In going through stuff as part of my declutter, I found a drawer full of makeup items I purchased between Black Friday and Christmas.
I purchased the above tube NYC brand "Get It All" lip color in shade #202 "Fabfuchsia" for $2.99 at Walmart, but it is also available at Duane Reade (Walgreens).
On NYC's website indicates they are a division of Coty, and was developed by testing with a group of young makeup professionals New York makeup artists to capture a New York on trend appeal.
It indicates this product is the first low-cost lip color that features a comfortable and creamy texture that is long lasting with high impact color finish and comes a dozen different shades.
The ingredients are Candella Wax, Bees Wax, Shea butter and silk powder.
As the website does not indicate they are cruelty-free so I checked Coty's website and they indicate that:
"We do not perform, nor do we ever commission any third parties on our behalf to perform, testing of our products or ingredients on animals, except where required by law."They do go on to indicate that it is common knowledge China does require animal testing on all products imported to that country and that they are working with a partnership to offer alternate testing that the Chinese government to accept. As they do business in China, the short answer for are they Cruelty Free is no, but not by their choice but by the laws of a country they do business with (and would be the same for any other brand that does business with China).
While NYC website indicates the outer tubes are color matched to what is inside the tube, it does look close when you take off the top of the product, but when you apply it to skin it is much lighter.
On #202-Fabfuchsia, I thought the outer tube and product looked more like a wine color combined with fuchsia, but when I swatched on my skin and lips it looked much lighter and more like a dark rose with a bit of bright deep pink, which I really liked. I think this shade would probably work with most skin tones.
The lip color glided on easily, was moisturising and it lasted several hours. On the swatch that I did on my wrist I had to use makeup remover to get is completely off as it did not wipe of with just a tissue alone.
This shade had a chemical sort of cherry smell, sort of like the scent a cherry flavored fluoride rinse at the dentist office after you get your teeth cleaned. It did have a slightly sweet flavor on the lips and I couldn't tell if it was a bit of cherry or if it was because the scent was the cherry scent.
Pros:
- Inexpensive
- Color is pretty and would likely work with most skintones
- Color is long lasting
- Color does match the packaging while in the tube
Cons:
- Slightly cherry chemical smell
- Color goes on lighter than packaging or how it looks in the tube
- Brand is not 100% cruelty-free as sells in countries that requires animal testing.
All pictures were taken in Taken under fluorescent office lighting
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