Hello! Today I'm reviewing the Anastasia Beverly Hills lip gloss in "Papaya."
Wear time: 3 hours
Papaya is (taken from ABH website)
:
"Vivid reddish orange"; $16 (in stock)
Claims (taken from ABH website)
:
An opaque, high-shine lip color. Use Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Gloss’ flat sponge-tip applicator to deliver intense pigment with precision for an expert finish in a single swipe.
Delivers?: Yeah, very vivid color and stays shiny enough. Not sticky at all. Also not drying in the least, leaves my lips very moisturized!
Scent?:
Hell yeah. It literally smells like birthday cake flavor which I personally love omg. But the scent actually disappears the second you apply it (slightly disappoint ngl).
Transfer-proof?:
Nope. It's a lip gloss, not a lipstick after all.
Ingredients (taken from Ulta website)
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Polybutene, Triisodecyl Trimellitate, Mineral Oil/Paraffinum Liquidum/Huile Minerale, Mica, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Octyldodecanol, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Propylparaben, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance/Parfum. May Contain: Red 6 (CI 15850), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Red 22 Lake (CI 45380), Red 27 Lake (CI 45410), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
Freshly applied:
1 hour of wear time:
~3 hours of wear time (I live in darkness at 5:00PM):
But did it survive mushroom, shrimp and rice?!
Kinda.
Thoughts:
- This lip gloss is crazy opaque. I don't wear lip liner or lipstick or anything like that under this, and this level of opacity is what I would expect from a liquid lipstick (although I'd say the color looks more coral to me?).
- It's not sticky or goopy at all.
- It smells nice and the smell entirely disappears upon application.
- The price is affordable (especially since I got this for $8 during Macy's Black Friday sale heh).
As you can see, the inside part of my lips has started to fade away. I'm honestly not much of a lip gloss user because I never thought it'd be my type (turns out I like it) so I don't know how long lip gloss normally lasts - but I think 3 hours for this little bit of wear is really quite nice. I don't know anyone who would look that closely to notice it and as you can see, it fades subtly. To be fair, all I did was sit at home, chatter on Skype nonstop, and eat my dinner for the whole 3 hours, though. But to be fair, that's how my everyday life goes.
Also, I'm sorry for the progressively shitty camera quality. I wanted to keep the lighting as natural as possible because the light bulb in my room has a very very yellow tint to it for some reason.
Repurchase it?: Yea, I actually like this a lot. I might pick up another color? Maybe? We'll see.
Where to buy:
Anastasia Beverly Hills website - $16 |
free standard shipping $25+
ULTA website (don't sell Papaya but their shade range there is still quite big) - $16 |
free standard shipping $50+
Sephora website (also don't sell Papaya but have many shades) - $16 |
free standard shipping $50+
Macy's website (no Papaya but many shades) - $16 |
free standard shipping
Note: Shipping and prices are accurate to time of posting.
makeup
- no primer
- Klairs x Merry Between BB Cushion Compact
- Tarte Shape Tape Contour Concealer #Light
- MAC Select Sheer/Pressed Powder #NC20
- e.l.f. Matte Blush Duos #Rosy Flush (peach shade)
- essence Long Lasting Eye Pencil #18 Berry Merry
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Gloss #Papaya
