Colourpop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipsticks

 


Colourpop has some of the most high quality and pigmented products that don't break the bank. The Ultra Matte Lip are liquid lipsticks that dry down to a intense matte true to its name. Some colors can tend to feel slightly chalky, but nothing a good lip primer beforehand or lip balm couldn't fix. With a wide variety of colors to choose from and a price tag of only 6$ these are AMAZING!
 
 


From top left clockwise: Beeper, Guess, Jellies, Be-Dazzled

Beeper- This color, like most, will vary depending on your skin tone. On me it turned out to be a mid toned dusty pink color.  (I'm around a NC45 in MAC for a basic reference and bounce around between Tahoe and Cadiz in NARS.)
 
 
Guess- A dark eggplant color, if you want a dark lip but are too scared or have commitment issues with black lips, this is the way to go.
 
 
Jellies- This is my absolute FAV and is what made me try these lipstick in the first place. If your like me and say F*ck it to the stares you might receive this color quickly become your go to. (plus it makes your teeth look hella white.)
 
 
Be-Dazzled- A bright purple, absolutely stunning on ALL skin tones. The name says it all
 
 
 

Overall:

A

These can be found on colourpops website, and there is almost always a coupon code for a extra 5 dollars off purchase.
 


MAC Oh, Darling! Swatches and Dupes






Here is a quickie for those who were not able to get their hands on the Oh, Darling! extra dimension skinfinish that MAC launched in the Magic of the Night collection. These dupes are IDENTICAL when put on, plus you don't have to shell out 100's on ebay trying to find it.


Can you tell which is which?
From left to right: gilded honey, pro sculpt duo #2, Oh, Darling!

 




Laura Geller Gilded Honey 26$

Can be found here (usually, but its constantly sold out. Trust me I literally was tracking this baby down for a month until I found the one place it wasn't sold out of online, Macy's)
The only difference with this compared to the others is that it isn't as intense, nut only slightly. A better way to word it would probably is that it is able to be sheered out easier. This is best if you are the type to sometimes want just that "lit from within" glow, then take it to that " blinding, stop traffic shine" highlight.


MUFE Pro Sculpting duo in #2  39$

The priciest of the bunch can be found here. Though, the price can be easily justifiable since it has the butteriest (is that even a word, well it is now), smooth texture out of the lot. Plus it comes with a bronzer.



Well there it goes, all posses the strong light gold metallic shine comparable to the infamous Whisper of Guilt. So before you drain your bank account shelling out ridiculous amounts for this highlight, opt for one of these.

 

New Glamglow Poutmud review







GLAMGLOW Poutmud Fizzy lip + Wet Lip

Chrome spheres products are packaged in
 

Fizzy Lip & Wet Lip



From Sephora's site:
 
    "   Transform your lips from dull and dry to smooth, soft, and sexy with this duo. The multiaction Fizzy Lip Exfoliating Treatment instantly renews, energizes, and smooths the look of lips. It features an exfoliation complex of Caribbean cane sugar, Hawaiian sea salt, and hibiscus flower powder, and is further boosted with an antioxidant-rich tropical fruit blend of sweet almond oil, guava, cherimoya, star fruit, lychee, and mangosteen. The moisture-rich Wet Lip Balm Treatment is designed to create instantly softer, hydrated, and restored lips. It’s formulated with a super hydration infusion of sweet almond oil, cocoa butter, murumuru butter, shea butter, tamanu oil, and babassu oil, and enhanced with kombucha extract. Both lip essentials contain teaoxi® Moroccan mint leaf for sweet, minty, kissable lips.  "
 
 This newest addition to the Glamglow product line is currently available on Sephora and  retails for 39.00$ US for 0.88 oz of each step. Both steps come in a chrome mirror like sphere. Though at first the price tag may seem high, although expected coming from Glamglow, if broken down it comes to about 20$ per step and for the amount that you get it compares to just about every mid-high end lip treatment out there. Not to mention you get a ton of product to last you a while.



                        
                                     TON of product




Fizzy Lip lip exfoliator (I might just be being really country, but it kinda looks like grits to me)

 
 
        Step one contain the Fizzy Lip exfoliator. Both the the exfoliator and the balm have a sweet minty taste and smell which is due to the Morroccan mint that was stated in the official description I don't mind it, I actually like it ( It reminds me of Christmas and candy cane chapstick). With the product smelling like Christmas aside, the product does its job just the same as any other lip scrub I own (which is a lot), it gets all the dead skin of and my lips soft and smoo. What was supposed to set this product apart from the others on the market was the water activated fizz, but it honestly didn't translate that well when actually put in action. The directions state to first take some product and massage onto dry lips, then to add a bit of water to activate the fizzing. I tried this the first time and noticed a ever so slight tingle, but nowhere near the pop rock-esqe fizzing I saw that someone claimed in another review I read. Thinking I didn't use enough product, I added a bit more and along with  a little more water and got a little bit more of a fizzy sensation. So just keep in mind if the fizzing was the main selling point for you, don't expect a lot from in. I wasn't all that surprised from remembering back to earlier this year when Glamglow released their ""foaming"" face washes. (And that foaming in quotations deserved two sets of quotations due to me not every being able to get any foaming action from it no matter how many different ways I tried using it)

           As far as the product consistency goes, it is a fairly thick paste like consistency. Not dry like the Lush lip scrubs if you are familiar with those. It has a nice medium of chunkier and smaller grains, and the actual product reminds me of grits. The littlest amount of this scrub goes a very long way ( I only need half a pea size amount, if that, to do my lips and I have small but full lips.)






 Wet Lip balm
 


 

 

 
 
     The Wet Lip balm has the same minty taste and feel as its scrub counterpart. Its a nice thick balm with a slip, like the Rosebud lip salves, kind of like a oil and also gives your lips the same kind of look as an oil. I absolutely hate thick lip balms that feel too heavy and goopy like Vaseline, so the texture of this was a nice surprise with how thick it is. It moisturizes well, though if left on over night it can leave you with slightly tacky residue on your lips, but that can easily be overlooked due to how good your lips feel underneath once removed.

       Overall Grade:

       A-

     All in all I like this product it does its job as a lip treatment duo and is well worth the money with the large amount of product you get which was a major perk for me. The only thing that I disliked about the product was the lack of fizziness going on with the lip scrub, with it having a name like "Fizzy Lip".

 

Buy Again/ Recommend? Yes, if its possible to ever run out of this stuff

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