ColourPop Holla Lux Lipstick ($10.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a wealthy, burgundy-red with cool undertones and a cream end.
FURTHER READING: Formulation Overview for particulars on basic efficiency and traits (like scent).
These are the dupes the editor has pulled however not but rated and formally entered.
- Tom Ford Magnificence Nicholas (P, $36.00).
- Pat McGrath 35MM (DC, $40.00).
- ColourPop Sarah (LE, $10.00).
- Revlon Reigning Crimson (P, $10.99).
- Revlon Black Cherry (P, $8.49).
- Bobbi Brown Crimson (DC, $37.00).
- Becca Merlot (DC, $24.00).
- ColourPop Tiana (LE, $10.00).
- Sephora Tremendous Daring (13) (P, $15.00).
- Tom Ford Magnificence Inigo (P, $36.00).
Formulation Overview
$10.00/0.12 oz. – $83.33 per ounce
The formulation that’s imagined to be a “creamy-matte” that “glides on like butter, does not feather or bleed, and lasts so lengthy you may neglect you are even carrying it.” The vast majority of the shades had been fairly Pigmented with full coloration payoff in a single stroke with just a few within the extra semi-opaque protection vary.
The feel was, on common, clean, calmly creamy, and never too thick or too skinny, so there was no tugging throughout software however the coloration 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 right down to a delicate 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 grow to be extra matte (in comparison with preliminary really feel). Between 4 and 6 hours for many shades, and most shades had been non-drying to calmly hydrating. They had been vanilla-scented however had no discernible style.
Browse all of our ColourPop Lux Lipstick swatches.
Components
dimethicone, tridecyl trimellitate, phenyl trimethicone, polyethylene, polymethylsilsesquioxane, hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer , zeolite, taste, dimethicone crosspolymer, hydrated silica, saccharin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, vitis vinifera seed extract, lycium barbarum fruit extract, punica granatum fruit extract. might include: bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492,ci 77499), manganese violet (ci 77742), crimson 6 (ci 15850), crimson 6 lake (ci 15850), crimson 7 (ci 15850), crimson 7 lake (ci 15850), crimson 27 lake (ci 45410), crimson 28 (ci 45410), crimson 28 lake (ci 45410), crimson 40 lake (ci 16035), titanium Dioxide (ci 77891), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), yellow 6 lake (ci 15985), yellow 10 lake, ci 47005.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as accessible by the model (or retailer) on the time of publishing. Please all the time examine product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient checklist relevant to the product you are buying, or the model or retailer’s web site for essentially the most up-to-date ingredient checklist.
FURTHER READING: Formulation Overview for particulars on basic efficiency and traits (like scent).
These are the dupes the editor has pulled however not but rated and formally entered.
- Bobbi Brown Bitten Peach (P, $37.00).
- Too Confronted Melted Clover II (P, $21.00).
- ColourPop Starship (LE, $5.00).
- Dose of Colours Excitemint (LE, $18.00).
- ColourPop Tattle Tail (LE, $6.00).
- NARS Firework (LE, $26.00).
- NARS Rouge Palatin (LE, $27.00).
- Make-up by Mario Rasa (P, $24.00).
- Too Confronted Bachelorette (P, $22.00).
- NARS Name Me (P, $26.00).
Formulation Overview
$10.00/0.12 oz. – $83.33 per ounce
It is imagined to have a “delicate focus, blurring impact” with “buildable” coloration that may ship “excessive impression color” with a “silky, velvet delicate texture” that “smooths over tremendous strains and imperfections” with out “drying out your lips. ” They’ve a velvety slip to them, as they’re filled with silicone, and they also have that clean really feel as they go over the lips however have a light-weight, nearly powder-like end that makes me consider a “delicate matte. ” From a traditional viewing distance, like at a look in a mirror or one other particular person viewing you whereas having a face-to-face dialog, versus checking one’s lips close-up within the mirror, I noticed the “blur” effect- -soft, barely understated coloration with a matte end. The dearth of opacity in a few of them gave them a “softer” look to my eye.
That being stated, I did not expertise any smoothing, and I have not personally discovered that the extra silicone-heavy lipstick formulation go that far in smoothing my lip strains; I would really really feel like they’re extra more likely to emphasize imperfections because the lipstick caught on flakes and settled into lip strains. There have been some shades that utilized extra hardly ever and had been extra vulnerable to settling noticeably in my lip strains than others, and there have been just a few that utilized evenly and had been flattering with respect to texture on me as nicely. As all the time, I do my finest to make sure that I exfoliate my lips frequently and preserve my lips hydrated when not testing lip merchandise (at night time and the like) to attempt to have a “good” canvas for lip colours.
The protection assorted from shade to shade with most shades providing medium, buildable protection, although a few of the deeper and extra vivid shades had been extra semi-opaque to just about opaque in a single layer. The colour light a bit extra readily from the middle of my lips in comparison with the outer edges however was pretty even in how they wore down. Solely the very deepest/extra red-toned shades stained my lips (and solely barely) after carrying them. They appeared principally non-drying however just a few felt slightly extra drying to me. The formulation has a candy, burnt sugar scent however no discernible style.
Browse all of our ColourPop Velvet Blur Lux Lipstick swatches.
Components
dimethicone, tridecyl trimellitate, phenyl trimethicone, polyethylene, polymethylsilsesquioxane, hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer , zeolite, taste, dimethicone crosspolymer, hydrated silica, saccharin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, vitis vinifera seed extract, lycium barbarum fruit extract, punica granatum fruit extract. might include: bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492,ci 77499), manganese violet (ci 77742), crimson 6 (ci 15850), crimson 6 lake (ci 15850), crimson 7 (ci 15850), crimson 7 lake (ci 15850), crimson 27 lake (ci 45410), crimson 28 (ci 45410), crimson 28 lake (ci 45410), crimson 40 lake (ci 16035), titanium Dioxide (ci 77891), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), yellow 6 lake (ci 15985), yellow 10 lake, ci 47005.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as accessible by the model (or retailer) on the time of publishing. Please all the time examine product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient checklist relevant to the product you are buying, or the model or retailer’s web site for essentially the most up-to-date ingredient checklist.