One of my absolute favourite things to do when it comes to makeup these days is try out little indie brands.
I still love me all my big brands, popular names etc, but in a way, given how long I've been doing makeup now, I often get a "been there, done that" feeling with many products. So, I find myself reaching more and more for smaller companies, sometimes really tiny ones, and seeing what they come up with. I have to say that in general, I have not been disappointed by shopping indie. On the contrary!
Today I want to bring you a quick review of my latest venture into indie brands: U-Notyce Cosmetics, which is a little indie brand created by Moni Rehan and operates out of New York.
The product I'm showcasing today is one of their Matte Lip Gels, in the colour Serial Luver. I've been wearing it for two days straight now because I can't seem to put it down.
It's a lovely pale lavender colour and honestly, I never thought that this type of purple could look this good on me! I have a ton of darker purples - I always seem to be searching for the perfect purple - and it never really occurred to me to go lighter. Well, what a mistake that was!
Serial Luver was sent to me as a sample by Moni, in addition to the order I placed with her.
Here it is!
You guys, I am in awe of this product. It's got a gel-like texture in the pot and glides onto your lips smoothly. As soon as it hits them, it turns a kind of powdery-smooth consistency and it's completely matte.
But! A lot of normal mattes dry out your lips or at least make them look dry. The Matte Lip Gel formula goes on softly and it feels like air on your lips. Soft, smooth and never dry, never cakey, not even after long hours of wear. It really, really feels like air on your lips. I wouldn't know how to describe it otherwise.
The colour stays on for hours and is even fairly touch-proof, though it doesn't quite survive a proper meal. You can have a snack or drink with it though and still have it on. However, when it does come off, it has the magical property of fading evenly. Fading. Evenly. When has that ever been the case?!
For as long as you wear it, I feel like the Matte Lip Gel makes your lips looks super healthy and voluptuous, almost like it smooths out any little wrinkles. I don't know how U-Notyce Cosmetics did it, but it's incredible.
Out of all the matte lipsticks, lip stains, lip whatevers that are supposed to be touch-proof, this is my absolute favourite, bar none. If I had known how rad this formula is, I would've gotten every colour they stock!! (I actually didn't order any lip products this time, because in fact I'd been kinda disappointed lately with all the matte liquid lipsticks etc on the market. So I stuck to eye and face products but boy did I get lucky with this sample!)
Thank you for sending this complimentary sample my way, I definitely have a new Holy Grail lip product in my collection now.
Stay beautiful, inside and out,
Anna
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