ColourPop Pencil Review

After seeing everyone else pick these products up, and ColourPop's awesome instagram feed I knew that I needed to get on the bandwagon and pick some of their products up. The pencils are only USD$5 so I thought that I can't really go wrong with this. I joined in on an order with some friends though as the shipping can be quite expensive. I picked up one colour which is Fetch - I just love the name, reminds me of Mean Girls which was my favourite movie for such a long time, 'Gretchen, stop trying to make Fetch happen, It's just not going to happen!'. Fetch is a bright pink shade, they call it a 'mid-tone warm true pink'.

The packaging for these is lovely as with all of the Colour Pop goodies. I really like the white packaging, it just looks really clean and simple. It has a holographic print of the brand and shade on it which is really cool. Although this has rubbed off on some of the lippie stix that I own. At the end of the pencil it has the shade colour which is great to be able to find which one you want quickly in a bunch. The lid sits tightly on the pencil so no worries about it falling off. You do have to sharpen this pencil which feels a bit weird as you are sharpening plastic, but it works so who am I to complain.

The pencil itself goes onto the lips quite smoothly although not in a creamy way. I think this is very similar to other lip pencils I have, although not as drying as my MAC one. I really like the formulation as it really seems to stick to your lips in a non-drying sort of way. Makes for a really nice matte lippy if you apply all over your lips. Most of the time I use lip pencils for applying all over the lip and putting a gloss over the top. The wear time on this is pretty good. I found if I applied in the morning all over the lip I could still see a slight stain over the lips by the end of the day, long after whatever I applied on top is gone. Not as strong as in the morning but still there. Impressive!

I actually really like this and think that it is a great place to pick up lip pencils. Lip pencils to me are like the boring makeup product that I usually don't bother buying. Why buy a lip pencil when you can get a LIPSTICK! But these actually do the job really well and are a reasonable price so I would recommend them to friends.

I bought three of these in Lumiere, Bossy and Leather.

Lumiere is a '90's brown. Bossy is nearly a true red and Leather is a dark purple.

They go on really, really well, and the pigmentation is fantastic. However since my lips are quite big, I need to use a fair amount of product to cover them entirely.

So by the time I'd covered my lips, I'd worn the inside of the pencil down to the actual tube.

EDITED SECTION: I originally thought the pencils were retractable. Nope, I'm actually just a bit idiotic... You need to sharpen them. So I've changed my 'Recommend' rating from a 2/5 to a 4/5. I give it a 4/5 because the product does get used up quite fast - especially if you have juju lips like me. So perhaps lining lips and then blending out to make them last a little longer is the better way to go.

I was a sucker and purchased the matching lip pencil when I brought their Lippie Stix I jut couldn't resist them as I already seriously lacked pencils anyway.

These pencils are designed to look like a slim version of the Lippie Stix in its white barrelled pencil with the holographic logo and writing, even the ends have the colour of the product inside painted on to allow easy reference when you grab at them. At first I thought that these were retractable but they need to be sharpened which isn't a big deal to be honest for me. The formula is nice and creamy which sees a even smooth line when applying, it doesn't smudge or budge and works well with all other types of lip products so they are highly versatile. Ellarie I think personally is an amazing dupe for the MAC soar as it has this slight mauve spice colour to it and for the price difference its amazing.

Currenlty own shades:

Frida - Rich pink brown almost brick colour Ellarie - Spicy mauve colour Lumiere - Rich mauve colour LBB - Rich cranberry red almost brown Pitch - Dark chocolate brown Leather - Deep purple Lady - Raspberry red

There’s nothing really jaw-dropping about these pencils for me. They’re pigmented, long wearing and glide on like a dream but other than that they’re just your usual lip liner. I don’t think they’re a must-have unless you like to co-ordinate your pencils with the corresponding Colourpop Lippie Stix but I can find dupes in my existing collection.

What I love most about these pencils is probably the formulation - it’s a beautiful creamy formula that sits comfortably on the lips and is non-drying. I do like the price point of $USD5.00 (i.e. $NZD7.50 depending on the exchange rate) compared to some other brands that charge an arm and a leg for a creamy formula but drying after a few hours. I do feel that the pencils help to really seal in the colour when used in conjunction with the lippie stix - better than if using a different lip pencil but could I live without it? Absolutely. I think the staying power is quite good – because they're creamy they tend to bleed so I spend more time cleaning up as opposed to touching up.

