Globe winning AMC series "Mad Men".

"The Bésame style is romantic, sophisticated, and classically beautiful. Our products make it easy for the busy women of the twenty-first century to look and feel glamorous everyday."

- Gabriela Hernandez
Founder, Bésame Cosmetics Inc.