Everyone dreamt of being a superhero, a WonderWoman who sorts everything in life. If not, having a powerful lip colour that stays on and on to fight the gloomiest of the days will work. Here are our everyday heroes: Neve Cosmetics Pastello Labbra precision lipcolor in Trance, Immortal and Blood.
Trance, Immortal and Blood are three shades of Neve Cosmetics’ Pastello Lipcolor range that made into a capsule collection: Super heroine. Are these shades heroic enough for such a name?
Neve Cosmetics Pastello Labbra Precision Lipcolor: product and packaging
Pastello Labbra is Neve Cosmetics line comprising handy lip colours. Pastello means ‘crayon’ in Italian, the one we were used to colouring with at school. In fact, a Pastello combines the precision of a lip pencil and the comfort of a jumbo crayon with the colour payoff of a lipstick. Available in a nice array of colours and finishes, the Pastellos are 1.10 gr wood pencil. The body of each pencil has a similar colour and finish of each shade. Super slim and light as a feather. The Superheroine capsule collection comes in a slim box designed by the Italian illustrator Sara Pinchelli.
Formula & texture
Neve Cosmetics is an advocate for natural and cruelty-free beauty. Not a surprise if Pastello precision lipcolor is cruelty-free and vegan-friendly. Its formula is made to glide with ease and makes your lips smooth and nourished. It features coconut and hydrogenated vegetable oils, vitamin E and vegetal waxes. The overall texture is soft and creamy, but the softness depends on the specific finish of each shade as we’re going to see in the next paragraphs.
Neve Cosmetics Pastello Labbra precision lipcolor – Trance
Trance is the electric lip colour of the Superheroine capsule collection. Described as a ‘saturated fuchsia with dark periwinkle blue interference’ and satin finish, Trance is a bright fuchsia with a cold undertone originating from its intense blue-toned violet soft shimmer. The finish is soft metallic, instead; while its texture is smooth and creamy. It’s the creamiest of the three and can last around 5 hours.
Neve Cosmetics Pastello Labbra precision lipcolor – Blood
Everyone loves a good red, Blood is one of the most decisive reds worn so far. Blood is and ‘intense blood red, velvety’ with a matte finish. I agree with that: the reddest of the reds. Swatched on my skin is a dark, opaque red which turns into an oxblood hue. But on my lips instead, this lip colour looks more vivid and with a blue hint. This lip pencil/lipstick is opaque in coverage but with a lively luminosity. Hence, Blood applies more like a satin lipstick. The tip feels harder on my lips, and it takes a couple of seconds more to warm up and glides as Immortal does.
Neve Cosmetics Pastello Labbra precision lipcolor – Immortal
Immortal, a shade that scratches one’s head. I wouldn’t usually pick something like this from a store display, and instead…
Pastello Labbra in Immortal is described as a ‘dark hazel nude’ with universal wearability and matte finish; Immortal is a lip colour that looks totally different before and after you swatch it. If you look at the tip of the lip pencil, it looks brown. Swatched on the skin, it’s a brown with a mauve tint. Once on my lips, it’s definitely a medium nude shade. It’s a sort of caramel where a mauvy note is clearly visible. So it results in an interesting medium puce tone (let’s say #A95C68). The secret of its wearability and universality is its neutrality in terms of colour warmth. Of the three, Immortal is the second for smoothness as it glides very well. The texture – as seen in Blood – is creamy and with a high coverage; its finish is luminously matte, in short, satin. It lasts around 6 hours.
PROS:
- it’s versatile (works well as lip pencil to contour and lipstick to fill in),
- it has a gentle formula,
- overall smooth texture,
- high coverage,
- high colour payoff,
- it’s cruelty-free,
- vegan,
- travel-friendly,
- long-lasting
- doesn’t sit on lip lines.
CONS:
- the cap tends to break with ease,
- (needs a sharpener).
Swatch-athon
Charged and reliable, these lip colours made pencil are what you’re looking for if you praise versatility, high performance and comfort. Neve Cosmetic Pastello Labbra precision lipcolor line is regularly available online at €6.80, which is an honest price for a great quality lip colour.
I find the good in Neve Cosmetics Pastello’s formula, texture and size. The pencil has that wooden smell of the coloured crayons I was used to in my childhood (this secretly moved me the first time I used a Pastello; to tell the truth, I’m human), and it’s so slim to fit effortlessly in any flat pouch. However, the same pencil shape hides a little inconvenience: you need a sharpened and quite often, and the cap cracks terribly easily but – fingers crossed – the tips haven’t dried so far.
At first, I was betting my pants I was going to love Trance and its irresistible shine, but I’m wearing Immortal more often and for shooting as well. An easy to wear nude never goes wrong, but this one is effortlessly powerful, a superhero in disguise.
Neve Cosmetics’ SuperHeroine capsule collection was a purchase dictated by an equally strong impulse, and I’m glad I did!
Valentina Chirico aka Valens
