Tuesday 28 February 2012

New lipstick! Estee Lauder Pure Color Gloss stick - Honey Pink

I love new lipstick!  I was on a mission on Friday to come home with  something as far away from my usual pinky/browny mlbb shade and had decided I would go as far out of my comfort zone as necessary to get the desired look!   A quick shout out on twitter resulted in lots of great suggestions from loads of people - ladies thank you all.  The only problem I had was that the brand had to be available in either House of Fraser or Boots, so I was fairly limited - MAC, Laura Mercier and Illamasqua weren't happening!

First off I had a look at the Dior Addict Extreme lipsticks - Ruth had posted some pics of new ones not due out yet and they had set me off on my lemming for something out of the ordinary.  Whilst I quite liked the available Dior shades lots of them had glittery bits in them and at 45 I wonder if blingy sparkly lips are just too little girl?  It's probably down to the individual but I prefer cream lipstick to anything shimmery or glittery and there weren't any Dior creams that were floating my boat. 

Next off I visited the Estee Lauder stand after several recommendations that the Pure Color lipsticks were exactly what I was after.  Having had a bit of a play I decided that if I was going out of my comfort zone in terms of colour one way of diffusing the shock would be to go for something sheer rather than too opaque a lipstick.  The Pure Color Gloss sticks are pretty much that, gorgeous colour in a glossy finish but in a stick rather than a lip gloss tube - not a fan of sticky lip gloss.  As soon as I tested Pink Honey on the tip of my index finger - I have been told its the closest in colour to the skin of your lip so a better indicator than the back of your hand, no idea if its true but it usually works out well for me! - I knew it was The One.  




The lady on the Estee Lauder counter in HoF in Huddersfield is fantastic - I have since been googling all things EL and the one recurring theme is that the ladies that work on EL counters can generally be relied upon to be knowledgeable, willing to help, generous with samples and pretty bloody lovely! The one in Huddersfield is all of those things.  

I was having a look at the Double Wear Light foundation as the website foundation finder had suggested that one for me and she said had I heard about their new foundation, Invisible Fluid, I said that I had and was hoping to get my hands on a sample at some point.  She said "go shop, get a coffee and when you come back past here nip in, I have just taken delivery of all my stuff - the samples are in the bottom box, if you give me a mo when you get back I'll sort you out a sample".  She actually offered, I didn't have to beg or feel like some nasty bludger, she actually just up and offered! And before I left she gave me a sample of the Double Wear Light into the bargain! Prior to all this she had handed me a teeny lip brush so I could apply some Pink Honey to my lips, its hard to tell how something works in indoor lighting so I said I was going to see how it felt for a little while and check I was still happy with the colour when I was outside but that if I was I would be back.

When I nipped back 20 minutes later to say yes please to the Pink Honey she had dug out her samples of Invisible Fluid, checked the one she thought would work best for me, 1CN1, and decanted some into a bottle for me to take home.  


Corally pink, pinky coral?

Gorgeous and glossy

The top of this swipe of lipstick is the most colour accurate of all!


So pictures.  It's bloody hard to take pictures that show off foundation isn't it.  In these I am wearing the Invisible Fluid.  I wore it to the gym this morning and a group of ladies stopped me as I got off the bike to ask what I was wearing on my face as my foundation looked so lovely!  I had been cycling at a fair pace for 20mins so had a bit of a glow on!  I can honestly say I have never been complimented by strangers on my foundation before, so that's a pretty huge plus for this one!
 You can probably see that it looks nice, but I don't really think the picture does it justice, it has a lovely freshness to it, so my skin looks dewy without shine.

Jesus, now you can probably understand why, as a rule, Steve does as he is asked. Or else.
 Please excuse scary facial expressions I was more concerned with the light being right than how my gurning was looking!


And finally, the close up of the lipstick.  You'll need a strong stomach for this cracker!
Please ignore crater sized chin pores, fine lines round lip and huge, dark, terrible nostrils. Lippy's nice though, no?!
 As I hope you can see the lipstick is a glossy peachy shade and it completely brightens my face, I am really pleased with it!


In my next post I am going to show some pics of me wearing the Double Wear Light foundation, at the moment I am strongly leaning towards purchasing this over the Invisible Fluid.  I will explain all in my next post!

52 comments:

  1. I love Double wear light, it's my favourite summer foundation as you can wear it quite light or build it up. My favourite pure colour gloss stick is the nude almond, its my current daytime lip colour.

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    1. Hi Daniella, I am super fussy when it comes to foundation, I want sheer to medium coverage without looking powdery or cakey. I have now added to that list a need for it to last. I have been googling today and I might have a look at Lancome before I make any purchasing decisions! I would love to be able to wear shades like Nude Almond but they make me look dead, sadly, I love them on other people!

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  2. Both look gorgeous on you, I need to try the Double Wear Light, cannot believe I haven't yet!

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    1. Hi Bettina, it is lovely I just think I might need to work out the best way of using it, I definitely need an extra slick of moisturiser before application and after this morning I know that I need to apply with my fingers not a brush, hello mask face! It is well worth a look though and I love the coverage it gives from a distance, just concerned that close up I am a bit to cake face in it!

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  3. I really enjoy wearing Double Wear Light but am very tempted by this new one too. I have a couple of gloss sticks too and I love them, this one looks gorgeous!

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    1. Hi Charlie, I am really impressed with Double Wear Light and it is definitely the one I am going to purchase. The Invisible Fluid is nice but I think I would still use my Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua over it. Have a fancy for the Idealist Pore refining serum - have you tried any of the Idealist range? x

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