L.A. Girl Matte Flat Finish Pigment Lip Gloss, Instinct

I was highly impressed with L.A. Girl's version of liquid lipstick. I was not expecting much, but I bought a few different brands to see if there was a true difference. I got La Splash Smitten Lip Tint Mousse, Victoria's Secret Cream Lip Stain, and this L.A. Girl liquid lipstick. I was shocked to find out that L.A. Girl worked the best overall in my opinion. For this review I took some awful pictures of myself, but it helps explain. The first photo shows the color pretty well. The second photo shows #1 wear midday #2 wear in the evening, and #3 showing an evening shot as well. -I bought Instinct which is a reddish orange. -I have extremely dry lips but these don't feel very drying on them. Brands like La Splash suck the life out of my lips no matter when I do before or after. After hours, they are a little dry feeling but never painful. -They can be a little tacky, now this is weird because.. one time it was tacky and another it was not tacky at all. But it was only tacky on the inner lip where the lips meet, and was something I was ok with. -Another day I tried the "trick" of translucent powder over the lips to make the tackiness be gone. Problem being, it made my lips feel more dry and became a flaky mess everywhere. -No transfer (maybe minimal for inner lip). -Wear only occurred (after hours), on the inner lips and the sides of the lips. Really not too noticeable. -No flaking AT ALL (except with translucent powder ^ ). -Very pigmented, first picture is one layer.

Sticky and not smooth at all