Part of the Lakme Fantasy collection which came some time back, the shade 138 is a dark wine-like colour that I wouldn't really have picked up on my own. That said, I guess it can be carried off by some people - I had this friend in office who is about the same shade as I am, and she used to wear these dark colours and look amazing!
The shade to me seems like a wine shade with a lot of silver frost/shimmer in it. I am not a big fan of the frost finish. It's a darker colour, but the swatches look different depending on how the light falls on my hand, mostly because of the shimmer. It has a bit of a brown to it, and in fact seems a bit brown on my lips as it fades off.
I tried this shade twice. It didn't dry my lips out and lasted about 2-3 hours. Even when it did disappear after my lunch, it left a slight tint on my lips which was quite nice. I am not very bothered by smells in lipsticks, and this has a slight fruity smell (it seemed fruity to me!) that is quite okay.
The only problem I had was, as I said, the shimmer. It's not a finish I generally pick up, plus I somehow manage to get shimmer all around my lip area :| :| My personal likes/dislikes apart, the quality of the lipstick is quite decent. It claims to provide sun protection and does not dry my lips out.
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The shade to me seems like a wine shade with a lot of silver frost/shimmer in it. I am not a big fan of the frost finish. It's a darker colour, but the swatches look different depending on how the light falls on my hand, mostly because of the shimmer. It has a bit of a brown to it, and in fact seems a bit brown on my lips as it fades off.
I tried this shade twice. It didn't dry my lips out and lasted about 2-3 hours. Even when it did disappear after my lunch, it left a slight tint on my lips which was quite nice. I am not very bothered by smells in lipsticks, and this has a slight fruity smell (it seemed fruity to me!) that is quite okay.
The only problem I had was, as I said, the shimmer. It's not a finish I generally pick up, plus I somehow manage to get shimmer all around my lip area :| :| My personal likes/dislikes apart, the quality of the lipstick is quite decent. It claims to provide sun protection and does not dry my lips out.
Cost: Rs. 225
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Awwwwwww..you looking soo cuuute Rads!!! but this is too dark and shimmery naaa???
ReplyDeleteYes it is a dark colour :)
ReplyDeleteYou know what Rads..It is looking somewhat like oriflame berry kiss lippi on your lips..though swatches are looking all shimmery shimmery!! :P
ReplyDeleteIt is very shimmery shimmery only..on my lips I think it would have been darker looking if not for the shimmer :D
ReplyDeleteBut it's not big big glitter kinds..it gives a frosty finish more than a shimmery finish..
ReplyDeleteYou are looking very cute Rads :) And that shade is dark but good. Not those horrendous dark types :D
ReplyDeleteAnd you forgot to watermark your pic :D
Ok it was a bad joke :-|
Hehehee I was telling my hubby the same thing..I didn't watermark my pic..:P :P :P
ReplyDeleteNow you'd have to look out for your pics on sites :D
ReplyDelete@Rads calicoaster is right.. it looks like oriflame berry kiss... was one of the lippies I purchased from Oriflame the month I joined.... I love the colour
ReplyDeleteRadssss...you looking berryy cute :*
ReplyDeleteAnd you have beautiful bigggg eyes..do you wear contacts ? :P
Hii Ritikaaa..nooo no contacts..am supposed to wear glasses but don't wear that either :| Blind bat :|
ReplyDeleteRashmi - Oh nice..and how much do the Oriflame lipstick cost? Never tried anything from Oriflame.
Maha - :P :P :P :P
ReplyDeleteSame to same Rads,I cant wear glasees coz of migraine and I am still skeptical about lenses. If you have no contacts then you really have very very nice eyes Rads :-*
ReplyDeleteRitika..does wearing contacts make a difference to how the eyes look??? I really don't know..so asking...
ReplyDeleteOh and thankooo :D
ReplyDeleteActually Rads, there are 2 types of lenses,one normal lenses which can be coloured or not and the other type is the circular lenses which tend to make your eyes look bigger (like the lenses Lady Gaga had in her Bad Romance video) Hope you can visualize :/ My friend's family owns this opticians ka buisness ,so she keeps updating me with new new things :P
ReplyDeleteOh..I think I read somewhere..and am not even sure if it's true/accurate..a lot of Japanese makeup models tend to wear these lenses to make their eyes look big....
ReplyDeleteThe color looks beautiful on your Rads
ReplyDeleteYeah..you are right Rads..they have chotu chotu eyes na thats why..I am sure they would envy your eyes :P
ReplyDeleteI was in Beijing for 6 months..and I heard a lot of "you have beeeg eyes" :D :D
ReplyDeleteTx Nivedita :)
ReplyDeleteLoved the shade on yyou rads...great =*
ReplyDeleteI stay away from frost/shimmer in lipsticks too but this shade looks great on you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ankita..I just don't feel comfortable with the frosty finishes :)
ReplyDeleteDebbbbooo - thankooooooo :*
you looking sooooo cute! i too dislike frost lipsticks on me... they make me look ill :(
ReplyDeleteI have problems with the shimmer traveling all around :D
ReplyDeletebut you did carry i well.... no way of keeping shimmer in check kya?
ReplyDeleteHmm..no..the thing is..at least with this lipstick..it travels around only because I would have accidentally touched my lips...the other day I was out the whole day, and I didn't really get back home with a shimmery face..so it's okay..but with some other lipsticks I have (a Loreal Color Riche) it travels around no matter what I do..I tried a lipliner to see if that keeps it in..but didn't really help :|
ReplyDeleteAnd I think darker ppl can wear this colour quite okay..plus the colour itself..isn't as scary dark as it seems in the tube :D
ReplyDeleteit did look good on u rads! definitely not over the top...!
ReplyDeletelooks pretty on u..
ReplyDeleteit looks good on u rads....u carry it so well... and u have beautiful eyes..... :)
ReplyDeleteThankoooo Bhumika and Ramya :D
ReplyDeletei actually love plum colors and have varied plums shades with me....its looking very pretty on you :)
ReplyDeletein dint like this shade much but its actualy looking soo good on u!! and u looking sooper cute :*
ReplyDeleteRadhika, I think it looks fabulous on you. It's not looking dark or shimmery or anything of that sort.. It's really really suiting you..
ReplyDeleteDidnt go to office today. Have all the time in teh world.. :D :D Chuttiii... he he he Going to sit and read all your missing posts today. :D :D
Why why why no office???? And thankooooo...me wore it out too...it was quite normal..but still..me would like it more if it had no shimmer :D
ReplyDeleteThis color suits you very well Rads :)
ReplyDeleteu looking so cute here :)
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