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YSL Nude Fougueux & Fuchsia Allusion Rouge Pur Couture Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches

Nude Fougueux (84) YSL Nude Fougueux (84) Rouge Pur Couture SPF15 Lipstick ($38.00 for 0.13 oz.) is a muted, medium-dark coral with strong, warm undertones and a glossy, cream finish. It had rich color payoff that applied well to my lips with even coverage that settled slightly into my deeper lip lines. I didn’t find it was enough to be noticeable in person, though. The texture felt lightly creamy, smooth, and not too thick or too thin, which made it comfortable to wear but not prone to sliding around too easily. It stayed on nicely for four and a half hours and felt moisturizing. FURTHER READING : Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent). Top Dupes Formula Overview Ingredients Top Dupes View Swatches View All Dupes Chanel Steady (67) (P, $40.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar). Marc Jacobs Beauty Strawberry Girl (P, $30.00) is lighter (90% similar). Estee Lauder Intuitive (910) (P, $32.00) is ligh...

By Kilian Angels' Share Perfume Review

By Kilian Angels’ Share Eau de Parfum is rich, fruity cognac tempered by oak woodiness drenched in buttery sweetness and a hint of cinnamon spice. The opening gave me the impression spiced, caramel apple with a darker, boozy bent, and the sweetness tempered as the oak blended with the cognac. It’s a gourmand scent, through and through. The brand listed the notes simply as “cognac, tonka bean, and oak wood,” but in its longer description, it noted it opened with “cognac oil, upon a blend of oak absolute, cinnamon essence, and tonka bean absolute” with “long-lasting notes of sandalwood, praline, and vanilla,” which I’ve broken down into a note structure: top notes: cognac heart notes: cinnamon, tonka bean, oak base notes: praline, vanilla, sandalwood It opened with a boozy, caramel spice scent that was rich in fruity sweetness. The cinnamon spice gave me the illusion of my mom’s apple cake, which is drenched in liqueur and paired with spices like cinnamon, but the cognac’s fr...

Nobile 1942 Patchouli Nobile Perfume Review

Nobile 1942 Patchouli Nobile Eau de Parfum is dominated by patchouli, an earthier, darker patchouli that’s combined with sandalwood, oak moss, and tonka bean help to smooth and seamlessly blend the fragrance together for heady experience. Nobile 1942 listed the note structure as: top notes: lemon, white pepper, fresh notes, incenses heart notes: jasmine, patchouli, gaiac wood, cistus base notes: ambery notes, labdanum, tonka bean, sandalwood, patchouli, oak moss It opened with an earthy, chocolaty patchouli–not quite bitter but definitely not sweet–in the first few minutes before tempering to a sharper, peppery patchouli that was lemony, earthy, and lightly smoky that made up the remainder of the opening scene (about a 30 minutes). Patchouli Nobile became woodier; dry, earthy, and just a touch resinous with little sweetness and even less incense before fully morphing into a patchouli laced with sweet, spiced amber set in a damp forest, as there was an earthy, slightly green...

ColourPop So Quiche, Abbot Kinney, A Little Quarky, Tassel Super Shock Shadows Reviews & Swatches

So Quiche ColourPop So Quiche Super Shock Shadow ($6.00 for 0.07 oz.) has a light-medium taupe-brown base with olive undertones and flecks of greenish-gold and lavender sparkle throughout. This shade has been a long-time favorite for its relative uniqueness in the color cosmetics world. It had opaque pigmentation paired with a smooth, lightly emollient texture that was easy to apply and blend out on bare skin. It lasted for over 10 hours without creasing or fading. FURTHER READING : Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent). Top Dupes Formula Overview Top Dupes View Swatches View All Dupes MAC Pretty It Up (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar). Too Faced Buche de Noel (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar). Estee Lauder Bitter Clove (LE, $45.00) is darker (90% similar). Gucci Beauty Iconic Gold (DC, $37.00) is darker (90% similar). Stila Wanderlust (P, $24.00) is more shimmery (90% simi...