Line: L’Oreal
Product: Colour Riche Lipstick
Ladies, mark my words: I will never, ever buy another tube of lipstick at the department store. This is an easy promise to make as I’ve just discovered the treasure that is L’Oreal Colour Riche lipstick. The Colour Riche line has been around for a while now, but I’‘m a bit late for the party…sort of. See, I had a tube of Colour Riche in Sandstone back in the nineties when brown lipstick was all the rage. Coupled with my fair hair, it made me look like a vampire. Well, flannel shirts didn’t flatter me either, I suppose. It took me some time to figure out that I’m prettiest in pink. Armed with that revelation I gave Colour Riche another go.
L’Oreal’s Colour Riche formula is divine. It glides on smoothly and wears like a dream, never bleeding or feathering. It may not have the longevity of “long wear” lipsticks, but I don’t mind because I’ve yet to find a “”ong wear” formula that doesn’t dry out my lips. My best shades reside among the pinks, but the line offers great options in the coral, tawny, rose, violet, red, brown and nude spectrums as well. I counted at least 59 shades, so I defy anyone to tell me they can’t find a flattering shade for themselves in this line.
Since I’ve never been able to do a nude lip without looking like a CSI floater, Colour Riche’s Gilded Pink is a great alternative for me. It gives me a subtle, natural look that is appropriate for daytime. Bella Donna Mauve is my glam shade, suitable for a summer night out wearing a pastel sundress and a killer faux tan. Finally there is my beloved Tender Pink, a lippie so divine it has vaulted to Holy Grail status. It is the most perfect, polished version of my lips that I ever could have imagined. My Bobbi Brown Sandwash Tulle has now been relegated to the land of misfit lippies.
L’Oreal once marked their tubes “perle” and “cream” to indicate which shades contained shimmer and which did not. This is no longer the case, which is a bit of a shame. I like to avoid shimmer because I’m convinced it emphasizes the thinness of my lips. At $6.99 a tube (sometimes BOGO at drugstores like CVS and Rite-Aid), I’ll throw the dice. Right now I’ve got my eye on the award winning Pink Lady which is constantly sold out at my local haunts. My fellow cuties, it is amazing how empowering a swipe of truly flattering lipstick can make you feel. I suggest you go get you some!Cost Costs Cuties!
Gemma
L’Oreal’s Colour Riche formula is divine. It glides on smoothly and wears like a dream, never bleeding or feathering. It may not have the longevity of “long wear” lipsticks, but I don’t mind because I’ve yet to find a “”ong wear” formula that doesn’t dry out my lips. My best shades reside among the pinks, but the line offers great options in the coral, tawny, rose, violet, red, brown and nude spectrums as well. I counted at least 59 shades, so I defy anyone to tell me they can’t find a flattering shade for themselves in this line.
Since I’ve never been able to do a nude lip without looking like a CSI floater, Colour Riche’s Gilded Pink is a great alternative for me. It gives me a subtle, natural look that is appropriate for daytime. Bella Donna Mauve is my glam shade, suitable for a summer night out wearing a pastel sundress and a killer faux tan. Finally there is my beloved Tender Pink, a lippie so divine it has vaulted to Holy Grail status. It is the most perfect, polished version of my lips that I ever could have imagined. My Bobbi Brown Sandwash Tulle has now been relegated to the land of misfit lippies.
L’Oreal once marked their tubes “perle” and “cream” to indicate which shades contained shimmer and which did not. This is no longer the case, which is a bit of a shame. I like to avoid shimmer because I’m convinced it emphasizes the thinness of my lips. At $6.99 a tube (sometimes BOGO at drugstores like CVS and Rite-Aid), I’ll throw the dice. Right now I’ve got my eye on the award winning Pink Lady which is constantly sold out at my local haunts. My fellow cuties, it is amazing how empowering a swipe of truly flattering lipstick can make you feel. I suggest you go get you some!Cost Costs Cuties!
Gemma
