NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat Review & Swatches
The new NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat ($6) is a new sheer transforming black lip pencil with a gloss finish that instantly takes one lipstick color and transforms it into another. Is your red lipstick a little dull? Vamp it up by slicking on a little of this to darker than the shade. Paler lipstick not doing it for you? Slick this on to liven it up! The options are endless with this pencil as it allows you to darken shades or even to transform them into entirely new colors plus it adds a hint of glossiness!
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If nothing at all NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat is super fun to use! You can transform shades, darken them, create new colors, the options are endless. This is a chunky swivel up pencil and is shaped much like the recently released NYX Lip Cream Pencils however, unlike those pencils I thankfully DID NOT experience any breaking issues with this pencil.
This is a pretty sheer black shade so don’t be scared of it! When I purchased it I kinda raised a brow mentally and was thinking how scary black lipstick can be. Sure, it can be a really great transforming shade but it can also go dangerously wrong. NYX gets the pigment just right on this! It’s not overwhelming dark, it’s sheer, yet it still has plenty of pigment to transform or darken shades easily. The formula is very thin, slightly moist, and applies easily onto lips. The texture has a comfortable wear atop lipstick with a glossy finish. As per the name it is a top coat not an under coat. You can’t use this under lipstick as it won’t work well! It’s a little too slick to use as an under coat so you’ll struggle to apply lipstick atop it. So using it on top of already applied lipstick is the correct way to use it.
NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat Swatches
So what’s it do?
It’ll take a shade of say pink and create a beautiful purple. Or it’ll take a red lipstick and transform into a sultry, deep shade of vampy berry. Orange? Sure! It’ll take orange and deepen the shade and give it more of a burnt finish. The possibilities are endless and you’ll have a lot of fun using this.
Milani Color Statement Moisture Matte Lipstick in Catwalk Pink, Matte Orchid, and Matte Confident
Milani Color Statement Moisture Matte Lipstick with NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
Few issues…
The pencil applies a little sloppy. I had a hard time applying without creating a mess. It applies over lipstick but creeps around my lip line as it glides on. I kinda feel like a five year old applying lipstick when I’m using this as the end result is rather sloppy and all over the place. I’m not sure why it gets everywhere during application but it does. Perhaps blame it on the slicker, thinner consistency of the formula!? Not sure! But you do have to practice a little patience when using this to avoid making a big old mess out of your lip look. I also felt like at times I looked silly because the color would apply towards the center of my lips and transform my lipstick shade in this area but the outer edges it wouldn’t reach so it looked like I had applied a completely other lip liner shade. For example, if I used it on a pale pink lipstick it would transform the shade to lilac! Beautiful right? But the problem was my lip line would have a pale pink surround so it looked like I applied pink lip liner with purple lipstick. It was weird. I found if I used a q-tip I could blend my lip line shade into the center of my lips so the color was evenly distributed. The other issue I had was if I used the pencil with one shade it would leave a lot of left over residue on the tip which would transfer when I used it with another lipstick. You’re probably thinking, “clean it off with a tissue!” Sure you can do that but it leaves little fuzzies on the tip of the pencil and it also leaves this pencil with an uneven surface! You’ll see what I mean in the image below!
So…yeah it has quirks! But it’s cheap and it’s super fun to use!
I think we all have that moment in life when we purchase a lipstick at the drugstore or counter that we THINK is going to look amazing on us. When we get home, try it on, and look in the mirror we have second thoughts! Sometimes we return it and sometimes we kinda toss it in the drawer and forget about it. This little pencil is a nice way to breath new life into shades that aren’t quite working for you as you can transform, deepen, and add richness to a color and make it more wearable. Below are examples of how lipstick looks without the topcoat and WITH the topcoat.
Without NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
With NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
Without NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
With NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
Without NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
With NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
Without NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
With NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat
The NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat has quirks but it’s a fun product to use to create new and exciting lip looks from old lipsticks!
For $6 bucks you can play mad scientist with your lipsticks!
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The NYX V’amped Up Lip Top Coat is available now at Ulta.com.