ColourPop Ultra Satin Lips in Spritz

I have a love/dislike realtionship with ColourPop Cosmetics. A lot of their products are hit or miss, hot or not. I LOVED the Ultra Satin Liquid Lipstick in The Rabbit and Lyin King. Those colors are richly pigmented and for the most part don't move much. I do recommend using a lip liner just to be safe. 

When ColourPop had their 20% off sale, I purchased Littlestitious and London Fog. London Fog I liked, it was similar to the formula in The Rabbit and Lyin King.  Littlestitious I hated. The smell was off, the texture was runny and the application was patchy. The formula was so much different from the other three. I decided that it was probably just a bad batch and thought that I would give it another go, with another color. 

A few weeks ago, I purchased some shadows, a highlighter and the Ultra Satin Lip Color in Spritz.

Spritz

Littlestitious, just a reminder.

I really like this product. It was far better than Littlestitious. The formula was similar to the other three colors that I like. It doesn't smell like Littlestitious either.  Don't get me wrong, the smell isn't the greatest anyway. They all have a "chemically" smell. Like I said before, I really think that Littlestitious I got was a bad batch.

The ColourPop site says that Spritz is a mid tone, true bubble gum pink. When I think of bubble gum pink, I think of Kat Von D's Backstage Bambi. I always feel that ColourPop's color descriptions are always way off. I feel that this color is more of a warm toned pink, than bubble gum pink.

I love Spritz as an everyday color, especially in the summertime. I usually wear a bright bold lip, but I know I'll get a lot of use out of this because it looks cute. This is as "nude" as I'll go, because for me a nude lip... is lip balm.  

One thing I will say, you have to use a lip liner with these products. I see a little bit of a slip in the fine lines around my mouth. You do have reapply if you eat. But, the color doesn't go on patchy, or flake off.

Spritz and LA LA on my eyes

I'm curious to try the Ultra Matte Lip, but I'm worried that they will be too drying on the lips. At $6.00 a piece, it might be worth it to pick up a few. I told myself, no new makeup until the fall. I ordered some shadows from Colourpop today, June 30th. Starting in July, no new makeup until September or October. Excuse the brows, I'm growing them out. 

Overall, the prices are right and the colors are fun! ColourPop

ColourPop Your Lips

I'm sitting here in my PJ's, it's a lazy, cloudy Saturday, the time jumped ahead a few weeks ago. It's 5 p.m. and the sun is still shinning brightly through my window. Even with grading and accounting to do, I decided to start my reviews of ColourPop Cosmetics.

I'm splitting up my ColourPop reviews in to two posts, because I have a lot to say and this could get long. I've been hearing about ColourPop on YouTube for quite a while, and in my search of cruelty free cosmetics, this brand keeps "ColourPoping" up. I was hesitant to purchase anything because you can only buy online, but a few weeks ago I built up my courage, pulled out my credit card and went to town, so to speak. I bought five items and got one for free. Shipping is s flat rate of $4.99. With all of that my total came out to be a little more than $30.

The company is located in Oxnard, California. I love being able to support local companies, please don't sell out!

I know they are a cruelty-free brand, my only concern is that I haven't found information to say that these cosmetics are paraben-free or if they use more natural ingredients.

Things I love:

The price!!!!!!  OMG! prices range from $5-10 an item.
The colors and pigments. Vibrant, bold and beautiful.
The ease of shopping from my home.  Sometimes I don't want to go to the mall.
It's a local company. Support local companies!!!!!
They're cruelty-free.
I love the detail they put into the shipping. They sent a personalized note with my order. Thanks for making me a part of the family.
A free Lippie Stick sample. 

Things I don't like:
The packaging. The writing in the outside of the liquid lipstick rubs off. 
How they are mailed. One of my eyeshadows came to me broken. Apparently it's an easy fix.
I don't know natural these products are. 
I wasn't able to access the $5 off coupon.
I can't try the product before I purchase it. I just have to guess if it suits my skin tone or not.

