L’oreal Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour Compact

Gorgeous creamy lipcolour in full matte brown that wears for up to 8 hours on my face and fades only with eating and drinking to a lip stain that revives with application of a lipgloss to a softer version of the original! Packaging is a classy diver and see through combination with a red gold foil type top and the loreal sign on its side! It's worth it if u r a no touch up girl and like long wearing formulas!

A great 3 in one colour ie lipstick , balm
And mirror on one! Two of my favourite colours are mahogany and French roast both of which look great on brown skin! This lipstick does have the propensity to make lips feel dry and therefore u would carry it around with you for the purpose of the balm! The colour is applied with a kind of lip gloss applicator and really does not need reapplication till u want to! It's more pricey than other ranges but in terms of colour and longwear its unbeatable

I Love this product. I have in 8 different shades. It's also great to give as a gift. My mum and sisters wear them. It lasts for more than 16 hours, sometimes hard to remove...lol

I received this as a gift during autumn, and immediately fell inlove. i applies as a lipgloss, and dries to a matte finish, then has this cool lip balm looking colour seal, which both locks in the colour and adds shine and depth.

The colour is rich, vibrant and is really long lasting. i have the colour French Roast, which is like a brown-red-wine shade. intsant winner for winter.

it also does this magic thing to my complexion..which i adore. the colour is way to bold to wear during the day..although i must admit, i like the 'gothic' look it gives.
perfect for nights out in a club.

I loved this ad campaign featuring Gwen Stefani who is the queen of the red lip. Her lips look quite glossy in the advert and I though this range would have that subtle shine but I was disappointed. This colour is a nude/beige which is my go-to colour for day.

The application is very smooth and it has slight moisturisation but once it dries its extremely sticky on the lips. I suppose this is the long lasting bit but I really don't like how it feels at all. As for lasting 10 hours, it didn't last that well. There was slight colour on my lips but it looked dry and cracked. Naturally if you're eating and drinking throughout the day its not going to last.

The packaging is half bad, the bullet shape looks sleek and sophisticated and its got Loreal stamped into the lipstick.

This retails for under R150 at Clicks or Dischem. I can't remember the exact price I paid.

Long lasting lipstick that is actually long lasting!

I was drawn in by the long lasting quality of the product, as well as how gorgeous it looked on the model. Of course it's not always the case.

Out of the other long lasting lipsticks/lipgloss that I've tried I like this one the most. It's compact and the reflective material is a great mirror to have around, even when applying other lipsticks.

You need to apply it rather quickly because any mistakes after are difficult to remove or repair. Before applying the lipbalm that supposedly sets in the lipstick, you should wait about 2 min as this helps the lipstick last longer.

You may need to apply the lipbalm regularly because the lipstick does dry out your lips to some point.

As for long lasting, it does work well but I haven't found it to work for 16 hours. Maybe that will only work if you don't eat or drink or even touch your lips for that amount of time. It does tend to flake after 3 or so hours and because you can't just wipe it off and re-apply you will need to add more over what you already have on.

Removing the product is difficult if you don't have the correct make-up remover. I think I may have found a trick, which I will post in comments that easily and cheaply removes the lipstick in seconds without having to scrub. I found it out by accident and works for me.

I have the Ginger colour.

What I like about this product is that it is definitely long wearing. I wouldn’t say 16 hours but it does last well throughout the day even if you eat and drink. Once your lips start looking less glossy, you can just add a coat of lip balm.

The packaging is quite cute and original. There are two sides to the product, the lipcolour and the lipbalm and you push it from the bottom in order to pull out the wand or the lip balm. The outside surface of the product is reflective, so it doubles up as a mirror. The mirror is only usable from close; you definitely can’t use it to apply makeup to your face as it tends to get blurry.

What I don’t like about the product is that sometimes it can be very drying on my lips (which are already prone to being dry). If you don’t wait for the product to dry (usually 1 min) and you put your lips together, it tends to get flakey and blotches on the lips. I’m not sure if this is just because it’s on my lips, but this is my personal experience with the product. You also can’t reapply the lipcolour later during the day without ruining it, so you have to make sure to apply enough and properly the first time. It also takes longer than usual to apply lipcolour because you must wait for the colour to dry for 1 minute before applying the lip balm. Another disadvantage is that you will most probably need a makeup remover to remove the product (it is long lasting afterall). It’s also quite expensive at R155.95 at Clicks! I can buy a MAC lipstick or lipgloss with that!