Christmas is round the corner and that means it is time to dig into our vanity cases and find out the perfect red to wear for parties ;) If you haven’t found such a shade yet keep reading, I’ll show you one ;) Deeps gifted it to me when she came home (along with a lot of other things :D) and I couldn't thank her enough for handing me such a gorgeous shade :D Presenting ELF Essential lipstick in Fearless, truly for the fearless!
e.l.f Essential Lipstick in Fearless
What ELF says about their lipsticks:
Indulge your lips with long lasting color and shine. The moisture rich formula hydrates, conditions and softens on contact for silky smooth lips. Instantly beautiful, healthy-looking lips designed, formulated and tested by our professional team of makeup artists.
Ingredients:Hydrogenated polyisobutene, Ozokerite, Polyisobutene, Bis-Diglyceril, Polyacyladipate-2, Mineral Oil, Caprylic Triglyceride, Polyethylene Wax, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Methylparaben, Propylparaben, BHT, Tin Oxide, Mica. MAY CONTAIN (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red No. 40 Lake (CI 16035), Red No. 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red no. 27 Lake (CI 45410), Red Lake No. 6 (CI 15850), Blue No. 1 Lake (CI 42090), Yellow No. 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow No. 6 Lake (CI 15985)
Price: $1 for 3.5gAvailability: Not available in India. Available only in USA
Let me start off with the shade, it is a stunning, gorgeous bold red shade. I haven’t come across such a bold red in a while. Even if slightly dabbed on your lips, you are guaranteed to attract stares. I generally use bold lipsticks as a blush in an attempt to finish them off but this one is too bold for me to do even that :P
The packaging is a let down, not because it doesn’t look shiny or glossy (for $1, I don’t expect it to look that way) but because it doesn't work well. The mechanism is not smooth. It gets stuck atleast three times before I can get the bullet fully up.
The texture is awesome, to say the least! Glides on smoothly, no tugging on lips, even on dry lips like mine. It dries to a semi-matte finish and is insanely pigmented. I have never, I mean NEVER seen such a highly pigmented lipstick! I tried toning down the shade using every trick in the book but it is very difficult to tone down this shade, mainly due to it’s high pigmentation.
This lipstick stains very badly. I had a hard time removing it from my lips and hand. So if you are planning to wear this shade, make sure you have a proper makeup remover at home. It didn't budge when I used my home-made makeup remover – extra virgin olive oil + rose water.
It stuns me with it’s staying power – the shade stays on for 6 hours easily and the stain stays for a couple more hours. A definite downside of the product is that it dries out my lips badly. The first couple of hours are fine, but after that I’m left with lips which look so dry and full of lines. So even though it stays for a long time, the looking-good aspect of it fails.
Likes:
- The shade - a stunning, bold red!
- The texture
- Staying power
- Last but not the least, the price!
- Packaging
- Availability
- Stains the lips a lot
Final Word:
I'm absolutely bowled over by this one, definitely grab it if you get the chance :) The shade is stunning and the texture is so good that it is hard to believe that I'm wearing a $1 lipstick.
Rating: 4.5/5
