I am still torn on this product because it is really great but it makes some pretty lofty promises that it doesn’t 100% hold up too.
I wanted to trial a dark shade to really put it through its paces and the colour did not disappoint. The shade Royal is super rich and pigmented and goes on extremely opaque - no streaks at all.
The texture feels nice when applying, really smooth, but it quickly gets tacky if you put too much on. So you have to get it on fast and just one coat. It’s deceptive because it goes on glossy so feels like it will be more forgiving! The wand is quite big which is ok but you need to be confident when going in for clean lines with the dark shade. It dries with a pretty matte feel.
Once it dries things are interesting.. I would not consider this high gloss or vinyl once it dries. It’s certainly not matte, and I like it! But I’d hoped for a miracle with more shine.
Now the most important bit - the staying power!! I was pretty impressed! It does not smudge BUT it does come off from the inner lips with eating. Now to be fair I REALLY put it to the test and day one and ate ramen noodle soup! So yeah unfortunately no miracle and I was left with rather dark liner that truely wouldn’t budge! I couldn’t get it off!!
The next day I ate more reasonably for lipstick but still I did loose a bit on the inner lips over time.
Over-all that loss with eating is my only negative. It stays on incredibly well when not eating and I would say if you ate more politely than I did you might get 16 hours out of it - my lip line certainly did!
I’ll definitely keep using it and I’m keen to try a lighter shade!
Wow this stays on just like it says it will! Super bright, long lasting but a bit sticky. Definitely would still use it again.
Tips: I did a coat, left it to dry out a bit then did anithdr coat. This made the look a lot fuller and brighter.