Too Faced Review and Comparison: Melted Liquid Matte Lipstick in Pumpkin Spice and PSL Pumpkin Spice Latte

 Hey guys! So, if you didn't know, Too Faced is my favorite makeup brand, has been for a while, so I was super happy when it finally came to Japan! 

Today I wanna compare 2 of their liquid lipsticks that have similar colors and scents. I love pumpkin, and they have 2 pumpkin scented/flavored lipsticks. The pumpkin spice is from last year I think, and the pumpkin spice latte (PSL) one is this year.

So first of all, let's talk about the scent. The pumpkin spice one smells like pumpkin pie and slightly more gingery. The new PSL one smells like cinnamon and coffee. My first take was like apple cinnamon scented candles though. 

They both have a slightly sweet taste and in the ingredients list is stevia sweetener, which is a thing Too Faced always does that I love! I think the older one is slightly sweeter tasting. 

So, now for the colors and swatches! The new PSL is a slightly darker and redder color, so I like it better for that. The old pumpkin spice is oranger and lighter, especially in the tube it's noticeably lighter.

 

Review: Too Faced Melted Matte in Candy Cane

I've always loved how cute this brand is, but since it's a bit pricey, I've never owned anything from it until now!  I was so excited because I went into Sephora planning to get something from Too Faced (plus their lip plumper I'd been wanting for a while) and their limited edition holiday Melted Matte just happened to be there and the perfect reddish-pink shade for me! I got their Lip Injection lip plumper too, which I will also review.

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As much as I would like to love matte lip products, my lips are just horribly dry and hate matte lipsticks. This one is definitely better than others I've tried, as long as I prep my lips well and use their plumper before.  It doesn't dry sticky and hard like other liquid lipsticks do, it has the texture of a regular matte, non-liquid lipstick when it dries.  I absolutely love the peppermint mocha scent!  In general I love how Too Faced adds fun scents to their makeup.  This lipstick also has a sweet flavor.  On the ingredients list, it has extract from the stevia plant, which is also used to make sweeteners, so I guess that's why! I love the little fun additions like the sweetness, scent, and cute packaging.

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Also, I would like to add that this color matches my Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Bachelorette almost perfectly (yes I really do like this shade of pink on me XD)!  Slightly different textures though. The Kat Von D one lasts longer but is a bit more drying. Also I just love the scent of the Too Faced one XD

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New Etude House Stuff + My Whole Collection!

So, I went to the new Etude House store in Harajuku over spring break, like I planned, and got a few new things for my Etude House collection!  It's definitely one of my top favorite brands.  It has the best lip products, super cute packaging, it always smells nice, and it's so inexpensive!

I'll do reviews of each one separately later, but here's my new additions to the collection!

And my whole current Etude House collection

Review: Etude House Color Lips-Fit Lip Tint Wanna Fit Orange (OR202)

I've had this for a little while and I got it from Etude House in Japan.  I was going through a little bit of a phase/obsession with orange lip color at that time. XD  Anyway, this stuff is more like a liquid lipstick than a tint, as it's called, but instead of going from wet to dry, like liquid lipsticks tend to do, it goes from sort of oily-wet to a smooth, powdery dry.  I like how it's not like can't-move-your-mouth-dry, like liquid lipsticks sometimes feel.  It's very pigmented, and it smells like grapes!  A few different Etude House lip products that I have smell like grapes, actually.  I love the texture of this stuff, but the color can only be worn with a few outfit/makeup combos for me.  Definitely not my everyday color, but I like having even hard to use colors for me, because then I can get creative!  I definitely want to get this in another color!

Sorry, I messed it up before it dried a little bit!

Review: Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Lip in Electric Pink

Soooooo since I liked this in red so much, I wanted to try another color! I like the formula and I REALLY love how bright these colors are! Drugstore makeup usually doesn't catch my eye so much because I feel like all the colors I've already seen before a million times, by every brand, or are meant to be for simple, everyday kind of looks.  There are only 10 colors right now, but I want almost all of them!  There's even a bright purple. Maybelline has some pretty bright colored lipsticks too, and I have 2 purples that I'll review someday.  Maybe this is my favorite drugstore lip brand? 

Anyway, this is Electric Pink, and it's amazingly bright! Like I said about the red....

I've read a lot of bad reviews about this stuff, but I like it! It's not really matte, is more like an almost matte lip gloss.  It has a buttery feel to it, and a strong sweet smell, that you can taste a little bit. Sort of annoying, but the amazing color makes up for it. Though, it doesn't dry like most liquid to matte lipsticks do.

Review: Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Lip in Rebel Red

Hello!

I've got another review for you!  I've read a lot of bad reviews about this stuff, but I like it! It's not really matte, is more like an almost matte lip gloss.  It has a buttery feel to it, and a strong sweet smell that you can taste a little bit. Sort of annoying, but the amazing color makes up for it. Though, it doesn't dry like most liquid to matte lipsticks do.

This is what it looked like when I dabbed it off right away

I really like this stuff, and want to try some of the other colors!