I wasn't sure what to make of this Lip Lustre when I first put it on, many months back. I felt like I was smearing semi-melted red-coloured butter on my lips.
Wait. I'm not trying to be funny here because it really is like butter and to add to that quirkiness, this one, called Type A, has lychee flavour. It was a weird combination, a red lip colour that tasted like lychee........who would have thought, says this girl who grew up eating many a lychee.
The scent/flavour is quite present. I recognise the lychee-ness but at times, I thought I also tasted iron. It could have been the visual effect adding to that impression - red - blood - or it could have been the overall combination scent from the whole concoction plus the lychee flavour. I don't know. I'm just saying.
There were many other Lip Lustre shades with other 'interesting' scents/flavours but I know that after I bought this Lip Lustre, Fyrinnae did bring the scent/flavour down to a minimum. So, that scent-/lychee-factor became irrelevant.
I admit my tube was left neglected in my drawer but recently, I have found myself reaching out for it quite often. I didn't dislike it before. It was just strange, nothing more. This time around though, I've grown to love it!
Sigh, love. So what if I love it now. It's too late. Fyrinnae no longer makes these. It no longer sells Lip Lustres, haven't for months. I have a strange feeling that they will never bring these back but hey, Fyrinnae, on the off chance that you read this, please don't let my pessimism deter you from (thinking of) resurrecting these Lip Lustres. I'm just saying.
The scent/flavour is quite present. I recognise the lychee-ness but at times, I thought I also tasted iron. It could have been the visual effect adding to that impression - red - blood - or it could have been the overall combination scent from the whole concoction plus the lychee flavour. I don't know. I'm just saying.
There were many other Lip Lustre shades with other 'interesting' scents/flavours but I know that after I bought this Lip Lustre, Fyrinnae did bring the scent/flavour down to a minimum. So, that scent-/lychee-factor became irrelevant.
I admit my tube was left neglected in my drawer but recently, I have found myself reaching out for it quite often. I didn't dislike it before. It was just strange, nothing more. This time around though, I've grown to love it!
Sigh, love. So what if I love it now. It's too late. Fyrinnae no longer makes these. It no longer sells Lip Lustres, haven't for months. I have a strange feeling that they will never bring these back but hey, Fyrinnae, on the off chance that you read this, please don't let my pessimism deter you from (thinking of) resurrecting these Lip Lustres. I'm just saying.
I can only talk about Type A, which Fyrinnae described as a shimmery, rich garnet red and with the consistency of softened butter. The finish is metallic-y.
The Downside:
• Emphasises every fault - every bit of dry skin, every crease, line and wrinkle on the lips is highlighted due to the metallic finish. I wouldn't apply it on chapped lips (not on lips with even the slightest hint of dehydration, no-no!) .
• Bleeds slightly. It helps a bit to line and colour in the lips with a lip liner first (not done in these lip photos).
• Lasts only three hours max on the lips.
The Upside:
• So very moisturising! It melds with the lips.
• Not sticky, just slippery.
• Pigment-rich.
• Metallic red looks really cool on the lips, methinks.
• Fades evenly. The buttery formula provides a lot of slip, so I just need to purse my lips to even the colour out, if needed.
• Affordable. It was only USD4.50 for a 5.8ml tube and USD2.50 for a 3.0ml sample tube (I've been kicking myself for getting only ONE tube, a sample at that!).
Even though it's pointless, I'd just like to complete the picture by providing its list of ingredients:
Mango Seed Butter, Jojoba Oil, Mica, Caprylic/Capric/Stearic Glycerides, Babassu Seed Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, Candelilla Wax, Iron Oxides, Vitamin E (as a natural oil preservative), Flavor (lip-safe fragrance).
May contain: Titanium Dioxide, Tin Oxide, Manganese Violet, Synthetic Flurophogopite, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate.
The Downside:
• Emphasises every fault - every bit of dry skin, every crease, line and wrinkle on the lips is highlighted due to the metallic finish. I wouldn't apply it on chapped lips (not on lips with even the slightest hint of dehydration, no-no!) .
• Bleeds slightly. It helps a bit to line and colour in the lips with a lip liner first (not done in these lip photos).
• Lasts only three hours max on the lips.
The Upside:
• So very moisturising! It melds with the lips.
• Not sticky, just slippery.
• Pigment-rich.
• Metallic red looks really cool on the lips, methinks.
• Fades evenly. The buttery formula provides a lot of slip, so I just need to purse my lips to even the colour out, if needed.
• Affordable. It was only USD4.50 for a 5.8ml tube and USD2.50 for a 3.0ml sample tube (I've been kicking myself for getting only ONE tube, a sample at that!).
Even though it's pointless, I'd just like to complete the picture by providing its list of ingredients:
Mango Seed Butter, Jojoba Oil, Mica, Caprylic/Capric/Stearic Glycerides, Babassu Seed Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, Candelilla Wax, Iron Oxides, Vitamin E (as a natural oil preservative), Flavor (lip-safe fragrance).
May contain: Titanium Dioxide, Tin Oxide, Manganese Violet, Synthetic Flurophogopite, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate.
I promise to use up every drop of Type A in my tube.
And then, I mourn.
Update 15 October 2011
The Lip Lustres are back! Fyrinnae has announced that the Lip Lustres will be available in tubes of a larger size and that some colours have been reformulated. For more information, do check out their webpage on the Lip Lustres. Many thanks to the anonymous reader who alerted me to this.
You can still check Fyrinnae out. In case you didn't know already, it's indie, its cosmetics are vegan and it makes awesome eyeshadows, among other things.
Fyrinnae website
The site is sometimes inaccessible. If so, try again later. It comes back up eventually.
And then, I mourn.
Update 15 October 2011
The Lip Lustres are back! Fyrinnae has announced that the Lip Lustres will be available in tubes of a larger size and that some colours have been reformulated. For more information, do check out their webpage on the Lip Lustres. Many thanks to the anonymous reader who alerted me to this.
You can still check Fyrinnae out. In case you didn't know already, it's indie, its cosmetics are vegan and it makes awesome eyeshadows, among other things.
Fyrinnae website
The site is sometimes inaccessible. If so, try again later. It comes back up eventually.
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