Lipstick - Hot Toddy, Staze 9to9 (normal price is र329 but I bought on a package deal at 2 for र399, review here)

Liner - 09 Red Secret, Renee (र70)

Prepped lips? - Yes

Swatch - Natural light

Skin - NC 40 neutral-warm olive

Availability - Hot Toddy is sold out on apps, available only on official site. Renee lip liner available on all apps incl Zepto

Purchase link - https://www.stazebeauty.com/products/creme-de-la-matte-07-hot-toddy

Hot toddy + renee liner 09

HOT TODDY ON ITS OWN

Combo details:

Base - Rose Amber, Fenty Beauty gloss bomb stix (this flopped on me so bad now I have buyer's remorse and will use it in every combo somehow!)

Topper - Not a Quitter, Faces Canada.

Liner - Rosewood, Seven Seas (just on the lip boundaries)

(Cheek tint - Country Pumpkin, Insight)

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Just look at that! Such a beautiful nude brown... At 169rs this was a steal already and if this zepto B1G1 free offer is available in your area and you are around my skintone, buy it eyes closed, you will never regret it 🫶

Swatch - NC 40, neutral to warm olive undertone, bare face, natural light, no lip liner

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Ok people, buckle up if you are a neutral-warm olive like me - This shade should have been named Grey Amber!

Rose Amber is a recent launch in Tira; the official images and also the POC influencers reels looked very attractive. I tried the bullet version first, and on my NC40 olive skin this supposed rose shade turned grey/taupe (I had flashback of MAC Uncensored). Then I tried the matching Rose Amber Luminizer gloss to see if the extra layer would rescue the colour…

Spoiler: it looked WORSE 💀 See for yourself at
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u3R_TjXtt5k

The official swatch and none of the reviews (save for a smart redditor yday) mentions this, that the shade is suitable only for cool toned people... they just showed rose-forward images. Reality is different though, as I learned from a costly lesson! If you are around my skintone with pigmented or two-toned lips, watch this before spending your money 😖

NOTE: My unsponsored review reflects how Rose Amber duo looks on my medium, neutral-to-warm olive skin, and why I don’t think this shade will work for Indian customers with a similar skin tone and undertone. It should not be taken as a statement about how the shade will look on every Indian skin tone ❤️ If it looks fab on you and you love this duo, great! End of the day, that's why I post honest, natural light content - we should be happy with our purchases.

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you know, the scene where she realises her husband is cheating on her... it's the BEST red, like a deep garnet red almost bordering on maroon and I'm wondering if there is any red like that that is pigmented enough to give the same shade on medium olive skintones...

reddit processing has completely altered the shade in the image i have posted below, so to get the most accurate color i am talking about, pls take a look at the clip here https://youtu.be/BTuhbQkyZIA?si=ee9Yjo-nSyh9_UNQ&t=358s

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Hi all,

Love Earth is having a mega sale on its official website, probably as Independence Week offer. All crayons are being sold at Rs 199. If you were thinking of buying its most famous Coffee Rose shade, here is a honest and natural light swatch on my NC40 medium olive skintone. Video swatch at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7s9boWCmNa0

VERDICT: Real shade is much lighter than official swatch. It’s not really a conventional brown shade but a warm onion skin-nude; if you are around my skin tone, buy only if you like the actual shade 👌🏽

Purchase link - https://loveearth.in/products/lip-crayon

Their set of 3 lip glosses also are on discount, check them out at https://loveearth.in/products/liquid-lip-gloss-pack-of-3-deeps

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My flabber was gasted! LOL this is the shade that made me start a whole series called The Olive Shift, listing the lippies that look one way on everyone and a totally different way on my skintone. Pics below but reddit image processing often changes nuanced shades so do take a look at video swatch at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j6WHJyv1nzI to know the shift in color.

