The Face Shop Black Label Lipsticks review + swatches

The Face Shop Black Label Lipsticks  더페이스샵 블랙라벨 립스틱

The Face Shop is an extremely popular makeup brand originating in Korea, but they have locations all around the world. Their products are extremely easy to find online.
I own three of their black  label lipsticks in shades 217 retro orange (레트로 오렌지), 10 Fashion Red (패션 레드) and 11 lovely pink (러블리 핑크) . Disclaimer, I think these are being discontinued in Korea but they are still available on ebay and other sites. I am going to stock up just in case.
All of these I ordered off of ebay for around $7 Canadian Link to where I purchased them 


Packaging
 I was worried at first that the shiny gunmetal silver finish on these lipsticks would chip and get scratched easily, but I have had one of these kicking around in my makeup bag for over a month and it looks the same as the day I got it. The finish on these is surprisingly resilient, I am smacking it on the edge of my table and nothing is happening. The over all packaing is sleek and pretty classy looking, which is a tab surprising for a Korea brand as many of them tend to have over the top cute packing that can look a bit tacky. The only possible flaw is that the lid tends to wiggle a little if you shake it, not enough that it could come off too easily but enough to suggest a not completely air tight package.
 4.5/5
Formulation
Definitely the key point to these lipsticks is the formulation. I find them to be quite comparable to Mac's cremesheen lipsticks, but perhaps a tad softer. They go on very smoothly and are quite pigmented, they do tend to smudge a bit if you aren't too careful with them. Not at all drying and just a bit moisturizing. They have a tiny bit of a sweet almost candy-like scent. You can barely notice the scent when you are applying it and I can not sense it at all once its on the lips. Even if you could, it would not be a problem, its a very non offensive scent.
They are not the longest lasting lipsticks in the world, but they do last a decent few hours.
5/5



11 lovely pink (러블리 핑크)
Lovely pink is a soft everyday pink, not a nude but not at all bold.
Very similar to Maybelline's Pink Me Up only a tiny bit pinker.  It has the smallest hint of shimmer running through it which is imperceptible on the lips.

10 Fashion Red (패션 레드)
Fashion Red was extremely hard to photograph true to colour.
Shows up less cherry a little darker in person.
It is a bold,slightly deep true red. Easy to apply and wore off
evenly. The definition of a classic red lipstick. Lights up the whole face and makes teeth look amazing this lipstick does everything a good red should,
 Similar in colour to Mac's Russian red.

217 retro orange (레트로 오렌지) 

Retro Orange is hard colour to explain, It is definitely orange, but with a neutral side to it. The perfect everyday orange if there were such a thing. It isn't bold, but its anything but boring. Really easy to wear with other colours without clashing like a brighter colour would. Doesn't make teeth look yellow either like similar colours tend to. All around one of my favourite lipsticks.... ever.... I love this shade and its usually kicking around in my bag. Just in case the faceshop is discontinuing this line, I am going to order another of this baby.