Price: $8 * Buy At: Beauty Brands * Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g The KOCO by Beauty Brands Matte Lipstick in Desert Affair is a medium burnt orange with a matte finish. The KOCO lipsticks come in a rectangular black tube, with a colored end to indicate the product color. No where on the tube is the lipstick's name written, which can be a bit inconvenient. The formula of this lipstick is pretty dry, so I could not wear it on its own, but it wears comfortably on the lips when applied on top of a lip balm. I'm sure that this sort of burnt orange shade is not for everyone, but I quite like all kinds of orange lip colors, so I think it's a nice way to wear orange in a more subtle way. XOX ♥
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Price: $6 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 4.5 g The Nyx Matte Lipstick in Temptress is a bright salmon pink with a matte finish. The Nyx Matte Lipsticks come in a matte black tube with a clear part in the middle that allows you to see the product color inside. Temptress has thin and lightly moisturizing formula. The Nyx Matte Lipsticks are some of my favorite matte lip products, and they wear so comfortably on the lips, which is always something I look for in a lip product. Temptress has very good color payoff and gives the lips a quite opaque look. Since this color is on the lighter end of peachy coral shades, it may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I quite like lighter, but bright, lip colors like Temptress. XOX ♥
Price: $5.49 * Buy At: Target * Size: 4.2 g / 0.15 oz The Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Bubblegum Bloom is a semi sheer pale pink with a bit of shimmer. The Color Sensational Lipsticks come in a classic lipstick tube with a long, rectangular lid. Due to the slight shimmer in the lipstick, it does feel a little bit gritty on the lips, but it is not bad. It does make the formula not quite as moisturizing as other shades from the Color Sensational line. Bubblegum Bloom is a bit on the sheer side, but it can really lighten up the lips if you have naturally pigmented lips like I do. I know colors like this aren't for everyone, but I quite like pale lip colors on my fair skin tone. XOX ♥
Price: $6 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 2.5 g The Nyx High Voltage Lipstick in Rock Star is a bright red with a pink undertone and a balmy finish. The High Voltage Lipsticks come in a thin tube with a clear lid. Despite having a rather balmy texture and shine, Rock Star has some intense pigmentation and doesn't need any building up. The formula of Rock Star is very comfortable on the lips, but since it has a somewhat slippery feel on the lips, I would wear a lip liner with it since it is such a bright color. The wear on these lipsticks aren't great, but they don't claim to be. I got a couple hours of color from Rock Star before needing to reapply. Personally, I am a big fan of the High Voltage line and if you like comfortable to wear lip colors, then I think that you would like them too! XOX ♥
Price: $6.99 * Buy At: Walgreens * Size: 0.24 fl oz / 7 mL The RImmel Provocalips 16 HR Kiss Proof Lip Colour in Play With Fire is a classic cool toned red liquid lipstick. The Provocolips 16 HR Kiss Proof Lip Colour is a two step lip product. It comes in a thin tube with an opaque matte lip cream on one end and a gloss that locks in the color on the other. The Step 1 side applies very opaque and evenly to the lips. It dries to a matte finish pretty quickly and feels pretty sticky once it has dried. Because the product is so opaque, it can take a bit of time to make sure that the application looks good, but it is worth it to me. The Step 2 side is more like a gel than a gloss, since it has a pretty thick formula. I had to dip the wand back into the product three times to fully cover my lips. When worn together, it gives a balmy shine and it feels quite nice on the lips. It doesn't feel thick on the lips and the gloss is not sticky at all. After about an hour, the glossy shine is gone, but what is left behind is an intense lip stain that will not go away. I wore this product for eight hours before I noticed any type of fading, and I had to use makeup remover to get it off my lips. The color does not budge at all and lasts amazingly well through drinking and eating. I am extremely impressed by the longevity of this product and would suggest it to anyone, especially in darker or brighter shades like Play With Fire. XOX ♥
Price: $6.50 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 3 g / 0.11 oz The Nyx Simply Pink Lip Cream in Flushed is a medium light cool toned pink with a balmy finish. The Simply Lip Creams come in a classic twist up package. Each Lip Cream is colored to match the product color, which makes it very quick to find the color you're looking for. Flushed has a very thin formula that really resembles a lip balm. Because of this, it is quite comfortable and moisturizing on the lips. Flushed had good color payoff when swatching on the skin, but it took a decent amount of building up on the lips to achieve the look in my lip swatch. As you can typically expect with a balmy lip product, Flushed doesn't have the longest wear, but it is very quick and easy to touch up on the go. XOX ♥