The pencils are the same build as the NYX Slim Pencils but they sharpen like a MAC pencil which is what annoys me most. When you sharpen the pencil it’s kind of a stubby point so don’t expect precision after the first use – I sharpened it just now to be sure haha. The white packaging is lovely but the ones that are in rotation right now have marks on them; no big deal but if you’re wanting them to stay clean you may want to keep them separate from the other makeup items.

Lumiere is a beautiful mauve rose shade and you can definitely wear the lip pencil on its own and going forward I’ll probably just repurchase either the pencil or the lippie stix I don’t need both. I bought mine from Colourpop using Shipito – they ship direct to NZ too (based on weight) but it worked out cheaper for me to get free shipping in the US (over certain amount) and pay for shipping costs in one go together with other parcels.

This pencil is affordable and works well. It applies smoothly and doesn't dry out my lips. Comes in a large range of colours and it's super easy to find a matching liquid colour. Easy to apply, doesn't smudge and lasts all day. It obviously isn't as good as other more expensive lip pencils, but for the money you are paying it is good value.

Lumiere, oh Lumiere, how I love you Lumiere. I own all of KathleenLights' collaborated products with Colour Pop and honestly, I want to own everything. I don't have many lip pencils in general but because I wanted to support her, I did grab the pencil.

The reason why I was confused is because I thought it was an automatic, wind up pencil. No. You have to sharpen it. I was going to complain about the packaging not letting me wind it up, so thank goodness I was told this before listing the packaging as a con. I love these pencils. They're in slim, white packaging with the Colourpop logo and ingredients written on it in rainbow-silver and at the end it shows the colour that's inside.

Lumiere is a very pretty mauvy, pinky, rosey kind of shade. I feel like anyone could wear it and it would just look stunning. I've noticed on YouTube with other shades that the pencil and lippie sticks with the same names are noticeably different, but with Lumiere, I really can't tell the difference in shades. Is this a bad thing to me? Not at all. The pencil glides on smoothly and is definitely creamy, it helps with the lasting power of any lipstick you put on top of it and is also, in my opinion, the perfect shade for overlining the lips slightly. It smells kind of chemically but it's not noticeable, I just happened to take a sniff at it while writing this review because I'm a bizarre individual. Highly recommend these lip liners and at such an affordable price, you really don't have much to lose!

I took a look into these after hearing the hype about them and other Colour Pop products. When looking at their selection I was impressed by the range of colours they have. There aren't that many ranges with that range of different colours so I was quite excited about that. My favourite shades would be dalia and punky. It is a good thing they have so many shades that you can't choose between at such an affordable prices because shipping is so pricey that you need to get several to make them worth buying.

Onto the lippie pencil itself. It is a good solid lip liner. It lasts for a good length of time and is well pigmented. To apply it was smooth and didn't dehydrate the lips, which is really important for me in a lip product. It also withstood eating lunch which many lip products don't.

The packaging is very clean and simple which is classy, but I don't think they advertise the need to sharpen aspect very well.

All in all a good product that I would love to see bought into stores instead of having to buy it online (I really don't like buying online).

Another product from the well-known brand colour pop.

This product is basically a lip liner. It comes in a plastic cylinder container, and it retractable. The packaging does feel really cheap, but when you only pay $5 (USD) for a product, you can't really expect a whole lot more.

I only have two of these pencils and i beleive the colours are lumiere and bound. Both beautiufl colours, one more purple, and the other more brown. The reason i chose these liners were because that match the lippie stix i have and they are also quite neutral tones so i can match them with other lipstick as well.

I find these liners are creamy, and easy to apply without tugging. They just glide over my lips. Because the pencil is shaped like a pencil, its pretty easiy to draw a precise line. Sometimes i use the lip liner as a all-over base for my lips and i find this really makes the lippie stix long lasting, but using it just like a lip-liner increases wear as well.

Overall, a decent product but not really something i would rush to repurchase. These are nice, but nothing incredible. But for the price, they are worth trying.

Especially the more 'crazy' colours! I love how pigmented and creamy they are though, and I find that Brills (lavender purple) goes excellently under MAC Kelly Osborne Dodgy Girl, for which I had been looking for a line to pair with since the day I bought it. ColourPop pencils are awesome.