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It’s time for Cyber Monday 2021 Deals!

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It’s officially Cyber Monday! Here is a list of some of our favorite brands and the deals they are offering:

 

Skincare

Sonage Skincare – 30% off and two mystery gifts with code CYBER2GIFTS

 

Civant Skincare – Get $10 off Meladerm Pigment Correction. Civant Meladerm is one of our current favorites!

 

Good Molecules – 25% off site wide and 30% off bundles, no code needed.

 

LED Technologies 

30% site wide with code BESTDEALS

 

Kat Burki – 25% off plus a 1oz Vitamin C Face Cream with code KBTHANKS

 

nuFace – 35% off site wide, no code needed!

 

 

Michael Todd Beauty – 40% off select items. No code needed.

 

Mad Hippie– 30% off site wide. No code needed.

 

When Beauty – 50% off all products! Take advantage of this incredible deal from a truly incredible brand!

 

Jeffrey James Botanicals  – The more you buy the more you save:

1 item  $19.88 each

2 items  $18.88 each

3 items  $17.88 each

4 items  $16.88 each

5+ items $15.88 each

They have also partnered up with One Tree Planted – for every product purchased, a tree will be planted!

Now is a great time to stock up on your go-tos from a favorite brand of ours!

 

Jan Marini Skin Research – 20% off site wide, no code needed.

 

Trophy Skin – Save up to 55%. Discount price reflected on sale page.

 

Osmotics– 35% off site wide with code CYBER35.

 

NEWA – Several deals including the NEWA Classic for $199!

 

NIRA – 50% off – only $224 for this powerhouse skincare tool!

 

Solawave – Solawave is running a fantastic sale – buy one Solawave wand and get one free, or get 30% off one. No code needed!

Read our review on this great multi-tasking skincare tool!

 

Hair

EVOLVh – 40% select products with code SAVEBIG

 

Philip Kingsley – 25% off everything with code BLACKFRIDAY25

 

HairMax – 20% off sitewide with code CYBR21

 

T3 Micro – 25% off site wide. No code needed.

 

 

Makeup

Viola Rouge Cosmetics – Get 50% off and free shipping on all products! We adore Viola Rouge lipsticks and eye shadows!

 

Bite Beauty – 40% site wide, no code needed.

 

By Terry– 25% off site wide. No code needed.

 

Chantecaille – 25% off with code CYBER

 
Wellness

 

Aura Cacia – 30% off gifts with code AC3080

 

Coco Floss  25% off with code BLACKFRIDAY

National Lipstick Day: Viola Rouge

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It’s National Lipstick Day! 💄 It’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate our love of lipstick with clean beauty brand VIOLA ROUGE.  VIOLA ROUGE lipsticks are GMO-free, cruelty-free, and vegan. It’s a smooth, creamy, long-lasting, and clean beauty formula. It is not only flattering, but it is good for you too, as it contains a powerhouse cocktail of lip-enhancing ingredients. And bonus: The color holds true on Zoom video conference!
VIOLA ROUGE Clean Beauty Lipsticks

VIOLA ROUGE Clean Beauty Lipsticks

About Viola Rouge

VIOLA ROUGE is a clean beauty brand that makes eye cream shadows and clean formula lipsticks.

 

Ever try a recommended color cosmetic that is supposed to be a flattering color for you, but it just isn’t?  VIOLA ROUGE knows color matching involves more than just your skintone.

VIOLA ROUGE considers your skintone and more importantly the pigment and the UNDERTONE. Undertone is a combination of hereditary and environmental factors that together impact what looks best on your skin.  VIOLA ROUGE empowers your beauty decisions with their SKIN TONE & UNDERTONE GLOSSARY to best understand your unique coloring.

Take the Viola Rouge Pick Your Favorite Shade quiz to see what would work best for you.

 

The Lipstick

VIOLA ROUGE is a clean beauty lipstick formulation with an exceptional creamy finish.
It also contains the ingredients of a natural lip treatment with multiple skin revitalizing ingredients.

