Tartiest Tarte Lip Paint in Swamp Family
What the brand says
Tarte have teamed up with Youtube sensation Grav3yardgirl to create two exclusive shades of long lasting lip paint. The two features shades include a everyday greige and Grave3yardgirl inspired bold red.
The Lowdown
During my recent Tarte haul I picked up Swamp Family, a lovely mid red shade. Whilst the formula has been designed to have a smooth creamy mousse formula, I did feel it was quite thick and gloopy.
The Lip paint is smooth and easy to apply and had really strong pigment. Unlike some Lip products which are a little patchy and take a while to build up to full coverage, this was pretty much instant. The colour isn’t as bold as I’ve had imagined and is more of a neutral red. I noticed that it had a bit of a strange smell – like a off mint. The finish is matte and it wasn’t overly drying.
Most of the lipstick had pretty much faded after a few hours and it was only the outline that remained. After eating and drinking the lip paint faded a lot quicker which I was quite disappointed with.
Whilst Swamp Family is a lovely shade of red, I felt the smell was a bit off putting and for a matte lip stick it certainly could have lasted longer.
I give it 2/5
Grab it for £10 at Tarte
Advantages
- Pretty pigmented
- Coverage builds up quickly
Disadvantages
- Gloopy formula
- Only lasts a few hours
