Beauty Care: Rare Beauty Lively and Worthy Kind Words Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches

Lively

Rare Beauty Lively Kind Words Matte Lipstick ($20.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a brighter, medium-dark peach with warmer, more orange undertones and a satin finish.

Opaque coverage
Lightweight, velvety glide-on feel
Applied evenly but settled slightly into lip lines
Average-wearing (four hours), non-drying

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

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MAC Push Your Luck (LE, $22.00) is brighter, warmer (85% similar).
Dior Ultra Lively (450) (P, $37.00) is darker, glossier (80% similar).
MAC Mull It Over (P, $22.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).

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Formula Overview

$20.00/0.12 oz. - $166.67 Per Ounce

The formula is described as "buttery, pigment-rich, [and] soft matte" that gives "pure comfort all day." The shade range offered mostly opaque to fully opaque coverage in one layer, and the lipsticks applied smoothly without tugging or dragging, but they were not overly emollient--they had more of a velvety glide.

Some of the lighter shades were more prone to separate along deeper lip lines, though it wasn't really noticeable in person until a few hours into wear. I will note that this formula was one of the least likely to separate out of the more modern "soft matte" type of lipsticks that have launched in the last few years, so it was ultimately better than expected, even if not perfect! The more mid-tone and deeper shades were most forgiving, smoothest in appearance, and did last longer.

Most shades wore for around four hours with a few getting closer to five hours. They were more non-drying to barely hydrating, but the formula was comfortable enough to wear throughout the day.

It had a soft, sweet and floral scent that was hard to notice once on, and there was no discernible taste.

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Ingredients

Isononyl Isononanoate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecanol, Polyethylene, Dicalcium Phosphate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax/Helianthus Annuus Seed Cera, Polybutene, Silica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Microcrystalline Wax/Cera Microcristallina/Cire microcristalline, Synthetic Wax, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance/Parfum, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, BHT, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Nymphaea Odorata Root Extract. [+/- (May Contain): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Red 7 (CI 15850), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090)].

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Lively

PPermanent. $20.00.

A-

8.5

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

90%

Total

Worthy

Rare Beauty Worthy Kind Words Matte Lipstick ($20.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a light brown with subtle, warm pink undertones and a semi-matte finish.

Opaque coverage
Lightweight, velvety glide-on feel
Applied evenly but settled slightly into lip lines
Average-wearing (four hours), non-drying