My other half usually gives me a Sephora voucher for my birthday but this year he went it alone and I woke up to a little Sephora haul. Two of the products were these Dior Addict lipsticks, admittedly products I would be unlikely to buy for myself but surprisingly, ones that I've worn most days since and have really been enjoying. They aren't new, I believe they've been out for a couple of years but I don't see anyone talking about them and they should be talked about.
If you read this blog regularly or watch my IG stories you know I'm a bit of a lipstick fanatic. Nudes are my poison, but deeper berry tones and reds are also favourites. However, now that summer is starting here in France it's just too damn hot for bright shades - I really don't like wearing typical lipsticks in 30 degree heat, I feel as though they are melting on my lips and am always worried about bleeding and smudging. I normally go for a sparkly gloss or a manageable nude, but most of my beloved darker pinks and berry tones are out.
Enter these beauties.
I had a sensation of nostalgia when I opened them, Dior lipglosses were what I saved up my summer job money for as a teen. The packaging is pure Dior, glossy almost holographic silver with a magnetised closure.
I have 260 Bright - a slightly peachy pink with a blueish sparkle - and 535 Tailleur Bar, what I would call a true nude - it's basically your lips but better in a tube with added gold sparkle.
When I swatched them on my arm I was admittedly underwhelmed. They have the consistency of a lipbalm, and what seems like very little colour pay-off. I wrote them off in my head as what I call 'pretty faf', products that are pretty and nice on a dresser but not that amazing to wear.
What I didn't realise that was thanks to a heatwave that descended on us the next week, I ended up actually living in these two. While you can't be blamed for thinking they are unremarkable, especially in two nude pink colours, they are actually pretty gorgeous on the lips. 260 pinks up the lips and gives you that gorgeous near-duochrome blue/silver finish and 535 is like putting a beautifying filter on your lips - ever so slightly darker but with a gorgeous glossy finish and added gold sparkle. My favourite has to be 535, I swear I've worn it almost every day.
It's a product you don't need to think about - it goes with any make-up look and is perfect for every day as you can apply them as you would a balm - without any mirror or fuss. So, perfect if you're busy/have kids/can't be bothered whipping out a mirror to deal with your lipstick every few hours. The wear time isn't incredible, a couple of hours, but I honestly don't care about that. I've never understood the near-hysteria over lip products that claim to last all day - if it looks good and doesn't flake/crumble/transfer but only lasts an hour or so I'll take it...!
260 is slightly too light for my lips which are decently pigmented anyway so I usually wear it with a nude or pink liner to give it some extra depth, it is beautiful but I still prefer 535. Both feel reasonaby hydrating when on (I have atrociously dry lips and I find them both very comfortable). You really do get a glossy high shine with these and I find that with a natural make-up look and lots of highlighted skin they look utterly gorgeous. They are also quite universally flattering as you don't get that defined look to your lips that you get with high-pigment lipsticks, this means that for those of us like me who have smaller lips it actually gives the effect of plumping.
So if you're in search of an easy, fuss-free, glossy lip product that you can apply without even looking in the mirror I highly recommend checking them out. They retail for around €35, so they certainly aren't cheap. I believe L'Oreal do lip products which are similar (Rouge Caresse, I think - Fionas50life swears they're dupes!) but these are for you if you want to treat yourself to something luxe and pretty for summer.
What are you loving on your lips this summer?
A x
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If you read this blog regularly or watch my IG stories you know I'm a bit of a lipstick fanatic. Nudes are my poison, but deeper berry tones and reds are also favourites. However, now that summer is starting here in France it's just too damn hot for bright shades - I really don't like wearing typical lipsticks in 30 degree heat, I feel as though they are melting on my lips and am always worried about bleeding and smudging. I normally go for a sparkly gloss or a manageable nude, but most of my beloved darker pinks and berry tones are out.
Enter these beauties.
I had a sensation of nostalgia when I opened them, Dior lipglosses were what I saved up my summer job money for as a teen. The packaging is pure Dior, glossy almost holographic silver with a magnetised closure.
I have 260 Bright - a slightly peachy pink with a blueish sparkle - and 535 Tailleur Bar, what I would call a true nude - it's basically your lips but better in a tube with added gold sparkle.
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| Dior Addict Hydra Core Mirror Shine 535 (L) 260 (R) |
When I swatched them on my arm I was admittedly underwhelmed. They have the consistency of a lipbalm, and what seems like very little colour pay-off. I wrote them off in my head as what I call 'pretty faf', products that are pretty and nice on a dresser but not that amazing to wear.
What I didn't realise that was thanks to a heatwave that descended on us the next week, I ended up actually living in these two. While you can't be blamed for thinking they are unremarkable, especially in two nude pink colours, they are actually pretty gorgeous on the lips. 260 pinks up the lips and gives you that gorgeous near-duochrome blue/silver finish and 535 is like putting a beautifying filter on your lips - ever so slightly darker but with a gorgeous glossy finish and added gold sparkle. My favourite has to be 535, I swear I've worn it almost every day.
 |
| 535 Tailleur Bar |
It's a product you don't need to think about - it goes with any make-up look and is perfect for every day as you can apply them as you would a balm - without any mirror or fuss. So, perfect if you're busy/have kids/can't be bothered whipping out a mirror to deal with your lipstick every few hours. The wear time isn't incredible, a couple of hours, but I honestly don't care about that. I've never understood the near-hysteria over lip products that claim to last all day - if it looks good and doesn't flake/crumble/transfer but only lasts an hour or so I'll take it...!
 |
| 260 Bright |
260 is slightly too light for my lips which are decently pigmented anyway so I usually wear it with a nude or pink liner to give it some extra depth, it is beautiful but I still prefer 535. Both feel reasonaby hydrating when on (I have atrociously dry lips and I find them both very comfortable). You really do get a glossy high shine with these and I find that with a natural make-up look and lots of highlighted skin they look utterly gorgeous. They are also quite universally flattering as you don't get that defined look to your lips that you get with high-pigment lipsticks, this means that for those of us like me who have smaller lips it actually gives the effect of plumping.
So if you're in search of an easy, fuss-free, glossy lip product that you can apply without even looking in the mirror I highly recommend checking them out. They retail for around €35, so they certainly aren't cheap. I believe L'Oreal do lip products which are similar (Rouge Caresse, I think - Fionas50life swears they're dupes!) but these are for you if you want to treat yourself to something luxe and pretty for summer.
What are you loving on your lips this summer?
A x
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Doyouevencleanse Facebook Group
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