Julia Comita
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SPECIAL MENTION: Cake Batter is a line of six ultra-opaque, semi-matte red liquid lipsticks from Pound Cake cosmetics that shows up in the advertised color on all skin tones. They were developed amid calls for the beauty industry to create colors that look the same on darker skin tones.

Buy Now: Pound Cake Cosmetics Cake Batter

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