Makeup Review: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Liquid Velour Lipstick

I have become a HUGE fan of liquid to matte lipsticks! I've been following lots of different brands, mostly ones from America, that seem to have a lot to choose from (and that I feel like I need in my collection). Recently I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the limited edition shades from Jeffree Star Cosmetics liquid velour lipstic range. For anyone asking, I managed to get hold of Doll Parts!

I was so excited to get the product and to try this gorgeous baby rose pink colour. The swatch on the website made it look like a very close high end dupe for nyx liquid matte cream in Istanbul, my top favourite colour. But I was mistaken. Apparently the people at Jeffree Star Cosmetics like to overly edit the stock photos, bad move that looks similar to something Lime Crime would do (tut tut).

Upon application it is considerably more liquid than any of my other brands of liquid matte lippies, this makes it very hard to control when guiding it onto your lips, well for me anyway. The lipstick dries quickly which is pretty good and surprising for the consitency of the product. Impressive. 

On the box it says to exfoliate your lips before use, to not eat oily food and to remove with Shea butter (oh and no making out- smudge warning maybe?). I'm guessing this is some instructions on how to get the best results from the product, however I've not had a very good experience.

This lipstick, while being very pretty and have great colour play off, likes to smudge. And if it smudges so easily, it looks like your mouth is stained, with me it looked like that and I didn't even realise it happened until I noticed a woman looking at me weirdly. Also with other, what I would like to point out a lot cheaper, brands I've used it only removes itself from your lips if you eat or drink like you would normally. I used a straw with this product. It still transferred.

Overall I don't feel like this product is worth the money and I feel quite dissapointed. Only upside of this is that it doesn't make your lips feel dry and I love the colour of it.

Makeup review: NYX matte lip cream

Yesterday I had a little delivery from the lovely Amazon man and it had two items from nyx. I've wanted to try nyx since seeing it on RuPauls Drag Race and what with seeing others saying good things about the brand I thought I would try a matte lip cream as I deaperately want to try matte lipstick. 

I didn't want to go with Kat Von D or Anastasia Beverly New York OR Jeffree Star because they are so hard to get and are a on the expensive side. Trust me if I had the money I would gladly get a few shades! They are gorgeous. Also I didn't want to go with Lime Crime. Fuck that. Don't even talk to me about that company, I don't want to have horrible smelly stuff to touch my lips let alone get an allergic reaction of some kind.

I managed to get the shade "Istanbul", I purely got this because I wanted to find a nice pink lipstick that I could also use for my cosplay (sorry I'm planning still and really enjoying the process!). I usually go for a nude colour with a hint of purple as that best suits my skin tone I find. I've also tried "brave" by mac, I usually nick that from my twin because why not?! xD

So, reading reviews. Some people said that it makes your lips feel dry, is difficult to apply and rubs off.

Moisture: I would say this product does make my lips feel dry but it's not a horrible overly chapped dry feeling. I think it might be the nature of matte lipstick, though my lips do tend to go dry when I'm using other lipsticks anyway. 

Application: I didn't have any issues applying the colour to my lips. It was very easy. The only thing I can see being a problem would be putting it on when your in a rush, it might not dry too quickly.

Wearability: This lasted for such a long time. I was so happy to see I still had it on. The only time it came off was when I was drinking, from a bottle in this case. I think that is a natural occurring issue with any lipstick. I haven't tried drinking through a straw yet so that might be an experience that for another day.

Overall, I am overly happy with this product. I love the colour of it. I would recommend this to anyone.