{"id":15195,"date":"2015-04-27T08:30:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T00:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=15195"},"modified":"2015-04-27T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T07:00:57","slug":"clinique-pop-lip-colour-primer-bare-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2015\/04\/clinique-pop-lip-colour-primer-bare-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"For a Bare Pop of colour, the new Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer lipstick surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"
Those of us who do our makeup shopping online would be familiar with the lament of not having proper swatches of colours to work from. When I was invited to give the new Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer<\/strong> a go, I was offered a selection of colours online. I didn’t really have their names so I picked something that looked “berry-ish” a colour I knew I’d wear daily and often. As much as I love my red lipstick, I’ve not been wearing them as often as I should.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When it arrived, I had a bit of an “Oh crap!” moment when I saw that contrary to what the online picture showed me, the shade was not a berry red as I thought, but a colour that verges on being “nude” or “neutral”. If there’s one thing I shy away from more than chocolate, it’s nude lipstick. (Look, I can’t be the only person out there who doesn’t like chocolate right?! \ud83d\ude1b )<\/p>\n The shade is 02 Bare Pop<\/strong> and in tube, it looked like a neutral, slightly pink-browned shade, with tiny little sparkles. My heart sank. If there’s something else I can’t handle, it’s lipstick with sparkles.<\/p>\n But my job, as it were, is to try the formula, so I gritted my teeth, pursed my lips and slicked Bare Pop on. It’s kind of hard to explain how it happened, but much to my surprise, Bare Pop has found its way into my daily lipstick pouch!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is Clinique’s latest lipstick offering, which is a lightweight formula that is supposed to glide\u00a0on with bold colour, for a pigmented lip that feels comfortable all day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I do find that the product slips on quite easily on lips in a manner almost like that of a lip balm.\u00a0I also found Bare Pop to be a little sheer and not as bold and unsaturated as the brand claims. However, I am told that it’s due to the colour I picked. The brighter shades promise to have a bolder effect, which I do see from online swatches so my conclusion is that opacity may vary from colour to colour.<\/p>\n I have also read complaints that say that Bare Pop gives lips a frosty hue, which was something I was concerned with due to the visible sparkles in the bullet. However, I don’t personally notice this frosty hue. I’ve lived through frosty lipstick. Trust me my friends, this isn’t frosty.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clinique Bare Pop swatch on arm and on lips<\/em><\/p>\n There is however, obvious shine, which you may or may not like. Clinique also says that these apply semi-matte to which I say no. These are not matte. There is definitely a shine to it. I also find Bare Pop sheer, but then when I’m promised “bold, unsaturated colour” I expect a creamy, opaque colour.<\/p>\n