Fyrinnae Lip Lustre (So Luxurious!)

Hello again! As already stated in my profile, I love lip gloss and lipstick. No, wait...I LOOOOOOOOOOVE lip gloss and lipstick!! It's amazing how so many looks can be created by simply changing your lip color (See Beyonce's looks in the "Telephone" video for examples). While scouring the web in search of new eyeshadows (currently my biggest obsession), I came across reviews for a company named Fyrinnae (prounced "fyeer-ih-nay"). All of the reviews were great so I decided to check them out.

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The products I'm posting about are actually my SECOND order from Fyrinnae! I was so impressed with their eyeshadows (swatches and review coming soon) that I decided to take a chance on their Lip Lustres. I am seriously NOT disappointed I took that chance! ^_^ I ordered four colors: Monochrome, Hair Dye, Visual Kei, and Shangra-La. A couple of side-notes, first, though.

1. I've see various reviewers state that their order took for-ev-er to arrive, and I must say, after seeing the site's disclaimer, I wasn't really too hopeful.

June: Allow about 16-18 business days (excludes weekends and holidays) queue and creation time for most orders.

The reason for this?

Current time frame is always stated on this page and on your receipt. Thanks for your patience (keep in mind that this is not how long it takes us to pack your order, rather it includes the time it takes to create products and due to other orders we are currently filling--we do not buy bulk and re-package it!).

You know what? I can seriously appreciate that! Thing is, I've now ordered from them twice and...I got my stuff in 6 days. ^_^ Honestly, though for products of this quality, I would've waited longer if need be.

2. I'm not a huge fan of buying full-sized products blindly, so I ordered the 3ml "Mini" LL. One thing I didn't notice until getting all of the info from the site was this little tidbit:

Available in two sizes: 5.8 ml, or 3 ml "Mini", both are clear tubes with flocked wand (doefoot) applicators. Please note that the smaller container quality is not as good as the larger(the container, not the product--the different sizes are poured from the same product batch), and is offered as a sample size.

Pfft! Coulda fooled me! The contained is a thick plastic and VERY durable. Once I close it, I have NO worries of it opening and/or breaking and spilling everywhere. Oh, and the Minis are $2.50, BTW. Four Minis + S&H = $11.45! You know what else that equals? An immensely happy Velvettine!

Now...ON TO THE SWATCHES!!



OMGoshWTFGorg, right? Here's the ingredient list: Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Mica, Caprylic/Capric/Stearic Glycerides, Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Iron Oxides, Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E, as a natural oil preservative), Flavor (lip-safe fragrance).
May contain: Titanium Dioxide, Tin Oxide, Manganese Violet, Synthetic Flurophogopite, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate.

The first LL I tried was Visual Kei which is described as "a rather bright pink". They are NOT joking! For quite some time, I've been searching for a "Barbie" pink (No Nicki Minaj) and I do believe I've found it! All of the swatches are on exfoliated lips but for this one, I lined them with a Jordana lipliner in "Baby Dreams". I decided not to moisturize beforehand because the only thing I have on hand is ChapStick (ew petroleum) and as you can see from the ingredient list, the LL are chock full of lovely, soothing oils. ^_^ AND...they're VEGAN! Gotta love it, right?


First, a pic of my lips without product (no bird lip and/or sad clown jokes, please!)





Ok, so as you can see, these are SUPER pigmented BUT I had no problem with staining. No color left in the grooves of my lips and no tell-tale ring on the edges. *sighs* I'm in lurve, y'all! The only thing I would suggest is if you have deep grooves in your lips (like mine), line and fill them in with a pencil first. I did this in my profile pic but I didn't in this swatch because I wanted to give y'all the true color. Well, I lined them but I didn't fill in with the pencil. *waves hand* Y'all know what I mean, right? Right!


Next up, we haveShangri-La which is described as "Vibrant, azalea purple-pink". Yep, that sounds about right. Heh.



In person, it's more purple-y and with my skin tone it almost works as a nude. o_O No complaints here!


Here we have Hair Dye. Their description: "a vibrant copper-hued orange." *sighs* Oh, Hair Dye...I had such high hopes for you. You were so gloriously orange on others that I just KNEW you would make my skintone pop.



Alas, it was not meant to be. Hair Dye looks a bit more golden on me and I'm not really feeling it in person on in pictures. This is also the only Lustre I felt that I HAD to try to even out with a lip brush. It also felt more liquidy for some reason. Maybe it's just me. *shrugs*


Finally, we have the LL that I was the most anxious to receive: Monochrome



*drools* So. Much. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!! \O/ (<----hands up) Fyrinnae describes it as "a true opaque black. No shimmer.". Once again, they are correct!

As you can see, no shimmer but SERIOUS shine! Kinda reminds me of patent leather pumps. *smirks* I didn't pencil-fill my lips but I lined them With L.A. Colors Auto Eyeliner in Black. I don't know if that practice is exactly lip-safe but I had no other alternative and it was only on for a little while. On a side note, are there any cosmetic companies that make a black lipliner?


Overall, I'm VERY happy with these Lip Lustres! A couple of little misses here and there but definitely not anything to put me off of the formula or the company. Thanks, Fyrinnae! *thumbs up*



Lip-Smackingly Yours,

Velvettine