Models Prefer Ultra Lipgloss Pencils - short story: they're the bomb diggity.

Ever since my beloved Clinique Chubby Sticks came wobbling onto the scene, I have been conscious of the sudden emergence of lip pencils - not the lining kind, the coloring-in for your lips type - and I couldn't be happier. Australis are doing it, NYX are doing it, and in my hot little hand I current have one of the Models Prefer offerings - Ultra Lipgloss Pencils, this one being Drama Queen.

In the tube it's a dark bluey pink, which I love, and there is an absolute buttload of sparkle in it. It's amazing. I tried (with marginal success) to catch it on camera:

Look at the sparkle you see there and times that by ten. I've never seen or worn anything with this much sparkle. And in action:

Urgh, ignore how pokey my skin looks - this is what happens when you step in front of ultrabright studio lights. The color, under bright light (and in daylight, I can vouch for this) is a VERY dense, bright but dark pink. The first stroke of it is extremely pigmented (see smiley face) but very smooth and easy to use, and I'll admit to really enjoying applying these. I was crap at staying in the lines in primary school, and I don't think I've gotten any worse, but it's still a nostalgic experience. 

I wore this all day today - started out almost garishly bright, and as the day wore on - lunch, dinner, snacks, cider and a coke later - it was fading, but fading evenly. Like at every hour there was a completely different but freshly applied colour on my lips. Even now, about five hours after first application, I have a really lush, even berry wash on my lips that doesn't even shift when I wipe at my lips. Its a lipstick that successfully turns into a stain! Huzzah! And it's worth clarifying that - these feel and look like lipstick. There is nothing balm-ish or mild about the color or application - it's lipstick. Just in an adorable sharpenable form.

My early response was to compare these to the Chubby Sticks, which I also love - but I just can't. They set out to do very different things. The Chubby Sticks are like a tinted balm, the Ultragloss Pencils are solid, vibrant, longlasting color. I love them both. I will use them both. I am going back to Priceline to get more SO FAST.

Would completely recommend. I'm blown out of the water. In the good way. And no - I bought this, no one sent it to me (so you know...).