Lyin' King

The Rabbit   

I purchased two Ultra Satin Liquid lipsticks in The Rabbit (a bright fuchsia with blue sheen) and Lyin King (a saturated raspberry). These are priced at $6 a piece. Not bad. I definitely like them better than the NYX Soft Matte Liquid Cream lipstick.  They are not long lasting, but the description states that.   Expect to reapply. That wasn't a problem for me. They do stain your lips a bit. There is one more color I'd like to get in Spritz. Spritz came out after the initial release of the Ultra Satin Lipsticks.

I took both colors on my trip to Florida, and really, these were the only two lipsticks I used the entire week. I didn't notice bleeding or feathering if left alone (if I wasn't eating or drinking), but these lipstcks transferred all over the place!! Somehow I got the lipstick all over my thumb and hand. Don't ask how. Another thing I had an issue with was that the color bunched up in the corners of my mouth. I just cleaned it up with some tissue and we were good to go.  

I've never tried their Ultra Matte Lipstick, so I can't judge, but I hear that these are creamier. From my research the Ultra Matte do not transfer, but are very very drying on the lips. I felt that these were a bit drying, but they didn't flake off my lips like most matte liquid lipsticks (Kat Von D's matte lipsticks). The sample I got of the Lippie Stick in Poppin' is a completely different story. Poppin' bunches up in the corners and flakes off in the middle. It's too drying, I felt like I needed ChapStick at the end of the day.

ColourPop

Overall, I liked this product better than some other liquid lipsticks. I loved the two colors I purchased and I would buy them again at $6 a piece. I would rate these 3 1/2 Pink Gerber Daisies out of 5.

Too Faced Melted Liquid Lipstick vs. Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick.

With my mommy. Wearing Kat Von D Bauhau5 early on in the day

This is going to be quick.  Progress reports are done, I graded a bunch of papers last night, I was already at school this morning for open house, God even had a day of rest, so I've decided to not edit papers the rest of the day.  I'm going to give a quick update on two products I've already reviewed. It's sort of a "versus" but I don't have any side by side comparison photos, sorry!

You can easily say that I'm OBSESSED with the Too Faced Melted Liquid Lipstick. I LOVE THEM! I love the way they feel, I love the way they smell, I love the pigmentation  They are not long wearing like the Too Faced webpage says they are. They lightly stain your lips, however, I do have to reapply and that doesn't bother me one bit, because I just love this product.  They don't dry down to a matte finish, but I don't think that's what they're meant to do anyway. They do transfer, so be prepared to find your lipstick on your food or on the face of someone you love.

Too Faced just launched their Melted Chocolate Lipsticks, infused with cocoa powder, yum yum (Like their chocolate bar eyeshadow palettes. I've never tried them. I have enough eyeshadow with my Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow Palette). I tried the Chocolate Milkshake and Chocolate Cherries. I thought Chocolate Cherries would look amazing against my milky skin tone, but alas, it looked like I smeared a chocolate candy bar all over my face. So I had to return/exchange it. Side note: I found an unused gift card to ULTA, so I didn't spend any of my own $$. I love when this happens, like finding money in the pockets of a coat you haven't worn all year!

My cousin, the bride. Wearing Bauhau5 at the end of the day after eating and reapplying.

Now on to the Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick. I so desperately wanted to like these lipsticks, I've given them chance after chance, and I just can't anymore. Yes, they are extremely pigmented, I'll give them that. They just don't feel good on my lips at all and I'm unsure about the fragrance. I would much rather reapply the Too Faced Melted Liquid Lipsticks than wear the Everlasting Liquid Lipstick.

I wore the Kat Von D liquid lipstick to my cousin's wedding yesterday (1/23/2016) and this morning (1/24/2016) to work. They are not creamy. Well, I mean they are a liquid lipstick, but the Too Faced feel creamy on my lips, and I don't mean drying down matte, I'm talking about the initial liquidy application. It's a completely different texture. I wore Bauhau5 and everybody loved the color, but it was too patchy, especially the second day I wore it. It wouldn't build up color and the center of my lips would fade unevenly.  It even smeared on my CHEEK!! Isn't that not supposed to happen? They only good thing about this brand is that the color does not transfer when you kiss, say, your spouse. It came off when I ate tacos from the taco bar (which were delicious BTW) or drank a cup of coffee, hence the cheek smear. The ONLY way to reapply is to completely take off the color and begin again, with clean lips.

