As Y2K aesthetics continue to dominate Gen Z beauty trends, lip crayons are making a comeback as multipurpose products that are both easy to use and cost efficient. But why exactly are young consumers obsessing over lip crayons? And what does it tell us about Gen Z consumer habits?
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Alex Peters is a journalist specialising in beauty, wellness, and body politics and has been a part of Dazed Beauty since its founding in 2018. She has contributed pieces to Vogue, The Face, AnOther Magazine, Sentimental Journal, Service95, and Season Zine.
David Gillers is a make-up artist based in London.
An expert in youth and internet culture, London-based writer, researcher, and critic Günseli Yalçinkaya is the features editor at Dazed and the host of Logged On, a podcast series that puts online trends under the microscope. She’s written extensively about AI, VR, and psychedelia, and as an artist, she studies the relationship between ecology, magic, and machine learning.
