Bite Beauty Collector's Edition Review

Things have been busy while I finish up with one job and begin the next!  However, in the middle of busy days and nights, my doorbell has been ringing; Sephora Haul!  One of the things I was looking most forward to in this latest haul (more on that in another post), was the Bite Beauty Collector's Edition Lip Set.

I've been wanting to try these lip colors for awhile, but couldn't settle on one color.  I'd heard how creamy, and long-wearing they are, but besides the shade "Fig" didn't want to commit to any full-sized product.  When I saw this set, I looked up each color, fell in love, and made a million excuses as to why I just had to have it.  After crying a little bit over the price, it went right in my cart. Being extremely pale, and fairly new to/conservative with my makeup, I didn't think I would like the many bright shades.  But, why note try them in sample form?  Little did I know, these would become my favorites!

Without further ado, here are swatches and then each shade, on my lips (please forgive my highly-stressed, very broken out skin, and instead just enjoy seeing the colors in action)!  With each name, is the description Bite gives for the color. 

The paleness in all it's glory.  Pre Bite-mazing

Swatch Set 1

Swatch Set 2

Retsina (light pink beige)

Cava (nude lilac)

Pepper (dusty rose)

Quince (deep magenta)

Ganache (cool pink)

Quinta (rosy pink)

Fig (light pink)

Vidal (raspberry pink)

Lilac (bright fuchsia)

Pomegranate (candy apply red)

Apricot (warm red)

Salut (nude almond)

Shiraz (soft plum)

Mulberry (wine)

Tannin (poppy red)

Cin-Cin (tropical coral)

Violet (vibrant purple)

Lavender (light purple)

Vento (sheer bubblegum pink)

Palomino (vibrant magenta)

 
Awesome, right?  I know some of the pictures aren't the best quality (and my favorite: in some I missed part of the lip, HA!) but I was rushing to get these all in before the sun set.  The amount of work that takes is underrated.  I have a little more sympathy for reviewers who opt out now :)  Side-rant: I also like how some of them look "dewy" yet neither my camera, nor myself made them that way. My last post did that too.  The picture, on my computer, and in the "picture loading area" of Blogger, looks fine.  Once in the post, it's almost soft?  Like the Vidal and Mulberry pictures.  They don't look like that on my files.  Only once I publish the blog.  Interesting...

I love a lot of these I didn't think I would.  The really nude colors do nothing for me, and I'm not a huge fan.  Out of the nudes, my favorite would have to be Salut, but it's still so faint and eh.  I adore the classic colors I knew I would, such as Fig, Vidal, Shiraz and Mulberry.  Surprisingly, I'm also really enjoying a lot of the brights: Quince, Lilac and Palomino.  I always struggle with bright reds, so while Pomegranate would probably be amazing on someone else, I will keep my distance and if I need some red love, canoodle with Tannin. 

As for the wear, they go on very easily.  Too easily for a novice painting her uber white face with some serious color!  My lips had some fun, squiggly, defining lines a few times, and you can see in some of them where you (and I) are all, "girl you NEED a lip liner!" But, the color payoff was amazing.  As I've been wearing them over the past two weeks, I have noticed that after lunch these suckers are gone.  My lips are a tiny bit stained and all, but for the most part, doneskies.  Luckily it didn't smear all over my face, but I did need a new coat afterwards.

After the new coat, and with regular use, these lasted well into the afternoon.  Loving these!  Have you tried Bite lipsticks?  What is your favorite color?