Nykaa Dirty Secret Lips Dont Lie Lip Liner Review Swatches Photos

Who is it for? Nykaa Dirty Secret Lips Dont Lie Lip Liner is a peach based nude lip liner that goes well with rust, peach and warm brown lipsticks and lip liners. The shade would suit light to medium complexions most.

My Experience with Nykaa Dirty Secret Lips Dont Lie Lip Liner

Packaging – This lip liner is a round sharpable wood pencil. A black plastic lid is provided to secure the sharped edge. The liner looks quite simple and tiny. It’s body is colour-coded in accordance with the shade. Overall, the packaging is travel-friendly.

Shade, Texture & Pigmentation – The shade dirty secret is a peach based neutral lip liner. Though peach shades generally come with warm undertone, this one has a neutral undertone.

In India warm undertone skin is common and that’s why this one might not look flattering on medium to dusky skin tones. The pigmentation is quite good. It is able to provide complete coverage on my lips in one swipe. It has non-drying comfortable matte finish. 

Fragrance – It is a fragrance free product; just a hint of medicinal fragrance is there in the pencil but that does not transfer to the lips.

Ease of Application – This lipliner pencil gives a smooth and even application. Any regular kajal sharpener is good to sharpen this.

My Experience

Most neutral lipsticks in my collection has peach base as I don’t like brown based deeper nude lip colours. That was the reason I opted for this particular shade of lip liner. The nearest shade match to this lip liner in my collection is NYX’s Soft Matte Lip Cream in Kyoto.

I often wear Nykaa Dirty Secret Lips Dont Lie Lip Liner as the lip colour for the daytime no makeup looks. This is a perfect formal wear lip shade for me. It gives a semi matte finish and stays on for 4+ hours.

I have also tried to pair it up with various eye looks. It goes well with simple eyeliner looks as well as smokey eyes.

Overall Performance of Nykaa Dirty Secret Lips Dont Lie Lip Liner

Pros:

1. Neutral peach toned lip liner

2. Non-drying matte finish

3. One stroke opaque finish

4. Increases the stay time of lipsticks

5. No patchiness

6. Smooth texture; easy to apply

7. Can be used alone as a lip colour

Cons:

1. Price should have been less considering quantity

2. The shade suits only light to medium complexions

Price- Rs.349

Would I Repurchase or Recommend?

Though the shade does not look unnaturally ashy on my lips, I like my lip colours to be 1-2 tone darker than my original lip tone. so, I won’t be probably making a repurchase. I will suggest Nykaa Dirty Secret Lips Dont Lie Lip Liner to people with lighter lip tones than mine. 

Rating-3/5

*Written By Sreeparna