I have heard so much about how amazing Charlotte Tilbury products were before I started my journey of discovering their products that even I was sceptical of the hype but wow this lip pencil is going to take something pretty epic to stop me using it under every lipstick I own!
Packaging wise this is a wooden lip pencil which is great news as I do prefer the crisp sharpness that a wooden pencil give you versus and automatic pencil that at times can be quite fragile and not forgiving if you apply too much pressure upon application. Pretty in it's rose gold toned wrapping and luxurious touches of their logo and detailing with a glossy coat to protect the body of the pencil plus give it that little bit of extra glamour. The lid fits so snuggly and like to stay on! keeping the nib of the pencil free from any damage or dirt collection.
Formula is a creamy texture that softly glides over the contours of your natural lip lines and has a firmness that allows you to keep those lines neat and crisp, but soft enough to bring the lines over the lips to blur and create a even tone in preparation of lipsticks. Without any feathering, bleeding into the skin surrounding the lips or toughing and catching the motion of the liner is sheer breathtaking for a pencil and in the shade pillow talk gives your lips that plump look that so many of us crave.
I currently own the shades Pillow Talk and Bad Romance.
Pillow Talk is a soft pink beige nude that will suit almost every skin tone and is great for using with any lip shade as a base and liner.
Bad Romance is a deep aubergine purple that is great to line your lips in preparation for those dark vampy colours.
Another great thing about these lip liners are that they are strong fast and even when you are removing your makeup at the end of the day you will find the lip liner still there under the lipstick remains holding fast. However they wash easily off with an oil cleanser, warm water and cotton cloth.
I seriously can not rave enough about this product and will continue to hype it up for very valid reason.
The hype is real with Charlotte Tilbury! I watch a lot of Youtube and in particular I love Amelia Liana who swears by the shade Pillow Talk. So when I got some birthday money this was one of the things at the top of my wishlist. I bought this from Nordstrom as I had a few other things that I wanted at the same time. Then I used my YouShop to get it from the states to NZ.
The packaging of these is so high end. I absolutely love it. The pencil is gold shade with the colour at the end which is great if you have a few so you know what you are picking out of your collection. Even the lid is the golden shade, very beautiful. The part that you would usually expect to be wooden is actually creamy white wood, looks lovely.
Now this product is named lip cheat is that it is designed to allow you to 'cheat' bigger lips by drawing along the outer edge of your natural lip. This is extremely easy to do with this product as it is very creamy to draw on, but also very opaque so you can't see the colour of your lips underneath. The colour itself is a nice darkened pink shade, looks quite natural. My favourite way to wear this is by itself with a clear lip balm on top which is nice. They claim that this is waterproof... why this is important I'm not sure, but it does set on the lips very well (in a non drying sort of way). As it goes on quite dry it does last really well on your lips, you can even touch it and not get any colour off! So wear time is quite good, however I feel like if you use a product on top that isn't that long lasting it often comes off with it. I must say this is getting used up very quickly, I think as it is so creamy you seem to use a lot with each use. Disappointing given the price.
Overall my first foray into Charlotte Tilbury products has been very successful and I can't wait to try more (once my bank account balance allows it)!