Price: $6 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 2.5 g The Nyx High Voltage Lipstick in Stone is a medium cool toned nude with a balmy finish. The Nyx High Voltage Lipsticks come in a thin tube with a clear lid. The product inside is decently smaller than a typical lipstick, which I find much easier to get a precise application. The formula of Stone is extremely smooth and effortlessly glides onto the lips. Typically really smooth lipsticks feel like they will slide around, but I find Stone to stay on the lips very well. On the lips, it feels like a cross between a moisturizing balm and a lightweight lipstick, making it very comfortable to wear. The pigmentation of Stone isn't too intense, but it is easy to build up to an opaque look. The HIgh Voltage Lipsticks are definitely not long wearing, however. I find that I get only one to two hours of wear with Stone, but since it is so easy to apply, it isn't a big deal to reapply. Taupe toned neutrals are getting pretty popular, and I personally love them on me since I have cool toned skin. XOX ♥
Price: $4.99 * Buy At: Walgreens * Size: 5 mL The Rimmel Show Off Matte Lip Lacquer in Apollo is a light peachy nude with a matte finish. The Show Off Matte Lip Lacquers come in the same packaging as the original Show Off Lip Lacquers, but they are made of a matte plastic. Not only is the package sealed with a sticker, you can also tell if someone had tested it out by if the center plastic is clear or filled with product, as I displayed in one of the photos.They have a long doe foot applicator with a little divot in the center that allows it to hold more product. Apollo is very opaque and applies very smoothly to the lips. It has a similar texture to the Nyx Soft Matte Lip Creams, but the formula is even thinner. This color is a bit unforgiving, and while it applies smoothly, it tends to set a bit patchy. I have also found that it takes a while for the product to dry, unlike most matte lip products I have used. It doesn't completely dry down for about an hour, but after that I didn't experience any issues with Apollo moving around. XOX ♥
Price: $30 * Buy At: Ulta * Size: 0.42 oz (blush) & 0.12 oz (lipstick) The Lorac Unzipped Cheek Palette & Alter Ego Lipstick Set contains a four blush palette and an Alter Ego lipstick. Underrated is a matte muted rose, Unashamed is a bright cool toned pink, Unapologetic is a shimmery rosy bronze and Unimaginable is a shimmery light pink. Girl Next Door (the lipstick) is a yellow based pink with a matte finish. The blush palette comes in a thin, white cardboard package that is very travel friendly, but is sure to get dirty. All four blushes have a smooth and soft texture, but not quite as soft as the Lorac eye shadows. The matte blushes in this palette really blew me away. Not only are they not at all chalky, they are intensely pigmented, I didn't have to build them up at all to get the opacity in the swatch photos. I actually have to apply all of the colors with a light hand to keep them from being too intense on the cheeks. Luckily, all four blushes are super easy to blend out. I really like the color combination within the palette, the four shades are all quite different from each other, giving a nice variety to choose from. I think the palette is a pretty good deal on its own, but it is made even better with the Alter Ego Lipstick. Girl Next Door has really nice color payoff and feels comfortable on the lips, despite being matte. I probably wouldn't wear Girl Next Door with any of the blushes from the palette since the color doesn't really correspond with any of the blushes, but I really like that this was included and I had been wanting to try out this line of lipsticks anyway. Once again, Lorac did a great job and I would suggest this to anyone, no matter their skintone. XOX ♥
Price: $6.99 * Buy At: Walgreens * Size: 0.24 fl oz / 7 mL The Rimmel Provocalips 16 HR Kiss Proof Lip Colour in Make Your Move is a warm medium coral red liquid lipstick. The Provocolips 16 HR Kiss Proof Lip Colour is a two step lip product. It comes in a pretty thin tube with an opaque matte lip cream on one side and a gloss that locks in the color on the other. The Step 1 side applies very opaque and evenly to the lips. It dries to a matte finish pretty quickly and feels pretty sticky once it has dried. Unfortunately, I would not be able to wear the step 1 side by itself. The Step 2 side is more like a gel than a gloss, it has a pretty thick formula, so I had to dip the wand back into the product three times to fully cover my lips. When worn together, it gives a balmy shine and it feels quite nice on the lips. It doesn't feel thick on the lips and the gloss is not sticky at all. After about an hour, the glossy shine is gone, but what is left behind is an intense lip stain that will not go away. I wore this product for eight hours before I noticed any type of fading, and I had to use makeup remover to get it off my lips. The color does not budge at all and lasts amazingly well through drinking and eating. I am extremely impressed by the longevity of this product and would suggest it to anyone. XOX ♥
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