Oh hey, I come bearing something that isn't a question for once!
That something is
the best cheap lipstick I've ever bought.
It's by Wet N Wild (I know, not the company you think of when you think "decent makeup," but this is an outlier!), and it's called, I believe, MegaLast. Here's a pic of the two shades I have so far:
The lighting in this pic is shit--the left one (Red Velvet) is more of a bright firetruck red, and the right one (Sugar Plum Fairy) is more of a vivid mauve-y pink.
And of course, since you can't always trust what the stick itself looks like in my experience, here are some swatches!
Here they are smeared on my arm. (Ignore the part that looks like a bruise--it's just half-washed-off Sharpie from where I wrote a note to myself a few days back.
And ignore the fact that my arms are gross and hairy, too.)
And here they are actually being worn! (It's worth noting that Red Velvet is much more vibrantly red in real life--the swatch is actually more accurate than the lip pic, in this case, because as I've said elsewhere, the lighting in my room is shit and kind of gives everything a weird yellowish cast. Sugar Plum Fairy pretty much is that same pink-purple shade in person, though.)
They last a damn long time, too. (Well, Red Velvet does at least--I only just got Sugar Plum Fairy yesterday so I haven't had much chance to wear it out yet!) Obviously they rub off a bit when you're eating or drinking, but I tend to have that problem with lipstick in general. And they have a nice smooth, creamy texture to them, which is really nice.
Best part? They're
cheap. I got mine at CVS, and I think they're somewhere around $2.50 there. Not sure about prices elsewhere but I doubt they even go above four bucks anywhere.
I don't have any real experience with really high-quality fancy makeup, so I've no real basis for comparison, but as it stands, I'm kind of in love. <3
