[Review] Bourjois Rouge Edition Souffle de Velvet Liquid Lipstick

Price: NA

(Received as a review item from Bourjois Malaysia)

Verdict: 8/10
Repurchase: No

Product and Packaging

The Bourjois' Rouge Edition Souffle de Velvet Liquid Lipstick is sure a mouthful. It's really such ridiculously long name that tries to tell you what to expect for the lipstick, but doesn't really succeed all that much. Rouge means red powder or cream used in cosmetics, and souffle can either mean a low murmuring sound heard through a stethoscope or a light, spongy baked dish made from adding flavored egg yolks to beaten (fluffy) egg whites. Judging from the name, I'll be getting a red lipstick that applies like cake, which is exciting, to say the very least! 

I quite like the packaging of the lipstick. It's weird, but I'm not a fan of cylindrical lipsticks all that much, possibly because it's everywhere and that tends to be boring. The vivid color of the casing is actually quite misleading, seeing as the product itself isn't actually so vivid a color. The one here is in Shade 07 Plum Plum Pidou.  It promises to last for 10 hours, providing hydrating while adding a light veil of color to the lips with the soft, velvety texture providing balm comfort. 

Ingredients and Directions

I couldn't find the ingredients for this on their own website, which is a travesty but I managed to get a list of the ingredients on superdrug.com here: 

Dimethicone,Aqua (Water),Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer,Jojoba Esters,Butyl Acrylate/Hydroxypropyl Dimethicone Acrylate Copolymer,Butylene Glycol,Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax,Saccharide Isomerate,Phenoxyethanol,Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax,Polyglycerin-3,Parfum (Fragrance),Citric Acid,Sodium Citrate,Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone,Linalool,Citronellol,Geraniol,[+/- (May Contain):Mica,Ci 12085 (Red 36),Ci 15850 (Red 6),Ci 15850 (Red 7 Lake),Ci 15985 (Yellow 6 Lake),Ci 17200 (Red 33 Lake),Ci 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake),Ci 42090 (Blue 1 Lake),Ci 45410 (Red 28 Lake),Ci 45380 (Red 22 Lake),Ci 73360 (Red 30 Lake),Ci 75470 (Carmine),Ci 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride),Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides),Ci 77742 (Manganese Violet),Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)].

I ran this through cosdna and one of the things that really grabbed my attention was the amount of fragrances that showed 5-7 on safety. There are four fragrances present, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Linalool, Citronellol and Geraniol, with the first three reading as 5 on safety while the last read as 7. Geraniol is an alcohol and is the primary part of rose oil, palmarosa oil, and citronella oil. It's present in a number of essential oils though and has a rose-like scent, which probably explains why this smells nice. :) 

This can either be applied useing your fingertips for a softer look or the applicator to build up coverage.

First Impressions

The shade for #Plum Plum Pidou is pinkish rather than plum or red. It applies shimmery but as you spread it, it dries to a matte finish. I was worried it would be too vivid, but it was actually a very natural coverage. 

It applies very smoothly (almost gliding) on my lips and dries matte, but wasn't overly so. There's still a slight shimmer to it. It wasn't drying by any means. Upon application, it was slightly oily, but not unpleasantly so, like a mousse. It's balmy texture gives my lips hydration with a hint of color and smells pleasantly sweet but not too overwhelmingly so. 

Overall, I'm very happy with this! The color is a tad too light though, but I've been using this together with the Rire by applying the Rire lipsticks first, which dries really matte, then using this as a second layer. 

The reason why I wouldn't be getting any other colors is because I believe this is a good shade for me. In addition, I did some research online and it seems the color difference between the different shades of Bourjois Rouge Edition isn't that extreme. That is to say, if you have one, you have them all since the colors are all so similar. 

Pros:

• Applies easily (can be used on the go) 
• Possible to layer over other colors 
• Smells delightful
• Gives a natural color to lips

Cons:

• Stains. No matter what I do, the lipstick doesn't stick to my lips very well and tend to stain everything, so the staying power isn't all that impressive either. 
• I tried to layer this, but the color tends to sit over one another and just doesn't look very nice, so while it's possible to apply a layer of this over other lipsticks, it's not possible to layer this by itself. 

Price: NA

(Received as a review item from Bourjois Malaysia)

Verdict: 8/10
Repurchase: No