Essence Long Lasting Lipstick Review

Essence seems to be another one of those drugstore brands everyone seems to love. It's affordable and good quality and that's what everyone likes, right?

I personally love drugstore products. I don't think I actually own one 'high end' product what isn't sample size from the front of a magazine. Some people only exclusively use drugstore products, like me. Where as others prefer 'the higher quality' makeup. 

As you can see by the title of the post I'm doing a review on the Essence Long Lasting Lipstick in the shade 13 - Love Me. You must know that prior to purchasing this lipstick that although I haven't tried any of their lipsticks but I do own several lipliners (which I've heard are a dupe for Urban Decay..) and some of their other makeup items. 

I'm all about the pink lipsticks, I feel like this is the only colour which suits me and my face. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of other colours which I will wear once in a while when I'm feeling adventurous but I mainly stick to nudes and pinks. Which is why I picked this shade of lipstick. Love Me is a perfect rosy pink verging on the slightly bright side. 

From a quick swatch in the shop and seeing the retail price at £2.30 I just knew I had to get it. The packaging is a sleek black matte with a ring of colour around the middle - the ring of colour lets you see what shade of lipstick it is. The a tualy lipstick itself has an 'E' stamped onto it which obviously stands for  Essence. 

Once applied the lipstick is very creamy and shiny. Like Essence says it is Long Lasting. I only needed to re apply once I had ate later that day but other than that it had stayed on for a good 3 hours. It's also smudge proof. 

After a quick search on their website I found out that they actually say NO to animal testing so that's great. If you're looking for more of a matte finish rather than a creamy finish then you could still purchase this and pop a little bit of translucent powder over the top (I've done this many times with other lipsticks) and that makes it matte and as a bonus it lasts even longer. 

Overall thoughts are I really do like this lipstick and I'm glad I picked this up as its became a staple in my makeup bag which is rare for me because I hardly ever add new products into it. 

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What are your thoughts on Essence? 

Thanks for reading :)

*This post is not sponsored*

Lipstickandmascaras

Katie

Xoxo