Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer Review: Apocaliptic and Phenomenon

Swatch of the shades Apocaliptic and Phenomenon in natural light(top to bottom).

I've been meaning to do this review for a while, and when I received another lip lacquer in a different shade in a beauty subscription box I was finally motivated to write this up.

Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer retail for $15.95 AUD and are claimed to be a 'long lasting ultra-comfortable lacquered liquid lipstick formula.' The two shades of Apocalips lacquers that I possess are 303 Apocaliptic a bright fuchsia pink, and 100 Phenomenon a nude lip colour. 

303 Apocaliptic in natural light.After wearing this for 15 minutes 

303 Apocaliptic is a beautiful bright fuchsia colour, and the colour pay off it quite impressive. There is a odd smell to this product, but it does go away after you have applied it. When I first applied it I loved it and could see myself wearing it a lot when I go out. However after 5 minutes I glanced at my reflection to find that the lip colour had smudged on to my chin, which is never a good look. I don't recall touching my lips or face, so seeing that smudge was very disappointing. After a little bit of further testing it would seem that Apocalips do not dry and transfers easily, which puts me off using this product.You can see from the photographer that it is bleeding a bit. I didn't use a lip liner (even with one I think it would still transfer).

100 Phenomenon in natural light.

100 Phenomenon is a nude lip lacquer that I received in my October Bella Box. I am going to admit straight up that when I saw this product I thought I was going to hate it, due to my experience with the Apocaliptic product and that nude colours hardly even work for me. I have an olive complexion so most nude colours wash me out and look terrible (mid tone nudes are sometimes workable). I am sure it would look better on people with fairer skin. This product also has an odd smell to it. 

Yesterday I gave this a try and if I really made the effort to blend it in a lot, so I could make it look passable. Despite that I still don't like it and considering all the other lip products I have I will not be using this in the future. I wore it for a while and I do not consider this to be a long lasting product I had to reapply within a hour. I can't really comment on whether this shade would transfer as much as the Apocaliptic shade because the colour blended in with my skin, so any smudging would have not been that noticeable.

Verdict:
Normally I am a big fan of Rimmel products, most of them are fantastic products and are very affordable. Unfortunately I am disappointed in these Apocalips lip lacquers, for my beauty needs and preferences they just smudges too much. The colour pay off is lovely regarding the Apocaliptic shade, however the prospect that this product would end up on other parts of my face is just not very appealing. Frankly I think these lip lacquers seems like too much effort if you were going to maintain your look through out the day, when there are heaps of other lip products on the market that stay put.