Italian Cosmetics brand, KIKO Milano, have just released their newest limited edition collection, Green Me and we couldn't wait to check it out.
Hannah Benjamin
The collection, which claims to be
vegan with up to 98% natural ingredients, uses sustainably sourced ingredients and advertises that when a plant is used as
ingredients, the company will plant another seed to replace it, which isn't something that we can complain about.
Although the collection is made up of a combination of
skincare and make up, the lip products are arguably the most eye-catching, (even though that
cleansing face soap smells so heavenly). The GreenMe Lips and Cheeks pencil
comes in 5 different shades, claims to have a matte finish and contains Shea
Butter. I was interested to find out how a product containing Shea Butter could
have a matte finish (spoiler: it’s not that matte) and so I picked up shade 05
Brown Forest.
The first, and one of the most important, factors that I
noticed was the pigmentation of the lipstick. It was SO strong. You definitely
wouldn’t need more than two coats of this formula to get a full coverage. It
was also extremely moisturizing, which I can only assume is that Shea Butter
coming into action.
The finish however, as I previously mentioned, is definitely
not matte. When it’s first applied it looks almost glossy but once it sets, it
looks and feels much more like a velvet lipstick. I find velvet a much more
comfortable finish than matte so this wasn’t a problem for me. If however you
are someone that lives for the matte effect, I would definitely set this
product with some loose translucent powder.
The main disadvantage of this lipstick is the packaging. The
chunky pencil design means that the lid gets messy pretty quickly and you have
to sharpen it after a few uses. To be fair to KIKO though, the £8.90 price does
include a large sharpener to help solve this problem.
Overall, I would say this product is worth the investment.
The formula is comfortable to wear, strongly pigments and very long lasting.
The She Butter keeps your lips moisturized meaning there is no need to
carefully dab your lip balm on top. If you can get over the unnecessary pencil
packaging, I would grab one of these limited edition lipsticks while you can.
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