 

 

VIOLA ROUGE lipsticks are:

  • GMO-free
  • Leaping Bunny cruelty-free certified
  • Vegan
  • Good for your lips

Viola Rouge Packaging

The lipstick is packaged in non-reflective glossy cardboard boxes. There are multiple lipstick lines within the VIOLA ROUGE range. Each with its’ distinct vibrant imaging and branding. Shown here are the boxes for the Iceland Collection (left) and Morocco Collection (right).

 

 

 

 

The Lipstick case

The lipstick case is a silvertone sparkle with a subtle purple shift on a raised, variegated pattern texture paired with a smooth solid cap.

Viola Rouge lipstick

VIOLA ROUGE lipstick

The lipstick case cap is smooth with the VIOLA ROUGE branding in a slightly raised embossed logo. Here is a close up of the logo on the cap:

Close up of Viola Rouge branding

Close up of VIOLA ROUGE branding on the lipstick cap

 

Status Symbol and Blueberry Flower

The inside of the bullet is a sleek non-reflective shiny silver that also bears the VIOLA ROUGE branding in violet lettering.

The lipstick bullet itself is contained in a semi-opaque white mold. The lipstick is the classic angled tip.

The Shades

VIOLA ROUGE lipsticks come in 24 shades of satin or shimmer finish. We got to try two of them, Status Symbol and Blueberry Flower.

 

Status Symbol and Blueberry Flower

Status Symbol and Blueberry Flower

The smooth, creamy, long-lasting, and clean beauty formula is good for you, too. Not only is it creamy, but it also contains the ingredients of a natural lip treatment.

Ingredients

Organic blueberry seed oil

Blueberry Flower lipstick uses Organic blueberry seed oil to minimize fine lines on lips. It promotes skin elasticity for firmer, youthful skin.

 

Black Cumin Seed Oil comes from the seeds of this flower

Black Cumin Seed Oil comes from the seeds of this flower

Black Cumin seed oil

Black Cumin Seed Oil is featured in the shade Status Symbol.  Black Cumin Seed Oil comes from the seeds of the flower Nigella sativa, commonly called virgin in the green flower. Black Cumin Seed Oil locks in moisture. It is also an excellent antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant.

 

Camellia

Camellia

Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil

Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil revitalizes skin, smooths rough skin patches, and repairs the skin barrier.

 

Castor Seed Oil

Castor Seed

Castor Seed Oil

Castor Seed Oil is a humectant that moisturizes the skin.

Castor Seed Oil has a mildly plumping action on lips without stinging.

It reduces inflammation, heals scars, and hydrates. Castor Seed Oil is rich in vitamins and fatty acids to nourish.

 

Saffron

Saffron flower extract diminishes hyperpigmentation. Saffron also protects against UV radiation.

 

Rice Bran

Rice Bran

Rice Bran Extract

Rice Bran Oil is a gentle anti-inflammatory oil that promotes hydration. It is a vital source of vitamins A, B2, B1, squalene, and two types of Vitamin E. This combo can hydrate, heal and soften skin while making scars and burns more pliable. It is high in fatty acids including Omega 6 and 9, both of which give skin a healthy glow.

It is rich in ferulic acid (used in facial creams to support Vitamin C), plus inositol and gamma oryzanol, anti-oxidants, and nourishing moisturizers. [1] Rice bran evens out skin tone and reduces dark spots. [2] It is excellent for tackling lip lines and wrinkles [3] that often belie age.

 

Shea Butter

Shea Butter treats acne scars, including cystic acne dark scars.  Shea can feed the skin and overhaul the skin texture, even on deep burns.

 

Sunflower

Sunflower Extract

Sunflower is hydrating and nourishing. It functions as a lipid buffer and retains moisture in the skin. Rich in vitamin E, it can repair damaged skin. [4]

 

 

Rosemary

Rosemary

Rosemary Leaf Extract

Rosemary Extract combats dry skin. It naturally protects skin from sun damage and free radicals. It also has natural antiseptic properties and is a gentle exfoliant for dead skin flakes.

