Doll up your lips in plush and vibrant color! Our Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick glides on and sets into a striking matte finish. Velvety soft and waterproof, this long-lasting lippie creates a positively polished look with every swipe.I'm in! It's no secret that I'm in love with liquid lipsticks and I have been ever since the old school CoverGirl Outlast All-Day Lipcolor that came out in high school. If you're a makeup junkie like me, you'll already know that NYX already has an incredibly line of matte liquid lipsticks called the Soft Matte Lip Creams, so what's the difference? Well, the formula for these are more like the classic liquid lipsticks, in that they are supposed to be waterproof and long lasting, which the Soft Matte Lip Creams are not. They come in 12 shades:
- Stone Fox;
- Life's A Beach;
- Cherry Skies;
- Soft-Spoken;
- Orange County;
- Sway;
- Sandstorm;
- Pink Lust;
- Tea & Cookies;
- Amethyst;
- Kitten Heels, and finally;
- Vintage
At $7 a pop, the price is certainly great, especially if you compare them to similar and very popular liquid lipsticks from Anastasia Beverly Hills or Kat Von D ($20.00 each). I bought 9 of the 12 colors so that I could get a good sense of the color payoff and wear, and swatched them down below.
Overall, I would say that I like these lippies. I'm in love with a couple of them (I'll expand on that later), but I don't feel like the entire line is a must-have.
Let's talk about the formula first. I did find it to be a lot more long-wearing than the Soft Matte Lip Creams, but they're still a lot more comfortable to wear than most liquid lipsticks. Now, keep in mind that with something this long-wearing, the dry feeling on your lips is unavoidable. With that being said, my lips didn't feel nearly as dry with these as they do with other liquid lippies, so there's a positive right there. These did take a while to dry fully though, with some of them taking up to 5 minutes! That's entirely too long for me to wait for my lips to set, and when they finally did, they weren't a completely matte finish. The finish isn't a negative thing per se, but NYX did market them as so, so I was expecting a matte finish and not a satin one.
Before I get into each individual color, I do want to put up a disclaimer: Although they are a liquid formula and thus more opaque than regular lipsticks, skin tone does need to be taken into account when looking at the color payoff. I have a dark medium complexion with olive undertones (Mac NC35-40 depending on how tan I am), so please keep in mind that some colors may look a bit different on other people. By the way, I didn't use a lipliner in any of these pictures, so y'all can get a sense of the true color of the lippies.
Love it or Leave it
Life's A Beach
Life's A Beach is a true coral color. I really didn't like the color because I felt like it looked almost neon against my skin, but it would look great on people much fairer than I am. I found it to be really streaky in application, and I had to put on several coats to get some even color payoff. After it set, I saw that it settled into the fine lines and was starting to patch. LEAVE ITCherry Skies
This is a dark, wine red that I absolutely loved! I tend to gravitate towards these kinds of colors, so I knew that this one was a must have for me. I didn't find it to be nearly as streaky as some others, but I did have to apply 2 coats to make the color even and opaque. It's a great, vampy color for fall! LOVE IT
Soft-Spoken
This is a dusty pinkish brown color. I was most excited for this particular lippie, because I felt like it would be the perfect pinky-nude color for me. I was right! It's hands-down my favorite out of the entire line. I didn't have any trouble whatsoever with the application, and I was more than happy with the opaqueness and color payoff with just 1 coat. LOVE IT
Sandstorm
Sandstorm is a true nude-brown that I had very high hopes for. Unfortunately, the color was a little too cool and too close to my skin color for my liking. However, I think it would be a gorgeous nude lippie for someone that's lighter than me, (I'm looking at you, Bex!) I didn't have any problems with streakiness, but I did feel like it wasn't as opaque as Soft-Spoken. This one is definitely a 2 coater. LOVE IT (just not on me.)
Pink Lust
Helloooo Barbie pink! Although I wouldn't wear it on a regulr basis, this one is such a fun color, and incredibly bright. Bright and opaque from the first swipe, you only need one coat for this lippie. I did 2 for this picture because I wanted it to be hot, hot pink. LOVE IT
Tea & Cookies
This was another disappointing one for me. It's a light blush, baby pink color (it's advertised as pinky-nude but definitely not for my skin.) This was another one that was incredibly patchy and streaky. It had all the problems that I had with Life's A Beach, plus I couldn't get it to be opaque enough. No matter how many coats I put on, I couldn't hide my natural lip color from peeking through. LEAVE IT
Amethyst
This one is a true royal purple with a blue undertone. Like Pink Lust, I wasn't expecting to be able to wear this color on a daily basis, but I feel like it's a fun color for those bold enough to wear purple lips. Unlike Pink Lust, however, this one was surprisingly streaky even when I didn't apply too much pressure on the wand. I had to put on 3 coats to even the color out. LEAVE IT
Kitten Heels
Kitten Heels is a true, bright red with a blue undertone. This one surprised me the most! I don't usually like bright reds, because they tend to look orange on me, but I feel like this one stayed true to color. It definitely had the best coverage out of the bunch and was perfectly opaque and smooth with just one application. I'm a bright red lippie convert! LOVE IT
Vintage
Vintage is a dark burgundy, almost plum color. I know I'll be wearing this one quite a bit in the fall months because it has just enough brown undertone to make it bold but wearable. This one was interesting in application though... I found this one to be streaky as well. Luckily, it's such a dark color that it can hide all manner of sins, so it's not as obvious. The streakiness threw me off a bit, but the color is so beautiful that I LOVE IT
Overview
Well there you have it! Overall, I like these new NYX lippies... I just would leave some of the lighter ones on the shelf. Do y'all have any of these? How did y'all like them? Let me know in the comments!
Glammie love!
~Jaz
