I have heard a lot of talk about how Taylor Swift loves Covergirl Lip Perfection lipstick in #305 hot passion, and upon examining photos of her in it, it did look pretty flippin’ good. But I couldn’t help but wonder if at such a bargain price, could it really be THAT great?
Well I bought a tube of it the other day, and you know what? It totally is.
FORMULA:
The formaula is really smooth and creamy and EXTREMELY pigmented. Unbelievably pigmented for a drugstore brand honestly. It went on easily both with a lip brush and straight out of the tube, and had a nice shine that is just short of glossy.
THE COLOR:
The color is really beautiful. It is nuanced in a way that you would expect from a really high end brand. It is a deep, but bright, blue based red with a very strong pink undertone. It looks really nice on my skin (I’m MAC NW15 or MUFE #115 at the moment for reference) but i can see it working really well on most skin tones, really.
Top- MAC Russian Red Middle- CG Hot Passion Bottom- MAC Ruby Woo
Here I have swatched it between MAC Russian Red and MAC Ruby Woo.
Compared to Russian Red it is lighter, bluer, brighter, and has a slightly glossier finish.
Compared to Ruby Woo it is slightly darker, slightly pinker and MUCH glossier.
THE WEAR TIME:
It wore well for about 4 hours without fading. It definitely stains BIG TIME. Some people like this and others hate it. For me it’s a good thing because it helps it wear off more evenly and it still looks like you have lipstick on even after it wears down a bit. The staining is pretty intense though, to the point where I still had a tinge of pink on my lips the next morning.
Here it is swatched on my lips. I applied it straight from the tube and evened out the edges with a brush. I did not use any lip liner in order to show you the true color of the lipstick.
And here is how it looks on. The lighting is god awful and I’m sorry for that…The sun went down and my apartment has terrible lighting. At least you get to see how it looks ON though, I think you can still get the idea.
OK so the best part of all? I ordered it on Amazon Prime (Because I have an Amazon Prime addiction) and it was $5.94 with free shipping. Ah, I love when a fabulous lipstick has a fabulous price to match…it just makes my little heart sing!
You can get it the same way I did ON AMAZON HERE
Or you can check your local drugstore, Target, WalMart Etc. Although I have been looking for it around places like that and it seems to be sold out most of the time.
I Hope you all have safe a FANTASTIC New Years Eve!
<3 you all!
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