Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick – Diva
Hello Beauties,
I have always been scared of red lipsticks! I had vowed to never wear a red lipstick in my life for a couple of reasons – first you really require confidence/beautiful skin/gorgeous figure to carry it off and myself being the most shy and reserved gal, could never do that. Yeah, I know how stupid I sound, but hey, these were the thoughts of a girl never exposed to IMBB 🙂 Secondly, I always thought red color is only for fair girls, no offence meant to anyone please! But both my views have changed since joining IMBB a year back!
After seeing Preetha and all other gorgeous gals flaunting their red lipsticks so successfully, I too was tempted to at least give it a try! A couple of my friends suggested to try matte lipsticks as these are long wearing and plus can be worn as a stain. The words “matte lipstick” and Colorbar go side by side for me! Plus I wanted something which was of good quality and also won’t burn a hole in my pocket as I wasn’t sure if I would ever wear the lipstick outside my home 😛
In order to fulfil my quest, I visited the Colorbar counter at Beauty Palace and was lost in the amazing range of shades they have in their matte range! The SA was very sweet and helpful. I explained to her that I was looking for a red lipstick which would suit my dusky skin tone without being over the top! She showed me “Hot Hot Hot” which according to her was their best-selling lipstick from this range and which had got fab reviews in the blogging world, but I found it to be on the brighter side for my liking, so she showed me Diva.
Though in the tube it looks more like a maroon color, but comes out as a deep gorgeous red with a tinge of maroon in it! It suits my skin tone pretty well and so far I am totally loving it! Initially, it does take some time for the first-time red lipstick wearer to get adjusted to how gorgeous it looks on them 😛 But once you get that confidence, there is absolutely no looking back. In fact, now I am craving to try other bright shades like fuschia!
The pigmentation is superb and one swipe is enough to give you a good dose of color! If your lips are highly pigmented, go for a second coat! The staying power is hands down the best I have come across! It stayed on me for more than 6 hours with a full meal in between! In fact even after the meal, the color was very much evident on my lips and honestly I had a hard time to remove it using a good makeup remover. Even after removing the lipstick with a makeup remover, I felt it left a slight rosy tinge on my lips! This would be gorgeous when used as a stain!
The color is very versatile and I am sure it would suit all skin tones really well! The lipstick glides on lips and is very creamy, I seriously don’t understand why they call these as matte! This one is not at all drying and I didn’t even need a lip balm underneath! Perfect!
Let’s enjoy some pics now!
Swatches from different angles, left one is 1 swipe and the right one is 2 swipes.
Finally, this is how it looked on me after 2 hours of application and a full meal in between!
Please excuse my eyebrows as I am trying to grow them to get the shape changed! Also, this picture was taken by a mobile camera, so the quality is not that good, I apologize for that!
Price:
Rs. 220 but I got it for Rs. 190!!
Availability:
All Colorbar counters have these and even online shopping websites, its easily available!
IMBB Rating:
4.5 out 5 (0.5 deducted for being a lipstick that cannot be easily removed).
Hope this review helped, until next time, cia and take care!
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Nice picture Parita..the shade looks so pretty on you :whistle:
Aawww Deepshikha..you are too kind..thank you 🙂
such a nice shade :love: :love: :love: and you look pretty :rose: :rose: :rose: :rose:
thank you anshu!
Parita u look pretty n the color too looks gorgeous on u :))
Thank you Indrani 🙂
u look beuatiful parita.what a shade .i have reviewed mac diva here!ha ha !same red!and ur eyebrows and u look just perfect!
thank you flygirl! 🙂
Parita..
First, very good pictures.
Second, The shade is soo good. And suits you very well.
Third, if you hadnt mentioned, we wont have found out that you are growing your brows.. 😀
You look very nice n sweet in this pic.
