After discovering and falling in love with this formula last winter, I went back to Sephora during the last VIB sale to pick up three more shades. (Yes, I've been wearing these for the last six months and it's taken me that long to finally write a post about them. I'm a procrastinator, okay?) There's been a lot of hype over their Melted liquid lipsticks, but not nearly the same amount of hoopla over the La Crème formula, and it completely baffles me because they are wonderful. Too Faced describes it as "a rich and creamy lip colour infused with moisturizing and strengthening benefits including white lotus flower and power peptides." There are 22 shades in total, 18 of which are available at Sephora and six on Too Faced's website, and have a light lemon cake scent but no real discernible taste. Each La Crème lipstick comes in a slim matted gold tube, contains 3 grams of product, and retails for $26 at Sephora.
Honey Bear is a medium-dark rosy brown with fine gold micro-shimmer in a luminous shiny finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy, balm-like texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter and pinker than Too Faced Sweet Maple, lighter and more brown than Too Faced Cinnamon Kiss, slightly darker and more brown than MAC Creme in Your Coffee, and sheerer and more pink than Bobbi Brown Uber Nude.
Razzle Dazzle Rose is a light-medium cool-toned carnation pink in luminous shiny finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy, balm-like texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is darker and cooler than Too Faced Marshmallow Bunny, similar though more pigmented than MAC What a Feeling!, more muted and shinier than MAC Divine Choice, and cooler and shinier than Urban Decay Obsessed.
Juicy Melons is a light-medium warm coral pink in luminous shiny finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy, balm-like texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter and more muted than Too Faced Coral Fire, darker than MAC Sunny Seoul, lighter and more muted than MAC Out for Passion, and more muted and shinier than NARS Natalie.
Too Faced's La Crème has officially entered my Top 5 favourite lipstick formulas of all time — it's effortless, low-maintenance, and makes lips look flawless. They're creamy but not too slippery, have a luminous shine finish without being too glossy, are ultra-comfortable to wear, and have excellent colour pay-off. Unlike Chanel's Rouge Coco Shine or YSL's Rouge Volupté Shine, which are the most comparable in terms of finish and texture, these ones have a longer wear-time (around four hours), have more opaque colour pay-off, and they remain hydrating like an actual lip balm without getting overly creamy or "melty." La Crème actually reminds me of MAC's Huggable Lipcolor, except these have more slip and more pigmentation. These are an amazing option for those who tend to go for lipstick-lip balm hybrids, but want a more saturated colour pay-off. (Also, they have a most delightful lemon cake scent.) Next on my list are the dusty rose and muted raspberry shades for fall/winter. After all, the Sephora VIB sale is coming up...
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