Colorbar Full Finish Long Wear Lipstick Review, Photos, Swatches
Colorbar has launched its new range for lipsticks called Colorbar Full Finish Long Wear Lipsticks.
Claims : The Colorbar Full Finish Long Wear Lipstick has a special matte formula that makes it easy to apply. Sets within seconds of application and makes your lips look fuller. Its waterproof formulation makes it last for up to 8 hours. Enriched with vitamin E, the Full Finish Long Wear Lipstick is smooth, creamy and gives excellent color without drying or cracking the lips also acting as a natural antioxidant against skin ageing. Available in 6 shades.
Price : Rs 550
My Experience with Colorbar Full Finish Long Wear Lipstick:
- These lipsticks come in a sleek silver casing. Once you open the cap, the lipsticks are encased in plastic grey covering.I like the pretty packaging, easier to carry. Also the caps are tight.
- I have three of the six shades from the Colorbar long wear lipstick range.
Truffle is a an earthy brown colour. Soft shade and would suit a lot of Indian skin tones. A nice subtle colour for office wear.
Plum Show is a bright fuchsia plum shade.
Tempt me a terracotta brown colour. It has a little orange undertone. On lips, truffle and tempt me look quite similar. i just feel Truffle would be an easier colour to pull off.
Rest 3 shades:
- The long wear lipstick is matte. It is super pigmented and opaque.
- The lipstick doesn’t smear or smudge even though every shade is pretty bright.
- It stays on my lips for 4 hours. These 4 hours include a full meal and some snack munching. Even after a full meal, the colour is still on my lips. Without a meal and just snacks, the lipstick stay on even longer. I would put this Colorbar range in “long wear lipstick” category.
- It is quite drying but not so drying to make your lips uncomfortable. If you have chapped lips, these might not be a good option for you.
- The lipstick doesn’t have any weird smell.
- Colorbar has packed this lipstick nicely. The color stickers are stuck at the bottom of the lipstick so it is easier to locate. Just store it upside down in a mug and you are sorted.
- It makes my lips look fuller.
The not so good things about Colorbar Full Finish Long Wear Lipstick:
- The shade selection is very limited. 4 out of 6 lipsticks are brown.
- It does not live up to the 8 hour stay on claim. I think that would hold true only if you don’t eat, drink or talk.
- I think it’s expensive at Rs 550. Most Colorbar lipsticks are priced anything between 200-350/-
Overall I think these are good picks for working women both in terms of staying power and shade selection.
Indian Makeup and Beauty Blog Rating : :-* :-*:-* + 0.5
Have you tried Colorbar Full Finish Long Wear Lipstick?
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Hi Rati!
I thought it did look expensive, the price, at first. but after seeing your photos, i think that the lipsticks are well worth the price, all three colours look absolutely gorgeous on you. But I must admit that the shade PLum Show looks absolutely ravishing on you. nice review 🙂
Are there any lipstick palettes in colorbar or any other brand which sport about four of five pink shades atleast? I saw the lakme range but they were too earthy and brown.
Hi Praseena,
Welcome to IMBB. 🙂 To be honest I never mention about the price of the products because I feel a company has full right to decide the worth of their product. Just that mostly people relate to Rs 200- 300 Rs price range when it comes to Colorbar lipsticks. So I felt they went a little far with their price range this time. Plum show is a really pretty shade. thank you so much. 🙂
I think years back it was Colorbar only that used to carry lipstick palettes. Now I don’t know of any other brand that has lipstick palettes other than Lakme. In Inglot you can make your custom lip palettes. A little expensive but you won’t regret buying them. 🙂
Rati,
Thank you for the review. Plum show looks best on you. :-* I am going to check these out foh shuahh!! 🙂
Thanks Preeti., Hope you like these. 🙂
Rati I like the truffle…will test it on my lips…I prefer glosses mostly for work…umm..lemme try this one..thanx so much for the pics.. 🙂
Hi Preetha. Most welcome. 🙂 Try it. you might like it. 🙂
wow you look gorgeous in plum snow & truffle !!
oops *show
Thank you, Insiya. 🙂 It’s okay. :-*
hey rati, which is the second shade in the skin swatch..coz it kinda looks peachy-coral??
Top – truffle
middle – tempt me
bottom – plum show. 🙂
A small piece of information that I would like to share with imbb gang:
13 lipsticks reported by Campaign for Safe Cosemetics to have negligible (less than 0.02 parts per million) amounts of lead.
Brand – Product Name/Shade – Parent Company
Avon – Ultra Color Rich Cherry Jubilee – Avon
Body Shop – Lip Colour Garnet – L’Oreal
Body Shop – Lip Colour Garnet – L’Oreal
Clinique – Long Last Lipstick Merlot – Estee Lauder
Dior – Replenishing Lipcolor Red Premiere – LVMH
Estee Lauder – Maraschino – Estee Lauder
MAC – Matte Lipstick Viva Glam 1 – Estee Lauder
Revlon – Superlustrous Love That Red – Revlon
Revlon – Superlustrous Bed of Roses – Revlon
Revlon – Colorstay Lipcolor Red Velvet – Revlon
Tarte – Inside Out Vitamin Lipstick – Tarte
Wet N Wild – Mega Colors Cherry Blossom – Markwins
Wet N Wild – Mega Colors Cherry Blossom – Markwins
sorry for sounding like a total blonde. but is it good or bad ?:-)
Im going to guess good thing since – the lesser the lead content the better for lips no ?
yeah i guess too but as nivedita says most of the shades are in the range of red to plum. None I’m interested in 🙁 Preeti could you possibly post a link to the source of your info?
the stronger the colour is the higher the lead content.
Thanks Preeti. 🙂
the colours look alike.. too much of browns….
another fact… browns make girls look older…. said by bobbi brown
yeah too many brown. I keep a brown or two shad ein my collection but for it’s mostly pinks and corals. 🙂
I stay away from long stay lipsticks-they dry out my lips 🙁 Rati, btw does maybelline/revlon has good coral shades??
I think Maybelline color sensational range has. Revlon Colorburst has a peach shade. It’s not exactly coral , just has a hint of it.
I stick to my Loreal “hold on rose” gloss but guess it’ll be good to try a few dark lipsticks for the winters…I like truffle
yeah truffle is nice shade. 🙂 how is the staying power of the loreal gloss?
It does stay well put for 4-5 hours , though it claims 6 hours. One reapplication on a working day is enough, so I am pretty satisfied 🙂
I didnt like the shade selection of this lipstick…not my kind of colors 🙁
I wud love to see more lighter pink shades
BTW…hope ur diwali went good 🙂
Hi HD,
Long time. 🙂 How are you doing?
Diwlai was pretty good. I agree that the shade selection is not that great. Hope they include some nicer colours because the lipsticks are pretty decent. 🙂
Plum show looks really good on you..infact i feel plum shades in general have that capacity to brighten up faces…
heyyy…me doing good..yeah long time..was caught up with Diwali at home 🙂
Truffle shade in lakme aquashine is really good, and plum too in lakme and loreal. But i prefer pinks and browns only, i think plum makes me look dull.