hello kitty shine & kiss lipstick in violetta review, swatches

More kitty for this Kitty please! Along with the nail polish I swiped up one of the lipsticks. Violetta, or 07-01 if you want to be formal, is a beautiful semi-sheer pinkish violet with a matching scent.

(To be honest, the only way that I could tell this smelled like violets is because it's what a Guerlain lipstick smells like. Call me scent un-savvy but I prefer to think I like my violets to smell like Guerlain, my roses to smell like Lancome and my vanilla to smell like MAC. But why don't my apples smell like Hello Kitty? I expected apple or candy, if anything. But moving on.)

Hello Kitty Shine & Kiss lipsticks are fab. They glide on super smoothly and semi-sheerly, building up easily and wearing for approximately 4 hours before starting to go downhill. They feel moisturising too but as soon as the lippie started to wear off, my lips started to feel dry again, so maybe it locks the moisture in or something... *strokes chin*

As a side note, I noticed they are itty bitty~! Here it is next to a MAC lipstick. Not to worry though, the bullets are standard size with 3.5g of product.

Hello Kitty engraved on the cap! 

Swatchy time! One coat, then three

muah. Edited for accuracy so apologies if my skin looks a little off, but my camera has a tough time with purples.

The only downside that I can see to these lipsticks is that the shiny pink casing is hard to photograph and the shade range isn't the biggest. But on all other points, thumbs up- and for drugstore prices, how can you go wrong?