All in all, the ColourPop Ultra Matte Lip series gives you more bang for your buck!įor other media mentions, click here. Most of the shades lasted me at least 5 hours with minimal eating and drinking. The colours are mostly opaque but they all tend to be a lot lighter and duller on the lips than hand swatches, so it’s best to look at lip swatches before you making your purchasing decisions. Application is a breeze as you can easily line and fill your lips with the doe foot applicator which provided a consistent flow of colour. To sum things up, the lighter shades definitely look more streaky than darker ones. Then, using a damp towel (or cotton puff), remove the product off your lips. Vaseline) and let it sit for a few minutes (in the meantime you can remove the makeup on other parts of your face). To remove matte liquid lipsticks, dab your lips with some petroleum jelly (e.g. If you’re facing the same problem, here’s a tip: The very first time I use these matte liquid lipsticks, I didn’t know how to remove them! Some of them have such great staying power, even my regular makeup wipes couldn’t work. I had to constantly rub my lips (which explains the powdery texture along the corners because I didn’t want to retouch it) so that some colours would transfer to the areas where the lipstick had worn off. There was still quite a fair bit of product left on my lips after spending close to 9 hours outdoor under the sweltering heat, eating and drinking. But as anxious as I was, my excitement soon took over when the delivery man came knocking on my door! That’s 16 days of agonizing wait and also the longest I’ve experienced so far. However, due to high volume of orders being received during that period, my order took a whole 6 business days (as opposed to the usual 3-5 days) to be processed and shipped and another 10 days for it to arrive at my doorstep. Using a freight forwarder (because it’s cheaper that way), I placed my first order with ColourPop early last month when new shades were launched for its matte liquid lipstick range. I am particularly interested in their matte liquid lipsticks because public reception of it has been mainly positive and I was enticed by the promising swatches on Instagram. Indie brand ColourPop has been all the rage in the social media scene lately because of its dirt cheap cosmetics (I’m talking about US$5 on average for every item) and honestly, even as a MAC loyalist I found it hard to resist the temptation to lay hands on their products.įor those not in the know, ColourPop is a rather new online-only American beauty brand that offers mainly single eye shadows, lipsticks (like, literally retractable long lip sticks), liquid lipsticks, blush, bronzer and highlighter.
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