I was so excited when Cover Girl came out with Outlast Lipstain.  I really really wanted it  to work because I hate reapplying lipstick during the day.  I have very little natural color to my lips and since I can’t afford the high class look of tattooed on lip liner, I figured at $8.99 this stuff was a good compromise. 

I deliberated long and hard over what color to buy and eventually settled on Wild Berry.  Well, clearly I picked the wrong color because I could have achieved the same effect by taking a red Sharpie and drawing all over my face.    Also, your lips need to be perfectly exfoliated and moisturized before use because this is sort of drying and will definitely highlight and little skin flaps or any chapping you might be sporting.  If you are having trouble deciding on a shade the Cover Girl website will help you pick the color that’s right for you…if you give them all your vital info.

I have played with this for a couple of days and this is not a low maintenance product as advertised, but if you are willing to reapply and perhaps wear under lip gloss or lip stick you may not be too disappointed.  Keep an eye in the mirror though, I wore it for a couple hours under lipstick and thought I was looking really cute.  Then I looked in the mirror and I discovered that my lips were stained all right…all around the edges of my lips I had color but none on the lips themselves. It seriously looked like I had been in a hot and heavy make out session with the Kool Aid Pitcher Man.

Rating: 1 carat.  Not fool proof but maybe worth playing around with.