Maybelline Superstay Matte Lip Ink Review

I am loving the look of the entire Maybelline Superstay range. The packaging is all sleek and minimalistic, but still managing to be pretty and feminine at the sametime. My shade of choice was "Lover", it is a very pretty "blue based" natural pink. It is quite neutral, but doesn't look washed out. Just the right amount of colour pop. The formula is creamy, with intense pigmentation. It has a real yummy vanilla fragrance. The smooth, creamy formulation gives you a beautiful rich colour. The applicator is an almond shaped, so you can sweep over for alot of coverage or you can just use the pointy tip for a more precise accurate application. I tend to stay away from matte lip colours because I have found them chalky and aging. But recently I have begun to admire and lust over the nude matte lip look that Kylie Jenner has made popular. I am excited to say that this product has converted me. It is so comfortable to wear, no dry crusty wrinkly lips! The colour stays put through numerous cups of coffee and glasses of wine. The applicator makes it so easy to apply without a lip brush. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how this product looks and feels! It is now becoming my signature lippy!

I have NEVER had any luck with matte liquid lipsticks. I've tried brand after brand, from the reasonably priced to the frankly, obscenely priced, to no avail. All I'm left with is dry, flakey pigment. But only on the outer lip. The centre, more 'wet' part - no colour at all.

So I confess. My expectations were low for the Maybelline Lip Ink.

It comes in a standard tube, I'm not a huge fan of the white - white plastic always looks a little cheap (gosh who's in a snarky mood...). Upon opening I immediately noticed the scent - sweet and delicious.

The applicator is different to others - its arrow shaped and has a hole in the centre. The liquid is noticeably sticky when pulling from the tube.

Application was the easiest liquid lipstick application ever. I used the narrow side to colour my top lip and used the fatter, flatter side for the centre and lower lip. Coverage was even and didn't need a second pass (which is always where you smudge right?)

The product was 'set' in under a minute, I don't want to use the word dry, as it wasn't dry. My lips didn't feel encased in a stiff clay mask like with other liquid lipsticks.

The colour I chose was Dreamer. Its a pinky nude and honestly just stunning!

This is definitely a superstay product. When I walked in after a days work it was still in place! It even survived eating a burger! I'm obsessed with wearing it, usually I bail on lipstick halfway through the day!

I can not wait to try other shades from the range!

Confession time! I love matte lipsticks mainly because... i’m lazy! I can’t be bothered doing the top up every 5 minutes so me and gloss just don’t talk at all.

Trouble is with many liquid lip paints/sticks you get that ‘bah bah bah’ feeling when you rub your lips together, you know when they’re super dry (a bit like the roof of your mouth the next morning after too much wine!), so I set out to give this baby the ‘bah bah’ test.

I chose the colour “dreamer” which is a lovely nude pinky shade. The product has a sponge applicator which I liked (rather than a brush) and one dip gave good coverage and it went on really easily.

It dries in about 60 seconds and, here’s the crunch... (wait for it), it literally didn’t come off for 8 hours! I am NOT kidding you! No fade from the edge of your lips leaving you with a bath like ring around your mouth. I gymed, it lunched it, and drank coke’d it and it didn’t budge much from the initial application!!

What is this witchery?

And did it pass the ‘bah bah bah’ test? (Actually i’ve got it on as i’m reviewing it). You betcha it did! So it’s a big fat 5 from me!

I grabbed a few of these in a sale and I also did something I totally never do which is stray from colours similar to my natural lip colour.

I grabbed romantic and dreamer. Two quite decent sized tubes that will last me a while.

I am absolutely in love with dreamer it’s a really pinky lilac colour and somehow still has quite a natural look to it. It suited a nail polish I picked up in the vault by o.p.i perfectly. I was surprised it suited me without making me resemble a corpse or making my teeth look super yellow. Then Romantic is quite a bright pink.. probably my latter favourite of the two but still nice to try new things.

I am a huge fan of lip stains and I wouldn’t totally describe this as a stain or ink more a paint. But it’s very effective!! It has a wand that you paint the “ink” on with. It creates a paint like coating on your lips and it does dry matte.

Agree it is slightly sticky but not terribly worse than some other lipsticks.

The real positive comes from it’s staying power. I actually brushed my lips with tooth paste and brush to see if this would move when testing the colour and it didn’t budge. It stayed for hours. Applied in the morning and didn’t reapply, and it was still on my lips at 7pm. It had slightly worn on the inside but with lips pressed it was still good looking so I almost have to say if your worried check the inner lip application occasionally.

Also applied to my toddler who loooves makeup and it lasted.. she still had it on the following morning!

Slight taste to it almost cherry like.

I used Mac lip prep prior but actually found it stayed better without that.

It is very hard to remove due to its super staying power but I found wiping off with a baby wipe worked quite well. I don’t wear these often but was nice to have the dreamer colour to use with my matching polish and new maybelline palette on Christmas.

Will probably by another colour or two from the range eventually.

After hunting for a particular shade for weeks, I found it and it is just perfect. It really stays (in fact the only negative is trying to get it off) and the colour remains vibrant without drying your lips.

Love the way the wand applies the color to the lips, makes it very easy to apply. Unfortunately half way through the day it gets tacky and does not feel the best . It seemed to last most of the day even in its sticky state! I liked the pink shade l chose , and it seemed to have agood coverage and pigments. But would only ,buy it on sale if purchasing again.

This lipstick is the longest lasting liquid lipstick I've ever tried! Usually lipsticks wear off for my by morning tea time, even the ones that claim to be long lasting never seem to stay put. This stuff really is like ink. The formula is creamy and very pigmented, you only need one swipe for great colour pay off. It dries down to a matte finish and once it's dried it's not going anywhere! It lasts me all day from around 7am to 6pm during the working week. Occasionally I need a wee touch up after eating but most of the time I don't need to worry about it. The only down side is that they do dry my lips out so I make sure to use a good lip treatment at night or sometimes I'll pop a balm over the top if they get really dry.

I bought the shade "seductress" as I was looking for a good nude matte. This definitely is a great nude for me. It is matte. It does go on well- the applicator has a little hole/reservoir in the middle to hold more product which makes it good to apply without constantly going back to the tube. It stays really well once dried down (mostly), is transfer/kiss-proof for me, and can withstand a small amount of non-greasy eating.

For me, the downsides are that it takes an age to dry down, so you have to pull a face like an amazed fish for far too long, and even when dry, it's still sticky. The stickiness annoys me because it sticks to itself, and then becomes patchy at the water line as it drags itself off your lips.

The stickiness you can sort of fix by either applying a gloss, or gently brushing a little translucent powder- but then it's either not matte, or quite drying. I probably won't buy it again when I pan it, I think there are others which are better and cheaper, but I will use it to match the colour to.

This liquid lipstick is both great and terrible because once you apply it it is quite literally impossible to remove. You can eat and drink and do anything and it won’t budge. But it is really hard to get it off once you want to remove it. It’s also a very moisturising formula so it doesn’t really dry down and stays slightly sticky.