After trying out the Stila the other day I decided to try out a few more high end liquids to see if any of them can live up to what I am after. Kat Von D is really well known in he liquid lipstick world. It is one of her trademarks, and her lippies tend to be really well reviewed. There are two colors of hers that I have been lusting after for a long time, but the main color is a bright reddy red called "Outlaw"
As I mentioned before, Kat Von D products are not sold at Ulta so I had to venture out to Sephora. Sephora is perfectly lovely store too, but it only carries luxury brands and fewer of those at that. But what its good for, its good for, know what I mean?
As I mentioned before, Kat Von D products are not sold at Ulta so I had to venture out to Sephora. Sephora is perfectly lovely store too, but it only carries luxury brands and fewer of those at that. But what its good for, its good for, know what I mean?
First off, this applies like a dream. Seriously I own 0.0 lipsticks that apply as easily and as well. It just slides right on and is dry immediately. The applicator is really easy to control and maneuver and one swipe is all you need. I started out very, very impressed. I will say, it is a little bit bleedy, and would probably do well to have a lip pencil applied around the edges, but I loved it to begin with. After leaving Sephora, I walked outside and a large gust of wind blew all of my hair into my face. I braced for the goopy, sticky, hair in lip gloss routine, but there was none. It was like I was wearing nothing at all.
It doesn't smell like anything at all, but the texture is incredibly velvety. Kat Von D has a reputation as being drying but that wasnt my experience at all. I found it to be incredibly soft. I found myself rubbing my lips together over and over just because it felt nice. Its a really lovely formula.
And it held up pretty well through lunch.
It is kiss proof and it is smudge proof. It didn't come off on my straw or my sandwhich. It was holding up pretty well and I was starting to think maybe it was going to live up to all I had hoped it would be.
And so it was time for the ultimate test.
After about two hours of wearing it I figured it was nice and set and so I busted out my orange.
Womp womp.
In short, this lipstick totally punked out. It completely disintegrated. You can see it on my chin, and you can see it totally gone from the interior of my lips. I mean, there was just nothing left. "Just don't eat oranges," you say. Well, that's true. I don't have to. I could work a little harder to protect the lipstick. After all, protecting the lipstick is why I love it so much.
Red lipstick is hard. It takes effort. It takes minding and focus. You have to pay attention to what you are doing with red lipstick. Its an art form.
This is me this past weekend wearing Ulta's Lip Crayon in American Girl. Its yummy and fun and super easy. I just swipe it on without even looking at it. Its fun to change it up with makeup, but this takes no effort. I like the effort. Its something for me, its my celebration of being feminine, its what separates the women from the girls. Red lipstick is a class all its own.
But here is the thing. I can buy Ulta Matte Lip Cream or the Liquid Suede Lipcream that I already own. Kat's liquid costs three times as much as the liquid suede, so I want it to be worth the difference, and sadly, I am not sure that it is. I was really let down by how quickly Kat's lipstick gave up.
This one didn't even make it to 5 o'clock before I took it off. there just wasn't anything left of it. I really did love how it applied and it started out an amazing color, and it is for sure he softest lipstick I have ever worn, but it just couldn't hold out.
The search continues.
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