Kissed my hubby and no transfer. Those grays are kickin!

I'm not sure how fair this comparison is, because I know they're different formulas and Melted isn't a matte lip color, but I have to be honest, the Kat Von D liquid lipsticks just don't work for me.

Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick

Bauhau5, Bachelorette, Lovesick

Okay, I really, really tried my hardest to like this liquid lipstick. I've read a ton of reviews and watched a ton of YouTube beauty videos praising it.  Who knows, maybe I did something wrong.  I only put the lipstick on clean, exfoliated, moisturized lips. What more could I have possibly done for a better application?

I asked my husband for the Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Bauhau5 (pronounced Bow (rhymes with wow) House), a deep raspberry, for my birthday. I just recently bought Bachelorette, in a bright reddish fuchsia, and Lovesick, a mauve nude.

Bauhau5 is a good lipstick, the color is pretty nice and creamy. It does dry matte and is extremely drying.  Now, Bachelorette and Lovesick. These two colors are horrible.  When I swatched them on my hand in Sephora, the colors were entirely different from what I came home with. The lighting maybe? For the first couple of uses, the colors stayed on for a long time.  It doesn't specify how "everlasting" these lipsticks are.  They did start to break apart after I ate and drank.  The Sephora site says that they dry down to a smooth matte finish.  Not on me! They were dry on my lips, settled into any fine lines or dry patches I may have had on my lips, and were very flaky on my lips (repetition for effect).

Lovesick, yes, sick in the lines on my lips!

I couldn't apply another coat, even to build up the color, because the second coat would never dry.  My lips were sticky all day long and the color would transfer all over the place. If I wore Bacelorette, the smear on my face made me look like Ronald McDonald. It's horribly embarrassing! Oh and while I'm at it, why don't people please let me know that my lipstick has smeared.  I won't be upset, honest. These colors don't even last if I lick my lips.  I heard the only way to remove the color is with oil. Well, last I checked my saliva wasn't oil based! Nope, just regular saliva. Even the application was awkward.  They didn't last at all when I lined my lips with a lip liner.

Bauhau5, Bachelorette, Lovesick

Bachelorette absolutely does not look fuchsia on me, at all! Reddish orange (as in the Ronald McDonald red), yes.  I can see the fuchsia when I first apply the lipstick, but when it dries to its flaky, matte finish, I'm only seeing orange. Lovesick reminds me of NARS Audacious Anna, until it dries. Then it reminds me of death or uncooked liver.

After I got Bauhau5, and before I wore Bacelorette and Lovesick, I wanted to purchase Nasferatu (like the Vampire), a blood red, and Mother, a dusty mauve pink. They are always sold out in Sephora, but I've decided I'm going to pass on those colors. I wasn't impressed with the shades I already own. Besides, I love the Too Faced Melted Ruby, a blood red. Those lipsticks weren't as drying as these.

If these lipsticks do work for you, great, there are 29 shades, sold exclusively at Sephora and retail for $20. You can also pick them up on the Kat Von D website.


Because so many positive things have been said about the lipsticks, it might just be me. Maybe they just don't match with the skin on my lips.  Overall I'm glad that I tried them and I will continue to use the colors that I already own, but this probably isn't going to be a repurchase for me and I'm not going to try anymore colors. My lips are all tuckered out. 

I love this quote from Marilyn Monroe, "Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world."

Kat Von D's Everlasting Liquid Lipstick gets 2 out of 5 Pink Gerber Daisies. 

Too Faced Melted Lipstick

I'm sitting on my couch watching Can't Hardy Wait, candles lit and Christmas lights on.  My house feels cozy and warm.  I've been holding back on some makeup reviews for a while because I didn't have all the shades I wanted to review.

