I am so excited to talk about my first purchases from the Gerard Cosmetics range & they just happen to be the Hydra Matte Liquid Lipsticks! I’ve been following the brand for a while on Instagram & when I saw them stocked on the Beauty Bay website, I just had to try some of them for myself!!!
& so I bought Iced Mocha, and Gravity to try & I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them! I’ve fallen in love with the formula & the lasting nature of these lipsticks! There are a lot of struggles of trying out a new brand that’s only available online, and one thing that I’ve found when looking for swatches is that the lack of swatches available on the website you purchase from is the biggest struggle, but on the Beauty bay website, they attach a swatch of the lipstick on the lips to show you how it would appear on you! WHICH IS GREAT ๐
I absolutely love that these lipsticks are creamy & dry matte but still feel velvety on the lips! Nothing is worse than an extra drying matted texture on your lips! I love that the texture is very moisturising and hydrating!!! I’ve worn these for long periods of times, with a lasting nature of about 8 hours (without food, drink etc) … & found that the colour fades a tiny bit through eating! So carrying it around for a little touch up during the day wouldn’t be a bad idea! ๐ I also need to comment on the wonderful pigmentation of the lipsticks, they are so pigmented a lot of colour pay off is achieved in one coating!!!! <3
‘ย With a specially crafted anti-flake formula, these magical lipsticks refuse to congeal, smudge or fade, making them the perfect beauty essential. ‘ – Beautybay.com
The formula for the hydra matte liquid lipsticks are all Cruelty Free & Gluten Free!!! I found that you can build up the colour ย through applying more layers! which is great depending on how intense you want the lip colour to be!
I also need to comment on the beautiful packaging, I am a fool for anything that is perfectly designed! I love the matte long bottle tubes with the gold top & I adore the GC Logo in black on the lid of each lipstick tube! How appropriate and luxurious looking is the packaging??? I also need to comment on the price of each Hydra Matte Liquid Lipstick, with each one priced at ยฃ9.50, you’re getting an amazingly matted lipstick for an affordable price, how can you say NO?!!!
Here are the swatches!
|| Iced Mocha ||
I fell in love with this Mocha Deep cocoa Brown with coffee undertoned liquid matte lipstick, and found that it works really well when you line it with the NYX – Hot Cocoa Lip Liner underneath & even when you first apply Iced mocha, then shade in the NYX Lip liner on the outer corners of the lips for a fuller lip!
|| Gravity ||
I fell in love with this deep Grey infused with purple undertoned liquid matte lipstick! I found it works extremely well when you line your lips first with MAC – Cyberworld Lip liner which is a deep blackish infused purple. I’ve found that it intensifies the colour a lot more & deepens the purple of Gravity on top!
Gerard Cosmetics – Hydra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Iced Mocha – | HEREย | ยฃ9.50
Gerard Cosmetics – Hydra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Gravity – | HEREย | ยฃ9.50
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These colours are incredible, Iced mocha is my next to buy & they’re very affordable as well x
Thanks so much sweetie <3! Yes They're only ยฃ9.50 each they're so affordable and match a lot of drugstore brand prices! But these ones exceed my expectactions in terms of Colour pigmentation & matte effect & the colour choice is wider!!! Xoxox
Both of those colors look so pretty! I hear so many amazing reviews on these, I definitely need to purchase some for myself! Great post!
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Thanks so much Molly, you really do need to buy a couple of these! You’ll fall in love <3! They're super pigmented as well! ๐ xoxo
Ooh these look amazing and they sound fab, love the shades you have here. I recently ordered shade Serenity and I can’t wait to receive it x
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Hehe I have my eyes on Serenity too! ๐ I’m going to buy it, it would be wrong not too, as it follows after my name :p!!! They are amazing Alina, you’ll love them <3 thanks so much lovely! ๐ xoxox
Lovely blog ! Would love if you could visit my blog โ and maybe even follow:) !
I will do ๐ xo
I love these! Beautiful blog๐
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Thank you lovely ๐๐ xoxo
I love these liquid lipsticks! The formula is so good! I don’t have any of these shades though but they both look so nice especially Iced Mocha, not sure I could pull it off though haha!
Awww sweetie, what shades do you have? I think you’d look amazzzzing in Iced Mocha, you can lighten it up by using a like nude lip liner to shade in after you apply the Iced Mocha on ๐ it will create an ombre nude brown lip colour :)! Xoxox
I’ve got Serenity, Everything Nice, Cher and 1995! I am planning on doing a post soon ๐ I will definitely need to try it! Even mixing it with other shades can help if the colour doesn’t suit me!
