COLOURPOP . LIPPIE STIX . FROM BOUND TO BULLCHIC

Temptalia has introduced the world to a number of indie beauty brands over the years, and the latest brand is one that I personally won't soon be forgetting. With highly pigmented eye shadows, lip liners and lipsticks, featured at prices that compete with the drugstore, ColourPop has certainly found a way to start 2015 with a bang. My current addiction? Their Lippie Stix, a twist-up lipstick available in three finishes and a bevy of intriguing shades – plus they're only $5... yes, you heard me. That's the beauty of ColourPop, everything they sell is $5. I immediately gravitated towards five shades – Bound, Wet, Creature, Feminist and Bull Chic. I decided that this was a good way to introduce myself to the brand as the shades covered all three finishes, allowing me to judge their individual texture and quality. Each shade is incredibly pigmented, applying with ease and wearing comfortably for 5+ hours. Although there is something slightly off with the scent, but thankfully it dissipates quite quickly.

Bound is the perfect light pink nude and features a glossy finish, making it quite comfortable to wear. It's the shade I'm seen wearing in the Accentuating Eyes post I shared a few days ago. It delivered such a beautiful glossy sheen to my lips that day that I became instantly obsessed. The remaining shades are significantly less wearable, but arguably more fun. Wet is a taupe gunmetal with a pearlized, slightly metallic finish – my perfect summer shade. I can envision wearing it with tanned skin, a white dress, azure blue aviators and an absurd amount of rings. Creature is not quite what I expected in person, but remains beautiful non the less. ColourPop describes it as a 'deepened, blackened, burgundy red', while I view it as a bright blackened cherry. Creature along with Feminist and Bull Chic feature a matte finish, meaning they deliver the longest lasting power, even leaving a stain once removed from the lips. Feminist is the picture perfect black purple – it is so striking when applied, especially with a minimal eye, while Bull Chic is about as black and unwearable as it gets. I'm not sure where I'll have the courage to wear this.. but it has been fun to play around with at home thus far.

I'll definitely be exploring a few more shades from the brand. Right now I've got my eyes on Go Fish, Lumière, Brink and Pitch.

THE SWATCHES

L - R // Bound, Wet, Creature, Feminist, Bull Chic

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