Makeup Monday: Gerard Cosmetics Vintage Rose Lipstick Review

I purchased my first Gerard Cosmetics lippy recently and wore it for a whole 12 hours on Saturday so that I could give you guys a proper review :-P 

The shade I got was Vintage Rose, it's literally a vintage rose colour; a gorgeous pink colour with brown undertones! It's also a matte lipstick so it is supposed to be somewhat long lasting :-P 

I ordered it directly off the Gerard Cosmetics website and used a really good coupon code to get it for only $13. Lots of YouTubers have affiliate discount codes with Gerard Cosmetics, like Manny Mua, and Jacyln Hill, if you are interested in getting some money off ;-) 

The Packaging

It looks so pretty and sleek in its gold bullet tube, however, it's made from quite average plastic which doesn't feel too sturdy. The plastic tube is way thinner than the Mac tubes just for reference :-) 

So it probably wouldn't be a great lipstick for travel but it sure looks good :-) 

The Colour

It's such a gorge pink matte nude shade. It definitely pulls more pink on my lips as my lips are very pigmented to start with. 

The Formula

It's quite drying on the lips. Not like uncomfortably drying but after a couple of hours it starts to dry out my lips and sticks into the lines on my lips. It's smooth to apply and has no smell on the lips :-) 

The Longevity

So matte lipsticks are known to be quite long lasting on the lips. This one really is long lasting! It stayed on through 12 hours of talking, drinking, and eating. I only reapplied it once after I had eaten just to fix the dreaded inner rim that it had formed on my bottom lip! 

Please excuse the awful-ness of this picture, bad lighting and terrible pout ;-) i never thought to take a picture before I reapplied it so this will have to do! It's an extremely close up cropped pic from a selfie I had taken just after I ate. It's not great quality but you can kind of see the inner ring on my bottom lip that I'm talking about...

Apart from that I was quite impressed with the lipstick, although it's not completely trasfer proof as it does leave a small bit of colour on your hand if you try the kiss test ;-) 

Over all I was really pleased with the colour and the longevity of the lipstick, but I was seriously disappointed in the cheap thin plastic of the tube and if I had paid full price for this bad boy I would not be happy :-P 

But I didn't so I guess I can live with that :-P 

Have you guys tried any of the Gerard Cosmetics Lipsticks? Let me know what you think of them down below 👇🏼 :-) 

Love & Hugs, Lora xo