Sephora Desert Trip, Ice Breaker, Popsicle Lips #Lipstories Lipsticks Review, Photos, Swatches
Desert Trip (39)
Sephora Desert Trip (39) Lipstories Lipstick ($8.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a medium-dark, slightly muted purple with strong, warm pink undertones and a cream finish. The color payoff was nearly opaque, while the texture was lightweight, creamy, and had some slip but enough substance to adhere evenly to lips and stay inside my lines over the four and a half hours it lasted for. There was a touch of product that gathered in my deeper lip lines, but it wasn’t noticeable from a normal viewing distance.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Vinyl Dream (P, $30.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Shiseido Future Shock (215) (P, $26.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Saboteur (Left) (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC Stylist's Tip (LE, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Christian Louboutin Beaute Ronron (P, $90.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Bijou (LE, $7.00) is darker (85% similar).
- ColourPop Sitting Pretty (DC, $10.00) is brighter (85% similar).
- Burberry Lilac (424) (P, $35.00) is lighter, less glossy (85% similar).
- Burberry Brilliant Violet (P, $34.00) is lighter, brighter (85% similar).
- Sephora What's My Secret (05) (P, $13.00) is darker, cooler, glossier (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$8.00/0.14 oz. - $57.14 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be "lightweight" with "full-coverage color in one swipe." The majority of shades were pigmented with semi-opaque to full color payoff in a single layer, as described. The more shimmery shades tended to be a bit sheerer overall, while the mattes and creams were usually closer to opaque in coverage.
The textures were typically creamy, lightweight, and not too thin or too thick on the lips, so they were comfortable to apply and to wear. There were some shades where the color pulled into my deeper lip lines upon application, and it was more or less noticeable just depending on the color and finish of the particular.
Some shades seemed hydrating and others were non-drying. They lasted anywhere from three to over six hours on me. There was a subtle, sweet, fruity scent (I couldn't detect it on, just in the tube), and I haven't noticed any taste after wearing them.
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Ingredients
Octyldodecanol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Polyethylene, Diisostearyl Malate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), Polybutene, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax), Disteardimonium Hectorite, CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), Fragrance, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, BHT.
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.
Desert Trip (39)
PPermanent. $8.00.
Ice Breaker (46)
Sephora Ice Breaker (46) Lipstories Lipstick ($8.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a deep, bluish-purple with cool undertones and fine, blue and purple sparkle and finer pearl. It had semi-opaque pigmentation in a single layer, which did not build up to full coverage. This was likely due to the more emollient, creamy texture that made it comfortable to apply but less stellar with respect to application. This might work better over a matte lipstick as a layering shade than on its own. The lipstick stayed on well for four and a half hours, left a slight purplish stain behind, and was lightly moisturizing.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Moon Landing (LE, $21.00) is less shimmery, less glossy (90% similar).
- MAC Blue Beat (DC, $21.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Technopagan (DC, $18.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented, better quality (90% similar).
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Technopagan (DC, $17.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented, better quality (90% similar).
- KVD Beauty Bruno (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery, lighter, more pigmented (85% similar).
- MAC Matte Royal (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter, less glossy (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Time (LE, $18.00) is lighter (85% similar).
- Smashbox Deep (P, $21.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- KVD Beauty Poe (P, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, less glossy (85% similar).
- Maybelline Midnight Blue (DC, $7.49) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$8.00/0.14 oz. - $57.14 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be "lightweight" with "full-coverage color in one swipe." The majority of shades were pigmented with semi-opaque to full color payoff in a single layer, as described. The more shimmery shades tended to be a bit sheerer overall, while the mattes and creams were usually closer to opaque in coverage.
The textures were typically creamy, lightweight, and not too thin or too thick on the lips, so they were comfortable to apply and to wear. There were some shades where the color pulled into my deeper lip lines upon application, and it was more or less noticeable just depending on the color and finish of the particular.
Some shades seemed hydrating and others were non-drying. They lasted anywhere from three to over six hours on me. There was a subtle, sweet, fruity scent (I couldn't detect it on, just in the tube), and I haven't noticed any taste after wearing them.
Browse all of our Sephora Lipstories Lipstick swatches.
Ingredients
Octyldodecanol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Polyethylene, Diisostearyl Malate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), Polybutene, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax), Disteardimonium Hectorite, CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), Fragrance, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, BHT.
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.
Ice Breaker (46)
PPermanent. $8.00.
Popsicle Lips (28)
Sephora Popsicle Lips (28) Lipstories Lipstick ($8.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a bright, medium cherry red with cool undertones and a glossy finish. It had semi-opaque pigmentation that was translucent in an even way, and frankly, the effect reminded me of lips after having a cherry popsicle as it looked more like a lip stain. The texture was creamy, moderately emollient, but it did not slide around on me nor did it feather (but I’m not prone to feathering myself). The formula was comfortable to wear as it was lightly hydrating over the five hours this shade lasted for (and it did stain slightly).
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Burberry Military Red (305) (P, $34.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Maybelline On Fire Red (DC, $7.99) is cooler (95% similar).
- Givenchy Heroic Red (321) (LE, $36.00) is less glossy (95% similar).
- Guerlain #25 (P, $33.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- L'Oreal Enamel Red (P, $9.99) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC E for Effortless (P, $23.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Spiderweb (DC, $18.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Estee Lauder Noirish (P, $32.00) is lighter, less glossy (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Sonja (LE, $36.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Tony (P, $36.00) is darker, less glossy (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$8.00/0.14 oz. - $57.14 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be "lightweight" with "full-coverage color in one swipe." The majority of shades were pigmented with semi-opaque to full color payoff in a single layer, as described. The more shimmery shades tended to be a bit sheerer overall, while the mattes and creams were usually closer to opaque in coverage.
The textures were typically creamy, lightweight, and not too thin or too thick on the lips, so they were comfortable to apply and to wear. There were some shades where the color pulled into my deeper lip lines upon application, and it was more or less noticeable just depending on the color and finish of the particular.
Some shades seemed hydrating and others were non-drying. They lasted anywhere from three to over six hours on me. There was a subtle, sweet, fruity scent (I couldn't detect it on, just in the tube), and I haven't noticed any taste after wearing them.
Browse all of our Sephora Lipstories Lipstick swatches.
Ingredients
Octyldodecanol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Polyethylene, Diisostearyl Malate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), Polybutene, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax), Disteardimonium Hectorite, CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), Fragrance, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, BHT.
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.
I’ve been eyeing Desert Trip ever since I saw the swatch! If I don’t have a dupe, going on my buy list
Popsicle Lips and Desert Trip look yummy! Especially since I seem to have an affinity for bright, juicy looking lip colors when I’m not wearing a “nude”, mlbb or very deep, vampy lip. And hey, at $8 a pop, these are beyond tempting, as they’re a wonderful deal!
I purchased Desert Trip when these launched and have zero regrets. It has quickly become a favorite of mine!
Putting Popsicle Lips on my wishlist. Does it have a scent or taste?
I’ll have a Popsicle please.