Fun Fierce Fabulous Beauty Over 50!: Swatches ~ Dose Of Colors Matte Liquid Lipsticks on Brown Skin

This is my first Dose of Colors liquid lipstick purchase. The website has 16 permanent matte colors and comes out with limited editions during the holiday seasons. I've read so many good reviews on these liquid lipsticks that I was very eager to try them. They value at $18 and each tube contains 4.5gms of product. They are vegan and made right here in the USA.

First and foremost, I had to swatch them on my arm and take a pic with my Canon eos t5i (DSLR) so that you can see the true colors of these gorgeous lippies. Straight from the tube, these lipsticks have about a one minute drying time. As you can see in the photo by the time I swatched the last color, the first color was almost dry. But once they were all dry, I did not experience any transfer when I did the rubbing test. The wearing time is incredibly long, I wear mine to the gym and while i'm there i'm drinking my power protein smoothie for energy, by the time I leave (after 2hrs) it's still on.

Before applying any liquid lipsticks to your lips, you should apply a very good lip moisturizer. One of my favorites is the La Mer Lip Balm. This has been my go-to lip balm ever since I noticed that my lips were turning darker from the sun. I used this for about 3mos and my lips lightened back to their original color..... then it quickly became one of my staples for life!

The swatches on my lips appears much brighter than the swatches on my arm which are the true colors. This is because I was using my very inexpensive Sony Cybershot which takes lousy photos but is very easy to hold. I do plan on upgrading in the very near future!

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