If you are a lipstick person, then you know the struggle of finding one for an event when you need to be on point and not have to touch up every 10 minutes. This is why I love the Armani Lip Power lipsticks. I was looking for that longwearing lip product that will not dry my lips out and that will feel comfortable to wear. I want to clear out any confusion right from the beginning. We are talking about a long wear lipstick, not a waterproof one. Extended wear, more than a regular lipstick. I didn’t find until now a waterproof lipstick that will be comfortable.
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Application
First of all, lets talk packaging. So chic, simple, and stylish. The black and red color combination with the mini logo makes the brand recognizable immediately. It screams high-end, but make it “old money”. The bullet is slick, easy to take in a real small bag, and the stick comes in a tear shape, which makes the application more precise. I still prefer more to use a lip brush for precision. The product itself is smooth and makes pickup and applying very easy and fast. The color comes even and very pigmented, just as you can see it from the packaging, opacity and undertone.
Swatches
Armani Beauty made it very easy for you to choose your favorite shade. The “Satin lipstick” range is categorized as following: nudes, beiges, browns, corals, reds and pinks. Inside of every category, the intensity of the shade can be chosen intuitively from 1 to 9. 104 Selfless shade is lighter than 109 Intimate shade, for example. Once you are a “connoisseur” of the range, you will easily work your way through and you will recognize the numbering as the 500’s are the pinks, the 400’s are the reds, the 100’s are the beiges, and the 200’s are browns. To add more wear time and to create more crisp, but also different looks, you can opt for a lip liner that must be also resistant. You can shape the lips and then apply the lipstick or you can apply lip liner all over the lip to neutralize the skin color. I recommend also using a concealer around the lip shape, to make it clean and to stand out more and even powder to add more longevity. I don’t necessarily like to blot after applying the lipstick, as it takes from the satin shine away, but if you don’t mind matting it out and adding wear time, then this is a good hack.
One of the iconic shades of this range is the 400 Four hundred, which is a true blue red, you know, the one that makes your teeth whiter. A classic, strong pin-up staple shade, it is a statement color and it’s long lasting, which is even better. For everyday looks, when I don’t want too much, I would go for beiges/nudes/browns and I would leave the pinks, reds, corals for special occasions, but feel free to be bold also. Sometimes you can just go for a bright lip with just some mascara, if you are in a rush, or you simply love the look. To tell you a secret, sometimes I use a bit of the lipstick as a color for the cheeks. It ties the look together and it’s long lasting.
These are my most used shades. 109
Performance
Pros & Cons
Ingredients
Feel free and also recommended to look for the meaning of the main ingredients on websites like Incidecoder.
TRIMETHYLSILOXYPHENYL DIMETHICONE ● ISOHEXADECANE ● OCTYLDODECYL NEOPENTANOATE ● POLYETHYLENE ● HYDROGENATED STYRENE/METHYLSTYRENE/INDENE COPOLYMER ● SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE ● VP/HEXADECENE COPOLYMER ● HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE ● ACRYLIC ACID/ISOBUTYL ACRYLATE/ISOBORNYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER ● PARAFFIN ● MICA ● CERA MICROCRISTALLINA / MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX ● CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE ● VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER ● SYNTHETIC WAX ● CI 77491 / IRON OXIDES ● PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE ● CI 77492 / IRON OXIDES ● CI 77499 / IRON OXIDES ● ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE ● SILICA ● TOCOPHEROL ● CI 77499 / IRON OXIDES ● ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE ● SILICA ● TOCOPHEROL