I’m gaga over yet another gloss, but this time it ain’t no pansy watermelon.
That’s the tube there in the photo. The decidedly purple hue is the actual colour of the stuff itself, a By Terry Laque de Rose glossy balm in a shade called Devil Rose.
And that’s Devil Rose there on my lips, that entirely wearable, sheer berry colour. Love.
A lightweight, shiny version of Terry de Gunzburg’s famed, luxurious Baume de Rose, Laque de Rose ($57 CAN) goes on completely without stickiness. Moisturizing and comfy on lips, it comes in the prettiest rose-scented shades — this brave, bold purple is the only hue that dares you to test the adage “don’t judge a book by its cover.”
de Gunzburg, by the way, is the makeup artist responsible for YSL’s best-selling Touche Éclat brightening pen. She’s beauty-industry cool. “Purple has become the new black and light purple has become the new brown,” she said when my writer friend Liza Herz and I met her at Holt’s a few months back. In fact, purple is her signature, the colour of her packaging, and always somewhere in her colour-cosmetic collections (this season’s eye shadow shades are Milky Marshmallow, a soft lavender, and Black Grape, a deep, slightly blackened purple; $44 CAN each).
I confess, though, I did judge this colour by its “cover.” I thought it was fabulous in the tube so it had to look fabulous on the lips, and I was right. So there. *grin*
In Canada, By Terry cosmetics and skincare is available at select Holt Renfrew and Sephora stores.
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I honestly believe you have fabulous lips! I don’t , no matter how good the product I’m using, it always ends up dry :( Chapped…:( I need to drink water..lol
Nikki, you are so funny! Chapped lips and all :-)
Hmm… I seem to remember a certain someone (read: you) used to quite adamantly dislike purple lipcolours not so very long ago (okay, so maybe it was a few years ago when you said it to me, but whatev). Although, it’s barely purple on your lips, just glossy pink-y prettiness. Looks great!
Hey, hey — if this purple looked the same on the lips as it does in the tube, it would be way unpretty. Too-blue purple = dead lips! Whatever the lipcolour shade, it has to have enough life to pick up the natural tones in the wearer’s complexion (unless the wearer is some supermodel in a beauty-forward editorial — those always look cool). Otherwise, I’m adamantly against it. *grin*
The purple hue in the tube would scare me away, but it’s actually a really pretty shade. Fresh!
I know, right? Fell in love with the shade right away. It’s expensive, so I thought about it for a couple of months before I actually splurged on it. And it feels much more like a light balm on lips than sticky gloss — great for this time of year. Love it, love it.
Now I feel like curling up and having a cosy nap. I blame your name.