My 6 Favourite L'oreal Paris Colour Riche Shades
L'Oréal Paris' Iconic Colour Riche Lipsticks have turned 30 years old. In honour of this milestone, I was given a spectacular box, filled with 30 Colour Riche shades. Aren't they gorgeous?
The thing is, I am already a huge Colour Riche fan, and I had all these already in my collection (actually, I found two more after the photo).
Rather than swatch all day and night, I thought I would share with you my 6 favourite shades from the line (because I couldn't narrow it down to 5).
True Red
Not much that the name isn't stating, this baby is a true, true red. It doesn't run itself too blue; it just works. It is also super deep and velvety. I also love its matching nail polish.
Blake's Red
There is so much to love about this deep matte red. It is a part of the Colour Riche Collection Exclusive Pure Reds Collection and was created to be the perfect matte red lipstick for Blake Lively. Blake and I have a similar skin tone, which made me immediately think it would look good on me, and I was right. That being said, I feel it would look good on many skin tones (something I noticed about the Red and Nude collections). I also have a soft spot for the packaging saying Blake on it, since it was my father's name.
Intense Fuchsia
This one has some pink pop to it. I really love a bright pink. Intense Fuchsia is incredibly wearable and truly not too bright (it is a fuchsia, not a hot pink); there is also a hint of shimmer in it.
Fairest Nude
There is something to be said for finding your right nude; it's like music plays and the lights brighten a bit. This nude looks great on my fair skin tone, without looking dated and early '00s on me (am I making myself understood? I always feel like I don't belong in nudes that have no pink in them). This baby has the right amount of pink in it to really work well on me and is so wearable on a day I want to wear a nice nude shade.
Julianne's Nude
This lipstick is part of the Colour Riche collection Exclusive Nude line and was created to be Julianne Moore's perfect nude shade. While I really love all of the lipstick in this collection (J Lo, Eva, etc.) despite how different I am from thespokesperson'ss skin tone, Julianne and I have so much in the skin tone department in common it is uncanny. Plus I often have red coloured hair, so this one really just works for me. It has a bit more pink in it than Fairest Nude does, but works just as well anytime I put it on (as does the nail polish). Perfect is really the only word I have for it.
Tropical Coral
This isn't too coral, but a nice nude coral, which makes it really wearable. I can pull off a straight orange or a nice bright coral, but 90% of the time I want something I can just match with anything, and this lipstick is one of those.
So there you go, my favourite Colour Riche shades. Do you have a favourite?
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