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Hi all !!

Today i will be reviewing Benefit Full-Finish Lipstick, in shade NO COMPETITION, that i bought from Strawberry.net. Read on to know more..

Claims :-

Your search for the perfect lipstick is over! From naughty nudes to red carpet reds, these rich, seductive full-finish lipsticks give you the coverage and color you've been longing for. This creamy formula with medium to full coverage. Leaves lips with a smooth finish. With 20 glamorous shades to choose from, you'll want them all!

Price : $18

Quantity : 3.0 gms

Ingredients :-

OCTYLDODECANOL, OCTYLDODECYL NEOPENTANOATE, DIISOSTEARYL MALATE, POLYETHYLENE, C10-30 CHOLESTEROL/LANOSTEROL ESTERS, TRIDECYL TRIMELLITATE, HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE, STEARYL DIMETHICONE, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAISOSTEARATE, BEESWAX (CERA ALBA), VP/HEXADECENE COPOLYMER, EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX, MICA, COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX, TALC, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, BHT. [+/- : TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE (CI 77002), RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850), RED 28 LAKE (CI 45410), RED 6 (CI 15850), RED 33 LAKE (CI 17200), YELLOW 5 LAKE (CI 19140), CARMINE (CI 75470), RED 30 LAKE (CI 73360), BLUE 1 LAKE (CI 42090)]. N° 04948/N

The lipsticks packaging is just soo classy !! It comes packed inside a cardboard carton, very very classy because it's carved from the front, and has a slip-in card (the above one which says "Men may come and go, but lipstick is forever"), every lipstick has a different name, and has different quote inside. The lipstick's case itself is quite impressive, although its black, but at least to me its classy. The casing tends to get finger prints, cause of being glossy.

The packaging has everything mentioned on it, the shade name, ingredients etc. These are slim lipsticks available in 21 shades.

The shade No Competition is described as 'heathered plum' , heather means use of lighter and darker contrasting colors to produce a mottled effect. The shade is a really pretty plum shade, not being too dark or purply, but a balance between plum and pink. In the bullet it might look a bit dark, but once applied it looks perfect. The texture and finish of the lipstick is creamy, and moisturizes the lips very well, and even after the lipstick weathers off the lips don't dry out. This is quite an opaque shade, and layering it can make the color more bold, which still looks pretty, i.e. you can play safe with this color.

This is its swatch i day light :-

The staying power of the lipstick is very very impressive ; it stays for more than 4hrs (excluding meals) without budging, and even after 6hrs the tint remains strong. These lipsticks hydrate very well, so you can skip using a balm. Applying the lipstick is easy as its creamy and glides on easily on lips, it doesn't settles down in fine lines. On fair girls it might look more pink, or say berry pink (depends on the lip pigmentation) .

Here's a lip swatch, the top picture is taken in flash, and bottom one without flash in day light.


I'm pretty much happy with the purchase, because there's nothing to complain. The texture, finish, staying power and most importantly pigmentation is very remarkable. Also the quote cited inside every lipstick is a mood lifter (as if lipstick alone was not ). I have one more lipstick from the same range to review, which i hopefully will review in coming week.

Have you tried Benefit Full Finish Lipsticks ?

Godbless !!