LA Splash Golden Gatsby Pop Up Lipstick ($16) is part of the brand’s Golden Gatsby Collection that launched a few months ago which is inspired by the roaring twenties. I’ve always been fascinated by romanticism of the 1920’s not to mention the Great Gatsby is one of my favorite novels Fitzgerald which may or many not have encouraged this purchase a little bit.
I was also in love with the promo images for the dusky rose shade that launched with the shade and despite the price I decided to purchase it.

Strangely enough when I purchased this I was somehow confusing LA Splash with LA Girl Cosmetics. It was a senior moment so, when I purchased the lipstick I was like “WOW! This is damn expensive!” Later when I got it I realize, “oooo wait! This is LA Splash NOT LA Girl!” So, don’t make the same mistake I did believing you are paying near $16 for a budget beauty brand. Derp, derp!
That being said this is NOT $16 bucks in my humblest of humble opinions. They spent a lot of time and care on some great packaging but the actual lipstick isn’t really all that great making this a case of you can put a pig in lipstick but it’s still a pig. Great packaging, crummy lipstick formula. I’d rather have the crummy packaging and a better lipstick formula for my $16 bucks.
The lipstick comes housed in a slick, lightweight rose gold metallic barrel that has a mirror located on the side for easy application. The top part of the ...