How are Cher & Serenity, & 1995 I’m thinking of buying all 3 ๐ I cant wait to see your post!!! Xoxo
I love them all! I think you would love them! Cher is like a lighter and less purple version of Gravity by the looks of it! Serenity is a much lighter pink-y mauve shade and 1995 is a gorgeous brown-y red, you would so love it!
Ahhh I think you’ve sold all of them for me! I think beauty bay sold out of 1995 is it part of the hydra Matte collection?! I’ll definitely grab Cher & Serenity!!! <3 ๐ xoxo
Haha! Yes 1995 is one of the new ones for Summer but it’s a popular shade in their normal lipstick range too hence why they brought out a liquid lipstick so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was sold out! You should, they are beautiful!
Hahaha, If I ever get my hands on it Looool, I saw pics on IG of it! Loooool, now I want 1995 so so bad LOL! It looks beautiful ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! Im so gutted it’s sold out! …
Hahaha fingers crossed! I know I was the same, IG is such a bad enabler haha!
Looooooool it is๐!!!!
Haha ๐
These are so insanely beautiful. Even the packaging alone pure makes me emotional haha everything about them is gorgeous. I was surprised to read that they’re only ยฃ9.50 actually – a fraction of the price of Mac’s equivalent! Might even be tempted to order one!!
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Thanks so much sweetheart!!! The packaging is so luxurious! & yes they are even more Matte than MAC lipsticks, I should mention that!!! & a fraction of the price! You should definitely order one (or a few) haha ๐ you’ll absolutely love them ๐ xoxo
I am not a huge fan of brownish colors, but Gravity looks freaking good, it’s a perfect lilac color! ๐ Love the lip swatches, it is always better to see the colors on the lips.
xoxo,A.
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Awww thanks so much gorgeous! Yesss Gravity is such a beautiful shade, if you want a really lilac version of Gravity I’d say look at Ecstasy too it’s a beautiful light / lilac purple colour! I agree, lip swatches give a truer colour than on the hand! ๐ thank you again! Xoxo
Love this! I have them in Aphrodite and ecstasy – I’ve also done a review! Check the colours out
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Ohh I’ll have a look now, I wanna add more colours to my collection & had my eyes on Ecstasy ๐ xoxo
You won’t regret it, it’s definitely one of my go to’s at the moment xxx
I have my eyes on Serenity, Cher, Ecstasy (1995, everything nice) <<< are sold out on Beauty bay!!! ๐ xoxox
Yes, Cher is definitely next on my list! I love their summer shades too! I’ll be buying them all haha xx
Oh same here looool! I cant help it they’re only ยฃ9.50!!! You wouldn’t have a clue where I could buy dose of colors matte lipsticks? Lol! They’re all sold out on Beauty bay & I really want a few colours haha xoxo
I’ve actually been waiting for these to come back in on beauty bay too (it’s my favourite haha) but the only place I can find them is Amazon, I’m not sure if I trust enough to buy! Let me know if you do find them! I’m such a lipstick hoarder xxx
Hahaha, me too! I will let you know if they come in stock! Yeah I don’t trust Amazon either & they charge ยฃ27 quid lol! :0 !!!! I love my lippies too <3 xoxo
Ditto! We will own some haha!
Looool! Hahaha ๐ one day … one day ๐ xoxo
These really do look beautiful and supple! I will be adding you to fb right away!!!! Lovely post my friend! Your lips are enviable ๐
Awwww thanks so much Liz ๐๐๐๐๐! They are amazing you should try a couple, they even have a summer range out with some bright / pale toned colours! & thank you again, I’ve just introduced A Fb page for my blog! Still working on it hehehe ๐๐! You’re the ultimate Babbbbe! ๐
I haven’t tried anything from this brand but I hear great things x
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You should definitely try them ๐ xoxo
Never heard this brand before ! Seems really good!
You should definitely try it out ๐ xoxo
Both shades look absolutely gorgeous on you. I will definitely be checking these out! x
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Thanks so much Kate, you should definitely check them out ๐ xoxo
Omg I need these! Both of them suit you so well, they’re beautiful! I’ll have to spend a bit of cash on them, I love that they’re so affordable too. By the way, I love the font of your header xx
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Thanks so much Megan! You should definitely try them out ๐ & thank you you’re so sweet <3! Xoxo