MUA Power Pout Review

Honestly, I don't know why I bothered.

I already have a gorgeous Revlon Balm Stain, I don't need to try the MUA ones,

they're not going to come even close to Revlon - there's no competition.

Right?

Of course I'm right.

I also have the shade Crazy in Love, but I don't have it with me at the moment.

Rest assured, my findings are exactly the same.

(Blurry picture, sorry!)

I wanted to love these lip stain balm colour tint things.

I swear I did, but MUA seems to be just missing the mark a lot for me lately.

As you can see, the packaging is beautiful, similar to the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable

Balm Stains and the Clinique Chubby Sticks - complete with the twist-up at the

bottom. Handily, the colour of the tube indicates the colour of the product, so finding your

favourite shade amongst the clutter of your make up bag is a doddle.

The application itself is glorious. The product slides on like a dream; there's no tugging, or pulling.

And my lips actually feel moisturised when I use it.

The colours are beautiful as well. Justify is a beautiful orange shade - pictured below -

so far this ticks a lot of positive boxes.

Until I try and wear it....

Once this has dried on your lips, there's no chance of reapplying as it's not just the

product that has dried, thee skin you applied it to has dried out as well.

There's no suppleness that I expected from a moisturising product, just dry.

And if you try and reapply, the moisture from the new layer is snapped up by tiny pieces

of dry skin, resulting in that weird kind of flaking where the skin is all rolled in the lip colour

leaving your lips bumpy and unattractive.

And, with talking and drinking and such, those yucky pieces of skin that you thought had gone,

have migrated to the corners of your mouth where they look crusty and disgusting.

I tried this with extra lip balm underneath, on top, without - I get the same results.

I tried using a lip scrub first, and not scrubbing - that makes no difference.

I just can't seem to get these to work for me. 

And the worst thing? They don't even stain!

As I said, I also own the darkest shade available and it leaves a barely-there mark on my skin.

At £3 each, I can't complain about the longevity too much, but at the end of the day

it's not even worth the gimmick.

Thanks for reading :)