Comments on: Product Review : Estee Lauder Double Wear Lipstick

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:19:39 +0000

On second thought, the colour of this Stay plumberry reminds me very much of another Estee Lauder product, the Berry Pink Pure Color Gloss Stick that you had suggested for Clear winters and that fits me perfectly. Maybe Plumberry is more suited for clear winters?

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:06:04 +0000

I went to try this line of lipsticks, bearing in my mind your recommendation for Stay Rose for summer and wondering if indeed I am a summer after all (in case I’d be the wintery summer type). The assistant tried Stay Rose on me but then decided for Stay plumberry. It looks nice and it’s not too dark, it doesn’t overwhelm my natural colors (fair complexion, ash brown hair, hazel eyes) even if it’s LOUD!, much more than I’m used to, but that’s because of the pigment and me being more used to glosses than lipsticks.

And now I read that you thought plumberry to be suited for dark winters. I noticed that this lipstick brings out a lot the green in my eyes, which feels nice, but I never seriously considered before the possibility of being a dark winter because of my overall medium (and not strong) level contrast.
Which seasons do you think might wear the Stay plumberry? It’s true that it changes on the lips: on mine it turns really sort of a cold intense magenta, not too deep.

I like the idea of putting a gloss over it , it makes the colour much more interesting, because it’s too matte for me otherwise, and it opens up a lot of possibility depending on which gloss you put upon it. I even tamed it down with a rosewood one and it works very well.

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:46:10 +0000

Jo,
Thanks for the blush info. I’ll add it to my pages.

VE,
Stay Rose is lovely. It could well do for Soft Summer. I thought about matching them to Season, but like the Maybelline Color Sensational, these products go on with such intensity that it can make it look much darker just because of the heavy pigment deposit. I still think about it – and will probably go ahead if they come out with more colours.

By: Mary Steele Lawler

Mary Steele Lawler — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:05:24 +0000

Stay Rose is Lilly -Pulitzer -pink. It’s a fun Light Summer color. MAC Lusterglass in Instant Gold makes it a tad more believable.

By: VE

VE — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:54:15 +0000

I got this for my mom in Stay Rose and she really likes it. She might be a Soft Summer, but it’s hard to say. Christine, any recs on this one for other seasons? Thank you.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:22:42 +0000

Oh, I forgot to say – I have found the PERFECT blush to go with Stay Ruby – it is Laura Geller’s Sugar Free Raspberry. It comes in a kit with 3 other sample blushers called Baby Cakes Baked Blush Palette, all quite lovely in their own right, but the raspberry I just ignored, thinking thinking that it was just too cool and… well… raspberry. But it ties the whole face together with the Stay Ruby.

By: Goodbye, Lipliner : A Greener Tea

Goodbye, Lipliner : A Greener Tea — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:39:03 +0000

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By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:28:45 +0000

They do need more colours. I put MAC Scant or Merle Norman Stolen Berries over the Ruby-Mauve combined, just to soften it a bit.
SUCH a good product.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:28:49 +0000

Following Gina’s comment (above) I tried Stay Ruby, hoping that it would suit another Deep Autumn. It looks amazing. It really is the colour of those star rubies you see sometimes, a pinkish plum with a slight sheen. It is a major departure from all my other lipsticks, and I don’t think I would have had the courage if I hadn’t had the sales assistant and my friend saying how much it suited me. Then I got outside and had a look in daylight, and WOW. Great staying power too, hardly transfers and doesn’t bleed or feather. Still going strong without a touchup 7 hours later.

I have had the Stay Mocha for a while, and that is a great success too.

I just wish they had more colours.

By: Julie LaPoint

Julie LaPoint — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:29:59 +0000

I’ve always hated lipstick! It makes my lips dry, chapped, yucky! This sounds like it might be a winner!! I’m excited to try it since EL came up with the first mascara I’ve liked (smudge-proof). I’m a very light spring (green eyes, lots of yellow in skin). Do you think Pinkberry is the warmest color for natural warm blondes? I would love to know!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:06:33 +0000

Just bought the Ruby colour this morning. Absolutely a great colour. I have since had lunch and some of the lipstick has come off but it is not bleeding!!! All my other lipsticks bleed even with liner and Elizabeth Arden’s Lip Fix. Luckily my Bay is having a gala in a couple of weeks so when I go to buy more colours I will get a bonus!

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:15:15 +0000

Searcy and Mary-Ellin,

This type of lipstick, and the Maybelline Color Sensational is the same in this regard, is that it deposits a lot of pigment. It looks like a strong version of what’s in the tube, as opposed to most lipstick that deposits a diluted version of the stick. This also intensifies certain pigments, so blue-toned shades seem very blue and the browns are sometimes very brown. This makes it harder for light complexions to balance.

I think you need to try it. Searcy, Pinkberry is worth a try, and also Pink which is lighter but still not warm. Mary-Ellin, look at Rose.

I have thin lips so I try to avoid dark, opaque, flat colour. I just put on 1 layer of the EL and often use a light gloss over top. I get the advantage of long, LONG!, colour duration, very little migration, and a lighter effect than what’s in the stick.

By: Searcy

Searcy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:58:46 +0000

You mention that EL is good with CLEAR colors – are these too clear for True Summers? I am ivory fair (no pink), blonde by virtue of ash highlights in mousy brown hair , green eyes. Any suggestions from this line that might work?

By: Mary-Ellin

Mary-Ellin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:46:31 +0000

Wow, this sounds like a lipstick to try! Any shade suggestions for Summers? I probably fall in the soft summer/soft autumn, but closer to summer (blue-grey eyes, light brown hair, fair skin).

Thanks!
Mary-Ellin