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I'm here again with a new series which shall be a regular on this blog!


This series is about relatively CHEAP products  with GREAT GREAT quality! Products you might have overlooked because of the price, because most people have that "If its cheap, its no good" mentality. I'm always on the prowl for cheap but great products. I'm not a firm believer of 'you get what you pay for' as sometimes that is never the case! Expensive brands sometimes fall below our expectations, mostly because of the price! You want it, you get excited about it, you buy it, and then you realize the cake's not worth the candle!!! Arrrrgghh!! you are there thinking " This is a waste of money!! how much did i pay for this??!! Laduru owo ti mo san, rubbish to wa ninu pangolo lipstick yi ti e ni? yada yada yada!!.. I've been there several times.., it's like serving cheap wine from expensive bottles!! It can pain!! (This is NOT to say, all expensive products are not worth it!!)




Anyways, this sweetheart i'll be talking about today I found in a friends's makeup bag (yes never leave your makeup bag with me!!) and she went on to tell me how good it was! fortunately we went out together so I got to see how long it lasted! I had to get it! She gave me hers but i still went out to look for it! I found it and i bought  3 tubes because it was really scarce ( yes that is a good excuse for buying 3 lippies in the same shade and brand!!!)...well I gave out one, I don't know what to do with the remaining two!! Maybe sell it?



The Artmatic USA red cherry lipstick comes in a silver tube which is surprisingly sturdy..but  I hate this packaging..i really do!! If it isn't  black, make it gold or something, but not silver...ahhh!!



It is a beautiful true red with blue undertones which appear basically the same on different skin tones. It has a satin finish, which makes it pigmented, and gives it a good lasting power just like matte finishes, but it isn't drying (i.e it doesn't dry the lips) but it doesn't moisturize it either! This shade is kinda close to MAC's Red. Same finish, almost the same shade! Since i don't currently own that shade though I've swatched and seen it many times, I wont say it is a dupe for it.




SWATCHES

with diffused flash

Here you can see how pigmented it is... and the satin finish is quite visible

without flash

With flash, blotted with tissue

This is how it looks on me... My lips have really been in a state, it's been calling for me to use more lipgloss or creme finish lipsticks ( because it has been at its driest, and it so happens that there's no harmattan anymore, this has left me confused!!)...but meehhhh, I own it, not the other way round loooool

So the other day, I wore this lipstick out, I went to two makeup studios, and I got asked by two people..."is this rubywoo, did u put lipgloss on your rubywoo?" lol i just laughed...after we talked about it..(you know how makeup addicts love to analyze brands and shades, and bond from there...loool), i told them the price and they couldn't believe it!!

Around 10.30 in the morning..

Around 4 p.m Yes..about 5 hours..I had a bottle of sprite and some snacks...and I think after 5 hours, the amount of tint i had on my lips was quite impressive