Hey everyone! I went by the counter today to have a look at the velvets. For those of you that like more dramatic colours, this little collection of lipsticks may be for you. For me, there wasn't much that I would personally wear.
I swatched La Raffinee, La Distinguee, La Ravissante and L'Exuberante. Of those four, I decided to try on La Raffinee and La Distinguee. La Raffinee was a pretty colour, a deep mauve-ish pink, which is kinda what I've been looking for. Unfortunately, it applied really dark on me, and definitely not a colour I'm comfortable with. La Distinguee is the most neutral shade, which appeared quite peachy on my hand, but aaplied was a rather muted slightly peachy pink neutral colour. I ended up getting that and the SA gave me the blister pack, because he thought I'd change my mind about La Raffinee! The blister pack also has L'Exuberante, which I found to be quite shocking of a pink, but maybe will be wearable once on.
Texture wise, I think these are very comparable to the mattenes.
All in all, they seem like a decent lipstick, nice coverage, but not heavy or too thick. The darker shades could definitely be sheered out to be more like a stain, which is how I'm going to try the pink shade. I also think these definitely need a good balm underneath for those of you who, like me, have dry lips!
Oh, and I also got a regular RA in 66, Confidentielle, a colour that made me think of Michelle! Wow, now that is a pretty colour! I was wondering why I hadn't picked it out till now!
