white tea & plum roses

The past week has been busy, tying up knots to previous obligations and making decisions to close another chapter of my life. Still getting things sorted but 2015 should be going with a nice start. January is already half over, hopefully everyone is doing great so far!

As a girl with way too many lip products and only one pair of lips, I've been trying to cut down on buying lipsticks. It proves difficult every year to finish the lipsticks that I already have. However, as you can see from the post title, I got another one.

Today, I'll be talking about TheFaceShop's Artist Touch Lipstick-Creamy Matte #BR801. It is one of the more nude colours compared to a lot of their other bright colours. To be honest, I find that thefaceshop doesn't have enough colour variety when it comes to their lipsticks. A lot of them tend to be on the lighter side so it's hard to get a good deep burgundy or even a deep rouge. Either way, I picked up this corally nude colour instead. As the package indicates, it's a matte lipstick with a creamy texture. Packaging-wise, it's very similar to MAC's lipsticks.

Product description and ingredient list.

While the pigmentation of the TheFaceShop lipstick seems very pigmented compared to their other finishes in the same line, the Etude House Dear My Wish line is much more pigmented and creamy. It takes my Etude House lipstick only two (or sometimes even one) strokes to achieve the colour payoff of maybe 3~4 strokes of the TheFaceShop one. Of course, the Etude House lipstick is more orange/pink and not as nudey brown as the TheFaceShop lipstick but at least it's not as drying. I've tried applying my Etude House Jelly Lips Talk lipstick before applying this lipstick and it comes off a bit better but colour payoff obviously isn't as high as just using the lipstick alone. It just felt like the colour wouldn't adhere to my lips on top of the other lipstick.

In terms of durability, it's not too long-lasting. It has no tinting properties so when you drink something or eat something, 75% of the colour comes off. Reapplying every two to three hours will be inevitable for this kind of lipstick.

Overall, I'm really sad about this lipstick because I really liked the colour of it. It's really unfortunate how drying it is on my lips. I'll most likely still use this lipstick because I love the colour but I'll definitely have to be diligent in checking if my lips are looking human if I do. If you would prefer something less drying, the Moisture and the Glossy finishes of the Artist Touch lipsticks aren't bad and they also have similar nude colours with less powdery finish thus not as dry. I personally prefer the Moisture > Glossy > Creamy Matte.

Pros:
- A really nice nude colour
- The colour is true to the swatch mostly

Cons:
- Extremely drying
- Accentuates dry lips
- Not long-lasting