I brought this in red on my mission to find a long lasting lipstick. Let me just say to start off that I much prefer it to it’s sister lipstick the 24 hour superstay lipstick. The reason for that is this one is quicker to apply being a normal bullet lipstick and it doesn’t flake off strangely like the 24 hour one does. However, like the 24 hour one it does look better if you scrub before reapplying the lipstick, but you can get away with reapplying this one over the previous lipstick.
With comparisons out the way, let’s look at the packaging. Clean white packaging and a bullet lipstick inside. Simple, classy and pretty solid feeling plastic.
Now the product inside when applied gives a decently pigmented lip colour but it does not last 14 hours. If I’m eating and drinking it lasts no longer than any other lipstick. If I’m not I usually get about 4 hours out of it, sometimes slightly more.
The lipstick can be quite drying being a long lasting lip colour and doesn’t always look right if reapplied. But out of the long lasting lipsticks I’ve tried it’s the best I’ve tried so far.
The other thing to note with Maybelline’s long lasting lipsticks is that they are perfumed. It doesn’t bother me, but if you’re not keen on perfumed lips this isn’t the lipstick for you.
This was one of the first lipsticks I ever bought for my collection and time and time again I keep coming back to it.
I have a small array of different lipsticks, drugstore and high-end and so far not one can match the staying power of my Fuchsia Forever without drying out my lips. None of this 2-step lipstick+gloss combo stuff, just put it on and forget about it.
I literally go out for dinner and eat the greasiest food on the menu and I don't even bring it with me to touch up because I KNOW it'll be there just as I'd applied it.
I NEED every other colour of these lippies - I can't fault it!
Tips: Wait until the lipstick sets on your lips before you press them together or you run the risk of the product sticking to itself and going a bit patchy. No lip-liner needed! :D