Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for the week ahead!
Today I’ve got some LASplash Smitten Lip Tint Mousse & Lip Couture colors for you that I was coveting HARD on Instagram. They kept showing all these amazing swatch photos and even though three out of four of these shades are totally not ever shades I would actually wear, I felt a need to own them.
So there are subtle differences between the Smitten Lip Tint Mousse and Lip Couture shades. First off the Smitten Lip Tints come in 10 shades and they are pigmented, waterproof and smudge-proof. The liquid consistency dries to a light velvet-matte finish. The applicator (as you will see below) is shorter and more precise than the Lip Couture one. Lip Couture comes in 16 shades. These too have a very pigmented waterproof formula which dries to a matte texture. Maybe they are slightly less velvety of a texture than the other ones, but really the formula seemed pretty much the same to me. The wand is much longer and flat, and not quite as easy to use as the Smitten wand is, for me anyway.
Smitten Lip Tint Mousse Wand
Lip Couture Wand
Ghoulish, Vindictive, Nagini, Bellatrix
Ghoulish is a medium greyish taupe.
Vindictive is a deep grey.
Nagini is a dark forest green.
Bellatrix is a deep intense purple.
You can see in the swatches how these were still slightly drying as I took the photo. Once 100% dry they are very matte. They are incredibly pigmented and you can build them up very easily, which is great. They applied very evenly on my lips and I didn’t have any patchy areas.
Lip Couture Ghoulish
Lip Couture Vindictive
Smitten Lip Tint Mousse Nagini
Smitten Lip Tint Mousse Bellatrix
I was really surprised how wearable Ghoulish actually was on my lips. I thought maybe it would be more of a “corpse-like” shade like MAC Folio (one of my fave lipsticks ever) but it looks a little more “normal” on me than Folio does. I really like it. The other three I love as well, especially Vindictive, but honestly, I would never wear them because they just aren’t really me. Well maybe Bellatrix would work for me at night since I do love a purple lip, but I never go anywhere at night!
I have to say these are dry as hell though. I mean yes, I do have perpetually dry lips, but these were very un-hydrating to me. I definitely would need to wear a lip balm underneath to feel more comfortable. But I still love them because they are unusual!
These are $11.98 each and you can find them on the LASplash site.
What do you say to these? Would you wear colors like this?
-Kelly
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23 comments
Oh gosh, I may have to break my rule with buying makeup. I’m very stingy about what I will buy because of price, because I’m perpetually broke, but I have a DESPERATE need for Bellatrix. I may have to shell out the money for this one.
It’s so unique!
I have a friend in Canada who ordered a lot of these. I hadn’t heard of them before. They look so matte on your hand but they look lush on your lips.
I think they are pretty new. Somehow they just showed up on my radar anyway.
I have a strange need for Ghoulish..!
Totally understandable!
These look fantastic, and I love the Harry Potter themed names.
I know, it makes them even more fun!
Great review
While I am not brave enough to wear unconventional lip colors myself, I think it’s cool that companies are making an effort to make these colors with good formulas so people who do want to rock these can!
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These are SO. COOL. I don’t know if I would be cool enough to actually wear one and pull it off, but there’s something so intriguing about these!
Oh my goodness…I need Bellatrix in my life! How would you say Ghoulish compares to Lime Crime’s Cashmere?
Sorry no idea, I don’t own any of their products.
Oh, I am trying to avoid buying LC products. That’s why I’m so interested in La Splash’s liquid lipsticks!
I love these, but I’d never be brave enough to wear them!
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Bellatrix is pretty bad ass!
I love these! I bought nearly all of them, so much more affordable than the other liquid lipsticks and just as good!
I actually really like vindictive! It kinda reminds me of Melt’s Spacecake…..just a more richer version! Thanks for the review! (My wallet…..and I guess my husband does not thank you though! Lol)
OMG. These are INCREDIBLE! I need…all of them. Like, need. NEED. Those colors are beyond and they look epic on the lip! Now that I have my hair cut/in order I will pretty much rock anything, lol. The short dark bob with short bangs seems to allow me to get away with pretty much anything for some reason, haha. Once it starts to grow out though…I am denied half of my makeup stash and all of my “fun” clothes! >.< Thanks for review – I would have never known about these and they are amazing!!!
Hmm.. These are interesting. I may need to check them out. My daughter cosplays as Gamora and I’ve just been using the Ben Nye cream colors as her face and lip color, but I think Nagini layered on top would work great on her. Definitely going to keep this in mind.
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I’m so bummed, because based on all the amazing reviews I’ve read, and seen on YouTube, AND the amazing shade range, I purchased a ridiculous amount of both the lip mousse and couture lipsticks, and my lips hate them! No matter how much, how little I apply, lip balm, no balm, exfoliated lips, non exfoliated lips, lip primer, no lip primer, these fade, crack, crumble, and wear off my lips within 15 minutes of wearing them. I don’t get it.. I’ve never experienced such a frustrating product in my life. I love my pretty zombie, and stilas liquid lipsticks, but these for some reason arent working for me.. Not to mention after attempting to wear one a day my lips feel tortured. But I am no quitter and will make these damn lipsticks work!! And if anyone could give me any insight into my la splash liquid lipstick nightmare that would be fantastic haha
Is that photo of Bellatrix an accurate representation? Because I love the colour but looking at swatches I’m seeing a bunch that either look like this, or a bright purple. And this is the colour I love not the bright purple. 🙂
Yes my swatches are always an accurate representation, it’s definitely not a bright purple, it’s dark.