Beauty Care: About Face The Cranberries & Date Me Cherry Pick Lip Color Butters Reviews & Swatches

The Cranberries

About Face The Cranberries Cherry Pick Lip Color Butter ($15.00 for 0.06 oz.) is a medium-dark, coppery-brown with warm, red undertones and a glossy, cream finish.

Semi-opaque pigmentation
Creamy, melting texture–use light hand when applying
Applied fairly evenly and smoothly on my lips
Long-wearing (4 hours), hydrating

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

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Chanel Sunlight (134) (P, $40.00).
YSL Nu Inattendu (157) (LE, $38.00).
YSL Take My Red Away (120) (LE, $38.00).
YSL Ready to Seduce (102) (LE, $38.00).
Sephora No Limit (32) (P, $13.00).

Formula Overview

$15.00/0.06 oz. - $250.00 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to have a "super glossy, high shine" finish that takes a "pigmented kiss of color" and puts it into a "nourishing lip balm format" paired with a "deliciously fruity scent." The formula is housed in a click-style pen, and you'll want to be careful about dispensing too much product as it melts like... butter. I found that using a lighter hand to apply gave me the best results as it was very easy to over-apply.

The shades were pigmented, creamy, and had a high-shine finish as promised, and it did feel like a cross between a lipstick and a lip balm. Despite being so glossy, as long as I didn't over-apply the product, I felt like it stayed in place well, wasn't prone to feathering on me (though not something I've experienced that often, regardless of formulation), and had a touch of tackiness that likely helped it from getting everywhere.

It wasn't particularly long-wearing, but several shades lasted a solid four hours on me, and the formula itself was hydrating. There was a sweet, fruity scent but no discernible taste.

Browse all of our About Face Cherry Pick Lip Color Butter swatches.

Ingredients

Diisostearyl Malate, Polybutene, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina/Cire Microcristalline), Synthetic Wax, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), Stearalkonium Hectorite, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Paraffin, Propylene Carbonate, CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), CI 15850 (Red 7), Parfum (Fragrance), Capryly| Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylene/Propylene Copolymer, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter/Beurre de Karité), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Hexylene Glycol, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate/Grenade) Flower Extract, Prunus Avium (Sweet Cherry/Guigne) Seed Oil, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate. V/092622

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The Cranberries

PPermanent. $15.00.

B+

8.5

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

88%

Total

Date Me

About Face Date Me Cherry Pick Lip Color Butter ($15.00 for 0.06 oz.) is a dark brown with subtle, warm reddish undertones and a glossy, cream finish.

Semi-opaque pigmentation
Creamy, melting texture–use light hand when applying
Could have applied more evenly, settled into lip lines slightly
Long-wearing (4 hours), hydrating

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

Top Dupes

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ColourPop Oh Behave (LE, $7.00).
Jaclyn Cosmetics Ambition (DC, $18.00).
ColourPop Pitch (LE, $7.00).
Rare Beauty Thrilling (P, $20.00).
Sephora But First Coffee (58) (P, $8.00).
MAC Consensual (P, $19.00).
Revlon Choco-liscious (P, $8.49).
Pat McGrath Divine Brown (P, $38.00).
ColourPop Chocolatier (LE, $10.00).
Clinique Velvet Kisses (29) (P, $19.50).

Formula Overview

$15.00/0.06 oz. - $250.00 Per Ounce

It wasn't particularly long-wearing, but several shades lasted a solid four hours on me, and the formula itself was hydrating. There was a sweet, fruity scent but no discernible taste.

Browse all of our About Face Cherry Pick Lip Color Butter swatches.

Ingredients

Diisostearyl Malate, Polybutene, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina/Cire Microcristalline), Synthetic Wax, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), Stearalkonium Hectorite, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Paraffin, Propylene Carbonate, CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), Parfum (Fragrance), Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylene/Propylene Copolymer, CI 15850 (Red 7), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter/Beurre de Karité), CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Hexylene Glycol, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate/Grenade) Flower Extract, Prunus Avium (Sweet Cherry/Guigne) Seed Oil, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate. V/081722