Christian Louboutin Beauty -- COMING SOON?

[Medgal07]

Mine are on back order from NM and I'm already contemplating what to get next. I'm most excited for the matte Rouge, followed by Zoulou!

Yazmin, a little Zoulou love. It arrived unbroken. I love it, and find it easily wearable. Excuse the bed-head-----I
was tussling on the floor with my pooch. Zoulou and Me Nude rank high as favorites for me.

 

[Medgal07]

Oh, I got the Leanue lip definder

I REALLY love it! It is lighter than my natural lip shade but it works. It gives a lovely nude finish. I'm getting Nats as well though. The texture is smooth but firm & creates a lovely base coat to the lips.

I so agree Sis!!! I look for a liner to do just that and find that my lipstick lasts longer. I purchased Safki and Maya.
Safki is darker than my skin and Maya is an exact match, so both are perfect. I think I might still get Ada, which
appears even darker than Safki. I love these 'definders.'

 

[awickedshape]

[COLOR=0000FF] [/COLOR] :frenz: [COLOR=0000FF]It's not a matter of making it work----quite often the lipstick just looks better with a liner wether you pay $2 or $20 for the liner.  I use liners with all of my lipsticks----not to make them [/COLOR][COLOR=0000FF]work---my lips [/COLOR][COLOR=0000FF] just look better, in my opinion with the liner------and I think it's a habit now for me.  Sometimes I even line AND fill my lips w/a liner, which helps my lipstick to wear longer.  It's just[/COLOR][COLOR=0000FF] preference and [/COLOR][COLOR=0000FF] that happens to be mine.[/COLOR]

I would say "to make it work" as in this instance I don't feel it's about enhancing because of the way Escatin, for example, does not cover my inner lip as fully, and for how it wears. I am getting Maya to use with satiny nudes that could be enhanced. For this type of formula, though, I get better longevity and opacity with the YSL RVS.

   :haha: [COLOR=0000FF]Guess if we're in this thread and have purchased even one, that answers the question for us.[/COLOR]

I think our response is the unlisted one: "both" lol

 

[Medgal07]

So I finally placed an order...Raeviewer's video helped me decide for sure...

Had to go with NM because I had a gift card, but it's on backorder now....

Expected to ship no later than 10/07....
Yay!!!

What did you order JG???

Quote: Originally Posted by beautycool

Medgal that red on you Hun gorgeous

Thank you BC!!!!

 

[awickedshape]

[COLOR=0000FF]  Yazmin, a little Zoulou love.  It arrived unbroken.  I love it, and find it easily wearable.  Excuse the bed-head-----I[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]  was tussling on the floor with my pooch.  Zoulou and Me Nude rank high as[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]favorites for me.[/COLOR]

Ooh la la!!! Which one came broken?

 

[Medgal07]

I'll just keep my fingers crossed your order is ok. It probably will be, but if not, buckle up because their customer service is TERRIBLE.

That sucks!!!!! So sorry this happened to you Allie!!!

 

[Medgal07]

I think our response is the unlisted one: "both" lol

I see. I don't know if a pencil would remedy that anyway. Maya is much lighter than I expected----in a good way.

Re: our response.

 

[ashievic]

Well, technically they ARE. We are the guinea pigs. To do the tests you are suggesting in the manner you would expect (pre-production) would be exorbitantly expensive. Lipsticks would easily cost $100+. Far cheaper and easier to write off returns and unhappy customers, possibly reformulate, or stop making the product if it's too much trouble and not profitable. Maybe not a happy answer for us but a business smart one. Even having employees test them out would yield little usable data...we are aware of these issues, but for how many broken lipsticks are there 100 just fine? Also, remember that they are not actually required to do any testing though I am of the school that think they should (though again, that would probably make cosmetics priced high enough to render them unavailable to many people, and I personally love how all budgets can enjoy makeup!)

I agree that it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, too. I hope your replacements perform better!!
Meaning like Revlon, Loreal level....something like TF/CL would be even more.

ETA-I do want to clarify by testing I do not mean smearing products all over animals!

No lipstick on a pig???? Ah, come on, even Miss Piggy loves a good red.

