MAC Longwear Lipstick in "Studded Kiss"

Sorry for the long hiatus. Betting my luck on deep hue like MAC "Studded Kiss"; a ravish burgundy shade in warmer tone.

It's spring already. But who cares if I wear deep shade like this gorgeous burgundy in a sunshiny Spring day? Contrary to its cooler version in MAC "Diva", MAC "Studded Kiss" is leaning to warmer tone with hint of brown. The bullet color looks deeper than the swatch (the bullet color in real life is much darker) but it's not considered as "goth" regardless of the deeper hue it has. "Studded Kiss" is a warm burgundy with opaque pigmentation and moisturizing-matte finish; not drying out your lips, just perfectly matte.

MAC described it as 'Matte' finish but for me the texture of "Studded Kiss" is more likely comfort-matte with adequate moisturizing agents. It glides well, covering lip with opaque pigmentation, and won't accentuate dry lines nor create messy flakes. Swipe 2 times to reach full intensity.

It has subtle vanilla scent but the scent won't transfer upon application. Lasting power up to 4-6 hours but normally starts to smear off after decent meal. Another dupe comes from MAC "Diva" (the cooler version) and MAC Media (more intense-deeper than Diva).

PHOTOS

Just like typical MAC Longwear bullet-type lipstick, the bullet comes in a slanted-pointy tip as seen below. The product comes in nett 3 g and retailed for IDR 285.000 (tbh, I don't know the current counter price, since I bought it from someone's personal stash with more cheaper tag).

MAC "Studded Kiss"

SWATCH

As far as I can remember, "Studded Kiss' glides perfectly even in my dry-est lip condition, this burgundy shade works from the fairest skin-tone to darker tones. Take a look carefully in my face swatch below (look at my dark circle, hahaha, no) and you may notice that the shade around the lip lines is less tense; you may need lip brush or similar lip liner shade to outline your lip line and reach more defined lips.

I've been enjoying deep shade like "Studded Kiss" and unexpectedly it works on my conservative-corporate office environment. It turns out office-appropriate if you pair it with defined or cat-winged style, but keep in your mind to let your lips do the talking and let the rest of your face more simple.

MAC "Studded Kiss" || IDR 285.000

Meet Mrs. Brown and Mrs. MAC

Spring is in the Air~!

Ahh...I love the breeziness of Spring's air, even though I'm not having Spring season, the intenseness of spring's flowers, and also the celebration to wear mind-blowing colors.

I was in this situation where I got a free shopping voucher from my former employer: but I had no idea what should I buy. Something across my mind swooshes and gives me inspiration for celebrating spring's sugary bursts of colors: I started it from make up. It takes less effort to put 'eye catching ' statement especially around your face, so I make it to my lips! Once Mrs. Bobby Brown says: "Lip color is an easy way to change your look from day to evening and season to season."

So here I was, standing in one of famous make up brand, window shopping like a lost girl when suddenly the shop attendance offered me help. I showed her my go-to color, semi-matte watermelon lipstick from another brand. The lady nicely suggested me several options alike mine. Unfortunately, the color wasn't available there, thus the shop attendance offered me this: creamy, semi-matte, full coverage Bobby's essential. After a long minutes of discussion, I fell in love with this A pinky Rose: Rose Berry No. 26:

Bobby Brown leads to Burgundy-Red color but when I apply it to my lips, with a glide of lip balm, it becomes sheer burgundy. Nice.

Again, I tried to find another lipstick that would be great for cheer up my spirit. This time I didn't ask the shop attendance to help me find my true match color, I said "I would like to have brownish-color" and she suggested me "Cosmo" Nevertheless, my heart skips a beat when I saw "Brick-o-la" A22 with amplified creme finish. It glides purrfectly to my lips and gives full coverage for my dark-based lips. Too bad, after I finished buying both lipsticks, I regretted not to buy "Cosmo" since I found out both Bobbi Brown and MAC almost share same base-color.

 

When applied with a lip balm before, MAC gives a maroon finish with a hint of brownish. So natural.

The picture below will help you find out the finishing of both lipsticks when applied to skin. Above: Bobby Brown, Below: MAC.

 

For more dramatic look, I finished my look with a cat-eyes liner using eyeliner from MAYBELLINE: Hyper Sharp Liner in Black;

 

At the cherry at the top, I finished my look with a swipe of Mascara from MAYBELLINE: Long Extreme Stiletto Mascara in Black.

Based on my experience, it is quite difficult to find out the 'true' color especially for a lipstick since the make up counter use indoor light and artificial light so it could blur the color of the lipstick. At first, I thought the Bobby Brown color was a deep-pink, but when I took it out to natural light, it became burgundy. However, I really adore my 2 new lipsticks since it covers and hides my dark-based lips very well~! For those who like bold but applicable color and natural-color worshiper, I think this color will suit you well :) Enjoy your spring season, wherever you are~