Frosty Goodness? Maybelline Color Sensational The Pearls Lipstick in "Twinkle" & "Pearly Pink"

Repurchase: No

Price: $7.49 @ CVS (0.15 oz)

Product: 6.8/10

Packaging: 8.5/10

Value: 10/10

I haven’t yet tried any of the lipsticks from the original Maybelline Color Sensational line but when the new The Pearls Collection came out, I was eager to try a few pale, frosty shades.

The Packaging: The tube is squared with a transparent pink cap. The actual tube is silver. I actually think the packaging is charming and cute -it stands out from other lipstick tubes.

The Product: Although $7.49 is a bit pricey for a drugstore lipstick, the lipstick contains a whopping 0.15 ounces which is a great value.

Most frost lipsticks tend to accentuate dry flakes and lip lines and this is no exception. It does do better than most frost lipsticks though -it looks good from a distance but up close, you can see that the lipstick still clings to my dry patches. For me, the formula feels a bit gritty but it’s surprisingly a little moisturizing (when I’m wearing it.)

The downside? After about 15 minutes, my lips start to burn. It’s not necessarily a painful burn –more of an uncomfortable, tingling sensation. Even after the lipstick is wiped away, I can still feel that “burn.” As for staying power, it lasts for 2 hours tops. If I eat, drink, or touch your lips, it rubs off immediately. After wiping off the final remnants of the lipstick, a lot of dry lip skin rubbed off with it and my lips are dryer -which is weird because it feels slightly moisturizing when applied. And lastly, the lipstick contains a disgusting artificial perfume-y rose scent that gives me a headache.

Maybelline Color Sensational The Pearls Lipstick in “Twinkle”

Maybelline Color Sensational The Pearls Lipstick in “Pearly Pink”

The Color: Frost lipsticks are generally not opaque. These shades are both sheer and give a lot of frost and a light dose of color.

1. Twinkle (705)- Frosty pale, almost white, pink with pink and silver shimmer. On my lips, the color is a frosty pale, white-ish pink.

2. Pearly Pink (720)- Frosty light, sparkling pink with shimmer. On my lips, it looks almost the same as Twinkle but a little more pinkish.

When I tried Pearly Pink on, it accentuated my lip lines a lot more than Twinkle because I tried it on second (these lipsticks really dry out the lips.)

I like Twinkle more -it gives me soft, frosty, angelic lips. The color is very toned down and could definitely be paired with bold or more neutral eyes.

Above (no flash) from left: Maybelline Color Sensational The Pearls Lipstick in Twinkle, Pearly Pink

Above (no flash): Maybelline Color Sensational The Pearls Lipstick in Twinkle

Above (no flash): Maybelline Color Sensational The Pearls Lipstick in Pearly Pink

Overall: There are too many cons to this lipstick to make me repurchase it. It makes me lips dry and cracked, the scent gives me a headache, it’s not long lasting, and worse of all, it burns! I’m not willing to deal with all of that just because I semi-like how it looks. The value and packaging helped to boost the grade up as if it were solely based on the product quality, I’d give it a D+. I ended up giving these away.

Where To Buy: CVS, Rite Aid, Ulta