If you know me you will have probably heard me preach about the universal appeal of red lips just about every chance I get. I have constantly been on the look out for a great red lipstick with excellent colour pay off, real moisturizing properties and actual staying power.
I have sung the praises of lip stains and lip colours that last longer than the 3 hours it takes for me to eat my lisptick and have been convinced to think that this was as good as it was going to get. Boy, was I ever wrong!!
When I was sixteen I promised myself that I would get a Chanel red lipstick, having fallen in love with the classic appeal of the brand. There is no Chanel counter in Jamaica as far as I know and if there was one there would probably be no chance of me being able to conscientiously spend the money in Jamaican dollars. So, when I got the opportunity to travel to London recently (more on this later) and spotted the Chanel store in Covent Garden I knew it was time.
The black and white sign might as well have been neon and I dragged my companion promptly towards the store between the crowd of tourists and the rain. I immediately bee-lined for the lipsticks and started swatching. I kid you not, I nearly swooned. It was perfect! And it was that much sweeter a satisfaction because I had previously gone into Selfridges to check out the Tom Ford lipsticks but I had been sorely disappointed with their colour pay off and semi-sheerness.
When the store clerk came over and asked if I was taking it I had no choice but to say yes. My memory isn't very clear on what took place afterwards, because I was still swooning and all, but I think it was something like 25 pounds. I'm not quite sure, I'm sorry. I got the Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense lip colour in # 99 'Pirate' - you can see it here on the US site where it is listed for $34.00 USD (yikes?)
The colour and application was smooth, velvety and luxurious. One coat and it fully swathed my lips in rich opaque colour. Which is like a really big deal for me since my bottom lip is very very pink.The tube is a rich black casing with a gold-coloured interior on a spring that you push on gently so it slides out and you apply. Very fancy and va-va-voom if you ask me.
Now by all means, I am not saying you should go out and spend this much money on a tube of lipstick, but as my best friend religiously berates me when I moan about spending 'you get what you pay for'. If you spend this money it WILL be worth it. I wore it out on the town last weekend and even though I had applied it at almost 9pm, it lasted me through till I woke up the next morning (yes I was bad and didn't wipe off my lipcolour). So the lipstick (along with the lipliner I purchased in duty -free - I blame Laura for this! lol) lasted me through one heineken, food, two mixed drinks and popcorn. I would call that a success right?!
Anyway, I will be inserting pictures of the packaging, of it swatched and such shortly in the meantime here are pictures of the packaging etc. I haven't gotten up the nerve to waste it on the back of my hand yet. lol
Till later!
Jane
ps- let me know if you want a video showing how to get the perfect red lip. :)
I have sung the praises of lip stains and lip colours that last longer than the 3 hours it takes for me to eat my lisptick and have been convinced to think that this was as good as it was going to get. Boy, was I ever wrong!!
When I was sixteen I promised myself that I would get a Chanel red lipstick, having fallen in love with the classic appeal of the brand. There is no Chanel counter in Jamaica as far as I know and if there was one there would probably be no chance of me being able to conscientiously spend the money in Jamaican dollars. So, when I got the opportunity to travel to London recently (more on this later) and spotted the Chanel store in Covent Garden I knew it was time.
The black and white sign might as well have been neon and I dragged my companion promptly towards the store between the crowd of tourists and the rain. I immediately bee-lined for the lipsticks and started swatching. I kid you not, I nearly swooned. It was perfect! And it was that much sweeter a satisfaction because I had previously gone into Selfridges to check out the Tom Ford lipsticks but I had been sorely disappointed with their colour pay off and semi-sheerness.
When the store clerk came over and asked if I was taking it I had no choice but to say yes. My memory isn't very clear on what took place afterwards, because I was still swooning and all, but I think it was something like 25 pounds. I'm not quite sure, I'm sorry. I got the Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense lip colour in # 99 'Pirate' - you can see it here on the US site where it is listed for $34.00 USD (yikes?)
The colour and application was smooth, velvety and luxurious. One coat and it fully swathed my lips in rich opaque colour. Which is like a really big deal for me since my bottom lip is very very pink.The tube is a rich black casing with a gold-coloured interior on a spring that you push on gently so it slides out and you apply. Very fancy and va-va-voom if you ask me.
Now by all means, I am not saying you should go out and spend this much money on a tube of lipstick, but as my best friend religiously berates me when I moan about spending 'you get what you pay for'. If you spend this money it WILL be worth it. I wore it out on the town last weekend and even though I had applied it at almost 9pm, it lasted me through till I woke up the next morning (yes I was bad and didn't wipe off my lipcolour). So the lipstick (along with the lipliner I purchased in duty -free - I blame Laura for this! lol) lasted me through one heineken, food, two mixed drinks and popcorn. I would call that a success right?!
Anyway, I will be inserting pictures of the packaging, of it swatched and such shortly in the meantime here are pictures of the packaging etc. I haven't gotten up the nerve to waste it on the back of my hand yet. lol
Till later!
Jane
ps- let me know if you want a video showing how to get the perfect red lip. :)