Rosemary Extract is soothing and helps reduce puffiness and lightens dark spots.

It is stimulating and promotes better blood circulation to deliver the nutrients necessary to build collagen, elastin and to encourage scar repair.

 

StyleChicks glossary of skincare ingredients for safflower oil

Safflower

Safflower Seed Oil

Safflower Oil is high in Omegas 3, 6, and 9. It hydrates dry skin, soothes irritation, and enhances skin texture and appearance. It delays premature aging, tightens and brightens the skin.


Vitamin E

Vitamin E softens skin texture and reduces acne scars. Vitamin E makes old acne scars softer and more pliable.

Vitamin E makes rough, sunburned, scarred, or otherwise damaged skin soft and pliable. Once the skin is pliable, other treating ingredients can work their magic.

 

Jojoba Seeds

Jojoba Seeds

Jojoba Esters

Jojoba removes impurities and flakes, reduces inflammation, and soothes skin. Jojoba oil is an emollient, made of 98% monounsaturated fats.

Jojoba gives elasticity and softness to the skin.  Jojoba is a carrier oil, increasing the efficacy of other active ingredients.


what It Does NOT contain


It’s formulated without:

  • paraffin
  • gluten
  • mineral oil
  • nanoparticles
  • parabens
  • phthalates
  • sulfates
  • ureas
  • silicone D5
  • polyfluorinated /perfluorinated compounds.


 

THE EXPERIENCE

Thanks to the VIOLA ROUGE Pick Your Perfect Shade Quiz, I found two lipsticks that are perfect for my skin tone. I can’t count the number of lipsticks I have tried over the years trying to find a shade like Blueberry Flower, but as soon as I applied it I knew it was what I have been looking for. The same is true of Status Symbol. Having found two shades that are an exact match for my skin’s undertones, I can’t wait to try the others that the quiz recommended for me!

The texture is silky, weightless, and glides on evenly and with precision.

It is transfer-resistant and long-wearing, but not at all drying. Quite the contrary in fact: I found it exceptionally hydrating all day long without the need to reapply.

Blueberry flower lipstick is a deep fuchsia pink with a satin finish. It works for Pink, Blue, & Olive skin undertones.

Viola Rouge Blueberry Flower

VIOLA ROUGE Cruelty-Free Lipstick

 

Where to Buy It

Find these clean beauty lipsticks at Viola Rouge 

Stay tuned for a future post on VIOLA ROUGE Eye Creams

Viola Rouge lipsticks

VIOLA ROUGE clean lipsticks

 

QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?

Have any comments or questions about Viola Rouge?

The Style Chicks are here to answer them.

 

Leave a comment below or Email Us

 

References

  1. Coppini, D.; Paganizzi, P.; Santi, P.; Ghirardini, A. Capacitá protettiva nei confronti delle radiazioni solari di derivati di origine vegetable. Cosm. News 2001, 136, 15–20.
  2. Marto, Joana; Neves, Ângela; Gonçalves, Lídia M.; Pinto, Pedro; Almeida, Cristina; Simões, Sandra. 2018. “Rice Water: A Traditional Ingredient with Anti-Aging Efficacy.” Cosmetics 5, no. 2: 26.
  3. Rigo, L.A.; da Silva, C.R.; de Oliveira, S.M.; Cabreira, T.N.; de Bona da Silva, C.; Ferreira, J.; Beck, R.C. Nanoencapsulation of rice bran oil increases its protective effects against UVB radiation-induced skin injury in mice. Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2015, 93, 11–17.
  4. Darmstadt GL, Mao-Qiang M, Chi E, Saha SK, Ziboh VA, Black RE, Santosham M, Elias PM. Impact of topical oils on the skin barrier: possible implications for neonatal health in developing countries. Acta Paediatr. 2002;91(5):546-54. doi: 10.1080/080352502753711678. PMID: 12113324.

 

Viola Rouge

About This Post

These VIOLA ROUGE lipsticks were submitted to Style Chicks for consideration purposes.

