The Scarlet Season: Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
The Scarlet Season: Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
Rimmel Alarm Lasting Finish Lipstick ($5.19) is a bright cherry red with a frosty sheen. It feels fairly creamy, goes on opaque in just a layer, and it is (obviously) quite pigmented. Rimmel describes this lipstick as giving the wearer up to eight hours of wear; I’d say I got about four or five, which is average for me — not the best, but certainly not bad. It did leave behind a soft stain, since it is a red shade. It has a sweet, kind of synthetic scent, but I can tolerate it. The packaging is decent, particularly for a $5 lipstick. This is Rimmel’s more orange-based red, while Temptation (to be reviewed) is more of a blue-based red.
What about you? Would you wear this red?
The Scarlet Season is a series of posts showcasing and featuring my favorite shades of red lips–from glosses to lipsticks that runs through December 2009. You can sure expect to see a lot of red this holiday season!
See photos and swatches…
Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
Rimmel Alarm Lipstick
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My personal FAVORITE red lipstick. I cannot count how many tubes I've gone through. I'm lucky it's drugstore because this is my go to lipstick. I LOVEEEE it!
I am not a big fan of Rimmel...But Rimmel Alarm is my favorite red lipstick ever
This is a very pretty color... I wish Rimmel would change their scent bc unlike you I can't tolerate it. It makes me feel sick after about 5 minutes. I bought Airy Fairy (pretty color) and had to return it because of the scent... annoying.
I genuinely like Rimmel products, they have decent quality and great price. That is a pretty shade as well and it is not too orange for a warm red.
MEOW! What a gorgeous color payoff. I once bought a rimmel lipstick in Diva red on sale for about 3.50 CAD and gave it to my aunt and she loved it and said it is smooth and pigmented.. (yeah, I cheaped out, oops) This looks just like 20something lipstick on you. nice..
$5 and your lips look like that? I'm in love!
OMG! This is a GORGEOUS lipstick! Hah, since it is a drugstore l/s, it probably won't hurt my wallet to go and pick it up! (:
WOW! I never would have expected such vibrancy and coverage from a drugstore lipstick! And it looks so lush and smooth, I would have expected you to say this was another Guerlain or Dior!
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