Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Shine

So far, Yves Saint Laurent lippies have been hit-and-miss for me, although admittedly I have only tried a few. The Volupte Plump-in-Colour Plumping Lip Balms didn't leave much of an impression, but  I liked The Slim Sheer Mattes enough to go back for more colors. So when I kept seeing chatters about these Rouge Volupte Shine, I was game to try some. Thanks to Selfridges UK for their enabling promotions, I picked up Collector 76 Golden--Red in the Dark and Collector 80 Golden--Chili Tunique, both LE items, and 83 Rouge Cape, 85 Burgundy Love, 87 Rose Afrique, 129 Carmine Retro, and 131 Chili Morocco from the permanent line-up at the time. I have not gone back for more of these so I don't know if anything has changed since my last purchase. 

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Yves Saint Laurent The Slim Sheer Matte Part II

Yep, I went right back for more of these Yves Saint Laurent The Slim Sheer Mattes, this time picking up 103 Orange Provocant, 110 Berry Exposed, and 112 Raw Rosewood, among other things. Accidentally purchased an extra 111 Corail Explicite too but am happy to have a backup of the color. 

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Yves Saint Laurent The Slim Sheer Matte

My experience with Glossier Generation G Sheer Matte Lipstick gave me more confidence to try other sheer mattes, and the one I heard a lot about at the time was the Yves Saint Laurent The Slim Sheer Matte. So when Saks put these on discount, I jumped at the chance and picked up 101 Rouge Libre, 105 Red Uncovered, 107 Bare Burgundy, 108 Rouge Devetu, and 111 Corail Explicite. 

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Paul & Joe Liquid Rouge

These Paul & Joe Liquid Rouge were released in the spring of 2021 with 2 types: a Shine Type in 8 colors that are pigmented with a glossy finish, and a Tint Type in 3 colors that are sheer and also with a glossy finish. I was starting to use more lip glosses around this time and picked the latter Tint Type in 01 Cocktail Cherry, 02 Tutu Ballerina, and 03 L’Heure du The.

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Givenchy Le Rose Perfecto

After the success of Le Rouge Perfecto (released 2016), in 2019 Givenchy released these Le Rose Perfecto that were supposed to lip balms, versus Le Rouge Perfecto's sheer lipsticks. Of course I was curious. Seeing that they had several different reds, I picked up 4 colors to try: 301 Soothing Red, 302 Solar Red, 303 Warming Red, and 304 Cosmic Plum. 

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Canmake Stay-On Balm Rouge SPF11 PA+ Part VII

More Canmake Stay-On Balm Rouge SPF11 PA+ in colors 18 Brownish Mandarin, 19 Ruby Primrose, and 20 Cotton Peony. 

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Glossier Generation G Sheer Matte Lipstick

I first read about these Glossier Generation G Sheer Matte Lipsticks from Citrine way back in 2020. She first reviewed Cake, then Zip, and finally Crush. Later that year, I caved and picked up Jam and Zip, and have been wearing them off and on since.

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Givenchy Le Rouge Perfecto

Back in the spring of 2021, I was browsing Harrods UK looking for a Suqqu lippie that was sold out at Selfridges UK and found these Givenchy Le Rouge Perfecto on sale instead ^.^ These were retailing for $37 at the time (now $39-49, depends on the source) but Harrods had marked them down to $18-26, so I happily picked up one of each color they had in stock: a Givenchy Le Rouge Perfecto Trio with 01 Perfect Pink, 03 Sparkling Pink, and 04 Blue Pink, another 01 Perfect Pink in LE packaging, 02 Intense Pink, and a LE 05 Spirited.

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Cle de Peau Beaute Lipstick

Here's the last of my goodies from the Cle de Peau Beaute Holiday 2020 Enchanted Lake Collection, this Lipstick 515 Impassioned that was released along with Lip Glorifier 513 Break of Dawn and Lipstick Cashmere 514 Enamoured, all were LE's. 

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Gucci Baume a Levres Lip Balm

After my underwhelming experience with YSL Volupte Plump-in-Colour Plumping Lip Balm,  I vowed to not go near non-Japanese "luxury" brands again. I felt the quality of the product doesn't always commensurate with the retail price, so if I was going indulge, I'd rather go for Japanese high-end instead, which has rarely disappoint in my experience. Of course I'm biased :P

Then came the 2021 holiday season and Selfridges ran their year-end sale, wherein I spotted something peculiar: these Gucci Baume a Levres Lip Balm. Yep, vow broken. I have zero discipline, or honor :P I figured there was no harm in trying some lip balms, right? There were five colors available and I picked three: 2 No More Orchids, 3 Rene Pink, and 4 Penelope Plum.

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