Sleek MakeUp New Shades Of True Colour Lipsticks - Some Swatches & Thoughts; Haul; Special Offer

I have been wanting to get a Sleek MakeUp True Colour lipstick, since I read a review on one of the lipsticks in Rose Petal in Gio's blog. And that was some time last year. Several times when I was in Superdrug, I saw the lipstick but I had waited as I simply have too many lippies to finish at the moment. Then I read that Sleek is coming up with new colours for their True Colour lipsticks some time this week on their Facebook page.

So, I went to Superdrug yesterday hoping to see the new lipstick shades, and not only was I greeted with the new display of the 20 shades, most of the testers are brand new too! But too bad, the SA was there so I couldn't take pictures of the display and the brand new testers. If you are my regular readers, you would know how much I love to photograph new collections in their pristine condition, then swatch all the products in a new collection! ;) I could only photograph some of the swatches I made on the back of my hand.

I have to say that I am quite new to Sleek MakeUp products, got acquainted to them 'physically' only last year, though I have been reading raves about this brand on various beauty blogs.

Anyways, let's talk about the new shades now....

The new shade comes packaged in paper box, instead of plastic for the older version. (see below)

The new shades come in 2 finishes - Matte and Sheen.

My thoughts..........
Most of the Sheen lipsticks are smooth to apply, glide on easily and feel moisturising when swatched on my skin. They have a sheen which is not shimmery, but I would say, like pearl. I swatched only a few of the Mattes, and there weren't too many Matte shades. Some of the Mattes swatched almost like Sheen - smooth, but somehow those that I had swatched felt a little dry, compared to the Sheen lipsticks.


Here are some of the swatches............ (I posted a photo of it earlier with their names on my Facebook page).

Top row: Naked (S), Baby Doll (S), Mulberry (S), O.M.G. (S), Coral Reef (S).
Middle row: Candy Cane (S), Papaya Punch (M), Stiletto (M), Vixen (S), Fuchsia (S).
Bottom row: Mystic (M), Peaches & Cream (S), Bare All (M).

Left to right: Naked (S), Baby Doll (S), Mulberry (S), O.M.G! (S), Coral Reef (S).

Left to right: Candy Cane (S), Papaya Punch (M), Stiletto (M), Vixen (S), Fuchsia (S).

Left to right: Mystic (M), Peaches & Cream (S), Bare All (M).
Do note that Bare All (M) swatch is rather dry and it didn't glide on smoothly when swatched.

My Sleek True Colour lipsticks haul

I had planned to purchase Rose Petal (the one in the plastic packaging on the left) for a while.
Then, today I saw that together with the new shades, there was an offer in Superdrug for any 2 True Colour Lipsticks for £6. Original price is £3.99 each. And it also includes the older version of the True Colour lipsticks.

So, without any hesitation, I took the last Rose Petal on the shelf. And for the second lipstick, since orange lipsticks are 'in' this season, I decided to get an orange lipstick which happened to be in the shade called O.M.G! It's orange but with red in it. You can see the swatch above.

Sleek True Colour Lipstick in Rose Petal (left) and O.M.G! (right)
Photo taken under yellow lighting at night with flash.

It's way past midnight here, almost 2AM actually. I will take more pictures of Rose Petal and O.M.G! in the daylight later, and lip swatches too.


Meanwhile, did any of the shades that I had swatched above catch your fancy?