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BECCA Lush Lip Colour Balm for Build-Able Rich Browns and Burgundies

August 14th, 2017 by Karen 12 Comments

becca lush lip colour balm
The BECCA Lush Lip Colour Balms ($22 each, available now at Ulta)

Reading the names of the colors for the new BECCA Lip Colour Balms is like reading the menu at a hip neighborhood coffee shop.

There’s a Chai Crème, a Cherry Ganache, Café au Lait, Almond Fraise and a few others…YUM! “Yeah, can I please get a medium Toasted Hazelnut with 2% and no foam?”

Never been a fan of the foam…

Which reminds me, I found THE BEST coffee drink on planet Earth about a month ago. Problem is, it was two hours away, GAHHHH! But more on that in a few.

Look and feel like the Chanel Rouge Cocos

The BECCA Lush Lip Colour Balms are Ulta exclusives available now for $22 in the permanent line. They’re incredibly lightweight, hella hydrating, highly pigmented nude lip balms that won’t last long on your lips. I get about two hours at the most.

There are eight sheer shades, and you can build them up to medium coverage. For me they fall smack dab in the “shiny but not too shiny” category, a la the Chanel Rouge Cocos.

Nudes for all skin tones

I like that there are some rich browns and burgundies among them (good nude options for deeper skin tones), so they aren’t all just standard pale pinks and beige. BECCA has always been great about including shades for a wide range of skin tones, and they’re keeping it up here.

But do they taste like coffee?

I expected they might based on the shade names (which would be SO next level!), but alas, they don’t.

They taste a little like vanilla. Maybe. If I close my eyes and think about it, LOL!

Chai Creme, the one closest to my natural lip color, has been chillin’ in my purse for the past two weeks, except when it isn’t because I’ve swapped it out for Ginger Vanille or Cafe Milk Chocolate. I dig that I can slick any of them on my lips without needing a mirror.

I’m diggin’ these darker nudes

They’re low-maintenance, and you can still dial up the intensity by adding an extra layer or two. Recommended if you like moisturizing lip colors but refuse to deal with drama!

becca lush lip colour balm cherry grande
Cherry Grande
becca lush lip colour balm black violet
Black Violet

becca lush lip colour balm toasted hazelnut
Toasted Hazelnut
becca lush lip colour balm chai creme
Chai Crème
becca lush lip colour balm cafe au lait
Café Au Lait
becca lush lip colour balm almond fraise
Almond Fraise
becca lush lip colour balm ginger vanille
Ginger Vanille
becca lush lip colour balm milk chocolate
Milk Chocolate
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Packaging
becca lush lip colour balm 2
$22 BECCA Lush Lip Colour Balm

The Almond Mocha, also known as “The Best Damn Coffee Drink I’ve Ever Had in My Life”

I found it at Hannah Coffee & Sweets, a cute little independently owned coffee shop in San Jose, and I’ve been tempted to drive the two hours down there to get another one every single day since I had it!

Have you ever had almond roca candy, like the kind in the pink tin? Toffee dipped in chocolate and crushed almonds? In high school, my friend Jen and I went through a phase when we were obsessively eating it all the time, even for breakfast (OMG!).

Anyway, the drink tastes like someone melted a handful of almond rocas into the smoothest, strongest coffee imaginable, then three in chunks of dark chocolate.

UGH, I almost cried. It was so good!

And not only was it freakin’ delicious, but it also kept me buzzing for hours. I had my drink at noon, and I was still on freakin’ fire in HIIT class at 6.

Next time you’re in the South Bay, PLEASE go get one so I can live vicariously through you!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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BECCA Lush Lip Colour Balm / Originally published August 14th, 2017

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  1. LindaLibraLoca says

    August 15th, 2017 at 1:26 am

    9 years ago? Wow. I don’t think I even read beauty blogs back then. Wait, I am sure I didn’t, I started reading them in 2010 and discovered your blog in 2013. Quite a long time!
    LindaLibraLoca recently posted … Beachy, Glowy, Bronzed makeup – Summer Vacation 2017

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  2. Lex says

    August 15th, 2017 at 3:59 am

    Wow, I *love* Cherry Ganache on you. It’s stunning! Ya know, when I opened up this post and glimpsed at the color range in the pictures, I was really worried. Yesterday I ordered a Besame lipstick in a very dark red-plum shade (Red Noir), and I thought these might have something similar, and I might have bought the wrong thing yesterday. But… PHEW. The textures sound completely different, since you say the Becca stuff is more like a lip balm, whereas the Besame apparently can last 8h on the lips. Bold statements, Besame…we shall see about that! 😉 Would grab a Becca nonetheless, but Ulta does not offer international shipping… :-/
    Lex recently posted … Chanel Travel Diary Collection 2017: Reviews for the Road Movie and City Lights quads, plus retractable brushes

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  3. Kim says

    August 15th, 2017 at 5:43 am

    All those darker colors are lovely. Of course, you know I still dig Black Honey. 🙂 I’m sorry your fave coffee is so far away! Did you go to the Winchester Mystery House? Do I always ask you that? I think I ask everyone who says they were in San Jose. HAHA! I’ve never been but would like to. It seems really neat.

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  4. cherie says

    August 15th, 2017 at 7:25 am

    Beautiful colors! Bummer they don’t last that long.

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  5. Erin says

    August 15th, 2017 at 7:57 am

    All those shades look great. Hella moisturizing is exactly what I need.
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  6. Carmen says

    August 15th, 2017 at 11:30 am

    You look gorgeous, Karen! All of those shades look great on you. The first two or three looked very similar to each other, could barely tell the difference!

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  7. kellly says

    August 15th, 2017 at 11:39 am

    OMG I want them ALL!!!

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  8. Anu says

    August 15th, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    Hi Karen!
    Omg you crack me up, you are hilarious and so into the makeup world, I love seeing your subscription in my email box. Do you write your own blog posts btw? I’ve heard some folks pay for others to write theirs. Yours are so genuine that I don’t think you do. Anyhow love your blog. Was wanting to get into the blogging world one day but I’m not a writer or anything much less a photographer, just dreaming I guess!?

    Your long time subscriber

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    • Karen says

      August 15th, 2017 at 3:27 pm

      Hi Anu,

      Yup, I do everything on the site myself. Been doing it now for 10 years. I think anyone can become a writer or a photographer! When I started MBB back in 2007 I couldn’t take a photo to save my life! If you practice you can get there. 🙂

      Reply
  9. Irene says

    August 15th, 2017 at 12:44 pm

    You’re my absolute favorite beauty blogger but we have completely different skin tones so if I ever try something that looks lovely on you it doesn’t suit me at all! Such a shame haha. I very much like the first and third shade on you!

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    • Karen says

      August 15th, 2017 at 3:26 pm

      Hi Irene,

      I’m sorry to hear the colors that work for me don’t always work for you. Hmm… Would it help to sometimes do swatches on something more neutral, like paper? I hope at least you can get a good idea of how things work and last through the writing even if the colors don’t always translate the same way.

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  10. Lauri Everlove says

    August 26th, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    As soon as I saw your review of these I ordered creme chai, toasted hazelnut and cherry ganache! I love Becca and love the colors and that they are moisturizing.

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