That is a bit of a mouthful isn’t it? What is a ‘giant
pen stick’? Surely ‘pen’ is the same as ‘stick’? Well, name aside - I love this
product!
Superdrug have a 3 for 2 offer in store and online at
the moment. In my eyes, this is dangerous and caused me to buy 2 lipsticks and
a lip gloss yesterday. I hate my life. However, take advantage whilst you can!
I certainly will (unfortunately).
Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick - Isn't the packaging just lovely?
Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick - It is just a lipstick crayon. It's not as chubby as the Revlon lip balm/stains
Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick - A bright, deep, cool red with gold shimmer.
According to the Max Factor website, the Colour Elixir
Giant Pen Stick is for “bold, defined colour for lips that pop.
·
Bold,
larger-than-life colour
·
Strong
pigmentation
·
Sculpted
top for definition
·
Smooth
formula glides on
·
Line
and fill lips in-one
·
Texture
allows for building”
I wore this lipstick on a night out last night and I
can honestly say it fits all of these criteria. I love it!
Passionate Red is quite a dark red with a bit of a
gold shimmer in it. I do like a good shimmer lipstick every once in a while –
and although I don’t generally do shimmery reds – I love this one. I feel like
it is a bit Christmassy but it applies so well I just don’t care. I have quite
a cool skin tone, and this is quite a cool red so I feel it suits me well
enough to wear. However, due to the gold shimmer it should suit warmer skin
tones too – how clever! The pigmentation is so strong. One glide and your lips
are a really bright (yet dark) red. It really doesn’t use too much of the
product – fantastic! You can build it up to create a more pigmented colour but
you really don’t need to. To a certain extent you can apply it lightly – but it
looks best with full pigmentation.
The formula is so soft and creamy. It is a dream to
apply. If the stick was any thinner it would just break – that is how soft it
is. I could just apply it all day. That is how lovely it is to apply. The
softness means it probably is very easy to blend with other colours and do a
two tone lip. I could imagine it looking very good with an orange/pink/gold.
According to the website it is a 2-in-1 lipstick and
liner. I can agree to this. I had very little/no feathering/smudging. It stayed
still and didn’t end up all over my face (although I did get some underneath my
cheek. I must have rubbed my hand on it or something.)
These pen sticks retail at £6.99 – a very reasonable
price for a Max Factor product. I would buy this in a 3 for 2 deal but maybe
not full price on its own. As a student I don’t really have the money. I can
get a nice red lip from Natural Collection in boots for £1.99 and then it
really doesn’t matter if I lose it. However, this is such a lovely lipstick, I
am so happy I picked it up yesterday.
If this product has one fault, it is that the staying
power is pretty awful. If you eat/drink anything it is on the glass/straw and
not on your lips. It is pretty high maintenance – especially on the middle of
your lips. Fortunately, the edges of my lips didn’t need reapplying. That would
not be easy after a couple of cocktails (or a fishbowl).
Overall, this is a lovely lipstick with a strange
name. I want to have a look at the other shades and see if they are worth
picking up – although I really don’t need to add more shades to my lipstick
collection. The packaging is super cute as well – I am not ashamed to have it
in my make up bag.
Rachael xoxo
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