Product Description

The convenience of a pencil with the application of a lipstick in a jumbo-size crayon design. Instantly coats lips with rich pigment, imparting a velvet matte finish for seamless color. The long lasting yet non-drying formula is enriched with special emollients for a creamy texture, while a combination of unique silicones ensures long-lasting, velvety color for hours.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #537 in Beauty
• Brand: NARS
• Ingredients: C12-13 ALKYL ETHYLHEXANOATE CANDELILLA CERA [EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX] POLYETHYLENE CYCLOPENTASILOXANE PHENYL TRIMETHICONE SILICA DIMETHICONE SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE HYDROGENATED COCO-GLYCERIDES DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE PROPYLENE CARBONATE LECITHIN CITRIC ACID TOCOPHEROL ASCORBYL PALMITATE METHYLPARABEN PROPYLPARABEN AROMA (FLAVOR) [+/- (MAY CONTAIN): MICA CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) CI 77491 CI 77492 CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES) CI 15985 (YELLOW 6 LAKE) CI 42090 (BLUE 1 LAKE) CI 77742 (MANGANESE VIOLET) CI 19140 (YELLOW 5 LAKE) CI 73360 (RED 30) CI 47005 (YELLOW 10 LAKE) CI 15850 (RED 6, RED 7 LAKE) CI 45410 (RED 28 LAKE) CI 45380 (RED 22 LAKE) CI 75470 (CARMINE) CI 77163 (BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE)

Features

• Color lasts for hours
• Lipstick in a jumbo pencil - Easy to apply
• Enriched with Vitamin E

Customer Reviews

No Regrets
It was very painful to spend this much on a lip pencil, but I really wanted to try something that could double as lipstick. I have a pretty thin upper lip and its so hard to apply color and not end up looking like a clown. Have to admit that this is one of those cases where you really do get what you pay for. The texture is extremely smooth and moisturizing, easy to apply. I love the fact that its matte without being drying. No idea what the fascination is with have shiny lips!

Overall a really nice product, but be warned the colors are truly vivid (a good thing)..but I'm a little on the conservative side so when I received my pencil (Cruella)..the really bright red was a bit shocking to this scaredy cat..but honestly it doesn't stop me from using it almost daily. I just tone the color down by also applying just a dash of of my other darker lipsticks. Works like a charm.

WIll definately buy again, maybe try another color.

Fabulous product
I have several of these and love them because they stay on forever. This lip pencil can be used alone or with a gloss over it. The product applies easily, even with red colors going on evenly and staying on for several hours. This product is not messy, and it easily fits into the smallest of handbags or even a pocket. It survives Florida's summer heat quite well. I have been using this product approximately two years, and nothing I have tried comes close to its quality.

Pricey, but excellent
I am not hugely into makeup, but I've always absolutely loved the look of 1950s pin-up style red lips. After a while of poking around and getting terrible shades of red that made me look more like Bozo than a blonde that gentlemen would prefer, I finally went to a makeup store for help. I told the attendant what I was after, and she immediately pointed me to NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella.

Since I was at a store I got to try before I bought, and I was floored. Finally, a true deep red that flattered my face rather than clownized it. If you are after the striking, dangerous, sexy femme fatale look, you can't get any better than Cruella. It's also very kind to teeth, whitening them rather than yellowing as some red lipcolors are apt to do.

Not only this, but it's easy to apply. As I mentioned before I'm no lipstick guru, and part of my makeup woes was attempting to put lipstick on my lips rather than my chin. As a soft lip pencil rather than a stick, application is a breeze. No lip brush required. I wear it with lipliner below, but I could see it being used as a base with a creamier stick on top, as well. Being pencil it doesn't bleed much, but I do find it useful to apply a little concealer around my lips to make a very defined lipline. I prefer the matte look for daytime use, but slicked over with clear or colored gloss it's great to hit the town with.

I put four stars rather than five mostly for the price. It's definitely a splurge, as far as lip color goes. Not to mention, you have to buy the NARS brand sharpener with it because the pencil is too fat for virtually any other sharpener on the market. Another downside is that it comes off very easily when I eat, but that's a common malady with lipcolor. Application is so easy that putting it back on is not a problem.

I do highly recommend this product. It's expensive, but (especially because I chose striking red) since it's the centerpiece of my makeup routine now, I think it's worth the money.

Though, it would be nice if it was about ten dollars cheaper.