Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte #7 Lingerie Pink Lipstick Review and Dupes!

    Let's hope this goes better than the last review/dupe/swatch post. 

    Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Lipstick comes in twenty-one shades. I have two very similar shades. #1 Nude Beige and #7 Lingerie Pink. I'm going to focus on Lingerie Pink, but I'll swatch Nude Beige as well. The possible dupes I am swatching are NYX #595 Strawberry Milk and Revlon Lip Butter in #055 Cupcake.

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Lipstick

This is the most luxurious packaging I've ever gotten my hands on. I'm unfancy so that might not impress you, but trust the hype this time. It's a beautiful, golden, metal tube with the YSL logo wrapped around a plastic underlay. Each lipstick's underlay matches the shade found inside.

YSL #1 (left) YSL #7 (right)

 
• The texture is like nothing else. It glides on smoothly covering my lips in pure pigment. It feels like butter going on, but isn't greasy at all. It doesn't drag or clump on dry spots at all.
• For me it wears nicely. Lasting a few hours and fading gradually. I've read a lot of reviews saying it's moisturizing and while it feels that way in the beginning, my lips tend to get a little dry when I wear it.
• The two I have tried leave a completely opaque, glossy finish. No gloss needed. The color is so saturated it makes #7 a difficult color to wear for some. I prefer a light pink or nude lip so I love it. I have no idea if I look silly. 
• To me these lipsticks smell like watermelon.
• I also think they taste a bit like watermelon, but if it were a watermelon perfume/scent and not a flavor. Does that make sense?
• 0.14 oz. $34
• Available in 21 shades.
• Made in France Oo-la-la!

   

Now for the possible dupes!

Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter

Revlon #055 Cupcake

 Pink So Foxy  on YouTube said that the Revlon Lip Butter in #055 Cupcake is a dupe for the popular YSL #7 Lingerie Pink so of course I bought it. I actually find it a bit harder to pull of than the YSL and wouldn't recommend it in place of the YSL. In the pictures though it looks like it's almost a match so it's up to you.

• I'm sure you're familiar with the lip butter texture by now. They were one of the most hyped about products on Youtube for quite a while. I really like them. The lip butters are soft, smooth and moisturizing. They aren't sticky at all, but they don't glide on as smoothly as the YSL. 
• The Revlon wear and fade nicely. They aren't particularly long lasting. The wear time and texture are much like a nice lip balm.
• Lip butters are semi-sheer in one layer and buildable to medium opacity, shiny finish. Also no gloss needed for these. This one has a tiny unnoticeable sparkles.
• Cupcake smells faintly sweet.
• I don't taste anything.
• 0.09 oz. $6.48 and up
• Available in 20 shades.
• Made in USA

NYX Extra Creamy Round Lipstick 

NYX #595 Strawberry Milk

In my opinion this is a better dupe than the Revlon Lip Butter. I find it a much closer shade to the YSL #7. If it's the color you're after and you're willing to give up the luxury for the price I would say this is a close enough dupe.

• NYX Round Lipsticks have a creamy, moisturizing, thin texture.
• Not very long wearing.
• Sheer to medium coverage. Strawberry Milk has tiny little sparkles that are unnoticeable .
• To me this lipstick smells slightly like sunscreen, but I have to practically stick it up my nose to smell it.
• There isn't much of a taste. Maybe a very slight sunscreen taste.
• 0.14 oz. $3.99
• Available in 124 shades.
• Made in Taiwan

TL: YSL #1, TR: YSL #7, BL: Revlon, BR: NYX

As you can see the light is a little different in the last picture. I tried to get them all taken in the same lighting, but failed. Sorry.

YSL #1 in natural light and direct sunlight

YSL #7 in natural light and direct sunlight

NYX in natural light and brighter natural light :/

Revlon in natural light and direct sunlight

 

Meet Tuff and A Shameless, But Amazing "Affiliate" Link

    I'm not feeling well this evening so I'm sitting in bed watching LisaLisaD1 on YouTube with my little Tufferly. Surprise! Surprise! I thought it would be a good use of my time to update the ole blog. My one reader will be so excited :)
I have so many things I want to blog about and have such a hard time finding the time to put the words together and take pictures. Anyone else? I thought now would be a good time to just do a 'Get To Know Me' type post. I got distracted by that wicked siren, Sephora and have completely forgotten what I was going to write about. Fail! At least I used ebates and am getting 8% cash back. If you don't use it, you should! It's the best thing for online shoppers. I even order things through ebates and then go pick them up at the store just to get the cash back. With a home renovation it's coming in handy at Home Depot.

Sleepy puppy pillow

So in keeping with the 'Get To Know Me' idea here is a part of me. My little Tuff puppy. He was 9 months old on the 3rd. He's such a good boy. If you're into yorkies he has his own instagram, "tuff_enough".  Don't make fun. Haha

His shaggy chic look.

How We Met

This is the short version of how my husband and I met. 

The groom's story...

