Lipstick Queen Queen Bee

Picked up a few new Lipstick Queen goodies during a sale earlier in the year, including the newly released (and eagerly awaited) Saint Plum. The Mornin' Sunshine and Queen Bee were a curiosity buy and impulse buy, respectively.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

As with most impulse buys, I really should have skipped it. Sure, the golden honey metallic tube is pretty and smooth (not stick), but I can't stand the rest of it. This is supposed to be a lip treatment and it's anything but.

Yes, this Queen Bee is the second LQ lipstick I actually don't like. The first was Hello Sailor, though only because it didn't turn color on me like it was supposed to. No, it isn't the shimmers that I dislike. Actually, if you'd believe it I think LQ does shimmers very well. Every color in my Dancing Queen set is loaded with shimmers and I love them all. (Disclaimer: I reserve the right to change my mind having picked up a few All That Jazz lipsticks several weeks ago. These are loaded with shimmers too so we'll see. I'll get to them eventually.)

So what is it that I dislike about this Queen Bee? The formula. Gasp. Yup, the one LQ formula I do. not. like.

Let me count the wrongs:
- The bullet's hard. The last thing I expected from a lip treatment is a bullet that feels like a stick of wax. May be they accidentally put a candle in my case instead of the actual lip treatment.
- The texture is dry. It felt dry on the back of my hand, much less my lips.
- It's so very waxy. Yup. I'm pretty sure someone put a candle the shape of a lipstick bullet in my case.
- It actually dries out my lips. The opposite of what a lip treatment should do.

- Queen Bee: A sheer, transparent wash of yellow gold. The LQ website says bronze but I don't see bronze, do you? It's pretty, so I'll keep it and layer over clear lip balm or something. Unless you're dying to try this, I'd say it's a safe skip. That sheer coral swatch on the left though, I'll post about that next (spoiler: Mornin' Sunshine).