What up guys? Ashley Elizabeth here with AEHM artistry
and today I'm testing out
some new lippies for you!
It is the new Laura Mercier Velour Extreme Matte Lipstick.
*Whoooo!
All these brands keep coming out with very long-winded product
names, but that's okay we're gonna test it out anyways. Full disclaimer: I
received these two products from Influenster for testing purposes for
free. So this video is not sponsored at all! And they didn't tell me I had to
post a YouTube video, but you know me and I always like to give you guys the full
review on everything, right here on my channel. So what I'm gonna do is, I'm
gonna do first impressions and I will do a little wear test to see how long these
little suckers last!
Oh my goodness! Before I go any further, I have to say,
what I am so excited about. This week I found out that Laura Mercier is back
to being cruelty free! Or they are cruelty free, or whatever. But rumor has
it they're cruelty-free and they don't sell in China where animal testing is
mandatory! So they don't sell there.
Wooooh!
That is just a little small victory for
the cruelty-free brands out there and for the animals out there, that's a super
big victory!
I was watching Kristin Leeann, who is a cruelty free Youtuber.
I was watching her snapchat and she saw it, came across this fact, that Laura
Mercier is now cruelty free. So as far as I know, as far as what I researched, that is
true. So hopefully Laura Mercier will hear how excited everybody is and stay
that way. We got to make some noise, you guys, make some noise for the animals!
I'm not 100% cruelty free yet, but I am doing my best to start
giving my money to the companies that do not test on animals and everything. It is
a big battle, but we are here and we are trying to do it, right?
Alright so, the
Laura Mercier Velour Extreme Matte Lipstick currently comes in 24 shades.
I was sent two of these shades.
I was sent the kind of reddish one
called Dominate. And then I was sent a very pretty pinky nude one called Ruthless.
In the box I was sent, it didn't really have too much information about
these lipsticks. So I went ahead and looked it up on the Laura Mercier's
website. Which is where they are available right now. They retail for, it
looks like, for $28 a piece. So a little bit more on the luxury price side, in my
opinion. Let's see what they claim...
they claim "extreme matte, extreme control." So a
"modern matte lipstick, so seductive in color, touch, and texture, the sensation is
irresistible."...
Okay...
"mattifying powders and silky
conditioners envelop your lips in the softness and comfort of the velour".
So like a velour matte, to me, it's not like completely drying matte, it's more of a
moisturizing matte.
What what else? "Extreme color payoff" So super pigmented!
I did swatch these on my wrists and they were pretty pigmented. They didn't seem
like they would have a huge wear time. They did seem more moisturizing but I
haven't put them on my lips yet. I'm gonna test that here for you guys.
So this is
supposed to be like a lip liner and lipstick in one because of the slim
design. It says it has a built-in sharpener,
customizing the tip for precision, but I have not seen where that is yet. I'm
been looking and exploring. Let me see if I can find it...
Oh! I found it!
Okay, here is
the built-in sharpener.
So I was looking everywhere for that, it didn't say
anywhere "oh pull here!" or anything like that.
But I just pulled this little guy, you
can see it, like that and we should be able to sharpen. So let me go ahead and
sharpen it.
Let me do the pink first. I will do the pink first.
Okay so and then
that's the product on that side with the large cap. It does not have any
instruction...
I hope I'm doing this right...
that's odd...
okay I must not be doing it
right, but that's odd.
It just seems like a lot of product is in there and it's
not really sharpened. So okay, the sharpener is a little odd and maybe I'm
doing it wrong, but it just seems to be smashing everything around and not
really sharpening.
Okay, so this is ruthless. A nice little pinky nude.
Not anything crazy with the packaging. Just like the typical Laura Mercier simple,
sleek packaging. Does say "extreme" right here on the cap.
To be completely honest it's
a little 80s to me. A little retro not that that's the worst thing. But I almost
feel like they could do without the extreme because it kind of cheapens the
look of the packaging. Just a personal little side note, there. Nothing big.
I zoomed in a little bit so you can't see it being applied.
So you're supposed to be
able to use this as a liner, however, it's not quite as sharp as I usually like to
do it. So let me just give this a shot.
Doesn't really have a smell to it.
It's thick like lipstick and it's definitely
applying like you would think of matte lipstick would. I thought these would be
a lot like lip crayons, but no. The texture going on is a lot like lipstick.
Very, very thick rich and creamy. Huh...
Very pigmented.
Definitely when you...
it's like...
stops!
I'd say the hardest part... it's really hard...
to get it to go in the
insides of my mouth.
Which I hate seeing, you know you don't want it to be on your
teeth, but you don't want to show it on camera like the insides of your lips.
So, that's a little challenging.
But you can see the first one...is very pink.
It's bubblegum-my pink
but nude. Like it's not like a crazy intense pink, but it's not super
nude either. So know that.
Okay that's been like a minute to let dry, I'm seeing
in the mirror just a little bit of dryness right here but other than that
it looks good. My lips don't look lush and plump necessarily.
I guess the wear
time is what we need to really test.
Let's see if it transfers...
absolutely!
Absolutely transfers. It's not going on my teeth though. Which that's nice, you
know. It's not slipping and sliding, it is staying put except it does transfer.
Let's go ahead and try the other color and see what that's all about.
Go in with dominate, this nice little brick-ish orangie red.
I really like this color, this is really pretty. Very bold.
You know, this one's not as like hard.
It's a little more silky. How interesting.
Their different colors are a little bit different.
