Lip Service

Lip Lab brings a bespoke lipstick experience to Fifth + Broadway

Written by Melissa Mahanes / Photo courtesy Lip Lab

Lip Lab is Fifth + Broadway’s newest interactive boutique experience. Lip Lab offers beauty enthusiasts the opportunity to create fully customized and long-lasting lipsticks while also being clean and vegan. With the help of a Lip Lab Color Expert on-site, clients can create their own custom lipstick shades in whatever shade their heart desires.

The Nashville location is Lip Lab’s tenth boutique in the U.S. and Canada, following their most recent openings at Le Bon Marché in Paris, Fashion Valley in San Diego, and locations in Soho, NY, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Toronto, CAN, Las Vegas, Irvine, CA, Minneapolis’ Mall of America, and Dallas.

You take a comfortable seat at the horseshoe-shaped bar, and your color expert will collaborate with you to create your perfect shade. With 29 pigments, four flavors, three finishes, and an expert to lead the way, endless shades of red, nude, pink, and plum are at your fingertips. You will answer some questions and be walked through the process from beginning to end. First, you choose your finish from matte, satin, or sheer, then select a flavor (pomegranate, mango, vanilla, or peppermint).

Then the show truly begins—your expert will blend a test sample that you can try with disposable wands, and they will continue to refine the color until you are thrilled with your choice. The final formula is then translated into a larger quantity. Next, the potion is heated in a tiny beaker and poured into a mold. While you wait, your metallic tube is laser engraved with the wording of your choice, and just a few minutes later, the lipstick is ceremonially presented to you. Your shade even is filed with Lip Lab for future refills!

Lip Lab is a social experience like no other—enjoy a friend’s day out, celebrate a birthday or bachelorette party, or host your own special event. There are mirrors galore to perfect your pout or create an adorable post. Lipsticks are $60 and $40 for each additional tube in the same session. Sophisticated Living Nashville readers should mention us to receive a 20% discount on weekdays.

Lip Lab / 5014 Broadway Place, Space C-102, Nashville, TN 37203 / www.bitebeauty.com/liplab / (615) 823-6000 / Instagram: @bitebeauty Tik Tok: @liplabboutique