Valentine’s Day ? is right around the corner, so this is a purr-fect time to celebrate that most sanguine of seductresses — scarlet! The Ravenous for Red Lipstick series features the crimsons I’m currently cuckoo for.
OK, so…I think the eight-hour wear time claim is a stretch for the lipsticks in BECCA’s gnarly new Lipstick Love line, but dang! — for the four hours Brave lasts on my ? lips, I have absolutely NO complaints.
If you’re into pigment packed red lippies, this one’s for you, assuming you’re cool with brown sugar, because that’s how these taste and smell (but it’s not all up in your grill).
Expect some tugging when you run these across your lips because they have a moderately thick formula, and even though I don’t always like when lipsticks feel thick and heavy, I don’t mind this formula. It’s juuust shy of too thick, so it’s firmly in the lip product Goldilocks zone.
According to Sephora…
What it is: An eight-hour long-wearing, silky-satin lip color infused with the next generation of hyaluronic acid.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This silky-satin lip color wears for up to eight hours, and is infused with next-generation hyaluronic acid to hydrate and smooth the look of lips. Ultra-creamy, pure pigments and light-reflecting oils deliver high-impact color in a single swipe. Infused with avocado oil, the ultra-comfortable formula nourishes lips.
Again, I haven’t been getting a full eight hours from these, but I still like ’em.
I think the formula’s heftiness (?) is also a good thing, particularly in cool red Brave’s case, because the formula isn’t super slick, so applying it is almost like drawing with a lip crayon. I can scribble those corner lip lines into place without having to do any major cleanup with a pencil liner, concealer or anything else.
I actually freehand applied the red lips in this pic.
Yup, no brush! — which is doubly impressive considering that I drank too much coffee and had the shakes when I applied it.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Hi Karen, I am new to your blog. Just wanted to say thank you for all the helpful product reviews 🙂
Such a beautiful color on you Karen! Happy Valentine’s Day!
DAT CAT BLOUSE DOE. xoxo
Looks great on you Karen .
❤️Happy Valentine’s Day to yiu El Hubs and Connor Claire❤️
Thanks, Michele! Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too.
This is gorgeous! I think I’m over matte lips right now, especially as dry as it is here right now!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, Tabs, Connor Claire, and el Hubs!
That is my kind of red – purrfect indeed!
MEOW!
This is a beautiful red on you! Is it as blue based as it appears in your photos? I love a good neutral to blue based red. Especially one that isn’t drying to my lips.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
You and me both. There’s something about those blue-based reds that really pop (even on warm skin). It’s pretty darn blue, not as blue as MAC Ruby Woo though.