I'd previously decided not to buy any more MUA products due to the way the brand conduct themselves on social media and treat their customers, but when I saw that they were releasing some dupes for Lime Crimes' Velvetines I knew I'd have trouble resisting giving one a try.
For a while it was easy to resist them as it appears that most stores don't stock the MUA luxe range yet and I didn't want to pay postage charges to get my hands on one. However when my boyfriend and I went to visit his parents a few weeks back he took me in their local Superdrug, and although as usual the display was virtually empty they did stock the luxe range and there was a couple there. I was still trying to decide if I wanted to try one but my boyfriend spotted me staring at them so he grabbed one and marched off to the tills!
Another reason why I was unsure about trying one of these was because although some people have found that these stay put all day and give the Velvetines a run for their money, others have found that they flake off very quickly. Even though these are only £3 each I thought it was likely that I would probably be a flake off quickly wearer rather than a last all day wearer.
As I said there was only a couple of these there and the only shade options were the orange one and this dark red. I'm not a fan of the orange one so I went for this, but I didn't realise how dark it actually is, maybe because the frosted tube diffuses the colour slightly.
When I first applied this I didn't make a particularly good job of it, so it was a good job I wasn't planning on going anywhere! This is definitely one that you need to apply carefully and try and get right. It starts off sticky before drying down to a matte finish and unfortunately I found it really was quite sticky and took a while to dry, so it involved walking around with my mouth open for a couple of minutes. Once dry the stickiness disappears completely and this is set in place. I found that this didn't transfer if I pressed my finger to my lips or if I had a drink, but I didn't test out the kissability ;)
Although this did feel quite dry on my lips it wasn't too bad considering this is a full on matte product. I was pleased to see that this didn't flake off quickly but after around three and a half hours that included a treadmill session, a shower and dinner, I found it had disappeared from the inner part of my lips and would most definitely have needed a top up. I didn't try applying any more so I'm not sure whether this is possible or whether it's very obvious that you've patched it up. I did wonder whether this may be difficult to remove but a bit of Bioderma on a cotton pad and a few swipes and it was gone, so there's no sore lips from having to scrub this off.
You've probably seen me mention before that I'm not a fan of matte lip formula's but I really didn't find this too bad. I don't think I will use this much as I have plenty of other lip products that I would much rather use than this, and also the colour is a little dark for me, but if you're a matte fan I'd say it's worth giving one of these a try for just £3.
Have you tried any of the MUA LUXE Velvet lip lacquers?
Such pretty colour and I love it is velvety :)
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It is a lovely colour, but is maybe just slightly dark for my usually deathly pale skin! x
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