Wow, I've been gone forever! But this was not my will, but rather the effect of a full schedule. ANYWAYS...
I'd always had a sort of disdain for Wet n Wild's products. First off is the name - is that supposed to advertise the makeup or the fun you'll have while wearing it? Second is the price. I'm all for low priced lipstick, but two dollar stuff is pretty cheap, and the quality sounds low. Combined with the not very nice packaging, I wasn't intending to get anything by Wet n Wild. Somehow, one of these ended up in my possession, and I'm not totally sure why. Anyways, this was my first bright lipstick ever that I got when I was about 14.
The packaging on this product is abysmal. First off, it doesn't screw down all the way (I HATE that) so I'm always nicking the too and it's hard to do it in a car or airplane. Second, the top is clear plastic. And originally, before I had a lipstick with a clear cap, it didn't sound so bad. But when I got it, I realized how bad it was. It looks cheap, and there's a big risk of the cap just splitting. Though it means you can see the color, there are very few lipsticks that can pull off a clear cap without looking like terrible quality. It bothers me way more than I thought it would. So that's a big negative point.
Now we get to the color. It's a bright pink that could be described as fuchsia. What I do like is that as fgyou can see in the picture, there is definitely a shimmer glow to the lipstick. Even more awesome, that dimension definitely translates to the lips. They don't look sparkly, but just more...dimensional, I guess? It's very cool. Thumbs up on the color and full pigmentation.
Now we get to the formula. The real make it or break it of all cosmetic products. And the breakdown is: I've seen worse. But it still is not a great formula. It has the cons of a moisturizing lipstick - doesn't last long, can be too shiny, comes off on everything, but it doesn't actually moisturize. It isn't drying, but for real moisture put on a real balm and glug some water. It's thin, which is pretty nice, but as you can see in the pictures, talking rubs away the thin formula quickly.
Bare lips
I put this lipstick on in the morning, with a balm underneath. It doesn't feel like anything special, but the bullet felt ever so slightly harder than other ones. I don't have to push for pigmentation, but it's not a soft lipstick. For the rest of the day, with several reapplications, it faded, then was reapplied, then faded and reapplied again. Throughout this process, I didn't put on the balm again, and my lips didn't dry up in the sun either. But I did have to reapply. Overall, I would say this is a fine lipstick when you want to go out on an errand or shop or go to a carnival or whatever, and it's socially acceptable to put on makeup at random points in the other day. I wouldn't recommend this for class or work, where you talk and eat with rarely a chance to go reapply privately.
Three hours after initial application
Overall score:
Happy Collecting!
Love,
The Lipstick Collector