Too Faced Melted Lipstick

Right now I'm a little obsessed with the Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick. I know they've been around for a while now, but they're new to me. I love the colors, I love the pigment. The Too Faced site states that they have the "staying power of a stain with the intense color of a liquid lipstick". Well, they definitely don't have the staying power of a stain or liquid lipstick, but I'll talk about that later. If I'm not mistaking, I heard somewhere that they were created with the idea of melted tube lipsticks in mind, hence the name. I can't even tell you how many lipsticks I've ruined just because I left them in my hot car to "melt".

Melted Candy, Melted Fuchsia and Melted Jelly Donut

There are 18 colors in the regular line of Melted Lipsticks and there are two new lines, Melted Metals and Melted Chocolate.  Of the regular melted line I have five, Melted Marshmallow, a candy pink, Melted Fuchsia, a bright fuchsia, Melted Candy, a bright fuchsia pink, Melted Jelly Donut, dragon fruit pink and Melted Ruby, a blood red. I still want to get Melted Chihuahua, a dusty mauve and Melted Berry, a berry red.  I may pass on the Melted Chihuahua though. Melted Candy and Melted Fuchsia look similar, but there is a slight difference in the color.  Melted Candy is a bit darker than the Melted Fuchsia. You probably don't need both. Sephora has a Melted Rainbow (magenta) that is a VIB Rouge exclusive.

Melted Ruby, my FAVORITE color.

Of the colors I have, Melted Ruby has to be my favorite.  I'm very fair skinned and this color makes my lips really pop. It looks great for the Holidays.

The lipsticks go on as a liquid and do tend to dry, but not as a matte.  There is quite a bit of transfer, but after a few hours the lipsticks tend to stain my lips. They aren't like a long lasting liquid lipstick, where if you reapply, your lips get dry and flaky. You can reapply and they'll be all right.  I noticed that Marshmallow has a much creamier texture than the other colors that I own.

They're labeled as a "liquified long lasting lipstick", however, they aren't that long lasting. These colors do feather and get into the fine lines. That I don't like. They do come off after eating, drinking, and just plain old kissing my husband. So, there's A Lot of transfer, at least for me.

They have a slight fragrance. I can't seem to place it, but it's warm and comforting. The packaging is cute and easy to carry in my mini makeup bag for my purse. The applicator is just ok. Start off slow and build up the product. Be careful, it can get messy! I recommend using a liner with all of the colors, even the lighter lipsticks. I have a few lip liners to match the darker/brighter shades, other than that I use a clear wax liner. I heard they work even better with a lip primer, but I've never tried it so I can't comment from experience.

I don't care for the Melted Metals, they don't seem to be as pigmented at the Melted Lipsticks.  I have no experience whatsoever with the Melted Chocolate line. I'm a little curious about the Melted Honey and Melted Cherries, but I haven't seen them in any stores to swatch. I've only seen them on the Sephora website and there isn't much of a color description, or any description for that matter. I know that three of the six colors are like the Melted Metal line. I'll pass on those!

At $21 a piece they're bright and fun and I feel like you totally get a lot of product for the price. These aren't as great at the NARS Audacious Lipsticks (but they are cheaper), because those are my absolute favorite lipsticks of all time!

Melted Marshmallow, Melted Ruby, Melted Jelly Donut, Melted Candy, Melted Fuchsia

You can't see the difference in the Melted Candy and Melted Fuchsia in this photo, but you can see the slight difference in color in the photo above.  The Fuchsia is a bit brighter.  In this photo you can also see the different consistency of the Melted Marshmallow compared to the other colors.

Happy Movie Monday!

To quote Melrose Place actress Heather Locklear, "You can't keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick."

Too Faced Melted Lipsticks get 4 out of 5 Gerber Daisies because the wide range of colors are vibrant and fun, but there's a lot of transfer and I don't care for the Metals (that's just my preference).