{"id":15181,"date":"2015-04-20T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T00:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=15181"},"modified":"2015-04-19T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T04:28:05","slug":"the-dramatic-melting-rouge-that-completes-your-glowing-maquillage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2015\/04\/the-dramatic-melting-rouge-that-completes-your-glowing-maquillage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dramatic Melting Rouge that completes your glowing Maquillage"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was asked once before, what got me hooked on wearing lipstick<\/a> and my answer was “Japanese lipstick”. I measure every lipstick I wear against the yardstick of a Japanese brand lipstick because their textures embody everything I ever want in a lipstick – lightweight, creamy, moisturising, glowy and flattering. This was before the Western brands started coming out with the Dior Addicts and Rouge Cocos we are familiar with now. Trust me, the Japanese brands got there first, and every now and again, I feel the need to revisit my first loves.<\/p>\n

While it may seem like I have a strong focus on Western brands,\u00a0the only reason I’m even wearing makeup today is because of Japanese makeup. I’m a huge fan, but it’s hard to keep up when information is very low-key and hard to come by, and quite often new releases look the same as old releases.<\/p>\n

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But if there’s one thing I have to say about Japanese brands as well, is that they are given to the dramatic when naming products. The newest Japanese brand lipstick I had the pleasure of trying recently has the rather fanciful name of Dramatic Melting Rouge <\/strong>and is by Shiseido Maquillage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ok, I confess to not being a big fan of Maquillage. I played about with a few products when the brand first came about, but I was never very impressed, preferring to stick to the Shiseido mother-brand; so I’ve pretty much forgotten about it over the years. These new lipsticks however, do have me wanting to take a second look at them because yes, they are pretty amazing products.<\/p>\n

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To match the fancy name, these lipsticks come in a rather pretty golden cap that is eye catching. Personally, I’m not a fan of the packaging because I find it too gaudy. But Maquillage is targeted at a slightly younger makeup-wearing crowd, who I know, will be drawn to this packaging.\u00a0As they say however, it’s what inside that counts.<\/p>\n

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Inside, we are told that this lipstick is infused with a beauty oil that protects lips, cares for dry lips and infuses your lips with beautiful colour, shine and brilliance. I can safely tell you that the Dramatic Melting Rouge\u00a0ticks the boxes on all counts.<\/p>\n

The lipstick slides on your lips like melted butter and makes your lips look almost instantly smooth. I don’t need all that crap about layering lip balm and using a lip primer under lipstick. If a lipstick doesn’t look impressive on its own, I scrap it. I don’t believe in using another product to make a product work (which is why you don’t hear me talk about using primers and lip balms under lipstick. It doesn’t work as it should? It’s tossed).<\/p>\n

But with this one, I just slick this one and bam! Smooth, tinted lips with a glossy shine. The proof as they say, are in the swatches and here they are.<\/p>\n

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I swatched these on my lips just once. I don’t have very lined lips, but if you take a look at some other lipstick reviews, where I show close up of my lips, you can sometimes see how the lines may be visible. Here, they just look beautifully smooth. Man, I’d forgotten that a lipstick can make my lips look this good! \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

I was sent 2 shades for consideration:<\/p>\n