Too Faced Melted Clover II Melted Matte Liquified Long Wear Matte Lipstick Review & Swatches
Melted Clover II
Too Faced Melted Clover II Melted Matte Liquified Long Wear Matte Lipstick ($21.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a bright, light-medium pink-coral with warm unde3rtones and a flat, matte finish. It had opaque color payoff in a single layer, which spread evenly and smoothly across my lips for even application. The consistency was thinner but not watery, which made it easy to maneuver the color along the edges of my lips. It dried down within 30 seconds with a transfer-resistant finish that was a touch tacky (but didn’t lift up color) for a half hour or so. The product did pull away at some of my deeper lip lines when I smiled broadly and looked “cracked.” It worew well for six and a half hours and was slightly drying.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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Formula Overview
$21.00/0.23 oz. - $91.30 Per Ounce
It is supposed to apply like a gloss but dry to “an ultra-matte, opaque finish” that is “never dry, shriveled, or cracked” that should “last for hours.” Most of the shades are unforgiving once they dry down and emphasize lip lines, look “cracked” if you smile, though they feel lighter-weight than they look.
It’s one of the more unflattering liquid lipsticks I have tried as many shades highlighted lip lines, and while the lipstick itself wasn’t extremely clingy, there was a dryness present there that, at times, made my lips tingle/ache.
For me, the wear was between four and six hours, as a lot of the shades faded unevenly and were faster to breakdown than the average liquid lipstick. The formula is thin, more water-like (reminded me of ColourPop’s formula but sometimes thinner) with a fairly quick dry-down time.
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Ingredients
The moment I saw this, I was instantly reminded of my long neglected tube of CP Chandelier! Difference being that Chandelier isn’t drying at all on me.
Pretty color just looks too dry.
I’m a fan of coral lips, but not matte coral lips. It looks kind of dated to me 🙁
Way too cutesy for me. I understand that I lot of people like cute packaging, and sometimes I do, too, but this one just goes way too far for my taste.
This is stand-alone, not part of the four-set, right?
Yep!