Showing posts with label l'oreal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label l'oreal. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

L’oreal Color Riche Lipstick in 371 Pink Passion

Lately I’m drawn to drugstore lipsticks more than ever. Started with my craze with Revlop Lip Butters, I have started to try other newer lippies from the drugstore. In the past, I immediately link drugstore lippies to so so pigmentation and not so fabulous texture. Let’s see if Color Riche can change my perception!
The shade I got for myself has Intense Brunette label on it. There’s line of intense colors for Blondes too… In Sogo Indonesia (department store, yes, L’oreal are sold in department stores too in Indonesia), I only saw the Brunette series. This Made for Me series should come with matching nail polish, but the polishes were nowhere to be seen. 
I was torn between Pink Passion and their coral tangerine borderline neon shade:  Magnetic Coral. Worried the pretty coral would turn ugly on me if the lippie is drying, I chose the safer Pink Passion. Pink Passion is intense pink-tangerine with slight glossy finish, that just pop on my face. I feel it makes my face glow! So pretty. 
Pigmentation was wonderful- single swipe is all you need. As with any other creamy intense lippies, scrubbing your lips is essential if you didn’t want the pigment got stuck under some dried patch of your lips! It feels totally comfortable and creamy – but not light, it has certain ‘weigh’ to it. But not the old school lippie waxy ‘weigh’ .  L’oreal website says this range is enriched with a combination of Omega-3 oils and Vitamin E.
Like other creamy, moisturizing lippies- this one transfers easily to my cup rims. I got about 1-2 hours of intense wear (with my regular snacking and tea sipping inbetween). The comfortable feeling lasted all along, doesn’t feel drying even a bit. After that, the shine wanes down, but I still got lovely stain on my lips. For those avert to intense color, you can achieve this stained look by applying the lippie then blot the color a little with tissue.
Unfortunately, the tube feels rather light and flimsy. I am worried it will get scratch all over if I put this in my purse for too long. Nonetheless, it is pretty to look at. And I just love the details on the bullet- it has L’oreal logo embossed! I just love tiny details like this.
Bottomline,
I am totally returning to pick up Magnetic Coral. This lippie range is great way to try on fun, fashionable colors without breaking the bank!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

L’oreal Color Riche Nutri Shine in Pink Rose P120

Not so long time ago, I adopted L’oreal Color Riche Nutri Shine in CR101 (swatch here) , which is sheer and shimmery pale coral. I am loving the formula so much, I just have to drop by L’oreal display every time I pass by the drugstore. I need one color of each family...one pink, one red, one beige...

Hey! Stay sane... one baby step at a time... let’s start with Pink, the Coral looks so lonely sitting alone in my drawer...


P120 is sheer pink with soft shimmer. Glides smoothly on my lips, without gritty feeling from the shimmer. The formula and lasting power is similar to CR101. Ahhh ... love...

Red, you better pack your bags, your sisters are waiting in my lipstick drawer :D

In summary...
Packaging: light plastic. I still don’t adore it, but don’t judge a lipstick by its packing, right?
Color offering: 4/5
Price: SGD 19.9
Texture: glides smoothly like lip balm *heart*
Moisturizing: 4/5
Staying power: approx 2 hours with drinks in between
Is it worth it?
Yes if... you like balm that double up as sheer lip color, you love subtle shimmer
No if... you want your lippie to show more pigment.

Friday, February 11, 2011

L’oreal Color Riche Nutri Shine Lipstick in Pink Nude CR 101

This lipstick/lip balm is amazing... I cant seem to make up my mind how to categorize this thing. The color is rather sheer pink-coral, with a little silver/clear glitter. I find all the shades I tried in my local drugstore to behave similarly. Certainly buildable, but do not expect it to turn opaque. The swatch on the left is made of single swipe, the one on the right is 3-4 swipes.

The packaging is slightly different than other lipsticks, but it looks kinda plasticky and the surface is slightly uneven...which unfortunately makes it looks cheap.

The product inside, on the other hand, is heavenly... glides like lip balm but it colors my lips wish smooth sheer nice color. On my dry dry dry lips, it is not drying at all! A little moisturizing, and certainly not drying. I am hooked. This has become one of my purse’s resident lipstick for a few weeks now.

It doesn’t last very long on lips, about 1-2 hours, but I don’t mind reapplying, as it makes my lips feels nice.

I couldn’t detect any scent in this product. Which is OK to me, as I am not too particular about scent, except strong plasticky/waxy scent you can sniff miles away from older generation cheaper lipsticks...

The color range is rather nice, L’oreal offers pinks, corals, browns and reds too. All sheer, of course.

In summary...
Packaging: light plastic...I don’t personally fancy it.
Color offering: 4/5
Price: SGD 19.9
Texture: glides smoothly like lip balm *heart*
Moisturizing: 4/5
Staying power: approx 2 hours with drinks in between
Will I buy more? When I finish this one, I will. I am considering the pinks now... hmmm....