I have to say the colors are wonderful but the lipstick comes off at the center of my lips, it's flaky. After using it, my lips felt dry and the next day i had herpes all over my lips.

I found Max Factor Lipfinity almost impossible to apply. I bought two shades - one I bought first and once applied it, looked completely different from the bottle, so I had to get a replacement. I bought it for a Christmas party and have worn it only that once because I just can get it to go on right again.

You have to have flawless lips to wear this. Now I suffer from chapped lips in the winter and sometime eczema on my lips so I have to have something light and non irritating, and also something that won't show up imperfections. This has to go on in one swoop, any touch ups, even immediately after first application, and you get an unevenness in texture and colour.

The clear balm you put on over the top is nice and moisturising, although it is disconcerting to see the colour, you have just let dry on your lips, come off on the balm stick in little bobbles. Not very reassuring. It did, however, last for the whole 5 hours I wore it.

Despite all this, it was very easy to remove with a little Vaseline.

After writing a review on Estee Lauder Stay-in-place Lip Gloss, another reviewer suggested Max Factor Lipfinity was better, so I just had to try it. To give it a fair go, I purchased 5 different colours just over a month ago and started wearing them in turn.

The first thing I noticed is that I was unable to adjust the depth of colour, Lipfinity seems very strong and bold, and the applicator can 'blob' the colour in places while trying to apply. It is liquid colour on a sponge applicator. I found the best place to start is in the centre of the bottom lip to prevent this. The colour should be left for a minute to dry before applying the glosser. When dry the colour does make the lips feel dry and a little uncomfortable until the glosser is applied.

The glosser comes in a separate container, the push up type like ordinary lipsticks, only clear gloss. I found this a little sticky, and felt more like applying Lip Salve than Lip Gloss. However it does shine up the colour nicely.

About an hour or two after wearing this, I felt it was feeling a little cakey so I applied more glosser. Again my lips felt sticky. I can't say the taste isn't too great either. It felt like I had wiped lard on my lips.

When the day had ended and make-up was removed I found Lipfinity left my lips quite dry and in good need of moisturising.

I have given these lipsticks a fair go but find I have returned to using the Estee Lauder Stay-In-Place, as although more expensive, there is only one item to carry as it is double ended, and I can adjust the depth of colour accordingly (night or day wear) and the glosser is so much nicer, it is applied with a little brush. The whole effect looks better for me. I also find my lips are no longer dry.

I will still use Lipfinity occasionally as there is one colour I really like. Worth a try, but definitely not better than Estee Lauder Stay-In-Place, as far as I am concerned. Different, but not better.

While I really Max Factor Lipfinity, I resent the cheap trick they play on us. They must think women are idiots and won't notice that the gold band on the bottom of the bottle covers up the fact that there is still plenty of the product left, but the applicator does not go past the golden band, trying to make us think it's empty already.....when it's not!
Don't they make enough of a profit already?
They must have changed the formula too. At the beginning the color lasted longer than it does now, too.

I don't like Max Factor Lipfinity much because it looks great for the first hour ....max!!! After that it all wears off just leaving a line across my upper lip which doesnt come off no matter how much I rub it!!!