Part One: Shiseido Veiled Rouge for 2015 Spring/ Summer [Swatches & Looks]
Hi hi!!! This will be the first of two entries dedicated to the new Shiseido Veiled Rouge which will be released this SS/2015. I am always excited by new Shiseido lippies, they have great formula and a range of colors, it is really difficult to pick faves. I have the full set of products to play with, and do stay tuned for upcoming entries featuring the products from this makeup collection.
These new items from Shiseido Makeup 2015 consist of colours that are surprisingly natural and beautiful, to make you flow with your own individual style. The fusion of Shiseido's most advanced technology and the world's top class makeup artist creates colours and luster that bring out the beauty within you, so you glow more radiantly.
The new lippies incoporates Shiseido's most advanced technology - they have long-lasting soft and delicate shine, as though wrapped in a veil.
The new ingredient, Veiling Pearl - ensures intense brightness and its structure allows much light to reflect from the surface to realise a soft and delicate shine.
The Veiling Formula - with the pressure upon application, the veiling oil will spread over the top layer of the lips, as if wrapped with a veil, to make the colour and shine long-lasting. It also keeps lips hydrated.
The formula also means that vertical lip lines are less visible, the formula is smooth, even and delicate.
Let's take a closer look at the lipsticks:
and swatches on my hand:
Colour description:
BE301 Carrera a fine soft beige with the subtle sheen of marble
RD302 Rosalie a subdued rose-red
OR303 Orangerie a delicate glided orange translucent and fresh
PK304 Skyglow a warm luminous warm coral pink, a fine haze of coloured light
PK405 Pomengranate a sweet sharp pnk with a reddish glow
RD506 Carnevale a lively and dramatic blue-red, bright and festive
I had taken these pictures a couple of weeks ago, and I forgot to record what else were used on the face. But I will have another round of updated base routines and reviews coming up soon at the end of the month, so will chat in general then.
My thoughts:
I think that these lipsticks are extremely comfortable to wear - they glide on beautifully, and indeed, they are hydrating. It is almost like wearing a pigmented lipbalm in terms of the texture. I also like that most of the lippies are very cream (not shimmery, with the exception of 2-3 shades which are subtly frosty/shimmering).
The veil formula is great, and hydrating - but because of this, I must say that these are not the most long lasting lipsticks. They last 2-3 hours on me, before the colors wear off. But during the couple of hours, the color and finish stays true to the Veiling Pearl technology.
The low maintainence colors (ie the MLBB shades) are great for this formula because it is so easy to slap them whenever you want to touch up.
The bold pops of color in this collection also make for wearable yet vivid enough lip colours, and I do think they will work great over a matte bold lip, just to add a shine/ intense glossy shiny effect. On their own, you can work them up (very easily, apply one layer, blot, apply a second layer) to a luscious bold lip look.
My top picks:
PK304 Rosalie is my most frequently worn shade the past couple of weeks. It is almost like my own lip color, very natural pinky, very pretty. I feel like I can wear this and not have people 'notice' that I have a lipstick on but yet it feels so good. I also like RD302 Rosalie, which is a deeper rosy nude. I like Carnevale - but you will see that Part Two of my overview - there are some serious colours that sucked me in there.
I hope Part One of this overview has been helpful - and helped you in your shopping decision! Stay tuned for Part Two!!
Thank you for reading, and have a fab weekend ahead!
