{"id":18763,"date":"2013-01-24T00:11:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T05:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=18763"},"modified":"2013-01-24T00:11:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T05:11:19","slug":"red-lipstick-4-chanel-rouge-double-intensite-in-ruby-lite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/red-lipstick-4-chanel-rouge-double-intensite-in-ruby-lite\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Lipstick #4: Chanel Rouge Double Intensit\u00e9 in Ruby Lite"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t reviewed a new red lipstick since 2010<\/a>. Back then, I wrote that I couldn’t get too excited about any new reds because:<\/p>\n

“I’m still devoted to MAC’s Pro Longwear Lipcolor in Lasting Lust<\/a>. I rarely want to wear another red because I love Lasting Lust’s color and the endurance so much. For me, the product works just like MAC\u2019s website promises<\/a>: it is smudge-, run-, transfer- and feather-proof. I’ve fallen asleep with it on and woken up the next day with the color untouched. It only comes off with an oily makeup remover and, occasionally, oily salad dressing.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s all still true. In fact, just last week I again fell asleep with my Lasting Lust lip color on (go ahead, judge me) and again woke up with perfect red lips and a pristine pillow. But MAC doesn’t have any other shades — red or otherwise — in that formula<\/a> that work on me, so I’m always looking for other options. I tried to be thrifty by sampling various drugstore and online-only products, but I wound up feeling I was wasting money because I didn’t like any of them. Then I read some good reviews about Chanel’s Rouge Double Intensit\u00e9<\/a> Ultra Wear Lip Color ($34). Like MAC’s Pro Longwear Lipcolor, Chanel’s product comes in a tube with liquid lipstick on one end of the tube and a clear gloss on the other end, so that looked promising. I ordered it in Ruby Lite.<\/p>\n

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At first, I wasn’t sure I liked it because it does feel drier than Lasting Lust. I had to use more gloss and re-apply the gloss more frequently than I do with the MAC product. But I love the blue-red color.<\/p>\n

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And there was no feathering or transferring whatsoever. I’m obsessed with those issues. You know how peeps say women of a certain age shouldn’t wear red lipstick<\/a> because it runs into the fine lines around the mouth? That’s not a problem with a product like this. And I didn’t get any messy lipstick kiss marks on water glasses (or MrB’s collar). Like Lasting Lust, the pigment only came off when I used an oily makeup remover. After I wore the Chanel for a few days, including at the inauguration dinner I went to on Monday<\/a>, I became accustomed to the feel of it. I even ordered another Rouge Double Intensit\u00e9 in red-plum Almandine.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for a less expensive but similarly long-lasting product — besides MAC’s — I tested Kat Von D’s Everlasting Love Liquid Lipstick, which is available at Sephora for $19<\/a>. Outlaw is a gorgeous brick red that doesn’t budge. The only problem I had with it was that there’s no attached clear gloss, and you definitely need something moisturizing with these liquid lipsticks. I can’t be bothered buying and keeping track of separate glosses, but if you’ve already got some of those, give Kat a try! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t reviewed a new red lipstick since 2010. Back then, I wrote that I couldn’t get too excited about any new reds because: “I’m still devoted to MAC’s Pro Longwear Lipcolor in Lasting Lust. I rarely want to wear another red because I love Lasting Lust’s color and the endurance so much. For me,…<\/p>\n

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