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Today's review will be about the commonly used etude house tint.
Most people in korea have this tint and is commonly know as the '"국민틴트"
meaning like "national citizen" tint...
pretty much its saying that everyone one uses it,,
Anyways, I was really into dark red "vampire", blood stain-ish tint for a while.
I originally wanted the Ameli Plat lips which retails for 12000 won
but I found it on the Ameli International version for $25,
which I wasn't willing to pay for a tint..
I found out that the Etude House Vampire Red was a good dupe for the Ameli
and wanted to try it out, but it was released as a limited edition in 2012...
I gave up on trying to look for a dark- red tint.
However, in april or may Etude House released the Vampire red
again due to popular demand and added it to their permanent dear darling tint line!!!
Like any Etude House product it's really cute and princess-like
The colour through the glass bottle looks REALLY black.
But don't get scared it's actually not that bad when your blend it out.
I hate when the writing starts to wpie off.
But what can I do! It happens to all my makeup.
The brush is the same as any other lipgloss or tint brush.
Or do you call this a sponge-tip?
No ideaa,, but its just the average lip product applicator.
It really stains well.
I swiped the tint and wiped it right off after taking the picture,
but the tint stained my hand a cherry-red colour!
And it also lasts quite a while.
UGHHH, my lips are too dry..
I should've used a lip scrub before doing this....
I personally really like the gradient lips!
The lipstick I used for the 4th picture is Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti,
its a neon orangy colour.
Recommend?
I would recommend if you are looking for your first tint.
Its a really affordable tint at about 4000 won in korea, and I found it on eBay for $4-something.
If you look for recommendations for korean tints the first thing you'll find is the dear darling tint, along with the innisfree flower water tint (i think), the tonymoly tony tint, and thefaceshop lovely ME:EX tint.
(Not sure of all the official names,,, )
However, this tint is not the tint for you if you are looking for a natural lip tint.
Its really pigmented and I bought this knowing that it was going to be crazy dark -- because I wanted "vampire" lips.
If you are looking for a natural tint try the etude house fresh cherry or innisfree flower water one.
Texture
I think this tint has a nice gel texture when it is still moist.
But it doesn't stay that way because it dries out in the first few second you apply it.
Not in a bad way but in a tint-stain way.
Because this isn't a gloss it's not going to give you a glossy finish.
The finish is quite dry I find, but I don't really mind because I use my lip butter on top.
I have read about people saying this is a quite drying tint.
But as long as you apply lip balm or any moisturizing I think it's fine.
Pros
-Cheap
-4 colours
-pigmented
Cons
-drying (if you apply on dry lips)
-doesn't last for the whole day
-oh, and I totally forgot to mention that I HATE the taste.
I think its supposed to be grape flavoured because the scent is kinda grape-ish..
BUT, if you accidentally taste the product,,,,, oohhhh , it tastes like grape cough medicine.
LIKE THE REALLY BITTER KIND....
I don't know if it's just me, but I find that this doesn't have a strong staying power.
I would apply it before going to school at like 6:40 (?) a.m. and by lunch time its faded to the point that it doesn't seem like your wearing much tint.
I think it stays for 4-5 hours at most..
Overall I'm not a big fan of this product. I don't hate it,, (except the taste) but also I don't love it.
I'm not really picky about my makeup so I tend to like or be neutral about most products.
This product is a neutral for me.
I want to get the other colours though because I'm over the vampire look , and I feel like the others
would probably taste better :)
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