The Sunscreen + Color Routine

I LOVE and depend on this product to protect my face from the relentless AZ. Sun! The texture is perfect for hitting the morning trails; smooth, light and creamy. It blends evenly, dries quickly and gives my face a polished finish. It stays put during my workouts and looks finished for daily wear. In fact, I am on auto repl enish so I do not run out.

I’m neutral leaning warm, olive skin tone. I had a color analyst categorize me as a “deep autumn” who can sometimes borrow the medium to darker shades from the “soft autumn” palette. Couldn’t agree more as those colors flatter me the most. I feel that the lip liner color in genre feels like a slightly warm-ish color without feeling super orange on me. It’s the perfect pinky brown color for me! It doesn’t overwhelm my face since it’s not too bright and bold. It’s slightly muted but still rich. Slightly earthy but not too brown. It feels like my lip color but better. My small lips feel defined and complimented! I don’t need to fill my entire lips with this lip liner, I blend it out to create an ombré effect on my lips which helps create the illusion of more volume. I like that the lip liner is moisturizing enough to glide around and blend in. So happy I got the sharpener with it too. That will be handy. A plus is that the main part of the lip liner isn’t plastic. Please work on the cap (I assume you already are, ilia team! I know it’s hard to find something eco friendly, reliable, and maintains the moisture/integrity of the product all at the same time while not increasing the cost more. I get it).

If you ever create more lip liner shades for those who are neutral leaning warm (or categorized as a deep autumn) like me - I’ll be the first to line up and buy all the shades! I’m curious about earthen but afraid it might be a tinge too orange for my lips. I still like to have that…