June 18th 2025

Lip Tints For The French At Heart

I first came into knowledge about this brand when I was prepping for the set of Raft to the Sun, directed by Lance Kawas in 2023.

The film, Raft to the Sun is about a 13 year-old girl child prodigy, coming to terms with the death of her father who is a failed artist. The Avalon Day Spa had the pleasure of being makeup department head for the movie, taking care of the makeup for all main actors and a few of the background actors. The director Lance wanted natural, barely there makeup for the teen and so no lipstick. I needed to find a lip tint that had a non sticky consistency, and comfortable to wear since the actor had to deliver lines while being a semi-gloss finish and having just a touch of color.

I must have tried between ten and fifteen different lip tints, and found two winners; Benefit Lip Tints which are to makeup artists the original of all lip tints (the backstory on the creation of Benefit Lip Tints is a very spicy and interesting story) and a company I have never heard of before, French Girl Lip Tints. The Benefit Lip Tints were a little too pigmented, but the French Girl Lip Tints checked all of the boxes and I was pleased that they were long lasting with the proper prep.

The key to this in prep is ensuring two things; that the lips were exfoliated and that they were hydrated. I used a sugar lip scrub and then treated the lips with LipSmart. I sell both in my spa.

I found LipSmart in a physicians office, and after trying a sample, called the company and immediately opened an account with them to sell in spa. The lip treatment combines amino acids and soy protein to boost collagen, ceramides, tribehenin and glycolipids to help seal in moisture, and fruit extracts for nourishment.

After the lips have been exfoliated and treated, I then took a lip pencil that was a close to the natural lip color of the actor I had and applied a thin layer to shape and line the lips. Once this was done, I added a light layer of the lip tint. The whole process was very easy and also very easy to touch up between filming.

It only made sense when I expanded the in spa boutique to add in more summer staples and lip tints were on that list. We have six lip tints in stock now and plan on adding more colors in the near future. Each lip tint retails at $23.00. The Lip scrubs (Rose Lip Polish) have two sizes; a deluxe sample size for $15.00 and a full size for $27.00.

The other selling points for this brand is the ingredients are natural, gluten and GMO free and vegan. The products are also cruelty free.

We currently carry Aphrodesie, Rose Noire, Cerise, Bien Fait, Veronique and Violette. Not sure which shade fits you best? The spa has you covered, call ahead and schedule a 10 minute free consult with a makeup artist and they will help shade match so you can pick out the shade that you need. Call concierge at 248-686-1259 to schedule. Au Revoir!