NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment: Review + Swatches
4:49:00 PM"Looking for a carefree matte? Look no further. This innovative pigment concentrate provides bold colour with a zero-gravity feel."
"Prepare for all day, flexible wear in a lust-worthy range of smudge-resistant liquid shades. The custom doe-foot applicator allows for precise application and full coverage in one swipe, drying down instantly to create an ultra-lightweight, effortless matte finish."
- Mecca.com
I've always gravitated towards matte lipsticks because of their long-wearing properties. I just like the idea of slapping on something and then forgetting about it the entire day. When I saw that Nars released these matte lipsticks, I just got to try it. I ordered mine from Mecca.com and bought 2 shades: Starwoman and Light My Fire. Each lipsticks costs AU$ 38.
It comes in a sleek, black plastic tube and has a slim, doe-foot applicator. The applicator helps a lot in precision application.
My degree is in Psychology and not Chemistry so for the Chemists out there, please let me know what these ingredients are for. I know that it has a strong Vanilla scent to it and therefore fragrance would be included in its ingredients. It seems to include some silicone and preservatives as well.
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| Top: Starwoman ; Bottom: Light My Fire |
This lippie is made in Italy. Each tube stays good for 24 mos upon opening and contains 5.5 ml of product.
Starwoman is described as a vivid blue red while Light My Fire is a vivid orange red. This lippie has a very watery consistency. It kinda reminds me of a more opaque version of lip tints, a very opaque one.
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| Top: Starwoman ; Bottom: Light My Fire |
The watery consistency of the product has its pros and cons. The benefit would be it dries quickly. Mine dries completely within a minute. The bad thing though is that it is patchy when applied. The patchiness is quite obvious with the swatches above.
This lippie claims to be smudge-resistant but as you can see from above, it isn't. The swatches above have been dry for like 30 minutes before I smudged it and it did. I kissed the back of my hand and it transferred as well.
However, it does stay true to its ultra lightweight, zero-gravity feel claim. Like I said, this lippie is like a more opaque version of a lip tint (and a more expensive one too).
It looks good for hours, possibly an entire day until mealtime. Since it transfers, after eating I always have to retouch. The problem with retouching is that it doesn't layer on quite well so I have to remove it completely before applying it again.
I think this is a really good lippie and will definitely try out more shades. However, I wish they can tweak the formulation a little more and make it smudge-proof. That's my only gripe with this lippie otherwise it can easily be my HG matte lippie.
Have you tried this lippie? What are your HG matte liquid lipsticks?
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6 comments
Loveee that packaging!
ReplyDeleteBrsides the fact that the product is so well designed. The best part is that they look incredibly pigmented. Such a great post.
ReplyDeleteThe colours are gorgeous and I loveeee the packaging, but it's such a shame about the smudging! I think these days we expect liquid lippies to be smudge proof! x
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I've been thinking about making getting a couple of these, I'm not so sure now. I'd expect them to be smudge-proof!
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I was expecting a lot more from these esp with the price and all.
Deletethis is exactly why i purchase colourpop. I paid so much money for starwoman as well and i could not get the color to stay on. bummer.
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