 

[awickedshape]

  :bigthumb: [COLOR=0000FF]I see.  I don't know if a pencil would remedy that anyway.  Maya is much lighter than I expected----in a good way.[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]   [/COLOR]:haha:  [COLOR=0000FF]Re: our response.[/COLOR]

Uh-oh. I should be getting it tomorrow or Wednesday.

 

[pandorablack]

Yep my lipstick is ruined. It's going back to Sephora. I'll order another one. Sigh.

 

[Medgal07]

Also I ordered the sheer as well. But I guess by now that should be no surprise. ADDICTS WE ALL ARE!

Which one dd you order? I'd like to get a sheer at some point too---I just haven't decided which. No denying it----yes we are

 

[Medgal07]

That's great! Glad you love the l/s, now we need to be so careful with them.

I know.

​Guess I won't be hanging them from the dwarf Japanese Maple tree after all

 

[ashievic]

Yep my lipstick is ruined. It's going back to Sephora. I'll order another one. Sigh.

Guess these are to be looked at from afar, and not in the trenches of everyday life. I truly am expecting the PR to be, well you don't wear Louboutin shoes shoes to the gym to workout. How can you expect anything different from his lipsticks. They are an art form. Guess they embrace the form before function in their minds. Art 101, your PSA for the day.....

 

[Medgal07]

Thank you for that, I'm starting to regret ordering from the US, I hope I receive them intact and I'll be extremely careful after that. As for Tom Ford lipsticks, as much as I love them, I'll think twice before buying one again. Half of my boys started smelling off a couple of months after I purchased them, same with one of the mattes. We can't return used makeup in the UK and I have too many lipsticks, so I can't use only one, out of fear that it will go off in a few months, at least not at that price.
Anyway, if everything is okay, I'll be able to go to a store next week and I'll probably go home with Rose du desert and one of the liners.

Oh Maggie---that's just dreadful that your boys have spoiled too. I hope your CL lippies arrive in good shape!!!

 

[Medgal07]

I LOVE that movie and Meryl is perfection in it! Yeah, it doesn't make sense to not send a replacement. If they send a replacement, they keep my money and I'm a happier customer who may purchase from them again. If they don't, they gamble at losing the sale entirely and me as a customer. I mentioned it was my first time with them, and they really seemed like they could care less.

Sephora couldn't have been nicer. I called them on Friday as soon as I discovered the broken lipstick and they immediately processed a reorder and I received the replacement today---unbroken. I'll ship the damaged lippie back to them.

 

[LauraLara]

I forgot Ernie posted Tutulle and Just Nothing together! Oh man I don't know which one. I know I'm getting rouge velvet, bikini, and miss loubi, so I can NOT get both Tutulle and Just Nothing. It must be one or the other. This is like the hardest decision of my life!

 

[laurennnxox]

I forgot Ernie posted Tutulle and Just Nothing together! Oh man I don't know which one. I know I'm getting rouge velvet, bikini, and miss loubi, so I can NOT get both Tutulle and Just Nothing. It must be one or the other. This is like the hardest decision of my life!

I had this battle, too! I really liked how both looked in Ernie's swatches. Eventually, Just Nothing won over since I couldn't get both. Mattes typically last longer, and I think I have enough satin nudes to sink a ship.

 

[Medgal07]

I totally agree.
I can't think of the ingredients or the product itself as quality if it melts and break like that. But that's my feeling.

 

[LauraLara]

Thank you Meddy!!!!!!!! You made my day.

I had this battle, too! I really liked how both looked in Ernie's swatches. Eventually, Just Nothing won over since I couldn't get both. Mattes typically last longer, and I think I have enough satin nudes to sink a ship.

I'm starting to think Just Nothing, because nudes can pull gray on me and look concealer-y because I'm so cool-toned, but if they're a little darker and a little browner they'll still look nice even if they don't pull pink. You may have tipped me to the JN side! I should stop googling swatches and stick with my pick!

 

[pandorablack]

Yeah, I think I am going to exchange my lipstick for some NARS lipsticks. I'm just really annoyed my lipstick melted like that. For $90 I expected it to be AMAZING.