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Help me cut down on my lippie order :D

Post by Kirti » Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:58 am

Hey guys :)

I'm trying to prevent going broke here so I would really appreciate the help narrowing down my order!

Currently my cart contains:

1. Breathless (will this be too light on me?)
2. Fig Leaf (too cool?)
3. Hot blooded
4. Vintage (too cool?)
5. Infatuation
6. Black dahlia

Help me cut down the lippies a bit? I'm including a no makeup pic in the hope that you guys can notice my skintone (olive) and lip colour (I have a darker mauve-ish top lip)!

Thank you!
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Re: Help me cut down on my lippie order :D

Post by Die Marchen » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:06 pm

I do not think fig leaf will be too cool as it is quite sheer. I'm warm and I have pigmented lips. It looks bright altogether.
Actually I wanted to try smth cooler but it was not.

Btw - I'm light - 1dark to 6-7 white.

And you are very beautiful))) I think that clear lippie will compliment you)))
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Re: Help me cut down on my lippie order :D

Post by feyith » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:43 pm

I don't think you'll need all three of Breathless, Fig Leaf and Black Dahlia. Breathless is kind of a "can't tell you're wearing makeup but something's different about you" plummy pink, Fig Leaf is a straight up plum color and Black Dahlia is a very sexy, complex plum with I don't know how to describe it, like red and gold highlights? It's super neat. You need to keep Black Dahlia. I'm not biased or anything. :lol:

Infatuation is a nice purple pink. Breathless is maybe in between Fig Leaf and Infatuation? I would say get Infatuation and Black Dahlia.

I don't think you need two reds, so I would get Vintage over Hot Blooded just so that you can give the liquid formula a try. Hope that helps. ;)
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Re: Help me cut down on my lippie order :D

Post by aud » Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:04 pm

I had Fig Leaf and Infatuation together in an order once. They both looked kind of similar on my lips, except that Infatuation was shimmery. Passed one of them to my mum in the end. I don't consider my lips to be pigmented nor are they pale. So you might want to cut out one of the 2 to avoid similar colours?
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Post by egerandi » Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:43 pm

I vote for Fig Leaf, Black Dahlia and Vintage. I think Infatuation may be a bit too cool for you, but then again, I'm sure this won't be the last lippie order, you'll see ;)
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Post by superwahz » Sun Nov 07, 2010 6:56 pm

Agree with everyone else, Fig Leaf should be good for you, Black Dahlia will be awesomeness! Feyith's fault I love it, she's such an enabler! :lol: And Vintage, so you can try a gloss... Not sure if it will be too cool for you or not. Infatuation and Breathless could probably be cut...at least 'til next time. ;)
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Re: Help me cut down on my lippie order :D

Post by Kirti » Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:16 pm

Thank you all for your lovely responses - I can see that I'm going to be ordering lippies from here more than once :D

Okay so I think I'll definitely keep fig leaf and cut out infatuation if that's quite similar! I'm keeping black dahlia, Feyith's made it sound freaking amazing ;)

So the final list is:
1. Fig leaf
2. Black Dahlia
3. Vintage

I'm still in two minds over hot blooded though!
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Post by Die Marchen » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:20 pm

We're excited to see your pics when you get them))

As for Fig leaf it is a good everyday color)

Hot Blooded - it is my first red from SN and second in my life. It is 100 times better then the one I had before. I bought it because the description said it is good for almost everybody. Imho it is worth a try. It is soft and muted. Maybe after trying it you'll understand better where to go further) it is only imho)))
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Post by Kirti » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:22 pm

Die Marchen wrote:We're excited to see your pics when you get them))

As for Fig leaf it is a good everyday color)

Hot Blooded - it is my first red from SN and second in my life. It is 100 times better then the one I had before. I bought it because the description said it is good for almost everybody. Imho it is worth a try. It is soft and muted. Maybe after trying it you'll understand better where to go further) it is only imho)))
Okay that'll go into my next order!!! :))
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Post by Kirti » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:24 pm

I finally ordered:

1. Berry nice (got a sample of this and I was floored)
2. Fig leaf
3. Vintage
4. Autumn Ember - it just seemed like a warmer plum than Black Dahlia so I picked it!

I think hot blooded, breathless and black dahlia will make my next order :D :P ;)
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