There are many of these lip tint pens on the market, every brand and their dog have taken them out. Astor is not a brand that I was aware of until I spotted their lip tints in Poundland, and to be honest I wasn't really keen on the whole concept of the marker pen like lip colours, but when I saw the Astor one for £1 I had nothing to lose, and thought i'd give it a bash!
I picked up the orange colour first, took it home and tried it immediately. One end is like a marker pen tip, the other is a lip balm. When I first applied the pen end on my lips it was really dry, I did not like it! I also found that it was quite dull in colour, I proceeded to apply the balm and was instantly on board. The balm completely changed the look and feel, my lips felt so moisturised, not dry at all. I left it on for a few hours, and it did not dry up or fade, it held the colour really well, even after eating and drinking it was still very evident that I had colour on my lips.
A few weeks later I was in Poundland again, I noticed that they had some more colours so I grabbed them, there were only 3 or 4 left. I picked up the red and wine coloured lip tints, and the red has fast become my favourite. The darker colours are much harder to work with than the orange. The red/wine colours are very pigmented, and if you go outside your lip line it will stain the skin and it's a bit crap to get off, it's definitely long wearing, so you have to be careful. Once you colour in your whole lip and apply the balm, the colour will last for hours.
A week past Saturday I went for dinner with my husband to celebrate my birthday, and I wore the red on my lips, we had a lovely meal and several glasses of Prosseco and it did not budge! The picture below was taken after I got home, as you will see it is still very pigmented.
The only downfall of this product is that the pen itself seems to dry out quite quickly, and there is no way of making it work once the nib of the pen dries out. I don't think the product runs out, I just think the nib dries out and then it makes it hard for the product to get through. My two darkest colours have held up well and haven't dried out at all, but the orange colour has and I can't use it any more. All in all I really like this product, it's definitely something I would recommend for a night on the town, you barley need to touch up, and for £1 this product is well worth it.
So get yourself down to your nearest Poundland and stock up!
Much love
.x KP x.
