Aquarius

Bite Beauty Aquarius Amuse Bouche Lipstick ($26.00 for 0.15 oz.) is a rich, medium-dark purple with strong, warm pink undertones and a satin finish. It was, in fact, quite aptly described by Bite as a "berry plum," as I found myself looking through berry, plum, and purple for dupes and not finding as many as I wanted to find that were that similar.

The texture was dense and firm until it started to warm up against my lips, as the first stroke tugged gently, but as I glided it across my lips, it "melted" and felt creamier and delivered opaque color coverage in a single layer that applied evenly. The consistency of the lipstick was lightly creamy on but had slight tackiness, which helped it adhere for better and longer wear. It seemed to smooth out my lip lines a bit, too, which was nice to see. On me, it wore well for seven hours and was hydrating over time.

Bite has restocked this shade at least once to my knowledge, though I haven't yet to see it stay in stock, but here's hoping that we'll see more restocks.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview, which is a detailed review of the range as a whole.

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