Shiseido Perfecting Lipstick

Ahh, P7, my lips love you

I bought the color P7 Red Luxe and I still come back to it when looking for the best red color for my pale complexion and brown eyes. It's a beautiful dark red with pink and blue undertones. The Perfecting formula contains hyaluronic acid, squalane, and vitamins -- I believe Shiseido was one of the first skin care companies to patent the use of Hyaluronic Acid, so there's a lot of plumping HA in this lipstick. It really moisturizes and softens my lips. I just wish it was a little more natural as far as the ingredients go.

October 21, 2008

Aveda Lip Color Concentrate

Quite possibly my favorite lipsticks of all time

Aveda recently launched a new formula, Nourish-Mint Smoothing Lipsticks, and wow am I glad they did. More than that, I'm glad there are colors I can actually wear! Originally, I couldn't find any Aveda lipstick I liked. The colors were just not as "natural" as I would have hoped. I prefer deep reds and dark pinkish reds, but none of Aveda's lipsticks looked good on me. The colors were too bright, or too purple, or too brown. Then, the new formula came out, with new colors. I tested out Cherrybud, Poppy, and Maracuja (Maracuja is an Uruku Lip Pigment). Yep, these are my reds! Cherrybud is a dark, deep, pigmented red that looks like a cranberry strain. Poppy is a lighter, pinkish red that looks like the color of flushed, jist-kissed lips. And Maracuja, my favorite is a very dark, intense shimmery wine red that reminds me of fresh pomegranate seeds. All the lipsticks contain plumping peptides, intense butters, nourishing oils, and soothing extracts. And this is what I love about Aveda's new lipsticks. Not only superbly moisturizing and nourishing, but now plumping!

October 21, 2008