The Style Chicks team personally tests and thoroughly evaluates each product before it is featured.

Style Chicks independently researches product ingredients to understand how every featured product works. We show our research in the References section of each article.

All opinions and experiences are 100% our own.

Kid & Pregnancy Safe Non-Toxic Manicures
Kapa Nui Nails

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We love a pretty manicure, but it is hard to justify using chemical-laden polishes. So we were delighted to find a line of natural and lovely polish shades. They are safe for everyone: kids, pregnant women, even persons with cancer.  And when paired with their special Base and Top Coat Sealer, these colors stay on until you take them off, even with constant hand washing.  Meet Kapa Nui Nails.

Kapa Nui Nails are a safe alternative nail range inspired by the vibrant shades of Hawaiian beaches.

Safe For All

It is not that we don’t use a well-placed chemical within beauty, but when possible, we always try to find other options. Especially on our hands.

These vibrant pretty Hawaii inspired shades are safe for all. They are kid-safe and pregnancy safe.

  • 3- Free,” “5, 7, 9, 10, 12 Free,”
  • Toxin-free
  • PETA Certified vegan
  • cruelty-free
  • Eco-friendly

These polishes are made from carbon, nitrogen, and water. It degrades back into naturally occurring forms of these elements. No plastics or polymers.

Kapa Nui Nails are alternative safe for everyone, including pregnant women, kids, and people with cancer.

The Range

“Inspired by the Beauty of Hawai’i”

The range includes 33 polish shades. There are sand tone nudes, ocean blues, greens and teals, and vibrant pinks and purple orchid shades.

We tried the Starter Set. It contains:

  • Three Starter size bottles (9ml) of your favorite colors.
  • Kapa Nui Base & Top Coat (15ml)
  • Kapa Nui Remover (1 oz)
  • Manicure Sticks x5
  • Re-usable Remover Pads x5
  • Custom cosmetic bag

shades

We tried three Big Island-inspired shades:

We tried three Kapa Nui shades

 

Kapa Nui Hawaiian Inspired shades

 

Pua Melia

Pua Melia is a soft-matte pink with a cream finish. This semi-sheer is buildable to semi-opaque in 2-3 coats. One coat is a creamy pale.

Pua Melia

 

Two shades with a shell tone pink. Pua Melia (right) and Seashells Heart (left)

 

Seashells Heart

A lustrous pastel pink with pearly shimmer. Evocative of the pink hue inside of conch seashells.

Seashell Hearts is the pearliest of these three shades

Seashells Heart

Kapa Nui captures the pink vibrant hue seen inside queen conch shells

Sweet Wahine

Sweet Wahine is a creamy violet with some sheen but not pearly or shimmery.

Kapa Nui Sweet Wahini

Sweet Wahine

Evocative of Hawaiian orchids

Base & Top Coat Sealer

The sealer is key to a long-lasting, high-performance manicure.  This dual functioning layer provides tight adhesion of your color layer as a Base Coat and as a Top Coat Sealer, gives your color longer life with 2 to 3 times more chip resistance.

For a long-lasting, gel manicure look, apply Base & Top Coat Sealer in thin layers and let set for 60 seconds before applying 1-2 coats of color. Seal with a final top coat.

There is no odor.

Sweet Wahine, Pua Melia and Base & Top Coat Sealer

Non-Toxic Nail Polish Remover

A cruelty-free gel that contains no acetone or alcohol.

The gel formulation is suitable for travel and there is no unpleasant odor.

We like the fine pen tip nozzle for post-polish application clean up jobs.

Kapa Nui Polish Remover is an odor free gel formula

 

Kapa Nui Polish Remover is especially formulated to remove Kapa Nui polishes

the experience

Kapa Nui polishes are odor-free and they wear like a gel or lacquer.

The shades are vibrant

Kapa Nui swatches: Seashells Heart, Sweet Wahine, Pua Melia.

The brush applies a smooth, even coat.

The brush applies evenly without skipping or errant bristles


 


About Kapa Nui Nails

”We want all women to know they do not need to sacrifice health for beauty.” – Kapa Nui

Many brands come from a beauty background. But Kapa Nui Nails has a health background.

