Friday Kiss: Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Shine Lipstick in Mon Shu Red Pure
As promised here in my last post, today’s post is going to be
the very first post under the categories Friday Kiss which I’m going to do a
review of infamous or forgotten, hidden gem of thousand bullets of lipstick
from various brand, plus a bonus FOTD. Yay!
It’s a lipstick from a famous Japan brand Shu Uemura, from
the Rouge Unlimited Supreme Shine ($30/3.4gram) range. The thing I love from
Shu Uemura’s regular line product packaging is their sleek, simple, and
professional looking white packaging. It looks clean but professional in any
ways. This slim lipstick tube is made of reflective, almost mirror-like metal material
behind the clear and sturdy plastic outer body.
The shade I got was from Karl Lagerfeld x Shu Uemura
collaboration years ago, which once came in a limited edition bullet with cute
mon shu doll printed on it but this one I got was already in standard packaging
of Shu Uemura lipstick. It’s good that they make this shade permanent because…take
a look at it yourself. How pretty it is?
This shade is called Mon Shu Red Pure, (it has name, surprisingly, maybe because it was once from special collaboration? Shu Uemura lipsticks—and just like typical Japan brand lipsticks—have no specific name for shades instead of number and alphabet representing the shade inside) is a bright, juicy, coral red color with strong pink tone in it—almost like a watermelon red-pink! It’s so juicy it almost is a tomato red, if it’s redder.
This shade is called Mon Shu Red Pure, (it has name, surprisingly, maybe because it was once from special collaboration? Shu Uemura lipsticks—and just like typical Japan brand lipsticks—have no specific name for shades instead of number and alphabet representing the shade inside) is a bright, juicy, coral red color with strong pink tone in it—almost like a watermelon red-pink! It’s so juicy it almost is a tomato red, if it’s redder.
Ingredients
octyldodecanol
diisostearyl malate pentaerythrityl tetraisostearate bis-diglyceryl
polyacyladipate-2 polyethylene phenyl trimethicone hydrogenated coco-glycerides
calcium aluminum borosilicate cera microcristallina / microcrystalline wax
simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) butter synthetic fluorphlogopite ectoin
2-oleamido-1,3-octadecanediol c18-36 acid triglyceride acrylates copolymer
methicone silica calcium sodium borosilicate bht benzyl benzoate limonene
citronellol geraniol linalool parfum / fragrance [+/- may contain ci 77891 /
titanium dioxide mica ci 77499, ci 77492, ci 77491 / iron oxides ci 45380 / red
22 lake ci 45410 / red 28 lake ci 19140 / yellow 5 lake ci 15850 / red 7 ci
15985 / yellow 6 lake ci 42090 / blue 1 lake ci 75470 / carmine ]
It has glossy finish but still has that great vibrancy and
color payoff and NOT being sheer. I tend to stay away from glossy lipstick
because they usually lack of vibrancy, but this one is not. Reminds me of YSL
Rouge Volupte Sensual Radiant lipstick, but this one has fine glitter in it!
And the glitter is not being chunky or ‘exfoliating’ lips, instead of the
lipstick gliding smoothly on lips and feels very moisturizing, yet it has slip
feeling to it and is potential to migrate or, let’s just say, it feathers a
little bit. Wearing clear lip liner will help a lot, I promise. Good thing is,
this lipstick leaves a beautiful stain on your lips after small meal and drink,
even though it transfers to your utensils and mug.
Being so smooth in texture, it may be more fragile than any
of your usual lipstick in your collection. As you can see in the previous photo
above, its bullet has totally PERFECT condition without scratch or whatsoever-that-is-potential-to-warn-that-this-lipstick-is-going-to-MELT
DOWN AND BROKEN. Maybe a little oil drip at one side of the bullet, yes I spotted
that, did you, but I thought it was going to mean…nothing. I was wrong. The
pretty and perfect bullet was ruined into this messy, sticky, broken mold just
upon ONE GENTLE SWIPE ON MY LIPS.
