After a lot begging, pleading, meme-ing, and well-intended bullying from her in depth (and at instances, rabid) fan base, Fenty Magnificence founder Rihanna has lastly launched a vibrant number of lip liners—a product that magnificence fanatics have been requesting from the Bajan mogul for years.
I have to admit that I’m a member of this fan base. I’ve been following Fenty Magnificence since its 2017 launch. Whereas September of that yr marked the start of eleventh grade for me, it was additionally the month Rihanna modified the wonder trade for good, releasing a 40-shade basis line that ushered in a brand new motion for various shade ranges in masstige magnificence merchandise. With a Sephora positioned solely a block away from faculty and spending cash put aside from a summer season serving snacks poolside, a Fenty buy turned inevitable. As a blended woman with a caramel overtone and yellow undertones, I’d performed round with drugstore merchandise as a tween, however they left my face trying ashen, muddied, or worse. Rihanna’s Professional Filt’r Gentle Matte Longwear Liquid Basis was the primary product that really match and complemented my pores and skin tone.
Seven years later, however with no much less curiosity, I’m now testing Fenty’s new Hint’d Out Pencil Lip Liner assortment. With 10 common shades and the promise of a creamy, transfer-resistant, long-lasting method, I got down to see whether or not RiRi delivered this time round.
I’ve a reasonably sharp cupid’s bow with a deep dip, so defining each level and angle will be tedious and messy with a subpar applicator. When utilizing different lip merchandise, it’s onerous to get a exact line with out sharpening my pencil to stab-worthy ranges, however I’m completely happy to say that is not the case with Rihanna’s Hint’d Out. Recent out of the field, the pencil was pointed however gentle, sturdy however nonetheless had a malleable high quality that made detailed software straightforward. Just a little goes a great distance with Hint’d Out. I used the shade Coal Blooded, a darkish brown, and located one mild swipe of the liner round my outer lip was all I wanted to get the peerlessly pigmented line. As somebody with two-toned lips, generally it’s troublesome to get the identical hue, even when I’m utilizing the identical product. Hint’d Out is made with pure pigment, in contrast to most different liners which have a white base; to my delight, the colour stayed constant on each my high and backside lips.
Further factors to the Fenty crew for delivering on the liners’ smudge-proof promise. After making use of a little bit of Fenty Treatz Lip Oil on high, not one speck of liner moved or bled misplaced. (I’d be remiss to not commit a bit of reward to the oil itself: I used the brand new shade Black Cherry over my Coal Blooded-traced lips—one in every of Rihanna’s favourite shade combos, based on the model. Black Cherry would be the best-smelling lip product I’ve worn shortly, and one layer is sufficient to final for hours, by straw-sips of espresso and all.)
I made a decision to up the “anti” on my evaluation by incorporating one other one in every of Rihanna’s favourite combos into my actual every day routine: using the subway. I’ve to have the ability to do my make-up on the shaky, speedy prepare on my approach to work. So I sat down on one of many plastic seats and pulled out my liner within the shade Further Thigh. I used to be in a position to apply the product in butter-soft sweeps, regardless of the lurches and bumps of the subway. Topped off with the brand new Gloss Bomb Stix (a high-shine gloss) within the shade Is It Fu$$y, the kissable combo garnered me praise after praise all morning. With the addition of those merchandise, a makeup-bag void I didn’t know existed has been crammed. I’ll be shopping for extra colours, to say the least.
