Every once in awhile, I get hooked on a particular lip product and I find myself using it over and over again without adding in any other variety. I purchased this Maybelline Super Stay 24hr 2-Step Lip Color a few weeks ago, and I thought it would be “just another lip color.” I could not have been more wrong! This shade, Constant Coral, is stunning, and so versatile, and the best part is that it stays put for literally an entire twenty-four hours. I was kind of excited to post this today because I went for a routine dental cleaning this morning, and I was quite nervous. Just fairly normal dentist jitters…but everything looked really good, and I was even able to share my website with the dental hygienist there, Joan, (hello if you’re reading!) who made me feel very much at ease. That being said, I was eager to show off my smile with this dazzling coral shade. To see photographs and swatches,
I’ve used other long-wearing 2-step lip colors before in the past that weren’t by Maybelline. One side is usually the actual product with a lip-gloss applicator or lipstick bullet, and the other side is a clear lip balm to seal in the color and keep your lips hydrated and silky smooth. This 2-step product is exactly the same, with the coral shade being more of a “lip-gloss” with an applicator, and a clear balm on the other side.
The actual coral lip color is a bit on the watery side, and it applies like a lip gloss at first. Within two minutes, you will feel it “dry” onto your lips, and your lips will look matte and have no shine. This is the product “sealing” onto your lips, and once it feels a tad bit sticky, you know you’re good to apply the clear balm to seal the product in.
Once you apply the balm, you’ll get a shine to your lips, and they will feel super silky and soft. If you kiss the back of your hand at this point, absolutely zero color will transfer to your skin. It’s quite incredible technology, and I was quite impressed. Long-wearing lip color is definitely for me. I am constantly drinking water throughout the day, like a fish, so it’s nice to have something that won’t fade away within five minutes.
Constant Coral is a tangerine-coral shade. I was originally going to go with a pink or berry shade, but I wanted to switch it up because coral and tangerine shades are extremely trendy right now. Beyond being trendy, coral is always classic and sophisticated, and will make your skin look healthy and glowing. I was very pleased with my shade selection, and I have been wearing this non-stop.
Maybelline Super Stay 24hr 2-Step Lip Color is available in several different shades at drugstores nationwide.
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Diana says
I can’t find that shade. Are you sure it’s called Constant Coral? I have found “Constantly Coral” and “Committed Coral”… What is the number on the bottom?
BeautyGala says
Hi Diana! This post is a few years old, so Maybelline may have changed the name of the color since then. I actually don’t have this product still to check the number on the bottom, but it looks like the shade called “020 – Continuous Coral” is now the same shade as the one in this post.