Soft Matte Lip Cream, Lightweight Liquid Lipstick - Budapest (Deep Mauve With Red Undertone)

I wanted lip cream that is not shiny, but that looks natural and has a natural nude-like color. This is the closest I've ever found to my natural lip color, that can hide discolorations and even out the color, with a very slightly but still very natural-looking pink tint. I am East Asian for reference, with closer to an average lighter-skinned South East Asian skintone (I am actually half southern Chinese and half southern Japanese/Okinawan), so I am not that pale, but not tanned either, and have bit of yellow undertone (Sephora's "best skin ever" concealer color is 12Y). The first pic (with the hat) is with just the Athena color lip cream and lightly-applied concealer. The second pic (without hat) is with the Athena color lip cream in gradient with a redder lipstick on the inner lips and full face of heavier-applied concealer. I like that it dries fast, so I don't have to wait long to apply another coat or other lip stuff on top. But it does smudge still, not as much as average lipstick, but it will such as if you drink with a straw, there will be a little smudging, but less than average. It does not last me a full day, but it is easy to apply and lasts at least for some hours, which is enough for most shorter outings. You should bring it with you if you go somewhere, if you want to reapply it to last longer. I also like that, despite that it dries fast after applying, it isn't drying to the lip skin. It balances my lip moisture level to whatever it was when I applied it. In the first pic with the hat, I did put a little bit of medicated lip balm under it before putting on the lip cream. I don't wear makeup much in general, so it's unlikely I will run out any time soon, but if I do, I will buy this again for sure. I hope it will still be for sale by then.

MY FAVORITE shade of pink. It's just beautiful. I love it. It is a matte so I would suggest you prime your lips, make sure they are moisturized because it can be a bit drying. I would suggest you do a lip scrub before you apply. Loose skin on lips cannot be hidden with this. Cracks or dry lips will not work. This enhances the lips in all their beauty and all their flaws, so I suggest nice, clean, and moisturized lips. The color is phenomenal... just beyond beautiful. What I like best is the more I wear, the more I like it. When I first put it on,I thought "oh it's nice" but the more I wore it, the better it got. The color dried completely and it was lovely to say the least. The color brought out this glow in my skin, it made my lips look fabulous. And I fell in love with it. In a perfect world, its color everyone would like their natural lip to look like. A soft beautiful pink. Matte lip is not for everyone so not everyone will be happy with the drying effect but that is with most matte lips not just this one, if its not for you then this lip is not for you. But if you like the matte look and can moisturize and handle the drying effect. It's amazing. The application process is very smooth, I used a lip liner as well which enhanced it, I was pleased. It made me want to try the whole nyx matte line. I've got almost all of them now. I bought my first nyx matte about a year ago. Still no regrets.

This stays on and love the color. It is matte, but stays on much better than many other brands I have tried.

Nice color. Doesn’t take much to see difference. Not long lasting though. I work at 8:30- by the time I’m off at 4, it’s completely gone

A beautiful, super creamy, long-lasting color. 100% recommended.

Non sticky vibrant color good value not sure about smudge

This is exactly what i was looking for! I purchased one before thinking it was the shade i needed but turnt out it wasn't. I was looking for a nice soft beige lipstick and this is exactly what i asked for. I love nyx down! And they are so affordable. It's also really long-lasting and dries quickly. But it dries down so beautifully.

Color is not as shown this one was lighter but it is still a good lipstick.

shade looks so pretty. and has a soft and light texture which doesnt feels heavy on lips. so comfortable to wear and doesnt makes my lip so dry. In winter use lipbalm under it

Très bonne couleur pour les peaux mattes /olives. Et tient bien pour le coup ! Même sans crayon la couleur match bien avec la peau ! J'adore ! En plus l'odeur est agréable et la texture aussi je trouve après c'est un peu sec mais c'est normal pour un rouge à lèvre matte qui tient bien.

FANTASTICO. Mi piace assolutamente. Lo ricomprerei ad occhi chiusi. Effetto Matte fantastico. La spedizione è stata okay. Prodotto come da foto. Imballaggio perfetto. STRACONSIGLIO

Bellissimo e super duraturo. Nonostante la durata non secca particolarmente le labbra. Rapporto qualità prezzo altissimo.

Di solito non compro le tinte perché mi seccano molto le labbra ma questa è ottima. Ha una texture morbida, vellutata e una finitura matte. Dura tanto, inizia a togliersi leggermente quando mangio. Consigliatissimo