The Huda Beauty Lip Contour Matte Pencil is available from Sephora ($19) and Cult Beauty (£16) and is constantly out of stock because it has been raved about beyond belief. After countless Instagram posts and YouTuber reviews I succumbed to the mayhem when Cult Beauty announced that they had all the shades back in stock. Predictably, I grabbed the two nudest shades of the nine up for grabs: Trendsetter (pinkish nude) and Bombshell (a brown nude). I have had them for a few weeks now and feel I can confidently share my honest opinion about this popular product.
The Lip Contours claim to have an intense colour pay-off; a long-wearing, matte finish and be waterproof and transfer-proof. If you follow my blog then you’ll know lip products are not my favourite, like highlighters I find them to be unnecessary. A good lip balm or sheer wash of colour will suffice. I was feeling extra fancy one day and thought I would rock a lip contour to a training day I had in the City Centre for work. I found the formula to be very drying on my lips, but this is most likely due to how unused to matte lip products I am. What disappointed me the most was that it was not transfer-proof at all. I sipped on a chai latte and the lip contour went everywhere, so mortifying.
In conclusion, it’s not worth the hype at all. I thought this would be everything I would ever need in a lip product. Matte. Long-lasting. Transfer-proof. The kind of lip product that you could put on and just forget about but this wasn’t the case at all. It transferred so easily and I was extremely aware of it on my mouth throughtout the day and even though it all but disappeared halfway through the day my lips were so dry I was embarrassed to be seen in public. I wouldn’t recommend this product unless you are happy to keep reapplying throughout the day. I would suggest keeping a lip balm with you at all times. The colours are gorgeous so I will use them again but only when I won’t be drinking, eating or even talking much. Maybe just to get my Passport photo taken.
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post. Have you tried the Huda Beauty Lip Contours? Did you like them, did you find them to be drying or comfortable to wear? I know the Liquid Mattes have just been released in Sephora and I am certainly curious to see how they compare. I hope they are transfer proof. Please follow me on Bloglovin’ to stay up to date with new posts, all my links are below. You can also follow me on SnapChat (alittlekiran). Take care.
Have you tried the Huda Beauty Lip Contours?
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Kiran