I know a lot of you know my love for the colour coral. I have numerous clothes, nail polishes, blushes, lipsticks and even an eye shadow in the colour. I'm so smitten with it, I get mesmerised by just the word "coral" and buy whatever makeup product that bears it.
NYX Femme and Coral Reef from Sleek Makeup's True Colour line were the same. I bought Femme after looking at countless beautiful swatches online and I bought Coral Reef after reading the name! LOL! Sounds stupid I know! But it was worth it.
I got Femme from Stylecraze.com, and I got Coral Reef from a blog sale. When I got Coral Reef I realised that Femme might be a dupe for it! Today I finally got the chance to swatch the two and *dingdingding* THEY ARE! :D
Lets do a comparision shall we?
Colour and texture:
Both colours are a hot coral colour but Femme is a little more to the orange side while Coral Reef has a little bit of a neonish quality and also leans towards pink. If you wear them though, you wont even know the difference!
Coral reef's texture is ever so slightly smoother than Femme's. It also goes on more opaque in the first swipe as compared to Femme. Both tend to settle in the lines though. :/
Size/ Packaging:
Femme comes in the usual NYX round lipstick tube, whereas Coral Reef comes in a small tube which is rubberized. It's cute but a fingerprint magnet! The amount of product in the round lipstick in 4gm and Sleek has 3.5gm. It's a small difference, I was expecting Coral Reef to be a mini lipstick, looking at the size!
Smell: Femme has a typical lipsticky smell, kinda soapy. No biggie! But Coral Reef OMG! I can't even begin to say how bad the smell is! It's like medication!
The dog below is the best example of the face I make every time I smell it. EVERY TIME! (He isn't my dog btw! Just a doggie from le Google..)
Price and availability:
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| Left: NYX Femme Right: Sleek Coral Reef |
I got Femme from Stylecraze.com, and I got Coral Reef from a blog sale. When I got Coral Reef I realised that Femme might be a dupe for it! Today I finally got the chance to swatch the two and *dingdingding* THEY ARE! :D
Lets do a comparision shall we?
Both colours are a hot coral colour but Femme is a little more to the orange side while Coral Reef has a little bit of a neonish quality and also leans towards pink. If you wear them though, you wont even know the difference!
Coral reef's texture is ever so slightly smoother than Femme's. It also goes on more opaque in the first swipe as compared to Femme. Both tend to settle in the lines though. :/
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| With flash: Femme and Coral Reef (note the neon) |
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| W/out flash |
Size/ Packaging:
Femme comes in the usual NYX round lipstick tube, whereas Coral Reef comes in a small tube which is rubberized. It's cute but a fingerprint magnet! The amount of product in the round lipstick in 4gm and Sleek has 3.5gm. It's a small difference, I was expecting Coral Reef to be a mini lipstick, looking at the size!
Smell: Femme has a typical lipsticky smell, kinda soapy. No biggie! But Coral Reef OMG! I can't even begin to say how bad the smell is! It's like medication!
The dog below is the best example of the face I make every time I smell it. EVERY TIME! (He isn't my dog btw! Just a doggie from le Google..)
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| Since I can't photograph a smell.. Doggie explains it well. |
Sleek's Truecolour lipsticks sell for 6$ plus a hefty shipping charge to India and can only be found at Sleek's website, as far as I know. NYX can be found in stores here but colours are limited. On Indian sites you can get them for around 300 INR and from sites abroad for around 2$ plus shipping.
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| Femme on the left, CR on the right. I wouldn't mind going out like this! |
Overall:
I think Coral Reef is an amazing colour but I probably will not buy again unless I finish both of these lipsticks. Plus I would have to wait for our stupid currency to go up a bit. I'm not paying 55 INR to the dollar, thanks! Femme I am likelier to buy again just because it is relatively more easy to find.
So, if you've been lemming on Coral Reef for a while, definitely try looking for Femme, they're almost the same. :)
Tell me what dupetastic lipsticks you know of too! I would love to know a little more about how to save a buck here and there! :)