Velvet Lippie – the one that lied
Absolute New York is a new brand to me. When the buttery lip clean arrived in my Glossybox, I was expecting something similar to the LASplash lipsticks.
It looks similar in packaging and colour. This Velvet Lippie brags about it’s pigmentation as well as it’s ability to glide over the lips then dry to a matte finish.
I’m not sure if you can tell by the tone of this review – butttttttttttt it’s not great.
The colour, I love. But the application is not something I would describe as ‘glides on’.
It’s more that it smears on to an uneven, blobby mess then you have to pat it down to get rid of the streaks.
The shade I have, which is in Rumba, applies lighter than it looks in the tube.
To be honest, I feel a bit meh about this. I’d avoid if if I were you.
There’s much better lip products out there than this. As you can see from the photos below, there’s hardly anything on my lips!
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12 Comments
Darina
What a pity! Thank you for the review
Jackie Harrison
Great shade is settle but pretty.
kate sullivan
I had the exact same thoughts and feelings on this, very meh! x
Matea
Too bad it ended up being a disappointment 🙁
Trecee
I have one of these and I hate it! you should try out this brands 5 pan eyeshadows though. They are so nicely pigmented.
Great post.
Trecee
Katie
I’ve never heard of this brand before, but from what you & other commenters have said it doesn’t sound like one I’ll be wanting to try out! What a shame.
Katie // Words By Katie
LauraDaisyChain
Gorgeous colour, what a shame that’s all it has going for it! xx
Shireen L. Platt
This lip cream has been appearing in TONS of beauty box subscriptions but thankfully, I have not gotten it yet. Knock on wood! Must say the shade looks great on you, Corinne.
Oksana Zolotukhina
Fabulous review. Loved your detailed post. Thanks for sharing Corinne))
Akaleistar
What a bummer!
Whitney
I got this product as well, by itself it’s a bit meh but I use it with other lip paints and it works wonders.
Katie Cupcake Life With ME
I don’t mind mine! It doesn’t go patchy on me but the texture is nothing special. It’s definitely no NYX Liquid Suede or Matte Lip Cream! Xx