One of the founders is a board-certified OB-GYN with a long career focused on empowering women in their health care choices.

Launched in August 2019 a line of clean and green nail polish and products that delivers what health-conscious polish wearers are looking for; toxin-free polish, products that do no harm to people or the environment.

We developed alternative nail products that are safe for everyone, including pregnant women, children, and people with cancer. Working with our highly accomplished chemist, we developed a full line of nail products including our curated color palette, inspired by the Hawaii we love.

Hawaiian Inspired Beauty

Where to Find It

Find Kapa Nui products at https://www.kapanuinails.com

Kapa Nui polishes

 


QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?

Have any comments or questions about Kapa Nui?

The Style Chicks are here to answer them.

Leave a comment or Email Us

ABOUT THIS POST

The Kapa Nui Starter Set was submitted to Style Chicks for consideration purposes. All opinions and experiences are 100% our own.

 

Lash Enhancing Eyeliner
Caley Cosmetics Beach Babe NATURAL EYES Eyeliner

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It’s National Watermelon Day! 🍉 And Caley Cosmetics, creators of COLOR WAVE NATURAL LIPSTICK, have done it again, this time with an Eyeliner.  BEACH BABE NATURAL EYES Eyeliner is a smudge-proof gel that contains natural ingredients to treat and enhance lashes, one of which is eyelash enhancing Watermelon Seed Oil.  Plus it comes in 14 pretty shades.
BEACH BABE NATURAL EYES Eyeliner

Caley Cosmetics BEACH BABE NATURAL EYES Eyeliner

About BEACH BABE NATURAL EYES

These long-wearing, smearproof, and waterproof eyeliners come in fourteen versatile shades. We got to try several of them. We found they don’t tug on delicate eye skin yet blend easily.

The liners are creamy but blend like a gel. It is non-irritating when applied in the waterline.

The colors are:

Colors we tried

  • Jetsetter: black-brown/espresso
  • Midnight: matte black
  • Twilight: black shimmer
  • Moonlight: charcoal
  • Playa: medium matte brown
  • Tahiti: dark royal/navy blue
  • Bohemian: vivid grape
  • Jungle: deep forest/moss green
  • Dragonfly: deep plum/metallic aubergine
  • Sunset: bronze/medium brown metallic
  • Mermaid: teal shimmer
  • Unicorn: lilac shimmer
  • Starry Eyed: creamy white highlight

 

 

 

Ingredients

Watermelon Seed Oil contains eyelash-enhancing linoleic acid

These Caley liners are packed with natural ingredients that not only are safe for the delicate eye area but encourage healthy, lush eyelash growth.

 

Watermelon Seed Oil

Watermelon Seed OilWatermelon Seed Oil is an outstanding antioxidant and highly nutritive oil. It is high in unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic and oleic acids.

It has antioxidant activity and the vitamin E compounds that protects skin and hair from oxidative stress and photo-aging. It also contains essential proteins, vitamins, and minerals to enrich skin. It absorbs quickly. [1]

 

Castor Seed Oil

Castor seed oil is a humectant

Castor seeds

Castor Seed Oil is a humectant that keeps lashes soft, lush and healthy.

It reduces lash breakage. It also reduces inflammation, heals scars and hydrates.

 

Sunflower Seed Oil

Sunflower Seed Oil

Sunflower

Sunflower Seed Oil is hydrating, nourishing and an excellent “supporting” oil base [2].

It reduces hair breakage, hydrates and conditions lashes keeping them lush and healthy. It reduces lash breakage.

 

Rosemary Leaf Extract

Rosemary Leaf Extract encourages hair growth.

Rosemary also stimulates and promotes better blood circulation to deliver the nutrients necessary to build collagen, elastin and to encourage scar repair.

 

Abyssinian Seed Oil

Abyssinian Seed Oil is lightweight and absorbs easily. It contains linoleic acid, which is the predominant fat in skin cells.

