Makeup Geek Do-si-do, Curtsey, Salsa Showstopper Crème Stains

Do-si-do

Makeup Geek Do-si-do Showstopper Creme Stain ($12.00 for 0.19 fl. oz.) is a light-medium beige with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had nearly opaque pigmentation that covered fairly evenly, but it was slightly tacky and lifted away if I pressed my lips together within the first hour of wear. It looked a lot darker swatched than on my lips, though. The texture was thin, watery, and after it had dried down, it was extremely clingy and made my lips feel tight. The color lasteed for three and a half hours before there were serious pieces totally missing as it flaked off over time. The formula felt fairly drying.

The Showstopper Creme Stain formula is supposed to be “long-lasting” and “highly pigmented and offers effortless, buildable coverage.” Highly pigmented and buildable make it confusing what the coverage actually is, since something that is buildable means that it is less pigmented but can be layered for greater coverage. The majority of shades were medium to semi-opaque in coverage, hard to build as they often pulled up the first layer and shifted color around. The formula rarely applied well; it was streaky, dried so fast that there was no time for corrections (and attempts to correct just made it worse), and clingy. I found the applicator rougher, and the packaging made it seem that sometimes it was more like I wasn’t getting enough product on the wand to even coverage half of a lip (it seemed like the opening was wiping away too much product from the doefoot applicator). For every single swatch, I had to dip and pull the wand two to three times just to get enough product to cover my lips (it was impossible to stretch out the product very far as it dried as I was spreading it). It did dry to a transfer-resistant finish, but it did not survive eating well (most liquid lipstick formulas have survived better for me). Though transfer-resistant, it remained slightly tacky for one to two hours–and if you use more than one to one and a half layers, it often lifted and separated the color.

The brand’s swatches and lip swatches showcase a seemingly opaque product, but I could not achieve opaque coverage with several shades, even trying four or five layers, and the result after five layers of product was uneven, patchy, and cakey. The wear was average–four to six hours with significant fading from the center, which is more what I’d experience with a typical lipstick and a liquid lipstick–and surprisingly, little staining, even with deeper shades. So far, they have been slightly drying to somewhat drying. There are so many high-performing liquid lipsticks on the marketplace already, so I was caught off guard by the poor application and performance of this formula.

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Too Faced Child Star (P, $21.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Maybelline Nude Thrill (P, $7.49) is glossier (90% similar).
Colour Pop Midi (P, $6.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
Colour Pop Vice (P, $6.00) is brighter, cooler (85% similar).
Colour Pop She Bad (P, $5.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
Too Faced When In Doubt (P, $22.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
MAC Honeylove (P, $17.00) is darker, warmer, glossier (80% similar).
Make Up For Ever M100 (P, $22.00) is darker, glossier (80% similar).

Makeup Geek Showstopper Crème Stain Do-si-do

Do-si-do

Temptalia

D+

Limited Edition

5.5

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

3.5

Application

67%

Total

Curtsey

Makeup Geek Curtsey Showstopper Creme Stain ($12.00 for 0.19 fl. oz.) is a light-medium, peachy orange with warm undertones and a matte finish. This was another shade that appeared lighter and more white-based on my lips than swatched–it appeared almost chalk-like, as it had such a dry, texture-emphasizing dry down. It had semi-opaque color coverage that went on unevenly and looked patchy. The texture was thin, watery, and dried down to a very clingy, uncomfortable feel. The color lasted for three to four hours, but there were big chunks missing as the color flaked off. It was also drying.

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Kat Von D Noble (P, $20.00) is lighter (95% similar).
Colour Pop Likely (LE, $6.00) is glossier (90% similar).
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lament (P, $18.00) is glossier (90% similar).
Colour Pop Platform (DC, $6.00) is warmer (90% similar).
Colour Pop Topless (P, $5.00) is darker, brighter (85% similar).
Melt Cosmetics Summer! (P, $19.00) is brighter, glossier (85% similar).
MAC Oxblood (LE, $17.00) is darker, glossier (85% similar).
MAC Mademoiselle (P, $21.00) is darker, brighter (80% similar).
MAC Riot House (LE, $17.00) is lighter, brighter, glossier (80% similar).
MAC Back in Vogue (P, $21.00) is darker (80% similar).

Makeup Geek Showstopper Crème Stain Curtsey

Curtsey

Temptalia

Limited Edition

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

64%

Total

Salsa

Makeup Geek Salsa Showstopper Creme Stain ($12.00 for 0.19 fl. oz.) is a bright, medium-dark orange with warm, reddish undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-opaque pigmentation that applied fairly evenly, though color sunk into my lip lines and there was some streaking along the edges of my lips as I fought to get the color even as it dried down so, so quickly. The texture was uncomfortable to wear, drying, and very clingy, so it appeared “cracked” when I smiled. Some color flaked away over time (it seemed to be the bits between my lip lines), and the formula felt drying over the four hours I wore it for.