Alva Matte Lip Stain

Love the color and the packaging is beautiful

I was so happy when I received one of their lip products I was dying to try it.It’s not something I constantly reach for but I know that when I want to use it it’s a reliable formula.

I like these matte stains a lot, I just need lip balm before, I guess it depends on everyone's lips, because I saw some people review it as not drying. The colors are darker then in the pics, or perhaps in the picture it was applied differently. I thinks this formula needs a bit more effort to figure out how much to apply, to use applicator or a brush, lip balm and/or lip pencil etc. Still, I really like these colors, they seem to be flattering for most skin tones.

Very good lasting power and beautiful rich colors. True matte finish with a good applicator and the packaging is beautiful & high quality.
Only downside is that it tends to dry a little the lips (but with a bit of lipbalm applied previously there's no problem) and the color is darker in when applied.

I got the shades Apricot girl and Dry dates and i love them, they look good and has a soft matte finnish. That being said they tend to feel a bit drying, and the shade Dry dates can be a smidge patchy if you use to much

A nice deeper brick red, without getting into a brown or a berry shade.

A really great neutral shade, very soft and not dry or sticky.

This is such a beautiful formula - feels light on the lips, colors go on evenly and stay on. They layer well with other formulas and the stay like crazy! They are matte but don't make the lips dry. Please make more colors!!!

When I wore this alone, it was patchy, flaky and not that comfortable on my lips. When I read another poster had had the same issue and wore with some lip balm, I tried that and the effect was beautiful and comfortable. If your lips are on the dryer side like mine, it’s something to be aware of.

Very wearable and easy to use, these lip stains give the perfect blotted lip look -- soft & pretty and without the mess of sticky lipsticks or glosses. I now have three of them and am eyeing the three I don't have.