It forms the lipid barrier that holds moisture in cells, which keeps skin or hair hydrated.


Papaya Seed Oil

Papaya

Papaya

Papaya Seed Oil is high in linoleic and Behenic acid.  Behenic acid prevents hair breakage to keep lashes lush and long.

 

Candelilla Wax

Candelilla Wax is a vegan substitute for beeswax with similar properties. It works well with other waxes for improved product consistency and to raise melting points without chemicals.

 

Mango Fruit Extract

Mango

Mango

Mango Fruit Extract is a humectant that is high in copper, which supports healthy lash follicles.

Mango serves as a long-lasting emollient. Rich in fatty acids, it is perfect to keep lashes hydrated. Hydrated lashes resist breakage.

 

Hibiscus Flower Extract

Hibiscus

Hibiscus


Hibiscus Flower Extract promotes collagen for lash growth because it contains Vitamin C.

Vitamin C also treats skin along the lash line, reducing find lines, scars, and eczema.

 

 

Pineapple

Pineapple

Pineapple

Pineapple Fruit contains fruit extracts that are effective exfoliants to sloughs off dead cells on the surface of the skin that may impede lash growth.

 

Jasmine Oil

Jasmine

Jasmine

Jasmine Oil supports lash elasticity by preventing elastin degradation.

It is high in antioxidants.

 

What it does NOT contain

Paraben-free and formulated without any synthetic pigments or unnecessary chemicals.

Caley signature packaging

WHAT WE LOVE

We particularly like how this liner does double duty as a waterproof liner and lash enhancer. Castor oil is well known to condition lashes, but it is so thick that it is often difficult to apply it directly to the lash root or not inadvertently get it into the eye. But when castor is in an eyeliner, it works out perfectly to enhance lash growth and as a long-wearing eyeliner.

Caley liners are highly pigmented gel-like formulations

Caley liners are highly pigmented gel-like formulations

About Caley Cosmetics

“All of our natural beauty products are developed and made in a family owned & operated green beauty facility. We test every clean cosmetic product endlessly until we can guarantee our cruelty-free makeup brand delivers healthy skincare benefits for optimal performance.”
– Caley

WHERE TO FIND IT

Find Caley Cosmetics Beach Babe NATURAL EYES Eyeliner Caley at

Beach Babe Natural Eyes

 

Caley Eyeliners

 

QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?

Have any questions about Caley Cosmetics Beach Babe NATURAL EYES Eyeliner? The Style Chicks are here to answer them.

REFERENCES

  1. Tarek A. El-Adawy and Khaled M. Taha (2001). “Characteristics and Composition of Watermelon, Pumpkin, and Paprika Seed Oils and Flours”. J. Agric. Food Chem. 49 (3): 1253–1259. doi:10.10217
  2. Lopez Perez G, Torres Altamirano M. Indications for sunflower oil concentrate in the treatment of atopic dermatitis. Rev Alerg Mex. 2006;53(6):217-25.

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Caley Cosmetics Beach Babe NATURAL EYES Eyeliners were submitted to Style Chicks for consideration purposes. All opinions and experiences are 100% our own.

National Lipstick Day Picks
Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour

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We previously introduced Pinch of Colour, a waterless beauty brand. The Pinch Of Colour range includes skincare and cosmetics such as a Waterless Lip Oil. Today we take a peek at the Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour.

Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour in the shade Sophia

Why We Love It

Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour has long-lasting coverage and a rich dimension to it’s a glam finish. Plus it is packed with lip-loving hydrating ingredients such as Jojoba, Mango Seed, and Rosehip oils.

Notably, Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour is vegan, cruelty-free, and paraben-free. It is also Water-free. Waterless beauty is not only socially conscious, but it makes for a higher quality end product.

 

Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour comes in twelve vibrant shades

The Experience

These Pinch of Colour matte lipsticks come in rich, flattering shades and have a smooth texture. The oils make it smooth but the lipstick does not run.

ShadesPinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour comes in twelve shades, an assortment of warm and cool base tones including a classic but modern red and cheery pinks.

