Smasbox's new Be Legendary Long Wear Lip Lacquer shades are, indeed, pretty legendary. I need more lip colors like I need Ebola (topical!) but if money wasn't an issue, I would buy each and every one of the twenty shades. The lacquers are described as "a long-wear, lip-hybrid formula with high-impact staining pigments for color that goes on as a lacquer and then adjusts to a stain for eight hours of color." That... pretty much sums it up. I find the texture of these to be sort of like a thick gloss, and it applies easily without clumping or drying out my lips. (My pet peeve in other lip lacquers, so I'm happy that it isn't an issue here at all). On me, the colors last about six hours before starting to fade, but I get a couple hours more of slightly less pigmented color, so I think their claims of eight hours of wear are pretty accurate. I really, really like a lot of the shades as well. My current favorite is Off Duty - a nude pink brown that looks amazing with smoky eyes, but if you're looking to duplicate the dark, dark lips that are going to be everywhere this fall, either Bordeaux (a dark plum) or After Dark (a black plum) will work perfectly. Definitely worth checking these out if you're in the mood to pick up a new lip color. (And when aren't we?)
Note: Samples of this product were sent to me by a PR representative working with Smashbox
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