Update:I own 3 shades now (I am trying to find that perfect wedding color 😅). Love love love them. Please note if you bite your lips and have healing spots they dye differently. So be prepared for that. So far my favorite shade is Charming! I am a very fair skinned, summer pallet girly and ita almost perfect. Darling is too bright for me. Romance is a tiny bit too warm and still very vibrant. Where as Charming is a nice cool mauve.What I was looking for: a lip stain with staying power for my wedding day. These are obviously viral at the moment and so I gave them a try!What I found: Okay let me preface this by saying I am white white. Like ghost white. Like turn into a lobster, doesn't have the gift of melanin, translucent white. Ergo, I was trying really hard not to go for the extremely pigmented colors. Yet, the only cooler toned stain available when I was looking was Darling. I took a look at the images and thought to myself, "I think I can pull that off. It shouldn't be too bright." Ooooo boy was I wrong. My first application I went with a full 60 seconds. Had my lips looking like they'd been painted neon peony pink. And the color didn't start to fade for a full 6 hours or so. Which is great staying power. I just wish that I hadn't been over confident on the application.When I apply the stain for 15 or so seconds it turns out like the photo attached. Still bright but not quite neon bright. And I can handle that for sure!Now the stain itself is not hydrating. You need to top it with some chapstick or a nice lip day mask. But it does have great pigmentation and staying power. I ordered a lighter shade to try out for my wedding.I think you'd probably want to reapply about 4 hours in to get a full 8 hour pigmented look. But I feel like that's great staying power personally. And it doesn't transfer to anything like most lip products do. Which is a huge win.Pros: highly pigmented (if you're translucent like me, don't be me, and shoot for a shorter first application), transfer proof, waterproof, quick application, does not come offCons: does not come off. So please don't try this right before a big event. Play with it first to get your timing down. Stains fingers, so no touchy touchy with bare fingers. Pro tip: place a paper towel or cleaning cloth under your lips before spraying with applicator (if you got the set). Use a cloth to wipe it off.
