K.I.S.S.I.N.G Stoned Rose by Charlotte Tilbury

Today I am excited to share with you my thoughts on the K.I.S.S.I.N.G Stoned Rose by Charlotte Tilbury lipstick.

Product description:

K.I.S.S.I.N.G is my signature range of 10 lipsticks curated with modern and classic icons in mind. It is a capsule colour wardrobe of backstage nudes to red carpet reds made to suit any skin tone. Perfect, full, kissable lips really do grow on trees…
• The Lip Stick Tree loves your lips, protecting them from UV damage and fighting oxidative stress so that lips are left soft, pert, soothed and hydrated. A tropical plant originating from America, the plump yet prickly red fruits appear like pouting lips that blow kisses at you as you walk by. The colour from its seeds was originally used by Indigenous American people to paint and protect their lips.
• Also contains light-diffusing pigments that give lips a brilliant, luminous, multi-dimensional finish - they capture the light across the lips and reflect it back out for a full-bodied effect.
• A special blend of waxes means this lipstick is a dream to use and glides over the contours of your lips. The result is colour rich and buildable, the formula does not bleed outside the lip line.
(source: charlottetilbury.com)

I had been lusting after a Charlotte Tilbury lipstick for a while but at £23.00 per tube I saw it as a treat. Charlotte Tilbury is a celebrity makeup artist who has created her own makeup range which has a reputation for luxurious, high quality products and it was actually a makeup artist who introduced me to her products. 

 I'm very fussy with lipsticks as I like corals and nudes, I very rarely wear dark lip colours as they simply don't suit me. I had viewed the range online and had settled on the matte lipstick range and the shade Very Victoria but when I tried it on at the counter it felt very dry, so I tried on Stoned Rose and it felt and looked amazing. 

The lipstick glides on and is very easy to apply, the packaging feels and looks luxurious and once applied it appears to be long lasting. Charlotte recommends applying this with her lipstick brush and using the matching lip liner before applying the lipstick but I'm no fan of lip liners as I think they look unatural and I prefer to apply lipstick straight from the bullet. 

I would describe the colour as coral with a high shine finish and I find it a very flattering shade that matches my skin tone, it also claims to make the lips appear larger due to light reflecting technology but I haven't noticed a difference. 

It feels moisturising and it lasts a long time, but is it worth the price tag? Overall I find this is a very nice lipstick and it's certainly luxurious but I'm not convinced by some of the bold claims it makes. Would I buy from Charlotte Tilbury again? Yes I think I would although it would have to be a treat!

Jen

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