Still creamy and thick,
but a little bit more smooth.
Huh...
Okay it is a little bit hard...
let me try it doing the sharpener because
it was
really hard to get like a completely precise line without a lip liner.
So let me try this little bad boy.
Maybe if I twist more up? I'm scared.
I don't want to waste all the product.
Okay... okay...
Okay, now it's coming out. Now you
can see it coming out.
Seems like quite a waste of product but...
gosh oh I didn't do
that much, it did a little bit...
Oh it seems like I'm just smashing it...
maybe it just stamps it.
Okay, you kind of just stamp it then.
That's a little bit sharper, barely.
But it's such a mess, it kind of mushed around the edges. A little
bit sharpened up.
So it's a little bit sharper, but it's a little bit of a
hassle. I think they need to perfect that contraption a little bit better.
Oh..it is
very hard to use this as a lip liner.
Oh like blurry lines it's not like a hard line.
It's definitely a little bit of a blurry line.
Let me try cleaning that up.
Cuz it like goes...*DERP!
I swear, every time I do a lip video, like the
night before, a zit decides it wants to creep up. And it's like I need a film
anyways, I don't care, I'm gonna film.
But it's like, what are the chances that like for
months I won't have any pimples nearby and then, "oh you're doing a lip video,
hey I want to join the party!".
Thanks, thanks my little zit friend.
Okay so
I guess I could just clean that up with concealer a little bit, but a little bit
of a fuss. I just can't get on perfect.
My lips don't feel as dry with the dominate,
as it did the ruthless. And not transferring on my teeth, so that's nice.
And matte but not too drying.
Let's do a little Ombre lip, shall we?
Take the little middle one...let's take the pink one and then put it in the middle a little bit.
They blend really nice together, so that's nice.
Okay, so overall thoughts
with this...
I think what they're aiming at is more of your travel kind of lipstick
situation. Where you don't have to fuss as much since it's supposed to be the
liner and lipstick built into one.
Now I can see too much, of a little bit, of a
blurry line for my taste. I like to use a lip liner because you get a more solid
line there. But it might be a really great option if you're on the go a lot,
you're traveling, and you don't have time to do all the little tricks.
Cuz the color payoff is amazing!
It does feel really matte but not too drying. So it's
kind of trying...I see what they're doing...
they're trying to take the best of both
worlds and put it into one container. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Just like shampoo-conditioner combos, those don't work! But maybe with some
trials this one will start working.
Definitely from far away, on camera, it
looks really good. But when I get up close, I can just see some blurry lines
and imperfections.
So will I continue to wear these two colors?
Yeah, I think I'll still experiment with them.
Play around with them. And you guys know I always try
to update you down in the comments below. And then also on my snapchat and
Instagram stories. So make sure to follow me there.
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I post two times a week!
But don't leave yet, I still have the wear test to see how long it has lasts!
So, let's go see how long it lasted. Shall we?
Okay guys, it has been two hours and I
wanted to do a quick check-in because I just had some hot tea. Sorry this
lighting is gonna be a little bit odd because my bathroom.
And I'm doing a check-in on my phone, doing my old-school way. But my throats a
little bit scratchy. I don't know if its allergies or what. Any my eyes too...bleeckkk.
So, I had some hot honey lemon tea and I wanted to show you guys a little cup
test. So not too shabby, compared to most lipsticks, would be like a total lip
imprint, and that's kind of like a faded fuzzy lip print. And then my lips also
look really fresh and really nice. I'm really liking that wear time, so far.
Usually if I drink something like it'd be all smudge-y and gross and really
cracked, and it's not looking cracked or anything.
Looking pretty seamless and nice. So I'll check in after I eat dinner because
that's gonna be pretty soon. And let your know how the eating test goes. Okay? Okay.
Guys, so it has been almost five hours and I ate, and I had some hot tea, and I had water, and
everything, and they look like they are holding up pretty well! Just still a tiny,
tiny little bit of transfer. But...the color maybe isn't AS dark, but it still
stayed on pretty pretty well. I would say, from what I can see. So this seems like a
nice on the go like lip product. That, like, you don't have to you know, if you
don't have time to do the whole lip liner lipstick everything and it's not
gonna fail you through eating and through work and talking and stuff. Maybe
just taking a little bit more time around the edges. Which is something that
I can work on as I use it. That's the odd thing about first impressions, is it's
like instant feelings on it. Not like a thorough full review, where I've
been trying something for a while and then letting you guys know. So like I
said before make sure that you follow me on snapchat and Instagram stories and
everything because I can update you there and let you guys know if I'm still
liking it. Or if I found a trick to make the sharp lines work but overall...overall
I'm pretty happy. Not dry, I do have that slight weird little dry patch which was
probably just my lips. So overall I'm pretty happy. Take with it what you will.
The price point is a luxury price point at $28. So just decide for yourselves if
that is worth the investment.
Ok, last check in. And it's been a little
over six hours now. I about to wash my face and everything. And yeah still holding up okay.
Starting to finally get the fade in there. Really quickly let's see if I can
reapply it without it getting gross.
Okay... that reapplied really nicely. So I
think, like ah...my face gets so itchy at the end of the day!
Reapplied really nicely. Not cakey, not flaking up or anything.
Yeah looks fresh again. I actually feel like this lipstick held up better than
my makeup however the rest of my makeup
I put on before the lipstick.
I'm ready to take these off!
Oh my goodness!
Thank you guys so much for watching and have a great lovely day! XOXO
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