Maybelline Color Drama Velvet Lip Pencil Swatches & Review
I'm pretty sure if you've followed me on
Instagram, you would of known how excited I was when I finally collected all the shades from the new
Maybelline Color Drama Intense Velvet Lip Pencil*
collection!! 'You teach me and I'll teach you, Pokemon! Gotta catch'em
all...' This Pokemon song got so stuck in my head since the day I
completed the collection, that's how excited I was...
Haha anyway, jumbo lip pencils to be created as worn like lipsticks, sounds familiar right? I'm sure you guys have seen the
Velvet Matte Lip Pencil by NARS and
Art Stick by Bobbi Brown, that's exactly what I thought when I got my first
Maybelline Color Drama Lip Pencil!
I was quite worried at first worrying if these going to be as pigmented
as NARS, or if the formula would be creamy enough or dry like a regular
lip liner. Until the moment I tried it for the first time, it's
MAGIC.COM!!!!
The formula of these lip pencils are beyond amazing! They're so smooth,
creamy and pigmented, also super easy to apply with the precise tips due
to the nature of being a pencil. They're not like the regular lip
liners that would make your lips feel dry and uncomfortable. Instead,
you could wear this all day very comfortably just like most of
lipsticks. While being creamy, the colour doesn't move around much at
all, therefore very long lasting on the lips. Usually I only touch up
after big meals, and other than that I don't even need to worry about
the colour coming off throughout the day.
Enough raving about the formula and pigmentation, let's now have a look
of the colour selection! (and I bet your eyes gonna turn into little
love hearts like the emoji face haha, such a gorgeous wearable colour
range!)
Nude Perfection is a light brown nude. It's been my
favourite colour from the selection ever since I got this shade. It's
not too light like a lot of other nudes would look totally washed out on
me, instead it's more of a '90s' nude which is super in trend right
now! Get this, you NEED it!!
Minimalist is a shimmer pink. It's the 'odd child' in the
family as this is the only colour that isn't matte. It has a bit of
shimmer in the product, therefore the application isn't as smooth as the
other shades. Sadly I have to say this is the least favourite colour
for me due to the chunky shimmers.
Love Me Pink is a medium pink. A girly pink colour that
isn't washed out and not too bright either, super easy to wear for any
occasions, a perfect colour for whenever you need a touch of pink.
Fuchsia Desire is a hot fuchsia. A lot of fuchsia shades
are way too blue toned and not as wearable, but Fuchsia Desire is the
perfect balance between pink and purple. I absolutely adore this shade,
and wore it in my
Valentine's Day Makeup Tutorial two months ago.
In With Coral is a neon coral. The shade out of the whole
range that is a bit 'out there' with its neon-ness (is this even a
word). I would totally rock this shade in summer! Wouldn't you?
Fab Orange is a red-ish orange. It's not quite as orange as Morange from MAC, but instead is a spot on dupe for MAC So Chaud or MAC Lady Danger. A must grab if you're into the orange-red shades!
Light It Up is a true red. A bit of blue undertone make
this colour a statement bright red colour. Blue reds also make your
teeth white, just saying in case you don't know this fact yet.
Red Essential is a medium red. It's not too dark but
definitely a bit darker than Light It Up. This is the favourite red out
of the bunch for my skin tone. I also mentioned this colour in my
March Favourites video.
Pink So Chic is a plummy mauve. I don't know why they call
this shade 'pink' as you guys could see this is nothing pink, but more
berry or plummy. Sometimes I use this shade to outline my lips then fill
them in with Nude Perfection, such an amazing combo!
Berry Much is a deep berry. Dark lippies is so in trend
right now, and this is definitely a colour you should have in your
collection when you're feeling a bit 'grunge'.
The picture below truly shows how long lasting the formulation is,
simply just makeup remover wipes couldn't even get them off, which means
eating and drinking wouldn't either. You do need some eye and lip
makeup remover or cleansing oil to get these off completely, otherwise
you would have slightly stained lips going to bed.
Now more swatchy swatches:
I'm safe to say my top 3 drugstore lip product now is ColourPop Lippie Stix, Maybelline Color Drama Lip Pencil, and my old favourite Wet N Wild MegaLast Lip Color.
I've tried so many drugstore lipsticks, but these three lipsticks are
all highly pigmented, really long lasting, super easy to apply, and dirt
cheap; plus they all have amazing colour selection too.
If you're looking for some new lippies, you should definitely check out
these lip pencils if you haven't yet! You will thank me later!
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