Beauty Care: ColourPop First Taste & Apricots 'n Cream Fresh Kiss Lip Cremes Review & Swatches

First Taste

ColourPop First Taste Fresh Kiss Lip Crème ($8.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a lighter, yellowy peach with warm undertones and a cream finish. The product seemed to have a little more fluidity than other shades in the range, so it didn’t have as nice of an application.

Mostly opaque color, even coverage
Creamy, smooth consistency that felt lightweight and non-sticky
Even, fluid application with little settling into
Average wearing (4 hours), lightly to moderately hydrating

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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Giorgio Armani Sand (111) (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Urban Decay Stark Naked (DC, $18.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Sephora Desert Dreaming (73) (LE, $8.00) is lighter, less glossy (90% similar).
Smashbox Ratcatcher 2 (LE, $24.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
Natasha Denona Liron (2B) (P, $25.00) is more muted, cooler (80% similar).

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Formula Overview

$8.00/0.24 oz. - $33.33 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to be a "hybrid" product that has the "colour of a lipstick with the care of a lip balm" in a "creamy matte finish." They described the coverage as "buildable." They feature a flexible, doe-foot applicator that has a more rounded side and a more slanted, triangular side (the latter worked well for getting crisper lines of color).

The product had more semi-opaque to opaque coverage in a single pull of product, though one could certainly use just one side's worth of the applicator product to achieve sheerer, more buildable coverage if desired.

The consistency was mousse-like with an airy, velvety-smooth feel that made it easy to spread across my lips and kept it comfortable to wear. It wasn't clingy, but there was a bit of adhesion without tackiness, the kind I tend to find is present with more velvety, silicone-heavy formulas like this one.

It has a more cream-like finish that wears down to a soft matte finish after an hour or two. They don't have a full dry-down, so they are not transfer-resistant or ultra long-wearing. They lasted between four and six hours with deeper, more red-toned shades tending to last the longest and leaving behind light stains. They were lightly hydrating over time. There didn't appear to be a scent, and there was no taste.

They are much lighter-weight and less "wet" in feel going on initially compared to the brand's prior Ultra Satin formula. The Ultra Satin formula adhered more and was very long-wearing, and while not initially transfer-resistant, it was more transfer-resistant after an hour or two of wear.

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Ingredients

First Taste

LELimited Edition. $8.00.

8.5

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

86%

Total

Apricots 'n Cream

ColourPop Apricots ‘n Cream Fresh Kiss Lip Crème ($8.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a bright, medium-dark copper with strong, warm orange undertones and a glossy, cream finish. It’s major “con” was just that pigmentation was much higher than marketed.

Opaque color, even coverage
Creamy, smooth consistency that felt lightweight and non-sticky
Even, fluid application with little to no color settling into or emphasizing lip lines
Longer-wearing (5 to 6 hours), lightly to moderately hydrating

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).