Purchased Myself
I was looking for reviews of this particular lip stain + balm, but there were practically NONE. So I'm making an assumption that this was not a popular color.
Forbidden from a packaging perspective looks it it would be a nice purple-y nude color. It indeed is a nude but on me it leans more purple-y red then anything. This balm would be perfect for Fall and Winter.
I don't know if these are supposed to give you complete color or just a little. I'm a newbie when it comes to lip stains, can you tell?
Forbidden while, it looks dark, only gives the lips a slight hint of color and that is with building it up. I didn't experience any feathering or bleeding with these on the lips, swatching them on the back of my hand is a different story altogether.
This is about 4-5 coats of the lipstain and as you can tell, it just barely tinted my bottom lip. Scent wise, this reminds me of a fruity wine.
The only thing I added was the balm and you can see that it does look more pigmented. So maybe the key is to use the balm with these. The balm itself doesn't have a scent to it that I noticed. I didn't find Forbidden to be drying, the balm does give extra moisture and shine.
With all of that being said, I'm not crazy impressed with these balms. The Lipstain+Balms retail for $7.99 (depending on your region) You can find this particular one on Clearance at CVS though for under $3.
Thanks for this I have been eyeballing them, but will pass :D
ReplyDeletealso I am very jelly of your lips...lol i have almost no lips
ReplyDeleteOh lord girl you're too nice! Sometimes I hate my lips lol. I have to avoid lip plumpers or I look like a monkey. I've got another one that I'm going to review, but it's going to be kind of like this. In my opinion, these would definitely be a pass.
ReplyDeleteI accidentally bought these before when I was meaning to get the Balm Stains (similar packaging but doesn't have the balm & stain separate) and was not a fan either. I HIGHLY recommend the balm stains though, they are one of my favorite lip products.
ReplyDeletehaha. I LOVE lip plumpers that really the only way I look like i have lips lol
ReplyDeleteI adore the balm stains, these are kind of...meh. They show my lip lines and dry patches like crazy, so the color looks really bad on me.
ReplyDeleteI think it was your review that I saw about Flame. That's going to be my next review, but I totally agree with you. The two that I have just look really bad. D:
ReplyDeleteThe Balm Stains are the ones that I plan on getting next. The only reason that I picked this one and the other one that I plan on reviewing this week is because they were on clearance. For around $3 I couldn't deny them. Well, I probably should have actually. The balm stains look amazing though and right up my alley
ReplyDeleteI tried these a while back and was not super impressed. I think they are just too dry for me.
ReplyDeleteForbidden wasn't as drying on my as Flame was. My lips were like a bloody desert with that one! I'm going to just skip the entire line and try the Balm Stains
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