Wow, my laptop FINALLY arrived through my door about half an hour ago – yes, it was supposed to arrive on Friday but it didn’t. It came on Tuesday, after about 50 calls from me to them and A LOT of stress. I think I will be writing a letter of complaint but right now I’m just soooo happy to have it back, and anyway there are more pressing matters at hand; like my long awaited Bloom Lip Stain review!
Application
To apply these felt tip lip stains, Bloom advise you to outline and fill your lips in with the product. This does work, but it also applies the product quite strongly – what I found worked best was to do a swipe in the center of the bottom lip, and as the product is quite liquid I quickly rubbed my lips together and used my finger to blend it out evenly over both lips. This provided a gorgeous flush of colour to your lips without looking too severe, which you can then easily build to whatever you desired colour depth is!
in Peach – lightly applied
in Peach – heavily applied
in Cinnamon – lightly applied
in Cinnamon – heavily applied
Verdict
Love it. It does take some getting used to, and you have to realise its limitations but once you do, it is a great little lip product! Applying it the way I described above looked so pretty, and definitely the sort of look I would hope to achieve with a stain. One of my biggest complaints with stains in general is that they adhere patchily to dry skin on your lips, giving your lips an uneven cover of colour. But with this stain I didn’t have this problem. Yes, it wasn’t exactly the same as a blanket on monotone colour like a lipstick is, but it just looked like how I’d always imagined good stains to look on the lips; like a sheer wash of colour delicately over the lips.
As I mentioned, there are limitations with this product, one being it’s lasting power. Unlike most stains, it doesn’t actually last that long – not what you’d usually expect with a stain atleast, although I must add still a remarkable length of time! Probably the same amount of time as most matte lipsticks, possibly even slightly less (MAC lipsticks suddenly sprang to mind). This didn’t really bother me as reapplying was easy, thanks to the way it doesn’t cling onto dry skin so you can easily add more as if starting from a clean slate due to your lips remaining so smooth and supple still. But if you’re looking for something that lasts through everything; eating, drinking, smoking, kissing, this probably isn’t it. It can start to disappear after food and drinks won’t help either. On the plus side to that, it doesn’t dry your lips out too severely while it’s disappearing, and if it does, you can do what I did and add some lip balm on top! I found adding some balm literally transformed the look of the stain from a matte product to a gorgeous liquid lipstick! It was amazing, the colour just ‘popped’ out. I imagine the results would be even more startling with a gloss on top!
So unless you can’t tell already, to say I’m pleased with this product is a staggering understatement! It has taken prized place as my new lip product of choice (till I get bored, anyway!), love love LOVE it. I initially thought I’d prefer the Peach to the Cinnamon, but now after wearing I actually think I prefer the Cinnamon! Strange considering brown lippy is really not my bag. Let me know what you guys think!
Much love,
Lx
