In an ideal world, all I would wear is a Too Faced lipstick. Not just on the face, I'm talking nekkid everywhere except for a perfect creamy lip. Just kidding, that's probably revolting for you to think about. If you spend some time looking at the swatches of my paltry collection...you'll understand why. These La Creme lipsticks are super moisturizing and creamy, non-bleed, long-wearing, and reasonably priced products. I find that they are the few lip products that don't make my lips crack/peel/dry out.
I want all of them.
Just look at that mohfuckin gold casing and the embossed logo. Oh Jesus take the wheel.
Taffy is a recent release, so its labeling is hideous as fug even though it helps you identify the color. The rest are Juicy Melons, Taffy, Spice Spice Baby, Naked Dolly, and Naughty Nude IN CASE YOU CAN'T SEE SO SORRY.
Indoors the colors are all so seemingly similar, one of the reasons why I used to walk past these at Sephora thinking they were just glorified lip balms. The color opacity doesn't even seem that intense does it? For nudey-pinks, I think they are all very different in their own ways.
Take for example in this light (outdoors, indirect sunlight) you can see how each are very different. I would say that my own natural lip color most closely resembles Juicy Melons and Spice Spice Baby's lovechild. That darker brown on the right is actually a lovely brown-peach nude on my lips, nothing that overpowers or makes my lips disappear.
So, you can decide for yourself if these will a) show up on your lips, depending on their natural color and b) be noticeably softer/creamier on your lips. Some people I know say these can bleed all over their mouths (shocking image here, lol) and don't last well or even show up. In my case my lips can take the color and turn it into something very natural but still distinctive, if that makes sense.
The color holds onto my lips well until I eat something or sip coffee, so let's say that's 2 hours into the morning knowing I'm a fatass. If I reapply after eating the color can last until my next meal just fine, but they don't exactly stain the lips.
It just makes me happy, really, to find something that my lips aren't sensitive toward. Even Aquaphor dries my lips out ladies and gents...it's very sad. I am a slave to moisturizing my lips and I have to wear balm before any lipstick. It's also the reason why I don't do lip swatches, because that would be like witnessing a live birth with a magnifying glass.
The reason I don't have more colors is because after perusing the entire line up closely, I don't see another color that might be life changing on the lips. As I said, they are all very similar after all. I'm definitely hesitant with the darker colors given La Creme's reputation to bleed, which I why I've repeatedly skipped on the beautiful red and wine shades. I find Urban Decay's Revolution lipsticks hold better while still being moisturizing.
But I still want all of them, eventually.
xo Be
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