Problem with liquid lipsticks

I got a beautiful set of expensive liquid lipsticks for Christmas. I swatched then on my wrist and the colours were absolutely lovely. But when I put them on my lips they're totally different and not wearable at all for me. I'm so sad. And since I've opened then I can't return them. Has anyone else have this happened to them? Is it that I can't wear liquid lipsticks or could it just be the formula or what? Regular lipsticks work just fine.