I have to say that last year was an amazing year for Colourpop Cosmetics. It was when (I feel like) Colourpop has generated a ton of buzz around their affordable, trendy and wide variety of products. Like always, I waited for a friend to go to the States to score me my Colourpop loot. I got their fall 2015 collection Lippie Stix Back to Cool kit, some matte liquid lippies, a blush and an eyeshadow. First up on the spotlight is the Colourpop Lippie Stix Back to Cool Kit. 

Think of any shade and finish under the sun and Colourpop is bound to have it. Their shade selection is so huge, I couldn’t decide which shades to pick. I finally decided to just go with a limited edition lippie stix kit to be able to have a well balanced selection of shades. The Colourpop Lippie Stix Back to Cool Kit is made out of 6 limited edition matte and creamy finish shades: Choke, Moshpit, Baewatch, TGIF, Out of Synch, Too Sexy.

Formula, Consistency, Longevity

Most of the formulas of the lippies from this kit ranges from mostly matte to creamy. The lippies swatch beautifully on my arm but proved to be quite a struggle to apply onto my lips. I know that I have perpetually dehydrated lips but I have been able to make a lot of matte finish lippies work well with my lips. These lippie sticks however just do not sit well on my lips. Most of the shades settled into the fine lines of my lips and weren’t very comfortable to wear. Some of the shades even bleed out of the corners of my lips.

Pigmentation for most of the lippies are very good but there’s just really something about the formula of these lippies that didn’t sit well with my lips. I also didn’t quite like the thin shape of the lippies because I had to go back and forth on my lips to apply the lippies. It just felt weird having to swipe back and forth just to come up with a nice outcome.

What this product lacks in formulation, it makes up for it’s long staying power. These shades stay put and can survive a meal. Touch ups are still recommended after a meal, though.

From Left: Choke, Moshpit, Baewatch, TGIF, Out of Synch, Too Sexy.

Formula, Consistency, Longevity

Most of the formulas of the lippies from this kit ranges from mostly matte to creamy. The lippies swatch beautifully on my arm but proved to be quite a struggle to apply onto my lips. I know that I have perpetually dehydrated lips but I have been able to make a lot of matte finish lippies work well with my lips. These lippie sticks however just do not sit well on my lips. Most of the shades settled into the fine lines of my lips and weren’t very comfortable to wear. Some of the shades even bleed out of the corners of my lips.

Pigmentation for most of the lippies are very good but there’s just really something about the formula of these lippies that didn’t sit well with my lips. I also didn’t quite like the thin shape of the lippies because I had to go back and forth on my lips to apply the lippies. It just felt weird having to swipe back and forth just to come up with a nice outcome.

What this product lacks in formulation, it makes up for it’s long staying power. These shades stay put and can survive a meal. Touch ups are still recommended after a meal, though.

I’m not usually particular about scented cosmetics but I was really bothered with the scent and taste of these Colourpop Lippie Stix. The strong vanilla scent and chemical taste of the products really made the experience of wearing these lippie stix uncomfortable.

Shades

Clockwise from left: Choke, Moshpit, Baewatch, TGIF, Out of Synch, Too Sexy.

Choke is a creamy nude shade. Moshpit is a dark neutral brown shade that reminds me a lot of the iconic Kylie Jenner lip shade. Beawatch is quite similar to Moshpit, but is more of like a deep berry-brown shade. TGIF is a brick red shade. Out of Synch is a beautiful bubble gum pink shade. Finally, Too Sexy is an iridescent deep magenta-purple.

I don’t know how these swatched so beautifully on my arm but ended up really different on my warm asian skin tone. I noticed that most of these shades have cool undertones which probably explain why these gorgeous shades don’t suit me.

Final Thoughts

I really really really wanted to love these cult favorite lippie stix but the formula and shades just really did not work for me. They are quite affordable at around at $5 a pop, but I would rather just go for other lippie alternatives.

Don’t fret, though! I have more reviews for Colourpop coming up and they’re not all that bad.

xoxo,