ColourPop Time Square & Love Bug Ultra Matte Liquid Lipsticks Review, Photos, Swatches

Christine — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:00:00 +0000

ColourPop Time Square Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick

ColourPop Time Square Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick ($6.00 for 0.11 fl. oz.) is a muted, medium-dark rosy beige with subtle, warmer undertones and a mostly matte finish. The texture was thin, almost runny, but smooth and very pigmented. The color was easy to apply on the lips before it dried down, though it didn’t fully dry down for almost an hour (there were a few areas that still has very light transfer). This shade wore well for six and a half hours before starting to fade noticeably, and it was moderately drying after four hours of wear. Make Up For Ever M101 (DC, $22.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar). MAC Bronx (P, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar). MAC Jalea (LE, $21.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar). Burberry Dusty Pink (406) (P, $35.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar). NYX Mauve Mist (P, $7.50) is darker (90% similar). Sephora Alter-ego (72) (P, $14.00) is warmer (85% similar). Too Faced Sugar Cookie (LE, $21.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). Dose of Colors Nude Chica (LE, $18.00) is warmer (85% similar). Anastasia Soft Touch (P, $18.00) is lighter (85% similar). Natasha Denona Amorosa (36NP) (P, $25.00) is lighter, warmer, glossier (85% similar). KVD Beauty Bow 'n' Arrow (P, $20.00) is warmer (80% similar). Marc Jacobs Beauty Sugar High (292) (P, $30.00) is brighter, warmer (85% similar). Marc Jacobs Beauty Cream and Sugar (P, $30.00) is lighter, glossier (85% similar). KVD Beauty Lovecraft (DC, $21.00) is cooler (85% similar). ColourPop Beeper (DC, $6.50) is darker, warmer (85% similar). Smashbox Safe Word (P, $21.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar). MAC LarLarLee (LE, $19.00) is lighter (80% similar). NARS Raw Love (P, $26.00) is darker, cooler (80% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

ColourPop Love Bug Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick ($6.00 for 0.11 fl. oz.) is a deep, plummy brown with warm undertones and a flat, matte finish. This might be one of the worst liquid lipsticks I’ve had the displeasure of trying, because it felt heavy on the lips, clung and emphasized every lip line I had, and then the color flaked off as it cracked when I tried to move my lips. It was very pigmented, and I had no trouble applying an even layer of product before it dried down, but it looked awful on. It wore terribly, as it flaked away just by talking, and it faded significantly faster from the center of the mouth–noticeable after five hours. The formula was also painfully drying. KVD Beauty Plath (LE, $20.00) is brighter (85% similar). Tarte Sis (P, $20.00) is brighter (85% similar). Tom Ford Beauty Ben (P, $36.00) is cooler, glossier (85% similar). NARS Bondage (LE, $27.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). ColourPop Chilly Chili (LE, $6.50) is more muted (90% similar). Charlotte Tilbury So 90s (was Birkin Brown) (P, $37.00) is warmer (90% similar). NARS Somebody to Love (P, $26.00) is lighter (85% similar). Milani I Am Positive (P, $6.99) is darker, glossier (85% similar). Pat McGrath Spellbound (P, $30.00) is lighter (85% similar). ColourPop Vignette (P, $10.00) is darker, warmer, glossier (85% similar). Pat McGrath Flesh 3 (P, $30.00) is darker (85% similar). ColourPop Brick (LE, $10.00) is brighter, glossier (85% similar). Anastasia Rock Sand (P, $20.00) is lighter (85% similar). Tom Ford Beauty Christopher (P, $36.00) is cooler, glossier (85% similar). Tom Ford Beauty In Deep (P, $55.00) is darker, warmer, glossier (85% similar). Anastasia Bittersweet (LE, $20.00) is darker, more muted (85% similar). KVD Beauty Hawkwind (P, $20.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar). ColourPop Kae (LE, $6.50) is warmer (85% similar). ColourPop WYD (DC, $6.50) is lighter (85% similar). Tarte Front Row (P, $20.00) is lighter (80% similar). Top 20 dupes listed, see the rest. See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

Formula Overview

ColourPop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick ($6.00 for 0.11 fl. oz.) is a long-wearing, pigmented lipstick that starts off glossy and dries down quickly to that super flat matte finish. They have minimal transfer with some of the lighter shades having almost none for the first few hours of wear, but any time you’ve had a meal, they lose that transfer-resistant quality to a noticeable degree. They tend to wear anywhere from six to ten hours with darker shades maintaining better color coverage and wear over a longer period of time. Some shades get a little drying about two-thirds to three-fourths through the wear, while a few shades have been fairly non-drying even many hours into wear. They fade away evenly with most color loss occurring from the center of the lips if eating a more oil-based meal but the majority of color survives a meal. Reapplication has been hit or miss and tends to depend on how well it wore away and how easily the shade applies normally, but reapplication tends to emphasize the lip’s natural texture significantly compared to initial application and gives lips a very wrinkled, dried-up look. I’ve layered gloss on top of some shades with moderate success, though it will obviously lose the matte finish and will transfer and I’ll get tiny flakes where the matte lip color has lifted by mixing with gloss but has been pretty minimal. The formula had no discernible taste or scent.

Time Square

LELimited Edition. $6.50.

A-

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

Longevity

Application

90%

Total

Love Bug

DCDiscontinued. $6.50.

D+