L'OREAL Color Riche in Glamor Fuchsia.

Fuchsia.

Why oh why, of all colors did my favorite one have to be so difficult to spell? That's the biggest reason why I named my blog Corine Magenta-- because fuchsia is too difficult to spell. Oh well. Difficult to spell, easy to love. Life is fair.

After a long day, I got a nice picker-upper from my favorite online beauty hub, BeautyMNL. It's definitely not my first transaction with BeautyMNL, but for some reason, every transaction gives me the butterflies-- the same butterflies as the first ever one!

I was actually lucky enough to snag myself a tube of L'Oreal Color Riche while it was on sale. I'm not sure if it was destiny or just sheer luck, because out of so many shades, only three were still in stock-- and yes, that includes my Glamor Fuchsia. Honestly, I didn't care about all the other shades, I just wanted my one. It was love at first swatch when I saw it at the department store last week, I just waited it out then. It was only when it went 50% off on BeautyMNL that I decided that I'd be downright nuts if I let it slide.

My first impression of Glamor Fuchsia is that it looks a lot like Flat Out Fabulous by MAC. I had a tube of it once, until it pretty much disappeared on me.:( Losing my Flat Out Fabulous was really painful, mostly because it was pretty much my perfect lip color, and well, let's not deny it-- that lipstick was pretty darn expensive. Then again, it's okay, because as I can see now, God had better plans for me-- not only is Glamor Fuchsia my perfect lip color, but it's my perfect formula as well!



I'm really pissed by that little color tile on the tube-- it's not true to color at all. People would miss out on a great lip color if they'd actually believe the color shown on the tube.

I don't mean to compare (oh yes, I do!), but Glamor Fuchsia pretty much submits itself to comparison to Flat Out Fabulous. It has that legit fuchsia thing going on. I don't know how to describe it in *TeChNiCaL* terms, but let's just say that they're about the same color as those pretty violet-red bougainvilleas along Madrigal Avenue in Alabang. The fact that the formula's almost like a creamy matte and is actually hydrating as opposed to that of MAC, which more matte and drying, wins my heart over and over again.

I really need to work on my swatching photos. I can definitely say that the lipstick does not drag!

I think fuchsia lipstick could look good on anyone, but just for reference, I'm Southeast Asian -- and that means that even if I do have yellow undertones, I'm still a little bit tan compared to your typical oriental Asians. By Filipino standards, I have medium tone. My skin tone has been described as "olive" at one point or another. Personally, I don't know anymore.



I could just shower love onto this lipstick over and over and over!

When I was younger, I was really terrified of wearing bright and bold lipstick colors. Most of the shades I used to wear were baby pinks. I didn't know that I was missing out by not wearing something as bold as a fuchsia, but thank goodness for those bougainvilleas, because I've embraced fuchsia lip color with open arms, and more importantly, an open heart. While yes, I do get occasional stares here and there when wearing bold lipstick, but then I've come to realize that wearing make-up (bold lipstick!) requires a special kind of.. Well.. Boldness.

So do whatever makes you happy. The aim of make-up is to help you feel even better about yourself anyway.:)

Lots of love,
Corine Fuchsia.