What is your favorite red lipstick brand/shade?

[kamikat]

I just got my Rockalilly Roulette Red. It's not as cool/blue as I had hoped, but it's nice and creamy, not drying at all.

 

[rue]

That's a really cute pic of you kamikat and the lippy is great too

 

[HepKitty]

Oh i love NYC, i may have to give that a whirl. I agree lip liner is a must.

I do love Ruby Woo, but i also have to reapply, but actually i quite like whipping out my compact, i think it's acceptable to retouch in public or at work with a nice vintage compact.

Glad to see you back again Hepkitty, you look ravishing in your new avatar pic!

thank you dahling I've missed you all I admit I'm bad about checking up on threads because I forget I post in them. ok it's really because I'll get so lost in trying to catch up that my day will be gone here before I know it at least now I have some time...

 

[kamikat]

Thanks, rue!

 

[HepKitty]

I'm putting it on as I type this! It's lovely, not sticky at all



Do you find their lipsticks have a distinct smell, almost like a crayon? It's not as harsh as other drugstore brands, but its somethin'.

it smells to me as if they took a bowl of wax fruit and tried to make it smell like fruit. kinda weird really but not intolerable. for cheap lipstick it's not bad and it will do in a pinch

speaking of the Rockalily stuff, I'd love to try the Roulette red but it's not in the budget right now. wow that's expensive for lipstick!

 

[Antje]

The color looks nice Kami, but I'm afraid I'm too adicted too my russian red.

 

[bellabella327]

Antje - this is off topic, but what eyeliner do you use? I just adore your makeup and hair-dos Your tutorials are fantastic!

 

[Antje]

Antje - this is off topic, but what eyeliner do you use? I just adore your makeup and hair-dos Your tutorials are fantastic!

Oh thank you so much!! I use a liqued liner from Loreal at the moment, but I also love max factor liqued liners, I prefer a brush over a pen, if you know what i mean.
And thank for liking my tutorials, maybe I do some more but editing is difficult enough.

 

[kamikat]

speaking of the Rockalily stuff, I'd love to try the Roulette red but it's not in the budget right now. wow that's expensive for lipstick!

With the shipping and currency exchange, it came out to about $26.50. That's pretty close to Besame, which I thought was worth it. I normally don't spend that much money on a lipstick but thought that if it was highly pigmented like Besame, it would be worth it. Now, after wearing it a few days, I would say it's not worth it. With Besame, I apply it in the morning and it lasts all day, even through a meal. The Rockalily isn't highly concentrated. It wears like Revlon. I need to reapply it after each meal or even after drinking. One tube of Besame lasts at least 18months. In the same time, I'd buy 2, maybe 3 Revlons.

 

[HepKitty]

With the shipping and currency exchange, it came out to about $26.50. That's pretty close to Besame, which I thought was worth it. I normally don't spend that much money on a lipstick but thought that if it was highly pigmented like Besame, it would be worth it. Now, after wearing it a few days, I would say it's not worth it. With Besame, I apply it in the morning and it lasts all day, even through a meal. The Rockalily isn't highly concentrated. It wears like Revlon. I need to reapply it after each meal or even after drinking. One tube of Besame lasts at least 18months. In the same time, I'd buy 2, maybe 3 Revlons.

eeek! thanks for the info. if I'm ever so fabulously wealthy, I'll go for the Besame stuff

 

[Louise Anne]

I been reading this with great interest over the last few night well there are pages of it, becuse when I tried red lipstick I have always attracted adverse comments about wearing red and has put me off red now going over to more pink or darker purple shades.

Red is more vintage correct than many shades today , it's not from here but in other vintage communities who seam to make these comments to me about red.

is it that red just stands out more than other shades.

 

[Puzzicato]

If you are getting negative comments about the red lipstick, it means you are wearing the wrong red lipstick!

 

[Clabbergirl]

I don't know, I'd say it depends on the source of the comments. Some have the opinion that makeup should be subdued and natural, ala Bobbi Brown-style. That's one look, but not usually the vintage one. Use your own judgment about which shade looks good for you and wear it proudly. If that takes some working up to, then do so gradually. Other people will always have something to say about your stepping outside the norm. It goes with the territory.

 

[Louise Anne]

If you are getting negative comments about the red lipstick, it means you are wearing the wrong red lipstick!

You could be right. I was wearing at the time these, one called poppy red, maybe they were too strong a shade for me.

 

[Black Dahlia]

I just bought a Nars lipstick pencil in 'Pop Life' - I'm obsessed with it!

It's more red on me, than this pic below which I found online.

Pop Life is the one on the bottom:

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[kamikat]

Paul, I think it's probably a combination of 2 things, the shade of red and getting used to it. Anybody can wear red, but it has to go with your coloring. For example, if you have reddish undertones to your skin, a blue based red usually works nicely, like the 3rd from the left in your lipstick picture. If you have yellow or olive undertones in your skin, a warmer red is better, like the far right lipstick in your picture. As to getting used to it, it takes time. When I first started wearing red, I felt like everyone was starring at me, so I'd only wear it for more formal occasions. It took me nearly a year to get used to wearing it everyday.

 

[Puzzicato]

You could be right. I was wearing at the time these, one called poppy red, maybe they were too strong a shade for me.

How do you store your makeup? The poor things look so battered!

Maybe work up to it - just use a very sheer layer with some lipbalm until you are confident in yourself wearing it.

 

[Louise Anne]

Paul, I think it's probably a combination of 2 things, the shade of red and getting used to it. Anybody can wear red, but it has to go with your coloring. For example, if you have reddish undertones to your skin, a blue based red usually works nicely, like the 3rd from the left in your lipstick picture. If you have yellow or olive undertones in your skin, a warmer red is better, like the far right lipstick in your picture. As to getting used to it, it takes time. When I first started wearing red, I felt like everyone was starring at me, so I'd only wear it for more formal occasions. It took me nearly a year to get used to wearing it everyday.

Thank you! the 3rd from the left happens to be my favorite shade of those four. I sure you right about getting use to Red,

 

[Antje]

Indeed, you have to get used to it, when I was starting with red lips I always tried to get rid of it very soon, but with a little time I was wearing it everyday, and now I'm naked without it

 

[C-dot]

I think people are more inclined to make negative comments when they sense you aren't 100% confident with your look. Before I got used to wearing hats, for example, people would all the time look at me funny or tell me how ridiculous I looked. But I was determined to wear them, and once my confidence filled in, the negative comments stopped, and the positives began

You wear the lipstick - The lipstick doesn't wear you.