Being the lazy woman that I am, I strongly believe longwear lipsticks are a boon. Usually weird thoughts like whether I’ve eaten my lipstick, whether I need to touch up go through my head when I’m out. And long wear lipsticks (whether they promise what they claim or not is another issue! ;)) ) assure me that I don’t need to be bothered about my lips. So when Maybelline launched their SuperStay range I knew for sure that they were here to stay! (pun intended) 😛
Maybelline has been hitting the right note or atleast they know how to make us all burn a hole in a pocket 😛 with all their recently launched products. Not only did they launch fantabulous products in terms of quality, but they also launched a variety of products to satisfy all their loyal customers.
Price: 525 INR for 3.3g (a little pricey for lesser quantity compared to other Maybelline lipsticks??)
Packaging: The lipstick comes in a really cute tube with a white cap and transparent lower half through which the color of that particular lipstick can be seen.
Color: In terms of the colors in this range, there is something for everybody. You can check the swatches here. This particular one, Infinitely Fuchsia is a super intense, bright fuchsia.
My grandmom, mom and I were trying to figure out what this lipstick smells like and guess what it slightly smells of cough syrup! 😀 My grandmom recently had her cataract done and when I took the lipstick next to her to identify the frangrance, she asked me what I was doing with a cough syrup!! 😛
Coverage: You can expect nothing less than full coverage here. In terms of coverage a swipe is enough for full coverage. That way this lipstick is a sure shot winner.
I’ve noticed that there is a slight transfer of the lipstick to the glass while drinking water. But that didn’t affect the color on my lips. I tried removing the lipstick with several things (I experimented on my hand :P). The lipstick didn’t budge when I used cream but was completely removed when I used the Lakme Bi Phased Remover.
When I applied it, it glided on my lips like a satin lipstick would but stuck/adhered to my lips like a matte lipstick would do. In the beginning it looked pretty okay, but after a few minutes, my lips became dry and my lower lips started shrivelling up; I tried applying a lipbalm over it and that solved the problem of the dryness but the matte effect disappeared and I wasn’t sure if the lipstick would last as long as it was supposed to.
The fine lines showed up pretty badly.But I guess thats how long wear lipsticks are, aren’t they? Exfoliating your lips and a lipbalm is a definite much needed preparation, but despite that there is still a little dryness (atleast I faced dryness!) when this is applied.
Now coming to the 14 Hour Staying Power, yes! it is partially true. True in the sense, it lasted for a longer time than lipsticks usually do, but not 14 hours. I tried it last Saturday morning, left it on till the end of the day. It lasted on me for 7 hours and faded off and mind you, it didn’t fade off evenly. It was patchy.
Final Word: 14 hours staying power is something that would have made my life easier but sad to say, I’m on my way.. 14 hours is just a claim. 😀
definitely prefer long staying lippies.. but drying and streaky marks are no no ! This is indeed a bright shade.. would check out more subtle ones 😀
😀 the subtler shades in this collection are also pretty.
I’ve also had an obsession with bright shades so I always lean towards picking those 😀
This is a big NO for me since i have super-dry lips but the shades of this range are soooo tempting 🙁
true.. this a NO for super dry lips. even I have dry lips but I just bought one to try it .. dont think ill buy any more but the colors are too tempting just like you mentioned
Is it too dry for me?? I need lip balms even wit revlon lippies 😛 U stole my heart with tat pic of urs <3
yep if you need a lipbalm with revlon lippies then this will def be too drying for you.
Hehehe 😀 thank you <3 <3 :*
its a beautiful shade <3
yes it is 🙂
This shade looks lovely on you!
thank you Bharti 🙂
your pic is really lovely but thanks for the honest review. the shade you chose is also cute 🙂
I tried this lipstick and was so put off by the smell and goopy consistency and now suddenly all bloggers are ga-ga over it because Maybelline sent it to them free.
thank you 🙂
I thought maybe i was the only one who felt this way since all the reviews I read raved about this one. maybe it just works for a few people though.
My lips are normal.. if that exists. 😛 14 hours is not a problem since I don;t mind reapplying. The color looks too gorgeous to resist and your FOTD is making me crave for it all the more!
going by your lip swatches, i must say that I’m envious of your “normal” lips 😀
Thank you <3 🙂
The shade looks so good on you..
Thank you aarthi 🙂 Picked up any color from this collection?
Pretty pretty shade… hope it is as good as it looks… yet to try them!!! good review
thank you. do try them and let me know what you think 🙂
shade looks damn pretty to u.. but sad, yet to get impressed wid the quality of these 😉
thank you Nids..Long wearing lipsticks with the correct formulation would be every lipstick lover’s dream come true!
So this is the lippie you used in that adorable pose of yours 🙂 It’s so cute that you had three generations of you smelling the lipstick to figure out the fragrance. That is just so so cute!! awwww 🙂
ha ha yes.. 😀
yep.. i was pretty confused about the smell so was mom.. and grandmom sniffed it out correctly! 😀
Nice Swatch pics Deepika I can’t wear fuchsia 🙁
why??
looks lovely on you… I badly need to check out this range now! 🙂
thank you Ritu 🙂
pretty pretty shade….
🙂