And I was not okay with that.
what the......? |
During my 3 years of collecting lipstick, I only experienced
broken lipstick twice. One was with my MAC Shy Girl (reviewed here), which went
straight to the trash bin quickly as I realized it was melted down, and the
second was with this. What’s wrong? The tester at the counter was yeah, quite
sticky and not feeling too sturdy but at least it didn’t melt into this mess,
hey. Maybe I just received a faulty item? Or it’s just my bad luck to receive a
once-perfect-but-not-anymore-upon-one-swipe-haha product? I messaged Shu Uemura’sFacebook Page on Wednesday but still no reply until today. Let’s just hear from
them about this case.
I admit how much I love the texture, formula, finish, and
color payoff of this product but IF I have to deal with broken bullet and
melting issues, I might want to think twice to get it in another shade. How sad
I am now, because I totally adore this Rouge Unlimited Shine Supreme range and
am willing so much to buy more and more shades!!
isn't it a pretty color? |
Score
Last
Words?
Mon Shu Red Pure from the Rouge
Unlimited Shine Supreme range is a super juicy, luscious but cute color that
quickly adds brightness and youth vibe to your whole look. The glossy finish
gives good dimension to your lips while the opaqueness of the color enhances your
lips’ feature. Nice performance and shades offered of this range, but I will
think twice and reconsider to repurchase if the great formula leads to a quick
meltdown of this soft, smoothly gliding lipstick.
was going out with BF to the supermarket, groceries issues. Lime green + juicy coral red, wdyt? :D |
So, with the meltdown slash broken
bullet issues. Have you ever experienced this with any shades from the Rouge
Unlimited Shine Supreme range from Shu Uemura? Drop your comments and share
your thoughts below, I’d love to hear and discuss with you. What a miss, since
Mon Shu Red Pure is a SUPER GREAT JUICY COLOR. Agree not? ;)
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PS: I dyed my hair black. As maybe some of you never really paid
attention to my hair, I never had black hair before—my actual hair color was
dark brown it was often mistaken as dyed hair. What do you think of my jet
black hair now? Yay or nay? Does it suit me or should I dye it back to dark
brown/ash brown? ♥
11 kisses
Meh, it's bleeding yah? Like flows into your skin-line or what so ever. Dan dia rapuh sekali, macam lilin dipanasi begitu O.o
ReplyDeletegeez, now you're going out with your BF to the supermarket, had some groceries issues, and I have to wait for my precious three days in every month to meet up with my BF -____-
And those arc brow are much betteeeeeeeeer for you
ReplyDeletesister..
ReplyDeletei must learn more from you about how to make a good blog..
aku suka banget blog mu ini..
jelas banget penjelasannya dan gambarnya juga...
hehehe..
sedih ya... rusak lipsticknya
tapi i have to admit it..
it is a good shade...
juicy red,
my favorite kind of red
padahal warnanya cakep ya lin, sayang patah huhuw >_<
ReplyDeletepenasaran berapa banyak lipen merahmu hahaa.. next time share yaa :*
it IS....keliatan banget kan diatas sink into fine lines di kulit hiks hiks! tp ini engga masalah sih ce, tak apus dikit ga kliatan.
ReplyDelete....baru sadar, lelehnya iya mirip lilin.
oooooooo
OH
OH NEW BF
introduce him to usssssss to da worlddddddd~~~~
orili? better than straight ones?
ReplyDeleteitu ga sengaja ke arch huhu
hai cici :3
ReplyDeletethankyou so much! your blog is good too, cuma layout nya aja yang perlu diutak-atik..i won't mind to help you designing your blog's layout, kabarin aja mumpung nganggur liburan ;)
iyaaaaa sedih banget, upon ONE gentle swipe..bayangkan hiks. trauma mau beli dr range ini lagi
it's so juicy, you gotta try it at counter~~
Gitaaaa & olin, when we have another event or meetup someday, you should introduce your BFs to ussss XD wkwk
ReplyDeleteLin, kok eman e.. melting dan patah gt :s
ReplyDeletePadahal warna e cuakeppp
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Dih shelvy, semangat bener -____-
ReplyDeletewah kirain warnanya bakal yang ngejreng gt trnyata di bibir kamu malah merah natural gt ya lin, bagus :D
ReplyDeletesayang skali lipstiknya jd bgitu :( smoga segera ada reply dr mrka yaa..