We tried Sophia, an elegant crisp, cool, deep red-pink berry, and Eva, a vibrant pop of pink.

Sophia is a berry shade between pink and red

Packaging

It is packaged in a minimalist white and silver case with signature logo.

Eva is a pretty, wearable pink

Eva is a pretty, wearable pink

texture

The texture is smooth enough for a precise application. Unlike some natural lip products, it is not too hard and waxy or too mushy. It applies well and doesn’t feather even on my chronically dry lips.

Sophia

Wear

See how the kiss prints above are faded? This lipstick doesn’t come off on my glass while drinking, or while eating salad with dressing. It just began to wear off while eating pizza. This long-wearing formula isn’t drying like a stain but it does stay put like one.

Ingredients

Let’s review Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour‘s impressive ingredient line up.

ingredient profile

Mango Seed Butter provides extended hydration and contains copper to build precious lip collagen and elastin

Mango Seed Butter

Mango

Mango

Mango Seed Butter provides a long-lasting emollient. Rich in fatty acids, it is perfect to keep skin hydrated and dewy overnight.

Mango is high in copper. Copper builds Collagen, Elastin and increases Hyaluronic Acid production within the skin. Copper is rare within skincare products because extraction is costly. A natural ingredient high in copper is a great addition to this formulation!

Mango Seed Butter also contains Vitamins C, A, E, K and B6.

 

SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL

Jojoba Seed Oil is very similar to the composition of our natural skin oils, so skin tends to absorb Jojoba very well.

Jojoba Seeds

Jojoba Seeds

Jojoba gives skin elasticity and softness. Jojoba Oil is a carrier oil, increasing the efficacy of other active ingredients.

It smoothes lip wrinkles and fine lines without causing irritation.

 

Rosa Canina Fruit Oil

Rosehips

Rosehip Seed Oil is high in Vitamins A, C, and E. They provide nutrients and promote cell turnover.

Rose Hip Seed Oil is a Vitamin C variant that is both a treatment and a hydrating ingredient.

Rosehip oil also has omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids to soothe and moisturize eczema or dry skin. [1]

Supporting Players

TOCOPHERYL ACETATE

Tocopheryl Acetate is a form of Vitamin E oil used in skincare. E makes damaged lip skin soft and pliable again while reducing wrinkle formation. Vitamin E also has anti-inflammatory properties, which soothe irritated lips.

CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE

Capric Triglyceride naturally occurs in palm kernel or coconut oil. It is a mixed ester composed of caprylic and capric fatty acids attached to glycerin. [2]

Coconut Oil

Capric Triglyceride is from Coconuts

Capric Triglyceride can make greasy ingredients leave a non-greasy finish. This is helpful in a lipstick formulation such as this one which contains such rich oils.

Caprylic/capric triglyceride creates a barrier on the skin’s surface to reduce moisture loss and address dryness.

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is one of the cleanest ingredients with no reported toxicity.

 

Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour shades Sophia and Eva

ABOUT THE BRAND

Pinch of Colour Founder Linda Treska made Pinch of Colour the world’s first waterless beauty brand.

You will note water is missing from the ingredient list. Water is usually at the beginning of the ingredient list- most of the time making up almost 70 to 80% of the formula. Cutting water from the formulation actually creates a more hydrating product because it won’t interfere with our skin’s natural sebum protective barrier.

Driven by a mission to conserve precious water for drinking, Pinch of Colour not only performs professionally and delivers a more potent product, but they make a difference through philanthropic initiatives.

Where to Buy It

Find Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour at Pinch Of Colour

Pinch of Colour

Pinch of Colour

QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?

Have any comments or questions about Pinch of Colour Matte Velvet Waterless Lip Colour?

The Style Chicks are here to answer them.

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References

  1. Grajzer, Magdalena, et al. “Characteristics of rose hip (Rosa canina L.) cold-pressed oil and its oxidative stability studied by the differential scanning calorimetry method. Food chemistry 188 (2015): 459-466.
  2. Journal of Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003 306: 29-34
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