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Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick Tinted Taupe Review and Swatches

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Hi everyone 🙂

Today I’ll be reviewing a must have lipstick. I usually just stick to tinted lip balms and lip glosses as far as lip products go. It’s not that I’m not a fan of bold colors, it’s just that I don’t have much occasions to wear them. And I’m more of an eye makeup person.

I was always on the lookout for a budget lipstick that fulfills two requirements: 1. Give full coverage for my pigmented lips and 2. Act as a ‘my lips but better (MLBB) shade. I found the ‘winning lipstick’ (haha!)

Price: 

Rs 350 for 4.2 g

Shelf life:

3 years

My Take:

Packaging: The lipstick comes in a square type packaging wherein the lid is almost the same length as the lipstick itself – sort of like the Revlon lip butters packaging. I find this classier though. The packaging isn’t very sturdy, but it isn’t flimsy either. It’s somewhere in between. The cap is brown because according to Maybelline this belongs to the brown family I guess. If I’m not wrong, red/pink lipsticks have reddish caps, mauve-toned ones have a purple cap, etc.

Shade: Tinted Taupe is a brown lipstick with prominent pink undertones, which makes it a very natural looking colour. It’s a lovely shade for girls with fair to medium skin tone. I think this is a perfect nude shade for heavy eye makeup looks such as smokey eyes.

Coverage: Though the shade is quite light, it gives the required coverage – the hallmark of a good lipstick! You can see in the lip swatches that you can’t tell that my lips are actually quite pigmented. One swipe would be enough for ladies with lighter lips. For chronic coffee drinkers like me, you’ll have to layer the lipstick a bit for the true colour to show up. Once it does you won’t be disappointed 🙂

Texture: The lipstick also has an amazing texture. It is really soft, though not to the point of melting, and creamy and just glides on the lips like a dream! No tugging and no dryness at all.

As you can see in the swatches, it has a slight sheen that translates beautifully onto the lips and makes them look healthy and plump and a gorgeous shade of pink!

Staying power: The only con of this lipstick is its staying power which is sadly just average. It starts to fade after 2-3 hours after which you have to reapply. It won’t survive a meal.

On My Lips:

PROS:

  • Creamy texture
  • Reasonably priced
  • Good pigmentation, close to full coverage
  • Easily available
  • Shade is a flattering MLBB colour
  • Sturdy packaging

CONS:

  • Staying power is low


Rating: 4.5/5 (-0.5 just for the staying power)


Final word: If you are looking for a lipstick that is not over-the-top and is subtle, elegant and enhances your natural lip colour, then believe me ladies, tinted taupe is THE lipstick for you. If you’re just starting out in the world of lipsticks (like me when I picked up this lipstick!), then too this is a lovely choice. And lastly, if you love to play up your eyes with heavy eye makeup and team it with nude lips, then this is an excellent option for you. Go get it! 🙂

7 L’Oreal Paris Color Riche Matte Mania Lipsticks Swatches and Photos

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Hello everyone!

Recently, I reviewed the L’Oreal Paris Color Riche lipstick in Shade Pink Passion. If you had read that review, you must be knowing how much I loved the texture, pigmentation and quality of that lipstick. I have been using it often to complete my makeup look.

Two days back, I got myself 6 other shades from their matte mania range and I am going to show you the swatches today! Yes.. Swatches of 7 awesome lipsticks from L’Oreal Paris Matte Mania Range. Enjoy the piccys!

Out of 7 lipsticks I own, 6 are intense colors and two are natural shades.

Price: Rs. 825 for 4.7 g

They all come in a classy golden bullet with a twist up bottom. The packaging looks elegant and beautiful. I loved it!

The shade names and numbers are mentioned on the bottom of every lipstick bullet.

Shades From Right to Left: (On the picture below)

  • Deep Raspberry
  • Silky Toffee
  • Velvel Rose
  • Crazy Fuchsia
  • Intense Plum
  • Pink Passion
  • Perfect Red

 

From L to R: Velvet Rose, Silky Toffee, Deep Raspberry

Swatches:

About the shades:

  • Silky Toffee 381: A well pigmented nude brown shade to pair up with smokey, heavy kohled eyes.
  • Velvel Rose 378: A lovely pink nude shade that would suit medium-pale skinned girls.
  • Crazy Fuchsia 370: A bright blue toned fuchsia pink which is very subtle and wearable on lips.
  • Intense Plum 374: As per the name, it is a deep plum shade that brightens up face instantly.
  • Pink Passion 371: A neon pink shade with a hint of coral that settles into beautiful wearable pink.
  • Perfect Red 377: A hot red, well pigmented shade with warm undertones.

P.S: All the 7 shades are very well pigmented, buttery and shimmer-free. They settle into a matte-satin finish and the staying power is just awesome! Each shade is beautiful on its own and you won’t regret picking these matte mania babies from L’Oreal Color Riche Range. If you have dark and dry lips, these are must! I am soon going to review all these shades individually here. Stay tuned! So, which shade lipstick would you like to try from this range? Comment below!

Inglot Freedom System Refill Lipstick 30 Review, Swatches and FOTD

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Hey friends,

After reviewing Inglot Lip Refill in shade 53 and Inglot Lip Refill in Shade 10 here on MABH I am with another lip refill from my one of the favorite lip refill it is shade no.30


Price: 

Rs.250 (now increased to Rs.300)

My Take:

This particular shade looks so different in different lighting. I don’t know why 🙁 and the most amazing thing is if you look in the picture of the lip refill pan you can see it look so red in pan but see my swatches, totally different. That’s why I took loads of pictures of this particular lip color just to show the color!

The lip refill is little coral with brown undertones in it. But in pan it looks reddish and in my lips it is coral, while in pictures they look pink. phew!!! Great confusion about the color but I believe you can judge a lip color only after you applying it on to your lips and I found in my lips it is in shade coral. Thank god ! finally I came to the conclusion about the lip color  🙂

I found this particular lip refill very soft and creamy in texture. In fact I am not very fond of corals but I brought it just out of my curiosity that how a coral shade look upon me as I never tried coral before. I brought this particular shade online just depending on the pictures available in Google. This particular shade is not matte one on lips but satin in texture. And it is not as pigmented on my lips as I have to swipes 3-4 times to get the actual color. The smell of the lip refill is fruity as usual. This particular lip refill leaves a nice coral tint on lips after meals or snacks. It stays 3-4 hours as usual. In hurry I use to apply this particular shade with my fingers, thus can be used as a lip tint also.

FOTD:

PROS:

  • The lip refill is very handy to use
  • Easy to carry while travelling
  • Lip refill comes in a plastic case that can be used to keep lip refill securely
  • Well pigmented
  • Stays 3-4 hours.
  • Leaves a nice coral tint on lips after meals.
  • Affordable price
  • Easy available on online but only in Majorbrands

CONS:

  • I don’t find any con with this particular lip refill. Moreover it is my one of the favorite lip refills among all as it enhance my skin tone to one shade

 

Rating: 5 on 5


My Recommendation 

Definitely Yes! Yes!  Yes!  If you are a lover of coral shade.