It’s no secret that I’m desperately in love with Too Faced‘s Melted Liquified Lipstick formula. (In fact, I did this as a guest post on Lipstick & Lullabies last year when I only had four shades!) I picked up my first ones last September and never looked back. From their adorable brightly coloured squeeze tube packaging, to their fantastic range of shades where it seems like every single shade appeals to me, to their phenomenal wear time… well… my current ultimate goal is now to own every single shade. The scary part is that Too Faced keeps coming out with more and it’s starting to make my wallet hurt!
So what’s to love about these? Well, they fit quite nicely into the liquid lipstick fad that seems to have taken the beauty world by storm. They also come in a massive range of shades, although they do lean more towards vibrant shades than safe ones (although there are various nude/neutral shades as well).
They come in a squeeze tube with an applicator that looks is a fat doe-foot-like device. The product is squeezed out of the doe-foot which can then be directly applied to your lips. The applicator has enough precision to create straight lines, which is fantastic for me cuz I hate hauling around a lip brush. If you want super crisp lines, you could always use a lip brush, but I’ve never felt the need to use one myself. I also love the applicator because I have a nasty habit of breaking my lipstick bullets, and this saves me completely from that ritual massacre.
The wear holds up remarkably well. I don’t eat with lipstick on, so I can’t tell you if these last through meals, but on me they will survive an easy five hours (and by then, I’m eating something again so I’ll usually wipe my product off then). These go on the lips slightly glossy but dry down to a matte finish within two hours or so. Once you hit the matte stage these pretty solidly lock onto your lips. They’re not transfer-proof, but you could blot them down to get them to that stage – there’s so much pigment in them that they won’t suffer much from a good blot.
They are slightly drying over time on the lips, but that isn’t a pain point for me. I struggle with super slippy lipstick formulas (aka I end up smearing them all over my face) so I like having something that I know is going to stay put.
I don’t own all the shades (YET!) but I’m swatching out what I have so if you’re interested in any of the ones I own, you may be able to narrow down your choices. (Or do what I do and just try to amass them all!)
- Melted Nude
- Melted Peony
- Melted Violet
- Melted Fuchsia
- Melted Fig
- Melted Coral
- Melted Strawberry
- Melted Ruby
- Melted Candy
- Melted Berry
And on the face:
Melted Nude is a brown-peach shade that suits me better than I thought it would.
Melted Peony verges on a bubblegum pink on my skintone. This is the shade I wear the least because I just feel it’s so… girly (which I realize is a weird thing for a beauty blogger to say).
Melted Violet is what I would call a neon purple and it’s unlike anything I own. However, out of all the Melteds I own, this one has the weirdest consistency – it’s more melty than the others and seems to wear off my lips awkwardly. Maybe I got a bad one?
Melted Fuchsia can only be described as a medium pink transcribed into a neon format. This shade is electric!
Melted Fig is a deeper burgundy purple that tends to look more mauve when it dries down. It’s a fairly unique shade in my collection and I reach for it more often than I ever thought I would.
Melted Coral is not my definition of a coral, but it’s still lovely. This shade is a vibrant orange on my skin and it just blazes with colour. I’ve really liked this paired with some kind of bluey-green eyeliner.
Melted Strawberry is a strawberry red shade with a pink fade. The pink isn’t strong, but you will notice it on the edges if you look closely. It’s an easy summer red, I think.
Melted Ruby is the “Christmas” red (although I think perhaps Melted Velvet would better fit that description but, sadly, I don’t own it).
Melted Candy is my absolute favourite out of the bunch. I can pick this one out on someone else a mile away. It’s a pink fruit punch/cream soda type colour and I LOVE how it looks.
Melted Berry has become my more traditional fall/winter colour as I’ve moved slightly away from reds. I don’t think I own a piece of cold-weather clothing that this doesn’t match. Really, really gorgeous.
That’s my whole Too Faced Melted collection and I’m still keenly awaiting the opportunity to buy them all up. I’ve now been able to swatch them all! See my updated post with video where I swatch the entire Too Faced Melted lineup! Do you ever feel that way about a product line? That you have to Pokemon the shit out of them and catch ’em all?
Too Faced Melted lipsticks can be purchased for $25 CAD each on Sephora.ca or for $21 USD on Sephora.com.
Ohhh Melted Coral is gorgeous!! and I love Melted Peony on you!
Melted Peony is probably my least worn shade because I find it soooo feminine, which feels a little offkilter with my personality. No doubt though… every time I see it on someone else I LOVE it!
These all pack a punch, and a pretty one at that!
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I even like the little squeezy tubes they come in! SO ADORABLE!
Pretty!
I am embarrassed to say that I own no Melteds
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Oh don’t be embarrassed! There’s so many products out there that it’s hard to try all of them!
i love Ruby on you! and what a detailed post – loving the swatches!! I don’t own a single Melted product, I wanted Fig but never got around to owning it ! 🙂
Fig seems to be the one that everyone wants to own. I think it’s quite a unique shade and I have yet to see it look bad on someone!
I LOVE Melted Fuchsia on you (and on me!) it’s such a glorious colour. Ugh. Love it. My Melted Coral gets REALLY dry on me though, a way that my other ones don’t? Maybe I got a bad of THAT one .
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I need to pull out Fuchsia more often! I think I’ve barely worn it because I tend to opt for the other shades more.
I don’t remember having drying problems with Coral… but the consistency of Violet was REALLY weird. Like, super liquidy? It wasn’t like the others. Maybe we both got weird batches of each shade?
Wow, these are seriously gorgeous. I bought a little set of them and I adore them, but I’m really thinking I should pick up more since they are just so good. And so cute. And so colorful.
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I wish I had the minis because I think that’s more realistic in terms of product usesage. The big tubes are sooo enormous and I make almost no dent in them! But every time the minis come out I’m like awwww many I have all of them in full size except for like… one.
I love all the bright and dark shade, but that is just so my preferred lip palette! 😛 also, melted Fig is surprisingly pretty, I should try it on sometime. Melted fuschia and peony are the only ones I own, though I’d love more, these are great… It’s weird how bright Peony looks on you, since on me I feel its very neutral, but maybe it’s just skin tone and lighting.
Melted Figs looks great on everyone, I swear!
Peony weirds me out too. I like it on other people, but on me it’s so oddly vibrant and as a result… kind of Barbie-like (which is rather annoying!).
I am giving these a second try because of you!
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Which one did you try and not love?
I keep thinking I don’t need these and then I see a blog post like this and it makes me want them again!! Lovee the first nude shade and Melted Fig. Omg Melted Berry is nice too…. I shouldn’t have came here.. haha.
LOL! I have that sentiment so often when I go to blogs where they basically convince me to buy a product!
Melted Berry is probably the one I wear the most often. It’s fantastic for the holidays so I always resort to it if I’m not wearing MAC’s Russian Red!
Melted Fig seems to be the one that everyone wants the most – and I have yet to see someone look bad wearing it!
I have the Melted Violet one too and that’s exactly how I would describe it. Interesting that they aren’t all that way, I just assumed that and didn’t try any others. This has convinced me to go try on Fig and Peony. Thanks!
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Oh interesting – maybe it’s just the pigment in that one colour then that’s messing with the formula? It’s so weird compared to the rest of them – I definitely would not have tried others if I had purchased that one first!