MYY! Review – Lipstick Queen Red Sinner

I think it’s safe to say that I have finally stepped outside myy comfort zone in terms of lip color. I had never really been a lip girl until only few months ago that I realized lipstick could change one’s look in a blink of an eye. Giving a touch of smokey effect to your eye makeup is not the only way to transform your look from a daytime to a nighttime wear. Myy life would have been different if I had known this sooner. Well, having chapped lips doesn’t help either. I focused more on what lipbalm to use to tame down the dryness and what gloss to wear to kick it up a notch for a girl’s night out.

Now that I no longer have a second thought in putting on some bright colors on myy lips, I started the journey. THE journey that most girls have to take in their beauty expedition. THE journey to find the perfect prince charming red pout. It ain’t an easy one I must add. It takes months for some. It may even take years for others. Finding the perfect color to complement and enhance our complexion is what it is all about but with these hundreds of different colors, not to mention thousands of brands and various finishes, the expedition often fail.

Remember myy first trip to Mecca Maxima? The main reason I went there was to check out “Lipstick Queen” brand by Poppy King, the lipstick queen herself. As it was not available, I had to go to KIT Cosmetics at MYER.

Every time I go to KIT, I always find a reason to stop and take a peek at Lipstick Queen display simply cause it is unique with the middle ages-inspired packaging and design. The don’t have that many products to offer as what the name suggests, they only produce lip products at least for now.

The basic lipstick line is the “Saint and Sinner” collection. They are two separate collections actually, but the two are supposed to be partners. What gets me excited in this collection is the fact that Poppy seems to give a lot of thought on the pigmentation of the lipstick. It is pretty simple.. Saints Sheer lipstick contains 10% pigment while Sinners Opaque lipstick contains 90% pigment. Now that the choices are there, you just have to make up your mind. Are you a saint or a sinner?

They stick with the basic color range, from Nude to Red. There isn’t much variation, which saves us the pain of having to go through dozens of different shades of nude or pink. Well it can be a plus or a minus but I find the earlier fits myy taste more. I got the “Red Sinner” lipstick which I will be reviewing in a bit.

MYY! INFO

Type: Lipstick
Shade / Color : Red Sinner / Classic orange red
Net Weight: 0.14oz / 4gram
Key Ingredients: Vegetable Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Shea Butter, Beeswax, Jojoba Seed Oil, Silica
Shelf life: 24 months
Made in Canada

Price: AU$33.95 / US$18 / £16.50
Stockists: Australia – KIT Cosmetics, Mecca Cosmetica ; United States – Barneys New York, Space N.K. [click here for more stockists]

“Sinning can be fun because it usually involves some indulgence in something taboo and delicious. So when I indulged my lipsticks with a decadent and reckless amount of pigment they had to be the SINNERS.

 

All pigment no shimmer or frosting. It is positively naughty to get lipstick this opaque, rich and creamy with a matte yet silky finish. But it doesn’t have to be all about your dark side… There are gorgeous pinks, berries, nudes and even a coral to choose from. Lipstick that makes you look so good you can go ahead and be bad!”

 

NOTE: Due to super high content of Shea Butter and pigment in my formula, surface irregularities can occur. Please do not be alarmed. Despite the look it still performs beautifully on the lips! Love Poppy

MYY! REVIEW

Opaque, rich and creamy. Three exact words that I would also use to describe this sinner. There is nothing wrong with rocking bold lip once in awhile and being a lipstick queen that she is, she knows that ‘wearable’ is always a plus! You need not to worry about the word opaque. I can easily wear this for daytime look and while you only need one or two swipes to fill your lips, it can be thinned out or toned down with a dab of gloss. It is not exactly the brightest red out there. I would say Red Sinner is a medium classic red that leans slightly towards orange. It also depends on how pigmented your lips are and what liner you use underneath.

Now let’s talk about performance. Myy biggest concern with lipsticks is how drying they can get and some even highlight myy chapped lips and make the matter worse. That is why I am extremely happy to find this lipstick. It goes on smoothly and super creamy – nothing too creamy like NYX round lipstick tho. I still need to exfoliate beforehand as I would with any lip color.

Having a creamy consistency makes it necessary for me to prime or line myy lips to avoid bleeding. Lipstick Queen has their own Exact Match Lip Liner which is meant to be used with either Saint or Sinner lipstick as it has an exact matching shade. I haven’t tried their liner but I have been using NYX lipliner in Hot Red with this and the color never steps outside the line.

The sales assistant recommended me the liner as it may wear out without it. True.. I find it not super long-lasting BUT lining your lips won’t change that fact. It will add an additional 30minutes tops. While it doesn’t claim to have a great staying power, I am amazed at how it performs. The color was still there in the first two-three hours depending on how many times you “play” with your lips and it slowly started fading in the next hours. That is why it is important to have a lipliner on so there will still be color left from the liner on your lips when the lipstick is almost gone. In the 4th hour, I just needed to apply a lipgloss to even it out. I had to reapply after meal but the color was still there just not as vibrant. In general, you might need to reapply two or three times if you go out or work in the office for 7-8 hours.

The pigmentation is so great as I mentioned earlier, you only need one or two swipes to fill your entire lips and get the color you desire. It doesn’t smell weird.. it barely smells at all as far as I remember so it’s another plus. I can’t really stand flavored lip color, makes me wanna puke somehow.

What about the uniqueness? As I am just starting out with lip color and have yet to try out lots of different brands and colors, I can’t really say much on this area. I would say a creamy yet still long-wearing lipstick is not really something you can easily find in the drugstore cosmetic aisle but I am still in the hunt for one. In comparison to other high-end brands, I would say this goes on slightly creamier than MAC lipstick in amplified formula and it is not drying at all. I swatched Red Sinner side by side with MAC Russian Red and Red Sinner looks slightly more in the coral side and brighter while Russian Red has more blue undertones and is deeper. Both look good on myy NC35 skintone with olive undertone but I would not say either gives me the perfect red pout. One of the two might but only after I have given other red lipsticks a try and comparison.

The packaging is sturdy enough to put in your purse for touch up and the lid stays put. The Lipstick Queen and Poppy King logo are printed on the deep-iris thick plastic container.

Poppy King is an Australian but Lipstick Queen is available worldwide. You can go to lipstickqueen.com (not myystiqueen.com *winks*) and check out their retail stores or counters in department stores in your local area. If they don’t have one in your country, there are some online retailers who ship worldwide. If you are in Australia, you can find Lipstick Queen at KIT cosmetics and you can also get it online at Mecca Cosmetica.

MYY! RATING

Product: 18/20
Uniqueness: 8/10
Packaging: 4/5
Availability: 7/10