Mallory
As you can see I have very light lips with fair, cool/neutral tone skin. I love this color (dusty beige) on me and I'm really glad that I checked other reviews of both product shades and staying power since I don't feel a lot of tints/stains look very natural on me or end up staying for longer than 1 hour.
It felt like I had nothing on my lip and it wasn't tacky, drying, tingle or weird feeling. It stayed on really well and didn't come off on a glass rim when I drank or on my cigarette filter when I smoked. That in itself is really impressive since for me, lipsticks/tinted glosses (cheap or expensive) don't stay on as I drink a lot of water and am a smoker. This particular day, I was on the phone for the 2.5 hours between photos and was suprised how normal and un-lipsticked my lips felt while talking.
I don't love that it looked kind of like it dried out on my lips at 2.5 hours but you can always apply a layer of balm or gloss over the top. It looked almost like a smoothing filter when I first put it on and it was very smooth. The applicator is also very good at making precise edges as it's soft but rigid and not bendy.
My daily lipstick is GXVE in the shade Stompbox with a Urban Decay liner in similar shades. This was really similar color to me and also looks like what a matte version of the top of the Rosi Elephalt Drops would look like. I posted a picture for reference since it has become a popular product. It will probably be replacing my current lipstick in my purse because it has far better staying power than both the lipstick and liners do for me.
I applied one of the tarte marajuca glosses over the top and the products seem to hold well together.
After that, I went out for a few hours to run errands and in total it stayed pretty much the same for well over 6 hours without reapplying at all.
I initially was hesitant to purchase and had the item in my cart for a week because I didn't want to buy another lip stain that ends up in a drawer. I'm glad that between the price point and reviews that I decided to just buy it because I really love the color and formula. I will probably buy 1 or 2 more in other shades that I like and would also recomend to my sisters/friends.
I hope my review helps someone else on that was on the fence about this product!
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