Saturday 29 November 2014

Review: Impulse Co. Lipsticks

I had heard about this brand a long time ago, but it was only recently that I actually bought some and tried them out.



Platonic
Platonic
Pandora (sorry it's blurry, it showed the colour better than the other photos I took)
Pandora
Lobotomy
Lobotomy


Agent X - continue reading to see about the bad application!
Agent X




I think Impulse Co. originally started on Etsy, and I had seen the big collective swatch photo doing the rounds on Tumblr so many times so I was well aware of them. For some reason I never actually went ahead and bought any, so by the time I decided to I could no longer find their Etsy store, and came to realise they now had their own site.

I decided to buy the lipsticks in the sample size containers ($2.45) rather than buying the full sizes ($6.99) since I had never tried them before. It's nice to have the option, especially with unusual colours because I don't tend to use them very often so I'm much more likely to use up a sample than a full size. I was also really not keen on the packaging for the full size, which I know it's stupid of me to care about that when the lipsticks perform well. All of the shades I bought are Vegan.

I decided to go for the shades Platonic (light pink), Pandora (dark purple), Lobotomy (bluey-green) and Agent X (dark green). I wanted to take advantage of the more unusual of the shades because they're harder to find by other brands. All of the lipsticks I bought are mattes, but are not dry at all.

Applying the lipsticks from the little sample containers is much harder than I had realised! I find a lip brush really does not do the trick, so I decided to dig out the lipstick using a small plastic spatula, which I then used to get the colour on, and then used a lip brush on that to get a better shape. I found Platonic and Lobotomy applied the best, but the two darker shades were very hard to get even. I found with all the colours that they're really not easy to layer. I don't know if that's just because of the complication of applying them from the sample containers, but I am definitely willing to buy the full size lipsticks to see if they perform better.

I really like these lipsticks depite the application problems. I found they looked a lot better in person than in the photos, which make them appear a lot more patchy/uneven.

I definitely think I would repurchase all except Agent X in full size, and that's because it just didn't perform as well as the others and it's not a colour I'd wear often. I can see myself buying more in the future because the colours are so interesting, unique, and affordable.

6 comments:

  1. Katy Perry can pull off any hair colour and Kittenmoustache can pull off any lip shade! :D <3 xx

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    1. Ah, thank you, that's a great compliment! xx

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  2. Ah that's a pity Agent X didn't work too well, out of all the shades that would be the one I'd go for the most.
    But I do like how you have the option to buy the trial sizes instead of the full tube, it's a good way to find out what you like without the commitment. :)

    Juyey xx

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    1. It's possible that the full size performs better, but I don't know for sure so if you did go ahead and order it I think you would be taking a risk.
      Yes, the samples have given me confidence in the brand, and I actually placed an order for a selection of full sized lipsticks on Friday because of the Black Friday sales, so if you're interested I may do another review post to show how the application of the full size lipsticks compare xx

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  3. These look really interesting and lovely! The shades are nice too. I would be frustrated with applying this on the go from the sample pot, but the full size packaging isn't so bad... It does look more like a lip balm though than a lipstick.

    Think I may invest in these in the future as they look really interesting!

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    1. It really is a bit tricky, but definitely useful to be able to buy the samples since I discovered that one of the shades wasn't so great, so I'm glad I didn't spend the extra money on a full size. I bought a bunch of full sizes and a palette of bright lipsticks in their Black Friday sale, so it's likely I'll do a post on those when I get them (:

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