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Maybelline Plum Paradise ColorSensational Lipstick Review, Photos, Swatches

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Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick

The Sultry Season: Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick

Maybelline Plum Paradise ColorSensational Lipcolor ($8.29 for 0.15 oz.) is a reddened raspberry with a soft frost sheen.  It’s nearly opaque, and the strength of the color helps this shade last a solid three hours, almost four, on my lips.  There’s just enough berry in this shade to make it feel like an autumn hue rather than a holiday one.

This is one of the clingier shades (as noted in my lipstick comparison post), because it has a frostier finish, which is drier than a creamy or satin finish shade.  It’s not drying, though, but if you have flaky or peeling lips, this one might not work out so well.   If you’re particularly sensitive to scent, ColorSensational does have a rather synthetic, syrupy sweet scent, but it seems to fade as many of mine just smell waxy.

Is this the right berry for you? Would you wear it?

The Sultry Season is a series of posts featuring deep, rich shades of brown, berry, plum, and wine lipsticks and lipglosses — just right for autumn — that runs through October 2010.

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Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick

Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick

Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick
Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick

Maybelline Plum Paradise Lipstick

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Sarah Avatar
Sarah

I’ve really been digging on the ColorSensational lipsticks. If the scent is bothering me, I’ll just put a lipglass on top of it so I get MAC’s vanilla scent!

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Veronica

I personally love Maybelline Color Sensational lipsticks–they’re only $5 where I live so it’s a great way for me to try out new shades. I do have drier lips, but as long as I use a little gloss, I don’t have any issues.

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Carrie

Wow, another case where a lipstick looks dramatically different on different people! On me (NW15-20, more pigmented lips) this has almost zero red in it and is a purple plum with a hint of brown tones. I don’t like it on me but it looks great on you!

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