Maybelline Lip Studio Color Blur Review

Product Description
Maybelline's Lip Studio Color Blur redefines the rules of color with a cream matte pencil and blurring smudger. The cream matte pencil feels extremely smooth and comfortable on lips, while the blurring smudger creates your own looks from full-on bold to softly blurred. Color Blur comes in 10 shades ranging from vivids to neutrals.
5 Pink Insanity
10 Fast & Fuchsia
15 Berry Misbehaved (purchased)
20 Orange Ya Glad
25 Cherry Cherry Bang Bang
30 Partner in Crimson
35 Plum, Please
40 My-My Magenta (purchased)
45 I'm Blushing!
50 I Like to Mauve It (purchased)

How to Use
To achieve the softly blurred look, apply color in the center of your top and bottom lips. Using the smudger, gently blur the color out towards the edges of your top lip and then bottom lip.

Ingredients
Dimethicone, Isononyl Isononanoate, Silica, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Isododecane, Polyethylene, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, BHT, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Tocopherol, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Tin Oxide. May Contain: CI 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, CI 15850 / Red 7 Lake, CI 45410 / Red 28 Lake, CI 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 / Iron Oxides, CI 15850 / Red 6, Mica, CI 75470 / Carmine, CI 77163 / Bismuth Oxychloride, CI 45380 / Red 21, CI 77742 / Manganese Violet, CI 77400 / Bronze Powder, CI 77400 / Copper Powder, CI 45410 / Red 27 Lake, CI 42090 / Blue 1 Lake, CI 47005 / Yellow 10 Lake

Price
As with most drugstore products, the prices will vary according to your location and choice of store. I purchased mine at Harmon for $6.99 with coupons so each color blur was $5.60. They're pretty much sold everywhere now so you can find them at Target, Walmart, Ulta, and your local drugstores.

Packaging
The Lip Studio Color Blur is housed in a retractable pencil with a rubber smudger. The lip color matches the tube which makes it easy to grab the shade you're looking for. When you twist the pencil up and down, it needs to be done from the top where the smudger is. Out of habit I want to twist from the middle of the tube rather than the tip. One thing to note is the pencil needs to be twisted back down in between uses.

Scent
There is no scent to the lip product itself BUT the smudger does have one. It smells like an eraser which I find a little disturbing to be applying on to the lips.

Texture/Consistency
For a matte lip product, I have no idea how Maybelline got these to be so creamy. They are easy to apply, glide on, blend smoothly, and feel silky and smooth on the lips. For the most part, they won't cling to dry patches or emphasize fine lines. I have read some of the darker colors like Plum, Please will cling to dry patches but that wasn't my experience with the 3 shades I have.

My Thoughts

From left to right: Berry Misbehaved, My My Magenta, and I Like to Mauve It

The Lip Color Blur line offers a good range of colors from dark to neutral to vibrant. Out of the 3 shades I purchased, my favorite is Berry Misbehaved which is a rich pink berry shade. My My Magenta will make a great fall shade. I Like to Mauve It is a neutral shade which looks nice but it doesn't really show up on my lips. Both Berry Misbehaved and My My Magenta are very pigmented.

As far as the smudger, it doesn't erase the color while you spread the color out on the outer lips. It works quite well for the gradient look except I don't like the scent of it. Instead I've been using my finger to get the "blurred" effect which does the job but it does take off some color. If you want more color on the lips, apply the product all over. If you want a subtle or softer look, then apply the product on the inside of the lips and blend it out. It all depends on your preference and what kind of look you want to create.

Since these lip pencils have such a creamy consistency, they're not as long wearing as I'd expect for a matte product. They will transfer and wear off when you eat and drink. You will need to reapply if you want more intensity in color throughout the day. They do stain the lips a little but the product doesn't wear off strangely on the lips. My lips start to feel a little dry after a few hours so I would use a lip balm on top.

Final Thoughts
I would recommend grabbing one or two shades if you're interested in trying these out but they're not a must have product in my opinion. I like the pigmentation and initial creaminess of the product but the whole point and uniqueness of the Lip Studio Color Blurs are the smudging and blurring effect. Since I don't use the smudger, I can create a gradient effect with any lip product I currently own. I'd actually recommend purchasing Maybelline's Color Sensational Creamy Matte Lip Colors instead. There are 20 shades to choose from and they are less drying in the long run than the Color Blurs.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Jennifer