Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Three new lipsticks



lipstick swatches

lipstick swatches

I was watching one of Sandra's Youtube videos recently where she said she had banned herself from buying a new lipstick before she finished up one of her existing ones and that struck me as genius.  I just wish I could rewind two years though and put that theorem into practice before I ended up with a mountainous stash of unloved and so far unused lipsticks.

So in an attempt to change that sad situation I literally plunged my hand into my (two) containers of 'still in the box/sealed' lipsticks and did a 'lucky dip' to trial three new lipsticks.

First out of the lucky dip was one of my favourite formulas from Estee Lauder.  I have quite a few of the Pure Colour Envy range now and you can read some previous reviews here and here.  I know I bought this shade, Tumultuous Pink when I was last in London which was June last year.  I am sorry pretty pink lipstick.

Tumultuous Pink is just a gorgeous a lipstick as all the others I own from this range-the colour is a rich blue toned raspberry and is bold, glossy and opaque.  I need to use a lip liner with this colour as the formula is quite slippery.  I also like to try and get a precise line and for some reason I just can't straight from the bullet with this lipstick.  I love the fact that the formula never bleeds out of my natural lip line and is hydrating as well as being long lasting.  Top marks again Estee Lauder-I expected nothing less.

Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Tumultuous Pink

Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Tumultuous Pink

The next lipstick I pulled out was the Lorac Lip Luxe in the shade Hot Pink.  This is the first Lorac product I have used although I own the Lorac Pro 1 and 2 Palettes and the Unzipped and Unzipped Gold palettes.  I really am shit aren't I?

The Lip Luxe is a slim, flat topped bullet lipstick and kind of reminds me of something my nan would have got me from her Avon catalogue (that's not a good thing btw).  It just kind of feels a bit cheap.

Whereas the Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy lipsticks are definitely a glossy formula, the Lip Luxe is borderline matte.  But not matte.  Although it is marketed as a matte lipstick.  Hot Pink is an accurate if unimaginative name for the lipstick shade and I actually find it very easy to apply directly from the bullet.  It's a nice lipstick, it's not overly matte but the lasting power is nowhere near close the '8 hour' boast on the packaging.  2 at the most I would say.
Acai Berry, Pomegranate, Grape Seed and Vitamins C & E - See more at: http://www.loraccosmetics.com/make-up_lip-luxe-8-hour-lip-color.html#sthash.3rtc4Nau.dpuf
Acai Berry, Pomegranate, Grape Seed and Vitamins C & E - See more at: http://www.loraccosmetics.com/make-up_lip-luxe-8-hour-lip-color.html#sthash.3rtc4Nau.dpuf
Acai Berry, Pomegranate, Grape Seed and Vitamins C & E - See more at: http://www.loraccosmetics.com/make-up_lip-luxe-8-hour-lip-color.html#sthash.3rtc4Nau.dpuf

Lorac Lip Luxe in Hot Pink

Lorac Lip Luxe in Hot Pink

I have a bit of a love/hate experience with the YSL Rouge Pur Couture range-my 'hate' experience was with this shade-Corail Urbain-I called it hugely disappointing and rightly so-it applied horribly and wore horribly and peeled off my lips.  I vowed never to buy another from the same range, and then I bought this-which is one of my all time favourite lipsticks.  Talk about Jekyll and Hyde.

Rosy Coral was a hella popular lipstick when it launched last year and sold out worldwide-bizarrely because a Korean soap star said she liked it and was pictured wearing it.  Damn them Koreans for wiping out the world of YSL Rouge Pur Couture shade 52.  It is a permanent shade and I know it's in Dubai because I found it online at Woojah.

Rosy Coral is a true glossy coral that leans slightly pink rather than orange on me.  It's bold and it's glossy and it's creamy.  Sometimes a little too creamy as it can 'sit' on the lips and highlight dry patches.  It's high maintenance but it's worth it.  I think Corail Urbain was a dud.

YSL Roue Pur Couture 52 Rosy Coral

YSL Roue Pur Couture 52 Rosy Coral


lipstick swatches

So there we have it, three new lipsticks in my stash.  It's still doubtful I am going to wait until I finish a lipstick before I buy another one though...

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