The Catrice Ultimate Stay lipsticks joined the permanent range last autumn. They have many shades to choose from, and I am going to review two of them. I will show you lip and hand swatches as well.
Catrice Ultimate Stay satin-matt lipsticks
As Catrice claims:
"Strong and Sophisticated. Intensive colours and a trendy satin-matt finish. The highly pigmented, longlasting texture has a convincing high coverage without drying out the sensitive skin on your lips. A lovely companion for every day. Now available in a total of twelve colours including passionate red and pink shades, purple and nudes."
I pretty much agree with all of the claims above.
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipsticks - all shades
(ultimate eye candy)
They indeed have a satin-like finish, they are not even close to being cement-like matt. You will see the slight sheen below, when I show them on my lips. They have a thin consistency and high pigmentation, even though you will need to reapply them after eating. Without eating, they last a good couple of hours. They have a slight vanilla scent, it is basically the exact same scent as the smell of the MAC lippies.
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipsticks
These lipsticks come in a heavy black (matt metal / chalkboard-like) tube that is cold to the touch. It's really weird, I don't really like the feel of it in my hands. The stickers on the bottom match the colour of the lipstick.
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipsticks
Mauve Your Lips; Plum & Base
Once you apply them, you don't even feel them on the lips, which is a good thing for most people. I tend to prefer lipsticks with a waxier / creamier consistency. It is really just personal preference, it doesn't mean that the lipsticks are bad. If you like thin lipsticks, these are for you.
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick swatches:
Mauve Your Lips (nude mauve); Plum & Base (dark plum)
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipsticks
Both shades are beautiful, one is a mauve nude and the other one is a warm plum shade. The dark one was my go-to lipstick last fall/winter. The nude lippie goes with anything and looks good on most (if not all) skintones.
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick - Mauve Your Lips
on the lips / lip swatch
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick - Mauve Your Lips
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick - Mauve Your Lips swatch
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick - Plum & Base lip swatch
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick - Plum & Base
Catrice Ultimate Stay lipstick - Plum & Base swatch
All in all, these Ultimate Stay lipsticks are just fine, but not my favourite. They are very pigmented and not drying. The colour selection is amazing, everyone will find a shade that suits them. They live up to their own claims, I just happen to prefer creamier lipsticks.
My bigges issue is the feel of the packaging, it gives me chills once I touch it. It's like when someone is scratching a blackboard with nails; touching the lipstick tube gives me that exact bad feeling. As I said, it's personal preference, I am sure some of you will like the heavy, chalkboard-like tubes.
Have you tried these lippies? Did you like them?
You can check the makeup look in this separate post.
You might be interested in these lipsticks too:
Essence longlasting lipstick review
Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick review
~ Evinde
I bought the dark one with my own money. The nude one was part of a gift bag at a blogger event.
Thanks for the great review!
ReplyDeleteI like a waxy, creamy feeling too, even more so with dark colors. Which is also why I didn't end up buying these after testing in the store, to me there are better cheap matte lipsticks on the market (Rival de Loop, and countless lipliners). Didn't feel crazy about the packaging either. ^^
Thank you for your feedback! I usually rub my lips together a lot during the day, so thinner lipsticks disappear too soon.
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