For those of you who have yet to get on board the Charlotte Tilbury boat, we suggest you mentally prepare yourself for some serious rose gold envy before hopping on to her website, or… turn away and never look back. Because coming from people who’ve experienced it first-hand, rose gold packaging is something that one can get drunk on.
But we’re not here to write an ode about how amazingly the brand has managed to nail their luxurious line of offerings, be it the opulent rose gold goodness, or just how downright decadent their product formulas are. We could, but many others have already done so — and we’ll gladly leave that honour to the rest of the Internet. For now, we’re zooming in straight onto one particular standout shade that won the hearts of well, basically everyone.
Say hi to the Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk, where the source of the rosy hue has graced the pouts of celebrities such as Alexa Chung, Emma Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow during the Met Gala earlier this month.
It’s not hard to see how, and why this one pinky nude managed to charm the pants off beauty junkies and celebrities alike. It’s an effortless colour, right off the bat. A warm toned mauve-y pink that’s essentially your everyday go-to MLBB, it belongs to that realm of “universally flattering” hues that looks good on all skin tones. Not the mention, the perfect shade that adds a healthy radiance to your complexion.
Emma Roberts looked stunning at this year’s Met Gala.
So by now you might be wondering, “if you’re so in love, why not just… get it?” Well, good things don’t always come our way, as we like to put it. For one, Charlotte Tilbury isn’t available in Singapore (yet, hopefully), and as much as we’d like to get our hands on her lipsticks online, there’s always the exorbitant shipping charges that gross us out to no end. For two, a single lippie is going to set you back a whopping USD$34 (~$49), so unless you’re looking to #treatyoself, that pretty penny isn’t anything that we’re willing to shell out on any other ordinary day.
But lucky for us, there’s always the world of dupes — granted that we may not get the coveted rose gold component, nor the bragging rights of wearing the exact same lipstick as Alexa Chung — well, at least you get to sport a similar hue without breaking the bank. And after all, that’s all that really matters in the end, yes? We’ve picked out some of the closest dupes that you might want to consider before committing yourself to your very own Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk:
L-R: L’Oreal Rouge Magique in Monte Blanc $19.90, available at Watsons and Guardian stores, as well as selected department stores. Lottie London Slay All Day Liquid Lipstick in #TBT, $12.91, available on asos.com. Benefit Cosmetics They’re Real! Double The Lip in Nude Scandal, $35, available at Sephora and the Benefit store. Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer in Blush Pop, $35, available at Clinque counters and sephora.sg. Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Lovecraft, $31, available at Sephora and sephora.sg.
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