Coral Quest : Ciccone Oceanus

Ciccone Oceanus is the most talked about and popular lipstick in the range amongst the blogger. This got better of me and I wanted to see how it fared in my quest.

Its a beautiful pale coral color with smooth texture. But, yes the 'but'....on my pigmented lips the finish was not smooth and I had to swipe it couple of times to get the smoothness. I think this is only because of my lips and it would be great for non pigmented lips.
I also feel that its doesn't have the same color payoff as its siblings from the range.

It might not be the 'perfect coral' but I can see myself wearing it as a wash of color on my lips this summer.

For comparison between previously featured lipsticks, I will be posting their pictures too. So, below is the swatch of Bobbi Brown Sweet Nectar.

Red Dip Dyed Lips

My attempt of wearing a dip dyed red lips. Its basically a gradient look with dark color at edges and lighter in center.

I used a red lip liner and Ciccone Cosmetics Aphrodite as base. Before applying Ciccone Voluptas in the centre, I lightened the intensity of Aphrodite. Then I finished with Face Of Australia Divine Shine in Morning Mist

I enjoyed doing this and might give it another attempt with different colors.

P.S : Please excuse the flakies, I forgot to exfoliate before doing the look.

Review : Ciccone Cosmetics Lipsticks

I read great reviews about Ciccone Cosmetics lipsticks both over twitter and various blogs. This got me curious and I couldn't look past trying them.

Ciccone Cosmetics is an Australian company founded by Helen and Frank in 2001 . Their product range features 8 lipsticks and today I will present 4 of them.

What Company Says

Ciccone cosmetics offer lipsticks that are long lasting, feel weightless on application and glide smoothly with high coverage.

The lipsticks have a quick drying formula that maintain a durable film of color for several hours and will leave your lips feeling hydrated and fluffy

Color

The product range features 8 colors

• Rhea
• Hera
• Aphrodite
• Cupid
• Oceanus
• Apollo
• Voluptas
• Athena

Performance

They are super pigmented lipstick with a creamy formula. The finish is neither glossy nor matte. When I applied it, it felt creamy. Inspite of the creamy formula, it gives a good wear time and color payoff.

What I like about them

• The feeling of weightlessness on application
• The coverage, it took only one swipe to get max color
• The creamy formula
• The fact that it wasn't drying ( hello MAC Satin)
• It had a good a wear time
• Also, that one of them made me lose weight. Seriously when I wore Voluptas, the first comment I got was " Have you lost weight"

For once a company has described their product as they are.

What I didn't like about them

• The only thing I wished was if the color range was more extensive. I want more!!

Now to the swatches...

Would I recommend it : Yes, in fact I am going to get Oceanus next.

Availability: www.cicconecosmetics.com, Myer
Price: $25 AUD

Disclaimer : Product provided by PR for consideration, but it has no bearing on my views.