OK, my quest for a liquid lipstick that gives me super pretty color and doesn?t immediately smudge all over my coffee cup isn?t exactly unreasonable. And as someone who has a drawer under her bed full of liquid mattes and has basically tested every drugstore formula out there (some surprisingly amazing, others just straight-up shitty), my little makeup-obsessed heart skips a beat with every new launch, as I hope and pray to the beauty gods for something that does what it promises. So when NARS announced their new line of Powermatte Lip Pigments, I was hesitant to put my lips on the line once again?but, guys, after trying the incredibly hydrating formula, I?m here to attest that I?ve *actually* found a top-notch liquid lipstick that stays put.
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Sure, I had high hopes when NARS dropped campaign images of Bella Hadid wearing a super-cool, muted-nude lip. But after swiping on the product myself and waiting for the dry, caked-on feeling that usually comes with any matte, I gotta say I was seriously surprised by how lightweight and comfortable it felt?like, I could wear it in humid-as-hell summer weather without an issue. And even though I was high-key sold on the texture alone, a solid six hours of wear later and the super-pigmented color hadn?t budged (and the dozen swatches I naively painted on my arm don?t seem to be coming off anytime soon, either).
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