First Impression: ColourPop Cosmetics Ultra Matte Lip Haul + Swatches!

You guys, ColourPop is really taking over the world! Not only are their products super affordable, but equally as amazing! I am a big fan of their shadows and support their expansion into highlighters, blushes, and bronzers.

Their “lippie stix’ and lip pencils have become a staple in my daily makeup routine and I was excited to hear of the launch of their new liquid lipsticks. Twenty-five shades have been released initially and I’m sure more colors will pop up as new collections are announced. I got 12 on launch day to test out before I grabbed any more!

So if you didn’t pay attention to the name of these products, you should take another look: Ultra Matte Lip. And when ColourPop says ‘Ultra Matte’ they MEAN ‘Ultra Matte’. I’d say these are the driest liquid lipsticks that I own. After you apply them, you can feel the formula drying on your lips. It almost reminds me of how a mud mask would dry on my face. It’s not going anywhere until you take it off! 

I only used one coat for most of the swatch photos. I found that two coats of product became gunky (for lack of a better word) and started to flake off on my lips. Most of the colors only needed one coat for full coverage, but a few lacked the pigmentation to get away with a single coat. These culprits were mostly the pinks and corals I purchased: Mars, Ouiji, Highball, and Succulent. Of these four, Ouiji was the most streaky and could have befitted from another coat had it not been so flaky. Mars was patchy and didn’t evenly cover my lips so a lot of my natural lip color peaked through, especially on my top lip.

My absolute favorite color is Limbo. Another favorite is Tulle, but I like Limbo a teeny bit more. I think both of these colors should be a staple in the makeup bag of any beauty lover of color! Both these colors, along with LAX, Lychee, Zipper, Bumble, Solow, and Trap, applied flawlessly. No streaking or patchiness. I only used one coat and I didn’t feel like I needed to add another one.

I was very surprised by the lighter colors and how well they performed! Usually lighter colored liquid lipsticks aren’t pigmented enough to cover my natural lip color, especially in only one coat. I thought Trap did especially well and I’m happy to add it to my ever growing greige lip color collection.

If you are looking to place an order for these liquid lipsticks, I’d definitely steer you towards Limbo and Tulle! Also, any of the other six (LAX, Lychee, Zipper, Bumble, Solow, and Trap) that applied perfectly are great options.

All of these lip colors are permanent additions to the ColourPop line and they will be back in stock on the ColourPop website by the middle of August 2015. Let me know which colors are on your wishlist in the comment below!