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Looking like a woman from Paris, effortless, yet incredibly elegant, is one of these makeup trends that never seem to go away. The key points seem to be shiny hair, red lips and a breton stripe shirt and, despite the red lips, no drama in your makeup, and the whole vibe is called French Girl Makeup.

 

 

Well, Queen Musia is one of the brands that seem to cater into this look with their vibrant Creme Matte lipsticks. After all the website reads: “Our products perfectly combine Californian creative energy with Parisian elegance and sophistication.”

Now I am definitely not French, but partial to a red lip, so let’s take a closer look at them and see if they live up to their claims!

 

 

What the Queen Musia Matte Creme Lipsticks claim

Our innovative Matte Crème Lipstick formula delivers a luxurious non-drying matte finish. It lasts long, wears comfortably and is extremely lightweight, you will even forget you are wearing lipstick. The formula provides uncompromising performance with a complex of 7 nourishing oils and butters.

 

Facts about the Queen Musia Matte Creme Lipsticks

Let me first direct your attention to the packaging, which is quite unique in shape and closes tightly, important for those that tend to throw their lipstick into whatever bag they carry that day. The rubbery surface is lovely to the touch, but I have to admit as someone that worked in emergency medicine for a few years I really do hope people don’t get weird ideas, it is quite pointy at the end.

Each bullet contains 4 g and is available for 36 $ on the website here.

 

 

 

Available shades

The lipsticks come in six different shades, each named with a reference to art. At least that is what I think, as there is one reference I don’t really get.

The shades are “Ada”, described as antique Tuscan terracotta (very important in architecture there), “Becky Sharp”, described as royal damson jam (I assume named after the main character in the novel Vanity Fair about a cynical social climber making her way up by seducing men), “Dorian”, described as rosay Georgian brick (named after Dorian Grey I suppose), “Madame Bovary”, described as the Gauguin pink (again a famous character from literature), “Montreux”, described as Swiss balcony Geranium (again a architectural reference I assume) and lastly the one I don’t get, “Molly Bloom”, described as “carrot fairy cake” – if anyone could help me out with the cultural reference here, it would be much appreciated. Things like that tend to nag me forever!

All colors are pictured on the website on women of different coloring, which I found extremely helpful in picking a shade that would most likely suit me.

I own Ada and Montreux, and while they don’t look exactly like they did in the pictures, the descriptions are quite accurate.

Ada is my favorite out of the two, I find that Montreux leans a tad orange on me. I can pull that off in summer and when wearing bronzer, but Ada is much more in my comfort zone.

 

 

 

How the Queen Musia Creme Matte Lipsticks perform on the lips

They are indeed very comfortable to apply, lightweight and while being matte never look flat. I could also wear them all day without experiencing drier lips than I usually do – quite a few matte lipsticks turn my lips into a flake fest within hours and while these are certainly not hydrating, they aren’t drying either.

Should you be around the same age as me, you will be pleased to hear that even without lip liner, these don’t settle into the lines around your mouth – one of the things that make wearing red more of a struggle than it used to be.

If I have one complaint it is the wear time. I didn’t expect them to last through a meal, but even with just drinking they would start to fade around the middle of the lips after 2.5 hours, which for me doesn’t qualify as long wearing. After four hours or after eating they’d be mostly gone.

 

Would I recommend the Queen Musia Creme Matte Lipsticks?

Now if they are worth the price is something you need to decide yourself – the formula isn’t that outstanding that I would rush everyone to buy it. But if like me you appreciate the uniqueness and cultural references – things like that make me smile when I put on my makeup – I’d say they are worth getting.

 

 

Shop Queen Musia Makeup here

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