Queen of Hearts
ColourPop Queen of Hearts Alice in Wonderland Lip Duo ($18.00 for 0.26 oz.) features a very sheer (bordering on translucent) gloss with flecks of copper/brown in it paired with a barely cool-toned, vivid crimson lipstick. The lipstick was pretty–pigmented, clean, long-wearing– however the gloss had nearly no impression utilized because the shimmer/sparkle had been pretty sparse.
Elements
Croquet Queen
Croquet Queen is an ultra-sheer base with flecks of copper sparkle and finer brownish pearl. Whereas this gloss formulation appears supposed to have extra medium protection, this was one of many sheerest I’ve seen from the model.
- Very sheer protection
- Light-weight, clean, non-sticky
- Utilized evenly and did not emphasize lip traces
- Common-wearing (2.5 hours), hydrating
FURTHER READING: Formulation Overview for particulars on normal efficiency and traits (like scent).
These are the dupes the editor has pulled however not but rated and formally entered.
Formulation Overview
$8.00/0.16 oz. – $50.00 per ounce
The formulation is meant to have “shine” with a “cushiony smooth” texture that “hydrates lips.” The model is not clear on how pigmented or how sheer the formulation is meant to be; they as an alternative they’ve the “excellent quantity of colour multi functional.” Primarily based on what I can infer from promotional photographs, their advertising, and typical lip gloss claims (within the trade), gloss is often sheerer protection moderately than opaque, so based mostly on that, I will likely be score on the expectation of medium protection.
The formulation has a clean consistency that was extra like a gel-cream, because it felt denser (“cushiony”) with out being heavy or cheesy. I did not really feel like they had been probably the most forgiving, although, as most shades settled into my lip traces to a small diploma. The protection was sheer to semi-sheer, which resulted within the shades trying extra comparable on than they regarded within the tubes (the preliminary line-up might have been rather more numerous because of this). They lasted Between two and three hours and had been moisturizing to put on.
There was no discernible style, they usually had a candy, sugary scent.
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My Methods
My Methods is a vivid, medium crimson with refined, cool blue undertones and a satin sheen.
- Practically opaque protection
- Light-weight, clean, evenly creamy however not overly emollient
- Utilized evenly with out emphasizing lip traces/lip texture
- Lengthy-wearing (5.5 hours), evenly hydrating
FURTHER READING: Formulation Overview for particulars on normal efficiency and traits (like scent).
These are the dupes the editor has pulled however not but rated and formally entered.
- Tom Ford Magnificence Isabelle (P, $36.00).
- Chanel Future (136) (P, $40.00).
- Sephora Excessively Good (11) (P, $15.00).
- Becca Tangy (DC, $24.00).
- Revlon Love That Pink (P, $8.49).
- Lancome Rouge Badaboum (143) (P, $32.00).
- Smashbox Bing (P, $24.00).
- Bobbi Brown Cherry Crush (P, $27.00).
- Bobbi Brown Parisian Pink (P, $40.00).
- Lancome Caprice (132) (P, $32.00).
Formulation Overview
$10.00/0.12 oz. – $83.33 per ounce
The formulation that’s presupposed to be a “creamy-matte” that “glides on like butter, does not feather or bleed, and lasts so lengthy you will overlook you are even sporting it.” Nearly all of the shades had been fairly Pigmented with full colour payoff in a single stroke with a couple of within the extra semi-opaque protection vary.
The feel was, on common, clean, evenly creamy, and never too thick or too skinny, so there was no tugging throughout utility however the colour did not really feel slippery whereas worn, which made them simpler to use straight from the tube and low -maintenance on the lips.
They have a tendency to dry and put on all the way down to a smooth matte end inside one to a few hours of damage, and whereas they’re very light-weight on, they hug the lips extra as they change into extra matte (in comparison with preliminary really feel). Between 4 and 6 hours for many shades, and most shades had been non-drying to evenly hydrating. They had been vanilla-scented however had no discernible style.
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My Methods
LERestricted Version. $10.00.