Bite Beauty Best of Bite Review

Bite Beauty

Best of Best Review and Swatch

4 x 0.5 oz High Pigment Matte Lip Pencils

1. Quince____"Rose Red"____or magenta tinted red
2. Rhubarb____"Plum Rose"____or brown tinted red
3. Cranberry (Limited Edition)____"Deep Red__or blackened pink
4. Madeira____"Nude Pink"____ or beige pink

Why Bite?

• Organic. Food grade pigments. Antioxidants to fight aging.
• Long lasting. Creamy. Pigmented.

Packaging

• Some people think the matter grey packing is boring but I love it. I've always hated black, cheap plastic packaging.
• These pencils twist up so no waste and no sharpeners!
• The color on the ends of packaging is fairly accurate. No guesswork. Sticker label on bottom of twist up just in case.
• That tin is beautiful. Red inside and huge mirror. Reusable too.

Product

• 4 0.5 oz pencils for 25 USD. Not very much product but it's a steal compared to trying colors at full price and chancing bad attitudes when returning the colors you don't like.
• The colors aren't completely matte (lighter colors seem shinier) but I'm perfectly fine with that. The colors are not glossy, which is exactly what I want.
• pigmented
• perfectly smooth application if you want full coverage of one color.
• tricky color blending.using a lip brush wont work (if you want to save product). I dot the lip line and tap the pencil sparingly around and then wait 15 seconds or so for the product to warm up and then blend out by smushing my lips together.
• smells like traditional lipsticks. no added pleasant fragrance.

Performance

• Lasts a few hours. Haven't tried eating after I've let it dry. Some people have trouble with staying power. All you have to do is let the product dry in layers. More layers and product=more drying time.  Do not expect to seal with glosses. that never works with anything. ever.
• Doesn't wash off easily. I've got to rub, but that's pretty much all I do to exfoliate, so I don't have to go to extreme measures to take it off.
• Lips feel soft after it's dried. I CAN TOUCH YOU NOW without compromising color.
• Doesn't dry out lips but makes small flakes visible. Lips feel grainy because of the flakes.
• Transfers, but much less than traditional lipsticks.
• Stains lips but for short amount of time.

Final Thoughts

• Everything I wanted: matte, long lasting, no worries swallowing product but it doesn't seem like I will anyway. great packaging. 
• Better than expected: soft lips, color dries and doesn't stay sticky. many colors to choose from.
• Cons: 24 USD for full size pencil. Available only at sephora.com and some sephora stores. Also, few opportunities to swatch in store (can't find them in any store close to me). grainy dead skin feel.

Repurchase? ABSOLUTELY. I'd pay full price for this product because it's everything I could have hoped for.

I hope they come out with more pencil color samplers. They had some trios before containing one matte pencil, one lipstick, and one gloss, but I probably wont touch the lipsticks, glosses, or tints since they're not matte.

UPDATE: The grainy and flaky feeling has gone away. It probably took a few uses to get used to it. My lips are now lovely even without using the pencil. Also, Cranberry starts red but changes to a pink. I don't mind because the color is still flattering but if you want a true red, don't reach for cranberry.