Swatches & Review
When EM Cosmetics had a 30% off promotion with Ipsy, I purchased Passion Berries because I have been wanting to try their lip products, but did not want to pay full-price. From the website itself, I purchased it because I thought it would be more of a deep purple berry color, but once it arrived, the shade was definitely lighter than I thought it was.
The lipsticks come in a glossy black & white box.
The lipstick itself is a bit more red than the purple berry color it shows on the website.
Swatched, Passion Berries is a pink-red berry. I was a bit disappointed because I was hoping it would be more of a purple-berry, but the color itself is not too bad. This definitely is not the most unique color though. For a matte lipstick, I found that it was pretty creamy and not too drying, but it definitely does emphasize dry spots on your lips so you would definitely need to exfoliate before using this. Because it is matte, it does not transfer a lot and it stays on the lips for a while. After about four hours of wear, I found that this started bleeding so I would recommend using a lip liner with this also. After removing, the color still stayed on my lip lines and it was super hard to get it off, so it was not very flattering because the stain lasted about a day and it wouldn't even come off when I exfoliated. This was a nice color, but not enough for me to actually want to pay full-price for this.
The EM Cosmetic's lipsticks retail for $16.50 and can be purchased from emcosmetics (non-affiliated link).
What do you think about EM Cosmetic's Michelle Phan's line? Have you tried anything from them? Is there anything you would like to try?
it suits you :)))
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Thanks! :)
DeleteI read from other reviews that whatever colour they wanted, they didn't get since the swatches on the website are so deceiving.
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DeleteThis color looks gorgeous on you! It really fits you too :) But I don't think that I'll order it at full price though.
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Thanks! Yeah, I wouldn't pay full price for it. I would rather get a MAC lipstick, which is cheaper than this if it's not in special packaging.
DeleteEven though this isn't your favorite color, I think it looks really beautiful on you, Lisa! I've tried 2 Waterliners; one was LOVE, the other was meh. I ordered Emerald (metallic) and Chocolate Dream (matte), and Emerald is beyond gorgeous! Chocolate Dream wasn't as creamy as I'd hoped and pulled at my lid during application. Um and also...the entire liner bullet fell out of the tube the first time I opened it. So I could never apply it without making sure it was aimed upwards or the bullet would come tearing out of there like a greased weasel!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristen! :) I really wish I purchased some of their Waterliners to try, but I guess next time if they have another really good promo. You should definitely try to contact them about the bullet falling out of the tube, hopefully they can replace it because it sounds like such a hassle!
DeleteI have this color too, but I wish I got just fab instead, it looks really good on you though!! xx
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I was going to get that, but it was always "backstocked" whenever I ordered so I didn't, but thanks!
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