Thank you Surabhi for your sweet words!! :puchhi:
The shade looks very pretty on u Parita :))
Thanks Bhumika!
oh wow it’s a very pretty shade. i love the packaging too. :))
thanks rati..colorbar lipsticks are really a steal!
hey nice colour.. btw any idea if colorbar velvet matte does a fuchsia, i have been wanting to try fuchsia, but dont want to spend too much on them since i am not sure i will wear it too often.. same problem as you Parita.. lipsticks i am not yet sure of , i dont think i can wear outside.
once you do get a bit more comfortable, i reccommend you try revlon spice red, it is perfect bright red, with enough brown to not look wierd on dusky skin
Thanks for the suggestion Supriya..will def check out revlon..btw i think colorbar does have a fuschia..though not sure..i think they have around 40 colors! grt range do check it out!
parita, will definitely try.. and btw as a dusky girl looking for a good red, and getting used to it, i know the feeling.. the uncertainty of it all..
go for shade oh my magenta or addictive magenta if you looking for fuchsia 🙂
thanks bidisha..will def check these two out!
Parita, dats true, theres a Red lipstick made for each skin tone 🙂 U have picked a very apt and beautiful shade , it looks great on u :teddy: :teddy: :puchhi: :puchhi:
Thanks Nupur..means a lot to me! 🙂
u r luking v pretty Parita 🙂
n d shade suits u totally
i shud get it fr a such a cheap price it’s offering long staying power :yes:
thanks Vish..do try out..colorbar has huge range and I m sure you’ll find your color too!
stunning shade…nice review!
thanks ravali 🙂
hey Parita… you took great photographs :yes: :yes: :yes:
And red is so your colour dear………….. :preen: :preen: :preen:
you look so good in this shade :woot: :woot:
One more thing i would love to say- i am sooooo happy you tried this shade :makeup: leaving your fears behind… :clap: :clap: And here we get a wonderful pic of you in REDDDDD :balle:
Aawwww Chars..you are so sweet!! thank you sooo much!
o gawwwd!!!! you should never think twice before wearing a red lipstick…..you are gorgeous!!!!!! :love: :love:
this shade is looking so beautiful on you….i am at least 2-3 tones darker than you and i have 4 red lipsticks!!! :shying: :shying: :shying:
you are very very pretty!!! loved the post and the pic!! :makeup: :makeup: :makeup:
thanks ckg..its my very first red and m so loving it! wow four red lippies..which ones? :woot:
Superb shade ….it suits you a lot Parita :rose: :rose:
Thanks Shalini!
Wearable pretty red.. It suits u parita.. am goin to pick this too.. :-*
its a gorgeous shade n not too bright 🙂
Parita,even I found HOT HOT HOT way to bright,i will check this out ..n wow u started posting in ur blog :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: !!..checking out now :jiggy1: :jiggy1: :jiggy1:
hey sukanya..same pinch 🙂 try this color..you will totally rock it! m glad you like my blog 🙂 thank you!!
Thank you Arpita 🙂 :yahoo: :yahoo:
Hi Parita, this shade looks nice on you. Nice photo. 🙂
thx sabrina!
This lipstick compliments your skin tone A LOT!! 😀
:yahoo: :yahoo:
nice shade :)) :)) :)) “darr k aage jeet hai” :tongue: glad u took the step definitly suitng you.. :balle: :balle:
thanks mitali!
I too have that hot hot hot shade :toothygrin: :tongue:
Its looks good on u parita :woot: :woot:
even i used to feel that red is not my colour … it used to look to bold but now i m comfortable in wearing red colour any time :yahoo: :yahoo:
thank u khushi….i so wanna try hot hit hit next 😀
Pariiiiiiiiiiiiii..am so happy u got that red lippie..MAC diva is very much similar..do try fuschias as well..am sure u wil rock bright shades :puchhi: …nice picca
Thanks Preetha..you were a big encouragement behind this 🙂 :puchhi:
aww..that means alot to me Pari. :teddy: .thanku..u look very beautiful. :preen: