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After I tried ABH ‘Heathers’ Liquid Lipstick, I must admit, my expectations were REALLY high for ‘Spicy’. Did it deliver? Read on to find out!
Anastasia Beverly Hills (ABH) started this year off the same exact way they ended 2014. Blogger eyeshadow palette game strong. Individual pan eyeshadow game stronger. Brow game strongest.
Then, in early 2015, they upped their liquid lipstick game, big time. Since liquid lipsticks are now the hottest beauty item to hit stores since contouring products, ABH took their time creating their own formula for their release of the new product. All 20 shades are absolutely beautiful, but I only picked up two to test out before I bought anymore. I reviewed the color ‘Heathers’ here.
I’m going to be very upfront about my opinion of this shade. I did not like it.
It seemed like a COMPLETELY different formula from ‘Heathers’ and that really threw me off the first time I applied it. Instead of applying a clean strip of color across my lips, the applicator painted ‘Spicy’ on sporadically. The color did not cling to my lips and was moved around too easily with a stroke of the applicator wand. Even after two layers, there still seemed to be patchy spots of color all over my bottom lip. Only after I applied a third layer (after the second layer completely dried, about two minutes), did the color really begin to cover my natural lips color.
Overall, I think I put on around four layers to get the coverage I needed. This formula was not at all like ‘Heathers’, where the color glided onto my lips free of patches and only required one stroke to cover most of my lip. I’m not sure how two lipsticks in the same product line could be more different! If only all the colors in the line covered like ‘Heathers’! Alas, the color is really pretty, but I would never wear it out alone. It seems to be too bright for my taste. However, I could see this working in combination with a good brown liner (like MAC Chestnut) to tone it down a bit.
For kicks and giggles, I topped ABH ‘Spicy’ with the LA Girl Glazed Lip Paint in ‘Hot Mess’ for a glossier look. The LA Girl gloss is very pigmented and can be worn alone, but also works well adding a nice shine to matte lip colors. This look would be totally fun for summer if you are brave enough to wear it!
I can already say that this ‘Heathers’ liquid lipstick formula is the best that I have tried thus far. My current liquid lipstick inventory includes Dose of Colors, NYX, and Lime Crime, but as soon as I put on ‘Heathers’, I knew this was the best. Whatever is in that tube is sent from the lipstick gods to be bestowed among the common people! I am really excited to purchase more in the next few weeks. The company has already hinted that additional colors will be released in the coming months so we will have that to look forward to as well. ** Note: Heathers made my teeth look really white in person and on my iPhone 5 camera! However, when I took pictures with my Canon Point-and-Shoot (with a flash), my teeth looked more yellow. My teeth are naturally more white than yellow. Pics below!
Pros:
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Applicator has a fine tip that widens out making for easy application around the edges of your lips if you don’t want to use an extra brush to line your lips.
- Doesn’t tug at your lips upon application.
- Doesn’t dry immediately giving you time to distribute the product across your lips.
- Doesn’t streak across your lips upon application.
- Very opaque.
Cons:
- Doesn’t pass the kiss test. This product will transfer off your lips upon contact!
- Doesn’t last as long as other liquid lipsticks in this category. (ex. Dose of Colors, Lime Crime)
- Comes across as more of a cream than a liquid. (this doesn’t really bother me that much)
- Takes longer to dry on your lips because it is a cream not a fast-drying liquid.
Comparison with Lime Crime Velvetine Colors: Left to right: LC Wicked, ABH Heathers, LC Salem
I know the makeup standard is to only emphasize one or two areas when you apply makeup. Either select eyes and brows and complement with a neutral lip or bold brows and lips and then a neutral eye. Well I threw those rules to the wind today!
I have recently become obsessed with makeup artist Patrick Starr. I’ve been a YouTube subscriber of his channel for about six months, but in the last three or four weeks I have been binge watching his videos. He always refers to himself as “plus size” and therefore adjusts his makeup routine to fit his size. Because of his size and the size of his wigs/turbans, he can pull off a lot of makeup.
Well, I am plus sized as well, so I decided to try the bold everything look as well! Luckily I didn’t turn out looking like a clown! Thank you so much Patrick Starr for inspiring me to create this look with bold brows, dark lips, and smokey eyes.
BRAND NEW Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipcolor in ‘Heathers’ on my lips. You can read my full review of this product here.
You can’t always take a serious selfie!
I wanted to take another crack at my new Melt Cosmetics eyeshadow stack in ‘Dark Matter’ so I used the color ‘Unseen’ all over the lid, in the transition, and even up a little past the crease. This color blends in with my skin tone so I thought it would create a nice canvas and cancel out any darkness. As an actual transition color, I used a smokey purple from the Morphe Brushes 35N Eyeshadow Palette. This all-matte palette has become a lifesaver for me because there are so many essentials colors included. I continued to blend this purple in the transition area and into the crease. In the crease, I blended two additional shadows from the same Morphe palette. Both were cool browns that added a little bit of depth as I began to smoke out the outer corner of the crease. Then, on the outer corner of the eyelid, I used ‘Enigma’ from ‘Dark Matter’ to add a bit more color. On the bottom lash line, I blended out a black Buxom liner pencil with a little bit of the color ‘Dark Matter’ from Melt near the outer corner. As I came towards the inner corner, I used ‘Enigma’ again. Lastly, I added a bit of shimmer (‘Bella Gold’ eyeshadow by Milani Cosmetics) in the inner corner to contrast with the all-matte look.
Brows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz ‘Dark Brown’, DipBrow in ‘Dark Brown’
Foundation: Estee Lauder Double Wear 6W1 Sandalwood
Lashes: Stardell SF 600
Mascara: Great Lash Maybelline
Under Eye Concealer: NYX Cosmetics HD Concealer #7 Face Highlight: MAC MSF ‘Gold Deposit’
Contour: Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick #10
Bronzer: Black Radiance Mineral Blush ‘Toasted Almond’
Blush: MAC ‘Hot Nights’
