I am a lipstick hoarder. Who doesn’t love that kissable color on the lips? Each time you wear it you get compliments. So for the celebrity like feeling Maybelline had launched the jewels collection sometime ago. They contained the shades named after precious and semi-precious stones. Today I will be reviewing one of the jewels from the jewel bouquet. So tune in to read more about it.
I was about to attend a series of weddings and wanted something festive and very celebrating as a lip color. This shade turned out to be the prefect spell for the occasion. So let’s get started.
Net Vol and Price: Rs.350 for 4 gm
Shelf Life: 3 years
Directions of use: start applying from the center of the lips. For a more defined look use a lip liner of the same color. Layer more for more coverage.
What Maybelline Colorsensational Jewels Lipstick in Pink Tourmaline Claims:
- ILLUMINATED COLOR only from our deep jewelucent pigments.
- CREAMIER FEEL only from our nourishing honey nectar
- A captivating jewel collection in 8 deeply provocative shades
It’s available in the following shades as well:
- 82 Refined Wine
- 143 Pink Tourmaline
- 591 Amethyst Ablaze
- 630 Rubylicious
- 631 Red Garnet
- 994 Fuchsia Crystal
- 996 Berry Brilliant
Review:
Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gemstone comes in a wide variety of colors.
Packaging: The lipstick comes in a rectangular shaped bullet. The cover of the lipstick is like a hologram and you keep staring at it continuously. The color of the cap is similar to shade of the lipstick. The tube inside is metallic and the look and feel is quiet expensive. The sad part about the metallic tube is that it attracts a lot of fingerprints.
Color: The lipstick is pink tourmaline in color and stands true to its name. The color is warm pink with slight blue undertones. It has fine shimmer in it. It won’t make your lips shine out of the place but will give a decent definition to them. The color will suit cool tone and golden tone ladies well. MAC skin tones NC20 to NC35 can best carry of this color. The color has a bit of frosty look as well but as I said in the festive spirit it enhances the beauty. I advise you to exfoliate your lips properly before wearing this shade.
Texture: The lipstick is butter smooth. It glides on easily. It doesn’t need tugging or pulling. One application gives an opaque coverage and you can go for the second one to build up the color.
Staying power and other factors: The lipstick stayed on me for 4-5 hours with meals in between. The color goes off after 3 hours leaving a nice stain. The stain doesn’t look gritty to me and leaves in some time. The problem I faced on this front is that this lipstick transfers crazily. It will get transferred to coffee mugs, water glass etc. So make sure you effectively dab it with a tissue before leaving it on.
Final verdict: This lipstick does need some preparation to wear. So if you are in a festive mood and want some celebration on the lips do go for this shade. You can rock it at night time the most.
Pros:
- Travel friendly
- Good pigmentation
- Doesn’t smell bad
- Gives good coverage
- Flattering shade for festive occasions and parties
- Moisturizing
- No flaking
- Good price
- Frosting is not over the top
Cons:
- Bleeds and transfers so need to dab it properly
- Shade not for everyone
Rating: 4.5/5