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Hi all, some of you have asked me for swatches wrto simply nam monsoon flash sale. I have three shades from their lip creme range - Rosenyn, Hanna and Isha - and the first two are sold out. Isha is available but has an atrociously misrepresented swatch! So it is my duty to warn you all lol

On my NC 40 bare face Isha gives a soft MLBB cool pink nude that just escapes from washing me out so to stop you from wasting money here is a swatch video, check it out and buy Isha only if you like the actual shade on real medium skin tone. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/djUPlcrvrcM

It's a nice nude, that's not the problem, but it's def not the brown shade in the official swatch!

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Hi all,

This fab range is back in stock on the official website and unsurprisingly, fast selling out. If you like hydrating tints that are not a pain to remove and at a super affordable price point, check out Glaze Days by Swiss Beauty. 3 shades' swatch pic below.

I have swatched all 6 shades in this link https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBr_tIsHVNQoHs-zIv-EspW_2PaaiGfQh do take a look! They are mostly from red and pink family, but one is a mellow caramel that'd be perfect for nude shade lovers.

Don't forget to add coupon code PRAKRITI25 for 25% discount on all orders over 500rs 🫶

Purchase link - https://swissbeauty.in/products/glaze-days-lip-tint?variant=51028752990523

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Hi all,

My Peripera lip balm trio is now complete, Rose in True being the latest addition. Swatch at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yVajGoyjMcQ This one is from the limited-edition Grayish Express Collection.

Pic swatch below (pl ignore the hair, I got wrongly influenced by the viral bob cut song!).

Heads up! The reel features another new addition to my life - Sheldon the Orange 🐈 😄

You can check out swatches of the other two shades at

Sleeping Coral https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r0Q4LxI9lKA

Rosy Hour https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MVvsmaEShXM

My fav is Rosy Hour. What's yours?

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Hi friends,

I found a nice dupe for an expensive brown lippie! Side by side swatch here https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hezf1rnhNZQ check it out and tell me if you feel they are good dupes.

Truffle by Mila Beaute is a great dupe for MAC Turn to the Left. Truffle runs slightly warmer, while TTTL looks smokier but on lips and in indoors lighting, they’re VERY close.

Truffle obviously is not as blurry as TTTL but it is comfortable on the lips and is one of those neutral to cool leaning browns that is very flattering on olive skin tones, left in Indian market what with brands turning most shades warm! Pic below.

What do you think? Pl Share your thoughts :)

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Hi all, some of you have pinged me that this viral range is sold out. It's NOT! It's available on Amazon, except for 3 shades, Girl in Charge, Unbothered and Next Move.

pic for attention lol don't take the official swatch too seriously! If u hav medium skin and want to know how the shades look in ring light, check out Deepthi's shorts swatch reel here https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CMWz_aLu7xY

If you like any of these shades, I'd suggest getting them sooner than later! It's really good if you have olive skintone because these are almost all muted shades.

PS: Yes I got 6 shades from this range, got them long back! But I am travelling now so as soon as I get home, I will do a swatch of all of them in natural light and bare face 🫶

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Insight is having it's moment, right, with their latest range of lippies going viral and sold out everywhere? They have always excelled in their brown shades game, so I am not surprised. Here are some recent brown launches of theirs that I loved.

All three swatches - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xDnofLdBghw

Voiceover review of Mysterious Brown - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rhBxfx-kza8

Voiceover review of Rosewood Love - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wX5rdPWAcl0

Longer swatch of Molten Brown - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v3JjNOZMB40

Which one is your fav? Comment below :)

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Listen I’m baffled. Regi cosmetics which is the contract manufacturer for brands like Estée Lauder, Loreal etc also makes products for Zudio. Can I then conclude that the products across all these brands are the same then??

aany reviews for this one from my fellow oily skin moots? i am considering shifting to it from the derma co trans-azelaic pigmentation corrector serum. the latter works very well but my sensitive nose finally got tired of its vile smell. seriously, the derma co needs to address it.

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