Lipstick Week Day 6: brick-red
Guerlain Rouge G #26 Gardner is my favourite brick-red lipstick so far. Usually, I tend to go for bright reds or orange reds but Gardner is a beauty. It looked pretty boring in the bullet to me (when I first saw it) but I swatched it anyways and fell in love with it. Gardner was limited edition and I believe exclusive to europe only (holiday collection 2011, Belle de Nuit, gorgeous collection btw).
This Rouge G has some very tiny sparkles and is very opaque. I used two light layers for my swatches, what I noticed is, how glossy it looked on my arm but not on my lips. What I like about Gardner, it lasts a very long time and leaves a strong stain, without drying out my lips (I prep them with a lot of lip balm and I use eye cream as my night treatment). I tried here and there some brick-reds and most of the time I had the feeling, that those colours don’t look very good on my skintone. I won’t talk much about the packaging, you either hate or love it, it feels very luxurious (like most of the Guerlain products) but it seems a bit heavy (at least for me). This lipstick is scented, it doesn’t bother me to be honest, I actually like the scent. I like those Rouge G’s in general and Gardner is quite interesting shade.
Pretty! It looks very hydrating on the lips, too
it is quite hydrating but not the best formula for very dry lips though, still, love the colour, suits my hair colour as well, haha xxx
I love how Gardner pops against your skin tone! Can’t really remember if I have a red like this. I want to say maybe Gisella Rouge G is in the same league, but I might be very mistaken!
gisela is a pretty shade but gardner is darker and a true brick red and darker, not that much orangey red. gardner looks great on olive skintones as well, a huge plus 🙂 xxx
This is loooovely. I love how understated yet high-impact brick reds tend to be 🙂
I need more of such colours, some are way to warm for me I find but now I need to hunt down more brick reds 🙂 xxx
I love reds like this! Too bad it’s limited edition – I would have grabbed it in an instead. Beautiful!
I know right? But I am not 100% sure if it is or is not still available *sigh*, some of the best products are limited edition, too bad! 😦 xxx
this is such a gorgeous colour, suits your complexion perfectly
thank you trona. I still feel like this colour is more for fall and winter time but for a summer evening it is just right I think. I tend to go for true reds in summer xxx
yeh it’s definitely a colour suited to dark brooding skies, but it’s such a shame to use it only in the winter 🙂 xx
So happy to see Gardner getting some love! It’s a real beauty.
it is! gardner reminds me of fall and winter though xxx
Wow. I have stars in my eyes. This is gorgeous! I don’t own any Guerlain lipsticks but I have read so much about them. It looks so moisturizing and the color payoff is so rich!
Hi Kelly 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting ❤ You won't be disappointed by Guerlain lippies for sure, they are just amazing and they have a lot of yummy colours xxx