Long story short, I went to a party at the river. When I got there my friends asked if I had seen the hippie yet so I looked around. I thought they were talking about H. That was when I first laid eyes on my beautiful future wife ;) The night went on and I had tried talking to her once or twice, but she blew me off. Her friend Ginger (a boy) told me not to bother trying and that it was a waste of time. Later on I was standing by the fire and I felt something tickle my ear. I turned around and saw our friend Jake with a smirk on his face so I thought it was him. That happened a couple times until I decided it had to be H. I followed her around and annoyed her for the rest of the night and got a ride home with her and her friends.

The bride's story...

Oh boy...Well, I don't think I looked like a hippie. I had curly hair and a shirt with flowers on it. I was not the fire dancing girl with dreadlocks. 
My sister, J introduced me to all of her friends at the river. One of them she called Spud. Everyone else called him Idaho (Where he's from). We were there quite a while and I got bored. I picked a piece of dead grass and looked at the people next to me. Without thinking it through I used the grass to tickle an ear a few times. I immediately regretted that decision. I claimed it was Jake and walked away, but it was too late. This Spudmuffin guy followed me around for what felt like hours. He wouldn't give up. When it was time to leave he asked for a ride home and I told him there was no room for him. Ginger was driving and being the nice guy he is told the truth and said we could give him a ride. Idaho talked the ENTIRE way to the boat (Where he lived. Fancy!). When he got out he made a phone with his hand, put it to his head and said, "Call me." I replied with, "Yeah right!" and thought, 'Oh crap...'

The rest of our story...

Idaho made some bad impressions the next several times we met, but no matter how mean I was to him he wouldn't give up. I found him so amusing and funny I couldn't be mean for long. I stopped resisting and soon we became friends, but I still wouldn't date him. I planned on moving to Oregon and he was supposed to go back to Idaho after crab season. I thought we would move away and lose touch. Idaho joked about us getting married from the beginning. Neither of us thought he would be right. His late boss/friend and my dad seemed to push us together. Once my dad even called his boss, told him Idaho was done working for the day, picked him up from work and made him go to dinner with us. We became fast best friends and started dating on Idaho's 20th birthday. I was 24.

This always makes me think of my husband.

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Glossy Stain vs. L'Oreal Color Caresse Wet Shine Stain

    L'Oreal bought Yves Saint Laurent back in '08 so while I was doubtful I had hopes that these products would be similar if not the same formula. Not only would the same formula be awesome, but the same or similar colors would be amazing. A highly raved about $32 product for $9.99! Impossible...right? 

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Glossy Stain:

• The packaging is substantial. It feels like quality and it's just pretty.
• Texture is very smooth and moisturizing for a stain. At first it's cold and thin. Then as it sets it feels slightly sticky.
• Surprisingly long wearing. It left a long lasting silky coat on my lips for a good 5-6 hours. 
• Very pigmented. I've only got one shade and it's very light, but it's visible with one coat and even better with two.
• It smells quite strong. I can definitely smell the alcohol and a strong perfume. Alcohol > Perfume
• It tastes like it smells. 
• .20 oz. for $32.00
• Available in 24 shades.
• Made in France

YSL Beige Aquarelle 1 Coat

YSL Beige Aquarelle 2 Coats

Ingredients: 
Free of parabens, sulfates and phthalates!
Octyldodecanol, Aqua/Water, Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone, Ethylcellulose, Sorbitan Stearate, Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Sucrose Cocoate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Silica, Benzyl Alcohol, Limonene, Calcium, Sodium Borosilicate, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Alumina, Benzyl Benzoate, Anise Alcohol, Acrylates Copolymer, Tin Oxide, Fragrance. 
May Contain: Ci 77891/ Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Ci 15850/ Red 7, Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 / Iron Oxides, Ci 17200 / Red 33, Ci 15985 / Yellow 6, Caramel, Ci 42090/ Blue 1, Ci 19140/ Yellow 5, Ci 75470/ Carmine.

L'Oreal Colour Caresse Wet Shine Stain:

• The packaging is light. It feels cheap, but it's still pretty.
• The texture is also smooth and cold when first applied. It sets similar to the YSL, but feels a little lighter.
• This doesn't wear as long as the YSL, let alone the 6 hours L'Oreal claims. On me it wore about 1/3 of the time as the YSL.
• The lightest color (Pink Perseverance) is very sheer, but slightly visible in two coats. The darker shade I have (Rose On And On) is visible in one coat.
• It smells strongly of alcohol and perfume. Perfume > Alcohol
• The taste is overwhelmingly perfumey at first.
• .21 Fl oz. $5.99 and up. I paid $9.99
• Available in 12 shades.
• Made in USA

There's nothing like taking 20 pictures of sloppily applied lip stain in the blinding sun to show how uneven a girl's lips are. And to show that pictures in blinding sun wash out all color.

