Colourpop Haul | Colourpop Ultra Matte Lip and Lippiestix Swatch on Indian skin tone | Experience with Indian Customs

Colourpop cosmetics , the latest sensation on the internet is a blooming cosmetic brand and I am sure it is every makeup fanatic's (like me) dream to own at least some of their gorgeous collections. This very young brand is already a huge hit in the makeup world and unlike other well established beauty brands, Colourpop got famous simply through Instagram and YouTube. Colourpop's success is one powerful example of how internet marketing can be used to grow one's business.

My Colourpop Haul

Enough of their popularity speech and let me move on to the exciting part- My Colourpop haul. I have been following Colourpop on Instagram for some time now and they recently had a free international shipping offer going on at their website. I was simply taken aback to see this offer and couldn't resist myself from ordering. Although I wanted to try all of their variants but due to budget constraints I narrowed it down only to the lippies. Being a matte lippie lover, I ordered for three lippistix and three ultra matte lip. The sum total of my order came around 33$ plus an additional shipping charge of 4.99$ . I also made use of the 5$ coupon code that I received when I signed up for their newsletter. So after the discount code, the total price I paid was just 33$ (approximately INR 2,300) for six lippies.

The excitement that I could finally get hands on one of my dream brands' products blinded me from realizing that I just made an order from a USA website which meant I would also have additional charges in the name of customs. I was all the time worried after placing the order what would the custom charges be, what if it was huge. I was incessantly searching all over the internet to get some information regarding Indian customs on cosmetic products. Nowhere I found proper information.

Finally, the day came when the postman brought me the package to my doorstep. I was asked to pay INR 341 as custom charges, which roughly came around 14.95% of my total order. I breathed a sigh of relief ( Phew! That wasn't too bad right? ). I took my package and couldn't wait to open it. Upon opening the parcel, I was amazed at how wonderfully my lippies were packed. I also received a small and cute thank you card and a booklet on how to use their products.

Moving on to the lippies that I ordered. I got three Ultra matte lip :

Ultra matte lip

1. Bad Habit - a berry pink shade
2. Mama - an orange-brick red shade 
3. Bumble - a dusty pink shade

Lippiestix

and three lippiestix are :

1. Contempo
2. Lumiere
3. I heart this

I am particularly in love with the Bumble and I heart this. The staying power of ultra matte lip is extremely commendable. These are completely kissproof and I am in love with their formula. These are liquid lipsticks and are super pigmented, one thin coating is more than enough.

The lippistix are also equally good when it comes to staying power. They can stay for a long time without meals but if you are going to have food they will disappear from the center. They do transfer and are not completely matte, more like creamy-matte I would say.

Here are the swatches of some of the lip colours :

Bad habit swatch

Mama Swatch

Lippistix

I heart this Swatch

Lumiere Swatch

So, this is it about my colourpop haul. I am so happy and satisfied with my order. I have already made a wish list to order next time when they offer free international shipping.

Hope you loved reading about my colourpop haul. Thank you.!