Sephora Tender Love (55) & Very Vintage (87) Cream Lip Stains Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Tender Love (55)
Sephora Tender Love (55) Cream Lip Stain ($14.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a medium-dark plum with cool undertones and a matte finish. It had opaque color payoff in a single layer, which applied evenly and smoothly across my lips. The consistency was lightweight, thin but creamy, and easy to spread (almost too easily!). This shade was still going strong after eight hours of wear and felt non-drying.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Evening Rendezvous (LE, $19.00) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Back Up (P, $6.00) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC Dancing Flowers (LE, $19.00) is darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Sweet Stuff (LE, $7.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Pretty Vulgar Darling Be Daring (P, $24.00) is darker, brighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay WSM (P, $18.00) is warmer (85% similar).
- MAC Tailored to Tease (P, $21.00) is brighter (85% similar).
- Too Faced Pitch Perfect (P, $22.00) is darker, glossier (85% similar).
- MAC Hey, Boy, Hey! (LE, $19.00) is darker (85% similar).
- NARS Save the Queen (P, $26.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$14.00/0.169 oz. - $82.84 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high-coverage" that goes on "smooth" and yields a "silky, lightweight stain" that is "long-lasting" and "never sticky" and "won't dry out lips." One of the signature traits for the formula is that it is a thinner (and yet somehow creamy) texture that does spread well but feels thin and very lightweight on the lips. It dries down quickly, but I never felt like it was troublesome to apply, even if I needed an extra moment to get around the edges of my lips, so it was a more forgiving formula despite setting more quickly. Once it set, the color did stay locked on for hours--I tested shades for around eight hours and many were still going strong. The formula was non-drying to slightly drying to me. They had a moderately strong, sweet scent (almost like burnt sugar) that also smelled just slightly "perfume-y" to me, but it seemed to dissipate after an hour of wear.
The pigmentation varied from shade to shade, but it did seem that the more shimmery and metallic shades often were less pigmented and did not always apply as evenly and sometimes seemed to sit in my lip lines. The cream/matte shades applied more evenly and had more opaque coverage on average.
Browse all of our Sephora Cream Lip Stain swatches.
Ingredients
Isododecane, Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Petrolatum, Cyclohexasiloxane, Kaolin, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Aroma (Flavor), Glyceryl Behenate/Eicosadioate, Propylene Carbonate, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Tocopherol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Benzyl Alcohol. May or may not contain (+/-): Mica, CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), CI 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 15850 (Red 6), CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), CI 75470 (Carmine).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Tender Love (55)
PPermanent. $14.00.
Very Vintage (87)
Sephora Very Vintage (87) Cream Lip Stain ($14.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a deep plum with subtle, cool undertones and a matte finish. The pigmentation was fantastic with opaque, even color coverage in one layer. The liquid lipstick was very lightweight, smooth, and creamy without being thick or too fluid/heavy on my lips. It was easy to apply the color across my lips, and it dried down fast enough that it didn’t gather much in my lip lines (though it was in my deepest ones just a bit but not noticeable from a normal viewing distance). It stayed on well for over eight hours on me and was neither drying nor hydrating to me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Makeup Geek Lively (P, $15.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- MAC Hey, Boy, Hey! (LE, $19.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Givenchy Neo Nude (P, $37.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Evening Rendezvous (LE, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay WSM (P, $18.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Sweet Stuff (LE, $7.00) is lighter, brighter (85% similar).
- MAC Dancing Flowers (LE, $19.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Save the Queen (P, $26.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Sephora Endless Purple (04) (P, $14.00) is darker (85% similar).
- Pretty Vulgar Darling Be Daring (P, $24.00) is lighter, brighter (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$14.00/0.169 oz. - $82.84 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high-coverage" that goes on "smooth" and yields a "silky, lightweight stain" that is "long-lasting" and "never sticky" and "won't dry out lips." One of the signature traits for the formula is that it is a thinner (and yet somehow creamy) texture that does spread well but feels thin and very lightweight on the lips. It dries down quickly, but I never felt like it was troublesome to apply, even if I needed an extra moment to get around the edges of my lips, so it was a more forgiving formula despite setting more quickly. Once it set, the color did stay locked on for hours--I tested shades for around eight hours and many were still going strong. The formula was non-drying to slightly drying to me. They had a moderately strong, sweet scent (almost like burnt sugar) that also smelled just slightly "perfume-y" to me, but it seemed to dissipate after an hour of wear.
The pigmentation varied from shade to shade, but it did seem that the more shimmery and metallic shades often were less pigmented and did not always apply as evenly and sometimes seemed to sit in my lip lines. The cream/matte shades applied more evenly and had more opaque coverage on average.
Browse all of our Sephora Cream Lip Stain swatches.
Ingredients
Isododecane, Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Petrolatum, Cyclohexasiloxane, Kaolin, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Aroma (Flavor), Glyceryl Behenate/Eicosadioate, Propylene Carbonate, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Tocopherol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Benzyl Alcohol. May or may not contain (+/-): Mica, CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), CI 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 15850 (Red 6), CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), CI 75470 (Carmine).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
What immediately struck me about these two beautiful shades is that the dupe list for each of them is nearly identical with one exception, but their listed in a different order. Interesting.
The second thing that struck me is that I don’t own anything from either list!!! But I’m going to be good and stick with my new no-buy commitment.
Oops, I meant “they’re listed in a different order.”
And now I’m craving Very Vintage!
You look so pretty in each of these. Glad these are doing fairly well, for the most part.
I recently got ColourPop Chance Ultra Satin and it’s very similar to Tender Love, maybe a bit lighter. I love it!
Very vintage is STUNNING!! I own one of these Sephora cream lip stains, and I really enjoy it. I might have to pick up one of these!
OMG Christine! today I went to sephora to buy Alter ego, cinder rose and cherry moon…. and now I have to come Back LOL
I’m really enjoyoing your reviews… please tell me taht you are planning to review everey single one 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thanks for all your hard work
Sorry, I wasn’t able to purchase all the shades as it was outside of my budget.
Very Vintage is gonna be mine! It just has such a sweet, yet sassy grapey-plum color to it, that I cannot resist it.
Oddly, Tender Love looks like a slightly lighter, more bright version of Very Vintage. But I know how that goes with me. Today, I wore CP x Shayla C’mon Sis to the courthouse in downtown Phoenix. It looks good, but lighter than I was expecting. I think my son was just relieved that I wasn’t donning purple, red or orange lips, LOL.
On my lips, Tender Love from your swatches looks exactly like the KVD Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Mother. It’s a beautiful colour!
Fairly similar shades and I am glad that they rate well. I am not a fan of the finish, it looks a little too matte for me.
This eye makeup look Christine… congrats!