Superstay 24 Color - Not so super! Maybelline Review

Good Afternoon!

In my eyes, Maybelline has never really faulted when it comes to their products. Albeit, I don't own many but the ones I do have, I've been pleased with. However, I recently bought one of their Superstay 24 Color shades as it was promised long lasting wear with a balm to add for moisture, perfect for this time of year. I chose the shade 'Rose Dust' - I think rosey colours really suit blondes
(must have been influenced by Sleeping Beauty!).

The Gloss and Balm.

The "proper" method for this lipstick/gloss is to apply the liquid colour to the lips, allow to dry for two minutes and then apply the conditioning balm. This was the result...

                                                               
Quite pleased with the outcome; nice even colour, not sticky, not too glossy... *Although side point, I found the application wand to be a bit too big, could just be my lips are thin but with the bigger wand, more liquid came out with it that was unnecessary.

Only 10-15 minutes later, my lips felt dry. I went to check them out in the mirror and found the lipstick had almost gathered around the lip line and not much colour left. I only reapplied the balm as I didn't want loads of gloss - which is recommended to do on the website.

More of a lip liner effect.

A further ten minutes went by, nearly time for me to leave for work, my lips feel really dry this time. Again, I go check it out in the mirror to find the lipstick/gloss really wasn't working well.

Crumbly, colour faded, lip liner effect

The colour had faded leaving only the "lip liner effect" and what was left of the colour had crumbled. Not exactly happy! Followed the instructions and was left with the above.

Maybelline brands this product as longwearing, no crumbling, no fading,... Pfft.
Safe to say, I don't think I'll be using this product again. At £8.99, I expected a little more.

Anybody else have this trouble? How do you rate Maybelline products?

Hope you have a nice day!

xxx