ColourPop Double Espresso & Ganache Queen Lux Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches
Double Espresso
ColourPop Double Espresso Lux Lipstick ($10.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a rich, very deep brown with subtle, warm reddish undertones and a satin finish.
- Opaque pigmentation
- Lightly creamy, dense but not heavy
- Applied evenly and was forgiving of lip texture
- Long-wearing (5.5 hours), hydrating
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Coloured Raine Huntress (P, $17.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- NARS Spin Me (P, $26.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Bite Beauty Whiskey (DC, $26.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Docs (P, $8.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Bite Beauty Midnight Rye (P, $24.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- NARS Dominatrix (P, $26.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Rare Beauty Strong (P, $20.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty PMS (P, $18.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Digging It (P, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC I Vote for Me (P, $24.00) is cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$10.00/0.12 oz. - $83.33 Per Ounce
The formula that is supposed to be a "creamy-matte" that "glides on like butter, doesn't feather or bleed, and lasts so long you'll forget you're even wearing it." The majority of the shades were quite pigmented with full color payoff in a single stroke with a few in the more semi-opaque coverage range.
The texture was, on average, smooth, lightly creamy, and not too thick or too thin, so there was no tugging during application but the color didn't feel slippery while worn, which made them easier to apply straight from the tube and low-maintenance on the lips.
They tend to dry and wear down to a soft matte finish within one to three hours of wear, and while they are very lightweight on, they hug the lips more as they become more matte (compared to initial feel). The wear time has been between four and six hours for most shades, and most shades were non-drying to lightly hydrating. They were vanilla-scented but had no discernible taste.
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Ingredients
octyldodecanol, hydrogenated polyisobutene, polyethylene, alumina, flavor, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, triethoxycaprylylsilane, tocopherol, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, hydrated silica, euterpe oleracea fruit oil, punica granatum seed oil. may contain: blue 1 (ci 42090), iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), red 7 lake (ci 15850), titanium dioxide (ci 77891).
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Double Espresso
PPermanent. $10.00.
Ganache Queen
ColourPop Ganache Queen Lux Lipstick ($10.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a medium, caramel brown with strong, warm undertones and a satin finish.
- Opaque pigmentation
- Lightly creamy, dense but not heavy
- Applied evenly and was forgiving of lip texture
- Long-wearing (4.5 hours), hydrating
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Hot Cocoa (P, $28.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Can't Dull My Shine (P, $22.00) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Bite Beauty Yucca (DC, $24.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Profound (902) (P, $32.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Dose of Colors Aftermath (LE, $16.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Backseat (DC, $18.00) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Hazelnuts About U (LE, $10.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- MAC Feel Me? (P, $24.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Maybelline Raw Chocolate (P, $7.99) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC MamaStarrr (LE, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$10.00/0.12 oz. - $83.33 Per Ounce
The formula that is supposed to be a "creamy-matte" that "glides on like butter, doesn't feather or bleed, and lasts so long you'll forget you're even wearing it." The majority of the shades were quite pigmented with full color payoff in a single stroke with a few in the more semi-opaque coverage range.
The texture was, on average, smooth, lightly creamy, and not too thick or too thin, so there was no tugging during application but the color didn't feel slippery while worn, which made them easier to apply straight from the tube and low-maintenance on the lips.
They tend to dry and wear down to a soft matte finish within one to three hours of wear, and while they are very lightweight on, they hug the lips more as they become more matte (compared to initial feel). The wear time has been between four and six hours for most shades, and most shades were non-drying to lightly hydrating. They were vanilla-scented but had no discernible taste.
Browse all of our ColourPop Lux Lipstick swatches.
I just bought ganache queen today, so I’m glad it performed well.
Ganache Queen is making me feel like buying a pumpkin pie! 🥧
I really need this one for our brief autumn and winter….and next year, late summer onwards.
The days when I could pull off wearing Double Espresso are now gone, but I still love the colour. Ganache Queen is too caramelly for me to wear, with its yellowy undertones – but is still a good lipstick formula wise.
I bet you could still rock Double Espresso, Genevieve!
Double Expresso is so dark, deep and lovely! But way too dark for me now, as I tend to look to old with such dark colors that I once enjoyed a bit. Perhaps I should just get over it and still sport them.