Ever had one of those days?? Picture this – you have spent a considerable amount of time getting decked up. Chose the perfect outfit and complemented it with the suitable makeup. You rocked it with the eyes and lips. Ready to conquer the world you step out gaily but half way through when you stop to check yourself you find something missing. Zoinks!! Where did it go?? The gorgeous lip shade?? Did you eat it up?? Left your stamp on something (or someone…ahem!)?? You dig frantically in your kitty all the while feeling deflated about the entire affair. Sounds common?!? Well there might be a solution to your problems? Intrigued?? Read on…..
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| Please Stay Plum in the bottom and Eternal Rose on the top |
Maybelline recently launched their 14hr Super stay lipstick among much fanfare. From a launch event in a Mumbai mall to flash contests being held all over the blogsphere. Available in 16 shades from creamy colors to ones with shimmer you can take your pick from the lot. They have already created quite a buzz in our world with Eternal Rose leading the front lines. I bought this shade too after seeing Ankita from Corallista wearing it in one of her tuts. It looked superb on her.
Ok so since there has been so much flutter around Eternal rose I will not be doing a separate post for it. But I will compare it with the Please Stay Plum and also put up swatches for it in this post itself. I want to clarify that Eternal Rose I bought for myself and Please Stay Plum was sent to me by the company.
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| Comparison of the Plum swatch and the outer packing color |
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| Comparison of Eternal Rose and outer packing color |
Coming to the shade. Please Stay Plum is a rich berry shade with gold shimmer to it. I felt that Eternal Rose was more pigmented than the Plum. These lipsticks smell like candy to me something like an orange drop or maybe even jellybeans (nom nom)….The texture is really smooth. I found a difference in texture between the plum and the rose shade. The rose was more dry in nature in comparison. The plum went on more creamy. Like for the rose I need to prep my lips with Baby lips for sometime before using it but I didn’t have that sort of issue with the plum. I don’t know why this difference is there. If it is coz I bought one and the other was from the company? Or coz of the one month difference in import dates? I found it strange actually.
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| Left in both lights – Please Stay Plum. Right in both lights – Eternal Rose |
I did a test for both to see if they actually last as long as it is claimed. I tried the plum shade for about 5 hrs. The thing is that it does not completely last for that long ie it is not meal-proof. If you eat or drink the color from the center of your lips fades or disappears gradually Actually the fade was more noticeable in the plum shade since it was darker. For the rose the second set of meal made the fade noticeable But having said that, the color does not smudge, feather or transfer anywhere especially the rose one. And the rest of the lip color remains intact so you would need to just do a touch up on the center of your mouth after a meal. After 5 hrs the rose color felt more drying on my lips and since I had not done any touch up to it was patchy and grainy looking.
I did not go the entire span of stipulated time with the test thing. Given its previous counterparts this version is definitely an improvement especially because of the texture it provides. Though it will not last for you for the full 14hrs but it will surely decrease your touch up intervals and thereby giving you some relief. You just need to bother with it after meals and forget about it the rest of the time. So not a bad deal. The product costs Rs. 525/- for 3.3 gms of product and has an expiry date after 3 years.
So my chicas will you be picking something up from this range? Please leave your thoughts and comments about this review below. Until next time my sweets! Take care 🙂
PS – If you want to see the lip swatch of Eternal Rose then take a look at my FB display pic shown in the right sidebar.
Would you purchase Maybelline 14hr Super Stay Lipstick Please Stay Plum again? – I would not buy this color as I don’t wear such dark shades but I will try out some other colors from this range.
Would you recommend Maybelline 14hr Super Stay Lipstick Please Stay Plum to your friend? – Yes I would actually recommend the entire range rather than only this particular color.
