Provocalips Vs. Matte Me

Rimmel's "Provocalips" Vs. Sleek's "Matte Me"

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I'm an absolute sucker for a good red lippy, so I thought i'd do a lil' versus post on these two babies. They're both matte*' (that being the craze lately) and verrrrry affordable! Last year I was ride or die when it came to matte lipsticks. I think the only lipsticks I purchased last year were a matte finish or a liquid lip, but this year i'm kinda not feelin' it anymore, I think over time my facial features have changed and some matte lips can make me a total drag queen. Not cute. At all. So it kind of threw me off but i'm sure when we hit Autumn/Fall again i'm probably gonna like them.

Rimmel Provocalips in 'Play with Fire'

I only found out about this bad boy in the beginning of January. Needless to say I am in looooove!  You get 16 hours wear out of one application and is "kiss proof'' (Haven't tried it out on that behalf..yet) The colour is absolutely perfect! I bought the shade 'Play with Fire'. (Kinda reminds me of that N-Dubz song, anyone else remember it? No? Just me? Ok.) It has the lip colour in one end and the other end has a gloss. There are two steps to the application. Step 1. You put the colour on first. Let it dry from around 30 - 60 seconds and you have a complete matte finish. Step 2 in my opinion is optional, You can then apply the gloss and it will lock the colour in place more, I don't really see a difference in longevity with or without the gloss. I really like to use the gloss part with it because that's the bangwagon i'm on right now. (glossy lips ftw). This product is not drying at all and really does last all day. Even after 2 meals and drinking water it does not budge. It comes in 6 or 7 other shades and they're all very pretty. I must get around to buying them all when I gots some dolla, Speaking of money this product only costs 8.99e (still cant figure out how to do a euro sign on my keyboard sorry guys). Which is honestly unreal.

My ratings for this product are:

Price:   8/10 

Colour Pay-off:  9/10

Formula: 9/10 

Longevity: 10/10

Total: 36/40

How I feel when wearing it: 

Next I have Sleeks Matte Me:

Sleek "Matte Me" in 'Rioja Red'

I first heard about Sleek this time last year.A Matte Me liquid lip was the first matte lipstick I purchased but it was in the shade 'Birthday Suit' which is a nude colour, which could be used as a dupe for Kylie Jenners 'Posie K', but that not what this is about. I really liked the Matte Me's before I had anything to compare them with. After buying more and more from different brands I realised how much I don't like them. I must admit their colours are beautiful. Along with Rioja Red, I own 'Birthday Suit' and 'Party Pink'. Rioja Red(I have no idea how to pronounce that name) is a really gorgeous dark red colour, but when you're applying it you have to do it very fast as it can leave lines that are a darker shade than the colour if the lip isnt covered by one stroke. Which is kind of hard to do as applying liquid lipsticks is very tricky. Another problem is it is so drying. Its ridiculous. My lips literally feel like the Sahara desert after. It becomes very flakey and will fall off soon enough after application. It does not stay on at all, after eating, drinking anything. Oh and so you know, it ain't kiss proof, just throwing that out there so you dont end up looking like the joker on a night out.  The packaging is really cute though I must give it that. I really do wish these were good because they only cost 6.49e ;( 

My ratings for this product are:

Price:   8/10 

Colour Pay-off:  7/10 (because of them streak marks)

Formula: 4/10 

Longevity: 3/10

Total: 22/40

How I feel when wearing it:

There you have it! Provocalips trumps Matte Me!

 (No promotion for Donald Trump here, I'm not an idiot)

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Thanks For Reading,

Cass X

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