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(Thanks for the tag, @GG84 ! ๐ค)
@jacoooo I swatched 5 matte lipsticks for you. I picked shades you can still find; I wanted to swatch a couple others but theyโve been discontinued, so thatโd do you no good. Anyway, the first 2 swatches are liquid mattes. The other 3 are matte bullets.
Swatches of 5 matte black lipsticks. One is clearly deeper in the void than the others. ๐NARS Powermatte in Paint It Black is a liquid matte. The Powermattes are one of the very few liquid matte formulas I can comfortably wear. I always need 2 coats to get full opacity. It has a deep dark purple base, so I sometimes I wear a full base coat of black lip liner under this shade to bring out more of its black depth. But itโll never look as jet black as the next one on my list.
Black Moon Liquid to Matte in Sleepwalker is another liquid matte formula I love. This is the deepest blackest liquid matte of all Iโve ever tried. I only need one coat of this stuff to get total blackout. In fact, this is tied with a black cream bullet for the title of Blackest Black Lipstick in My Collection.
NYX Suede Matte in Alien is a matte bullet. Itโs comfy to wear and has decent staying power. It wears down a lot on the inner side of my bottom lip after, say, one cup of coffee or bottle of beer. A good lip primer or base coat of black lip liner can help it stick better. It has kind of a candy scent that youโll smell-taste a bit while wearing it; the fragrance isnโt heavy so it never bothers me. Itโs the least expensive of these 5 lipsticks.
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick F'N Black
is a matte slim bullet. The Mattemoiselles are some of my favorite matte lipsticks: theyโve got good staying power (theyโre not transfer-proof; no bullet is), theyโre very comfy to wear, and their shape makes them great travel companions. You can tell by my swatch that itโs a very cool (blue) toned black compared to the other 4.
Black Up Lipstick in M30 is another matte bullet. This oneโs also comfy to wear, moreso than most other shades of Black Up matte bullets. (I generally prefer Black Upโs cream bullets.) Sephora no longer carries it, but Macyโs doesโor you can order direct from the brand.
