Fyrinnae’s liquid matte lipstick in Graffiti sort of rocked my world. It filled a matte-shimmer blue liquid lipstick shaped hole in my heart that I didn’t previously know was there. So naturally, bit by bit, I ordered most of the rest of the range - I’m a sucker for a matte, and the colours were gorgeous. Vixen and Desire are comfortably poised in my collection, and today my final of that series of packages arrived. Let’s look!

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From l-r: Queer Theory (lip lustre), Naughty & Nice (matte), Sinister (matte), Ominous (lip lustre)

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I’m super thrilled that the sample included was a lip lustre rather than a shadow! I’m loving fyrinnae’s shadows, but I’m a lip product junkie at heart.

Advance apologies for poor quality swatches - my makeup is post-work gross makeup and it was starting to get dark.

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Queer Theory

Okay first of all the dinky little sample size of the lip lustres is ADORABLE and I want all of them on pure cuteness appeal.

Despite rave reviews and general curiosity, I hadn’t tried one of Fyrinnae’s famed lip lustres before. I’m generally a matte finish fan, so I was skeptical, but I’m super impressed. The thicker formula gives it a really nice feel on the lips, and the finish isn’t overly glossy or shiny but the pigment is there. I’m sure it won’t have amazing durability, but it doesn’t feel like it will slip off.

Sidebar: of all of the lip lustres, the two I was curious about were Ominous (grey!) and Queer Theory…mostly because the name is brilliant and I want everything in my life to be as queer as I am. The colour is lovelier than I was expecting - it sort of straddles the orangey coral red border. It also stains nicely. It’s a very summery looking lipstick so perfect for the current Sydney climate. And as it’s such an adorable, tiny little size, this may be a lip product that I (gasp) actually use up.

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Naughty & Nice

Wow, super sloppy application here.

I am a bit of a red lipstick fanatic, so I kind of had to get both of the red in this collection. This one is lighter - a brick red, while Vixen is a deeper darker slightly berry red - and it has a microshimmer (I find the ones with microshimmer have a slightly thicker consistency and spread more evenly on the lips - I like both with and without, but the ones like these are somewhat less finicky and don’t require as much care with thin coats and minimal product use). The microshimmer makes it a little different to others in my collection but it’s still in the typical circle of Sara colours (reds and blues, baby). This will for sure see a lot of use.

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Sinister

I was super excited for Sinister, given how much I love it’s sister colour Grafitti, and I am not disappointed [As a refresher, here’s what Grafitti looks like on me]. They’re different enough - for the blue lipstick enthusiast - to justify owning both - Sinister is lighter, more of an aqua rather than a blue. It catches the light beautifully - the microshimmer at work. It’s slightly thinner in consistency than Graffiti but thicker than Vixen and Desire, and easy to work with with great coverage.

I haven’t given these mattes a wear test but I have worn the others that I have and they aren’t the longest wearing liquid mattes but they’re decently transfer proof when dry (they won’t make it through your sloppy burger eating but they’ll stick around for canapes).

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Ominous

I think I was most excited for Ominous.

I’m having a major grey lipstick moment, and so far this is the shade of grey that’s been eluding me. I have slate blue greys (Insomnia Cosmetics’ Cult Insomnia, Melt’s Space Cake) and dark grey (Fierce Magenta’s Gravity) but no balanced mid toned greys and I was so excited for Ominous.and it’s lovely. I don’t know how long it will last on my lips but I don’t really care it’s gorgeous, and so opaque and creamy and comfy on the lips.

I know I don’t need any more lipsticks, but this line has got me tempted.

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Side note: I read Fyrinnae’s news page and they said that the liquid matte black is just the beginning - that they’re planning to expand the line but keep it to “off beat” colours which aren’t common in the liquid to matte formula and I am SO excited. I’ve always had great experiences with Fyrinnae and everything I’ve tried has been top quality, international shipping is super reasonable, and things get over super quickly all things considered. The future of this line signifies bad things for my wallet.