Essence Nude Colors: Liquids + Long Lasting Lipsticks

I have been a lover of Essence for awhile now.  Their products are very inexpensive, and from my limited experience with the brand, they are really good quality.  I decided to try a bunch on today, since I am forever on the hunt for the perfect liquid nude and I found out they had some.

Left to right, starting at my hand, the colors are Almost Real , Beauty Secret, Colour Party, Porcelain Doll, Nude Love, and Barely There.  The first three are liquid lipsticks and the second three are traditional tube lipsticks.

I was most excited about the Almost Real, but because Nudes elude me, that one was super bad.  I didn't even get a picture of it  because nothing was there.  No matter how many layers I slathered on, there was absolutely no color.  It was so incredibly sheer. So, here are the other two liquids, which managed to show some color.

Beauty Secret

Colour Party

 

Of the three, Beauty Secret was my favorite. Its sort of a mauve color, which I seem to gravitate to.  In person, Colour Party is sort of a candy pink, and its probably not something I could wear in real life.  If you are looking for a candy pink with a glossy finish, for $3.49, this one would be hard to beat.

 

I prefer mattes and these are definitely sheer and shiny, which are two characteristics I don't love in a lipstick.  Of the colors I tried, the tube colors were much more opaque, and much less shiny, so I liked those better.

 

Porcelain Doll

Nude Love



Barely There

 

Once again, the mauve one, Barely There, was my favorite.  I really liked the formula of the tube colors, and I have worn Barely There in the past and I know it has good staying power. Porcelain Doll is super light/pink in person, so I didn't really feel like that was the  right color for me, but the Nude Love wasn't too bad. I could see myself wearing that again.

 

 

For $2.99 to $3.49, its hard to beat the price of these lip colors.  If you are looking for more of a glossy look, or a top layer over a more opaque color, the liquids are pretty great.  They would be hard to wear on their own.  The tube lipsticks are way more opaque and hold up really well, especially for nude colors, which tend to just sort of fade away.  For the price I don't mind re-apply.  I don't find them drying and they stay in place really well.  I didn't feel like any of them feathered, and none of them were applied with liner.  Depending on what you're looking for, I think these are a good buy.