Pink Perseverance 1 Coat

Pink Perseverance 2 Coats

Rose On And On 1 Coat

Rose On And On 2 Coats

Ingredients:
Octyldodecanol, Aqua/Water, Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone, Ethylcellulose, Sorbitan Stearate, Alcohol Denat, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Sucrose Cocoate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Hydroxycitronellal, Linalool, Citronellol, Benzyl Alcohol, Parfum/Fragrance
May Contain: Mica, Ci 77891, Titanium Dioxide, Ci 77491, Ci 77499, Iron Oxides, Ci 17200/Red 33, Ci 15985/Yellow 6, Ci 16035/Red 40, Ci 15850/Red 7, Ci 19140/Yellow 5, Ci 42090/Blue 1

    I have to say they are not the same. I purchased nearly identical shades in both and while the applicators and ingredients are close, the results I got were not close enough. For the price L'Oreal Colour Caresse Wet Shine Stain would be a great option if you're looking for color. The lightest shades, however are not worth it in my opinion. The L'Oreal is less pigmented and drying and just doesn't compare to the YSL Glossy Stain. While doing this experiment I found another product I actually prefer from a completely different brand, but that's for another day:)

P.S. Can anyone say the ridiculous names of these products in one breath?

How To get Blood Out Of Anything

   Almost a year ago I found myself needing to get a large amount of blood out of an entire outfit. I had to wear those bloody clothes for 12 hours, stuffed them in a plastic bag and left them for a week or so. I didn't want to throw them away. My mother-in-law is a nurse and when I told her about my clothes she told me her remedy. It's so simple! I don't know why I don't hear of it more often. The secret blood removing remedy is...

Hydrogen Peroxide

   Just poor it on the stains and throw them in the wash. It works for any color clothing. It worked on my jeans, shirts, sweatshirt, everything. It's all gone. Coincidentally I'm wearing one of the shirts from that night as I type this. I keep a bottle with the detergent and bleach above my washer. I don't get covered in blood often, but it's really handy for the smaller, more common stains.

Trying to get fancy with Birchbox

Birchbox is a monthly subscription service for beauty samples. If you haven't heard about it you can check it out here. I'm going to assume you have.
In April of 2011 I was an unfancy, new, trailer wife living in a 5th wheel. I discovered Birchbox on YouTube via MissGlamorazzi. It was lust at first sight. At the time I hadn't heard of any other beauty subscription sites in the US. It was a relatively new service and I was excited! I hadn't tried many higher end beauty products that weren't hand me downs in my whole live long life. My husband wanted to treat me to a years subscription, but I was wary. I decided to try Birchbox one month at a time...
I received my first box in May. It. Was. Awful. I got a tiny bar of soap that smelled like dirty feet in wet rubber boots, a plain matte black eyeshadow pan- no compact, hand cream and a gross old lady perfume. I didn't give up. The amazing things the beauty guru's showed each month in their unboxing videos had to be coming my way. Where were my Laura Mercier and Stila lipglosses or Nars multiples and illuminators? The next month was a bust, and the one after that, and the one after that. Box after box of perfume samples, oils and primers. They never came.
I ended my subscription with Birchbox in February of this year. I continue to watch unboxing videos in hopes that they get better.
I made a list of the 49 items I received while subscribed. My least favorite items include coasters, laundry detergent, four malodorous skincare oils and a piece of cardboard meant to be held on your face while applying mascara because applying mascara is sooo difficult. My favorite items include a perfume sample of Harvey Prince in Flirt, a mini Laura Gellar Spackle in bronze, and an actual Beauty Blender. As you can tell they've been well used.

Catch of the day!

 First I'd like to list a few important contradictory details about myself and fishing:

• I never ever wanted to marry a fisherman. I am very proud of my dad (a commercial fisherman), but I didn't want the stress of a fisherman's wife...and fisherman are always dirty and stinky, often on parole and talk so dirty. I married a fisherman two years ago. He has at one point or another been all of the cons above, but he is the best husband and friend I could have asked for.
• The ocean is my biggest fear. I am terrified. I don't like to hang over the ocean, don't want to touch it and I sure as hey don't swim in it. It's also one of my favorite things. I am most comfortable on the coast. I love boat rides when the boat is big enough and I love to learn about it. Aquariums, documentaries, ect.
• I hate fishing. I always found it boring until I went bass fishing. Bass bite constantly. Which leads to the fourth contradiction.
• I hate when fish bite. It feels disgusting. The wriggling makes me nauseous. If they aren't biting though I am bored.

  This morning my husband took me out on his 15 ft. sport boat, the Short Bus. Not a boat large enough to feel safe. Aye yi yi. It was extremely calm, but I managed to panic. I was constantly asking him if we were taking on water, too close to rocks, If I could be pulled in by a creature, how far he thought I could swim if we sunk, etc. I even texted my dad a message telling him where I was and to stand on shore with binoculars to watch me and have the Coast Guard on stand by. He pretended he did.
 We were out for an hour or so trying to catch some dinner when it happened. A GIGANTIC lingcod bit! In fact it was so large it had to be released shortly after capture. You know, because it couldn't fit in the boat ;)

Yes I'm crying and laughing at the same time. Don't judge me. I was excited. I had the same reaction when I discovered some places (states away from me) still sell the once discontinued Hostess raspberry filled powder donuts.  So while I like to physically handle my own fish I can't quite handle it emotionally.