NYC City Proof Intense Lip Crayon

If you have been at any drugstore lately you might have seen these twistable crayons crowding the aisles. This past year, every brand from drugstore to high end, seems to be releasing some form of these chubby sticks. Everyone has talked about how much they love them from the revlon kissable balm stains to the tarte chubby lip stains. They are supposed to go on sort of like a balm, stay on like a lip stain, and provide color like a lip stick. Kind of like an all purpose type thing right? They claim to provide long, comfortable wear. Something you could throw on and not have to worry about touching up your lip color. And, to some extent, I do pretty much agree with there claims. They provide a fairly opaque color and glide on smoothly like a balm. However, every single brand I have tried whether it has been tarte, revlon, or clinique have turned my lips an off orange-y red color. I will say that I can only speak for the nude shades. I like a pale pinky nude, the lighter the better. It's just what looks best on me. So naturally I only purchased pale, nude shade from every brands' lines. I believe that for these lip pencil stains a light nude color provides the ultimate test for the quality and formula of the product. The texture should be thick enough that you can see the light color on my decently pigmented lips but still retain a moisturizing quality. Most lines of these chubby stains such as cover girl and nuetregena don't even include a light nude-y color because they are so difficult to perfect in this formula. Before this NYC one my favorite chubby type stick was the Revlon kissable balm stain in precious. The formula is super creamy, comfortable, and opaque. However it sadly does not stain your lips a nude. In fact, it left my lips dry and a orange-y color. After this encounter, I gave up all together on the chubby sticks until I came across the NYC City Proof intense Lip Crayon.
I picked this up at target for around $3. The shade is Nolita Neutral and I love it! It retains all the qualities a stick should have, gives me an opaque color, and doesn't stain my lips orange. It looks really nice and naturally nude on my lips which is perfect for when I'm not wearing a full face of makeup. The packaging is great and the texture kind of reminds me of the Mac prolongwear lipsticks. And color wise, it's very similar to the Revlon precious which I payed $9 for. If you have been looking for a nude pencil, defitnetly try this one out!
Xxx Girl with the Pink Bow

NYC on the right, Revlon on the left