Saturday, August 27, 2011

Kat Von D Painted Love Lipstick in Adora

I don't usually buy lipstick (I'm more of a gloss girl), but every now and then a color comes along that I just have to have. This Kat Von D Painted Love Lipstick in Adora caught my eye around Valentine's Day, but it was out of stock for months. When Sephora finally restocked, I grabbed one. Two actually, one for me and one for a friend.

Beautiful packaging. A matte rubberized black cap with a rose design, the Kat Von D logo and a clear base that shows the color of the product. But there's something not quite right about this tube... Take a closer look. See anything weird?


It's BROKEN! It arrived like this. Ruined before I could even use it. In fact, BOTH the Adora lipsticks I ordered arrived broken. Sadness :(

Though, the broken tube is really interesting. See the clear part that's broken off? It's actually full of a melty, liquidy, gloss-textured product of some sort. It smells and feels like melted lipstick or lip gloss, but it's not the exact same color or the same texture/scent as the actual lipstick. What is this? It's kinda cool.

I figured before I returned the broken lipsticks, I may as well swatch it... They're going to just throw it out anyway, right?


Flash / No Flash


Flash / No Flash


It's a nice bold warm red, but not what I expected. I thought it would be more sparkly and foily, but it's not that metallic or sparkly looking on my lips. It applied a little patchy, too.

Obviously, I returned the two I got because they were broken, but I didn't repurchase. One, because I didn't want to have to return another broken one since these are apparently fragile, and two, because the color wasn't as crazy as I thought it would be. Oh well. At least I have my Hourglass Siren lipgloss, which is the best, craziest metallic red out there.





Posted by Scrangie at 8:00 AM

19 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 27, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    I normally wear the Adora lipstick with Hourglass Siren over it. Love it that way <3

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  2. Mel, Glassflecked.August 27, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    Sadly I will still get this for the packaging lol.. not as thrilled with the color as I thought I would be, but still very nice!

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  3. Brooke @ Blushing NoirAugust 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Wow that's a shame the packaging is so chintzy.... the shade is really beautiful

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  4. UnknownAugust 27, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    I work at Sephora and the lipstick that are on display we have the same problem with the bottoms are broken as well. I guess the packaging wasn't well thought out because its just not working.

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  5. MartjeAugust 27, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    what an amazing red color!!

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  6. nihridaAugust 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    OMG. This is one of the prettiest red lipsticks I've ever seen. My lips aren't worthy of a color like this. Amazing!

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  7. AlexAugust 27, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Thanks for the awesome review! The packaging is horrible. I wouldn't purchase this or any lipsticks at all. I wouldn't run the chance of it breaking and ruining things in my purse.

    Thanks for the swatches too!

    Xoxo

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  8. beachgalAugust 27, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Not a red I could wear. I found a red from Napolian I can wear that is really pretty - but it's only in a pencil with a gloss - not in an opaque bullet so I don't get long wear out of it - boo - hoo!

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  9. Sarah S.August 27, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    I'm starting to think I'll never find a good dupe of Siren!

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  10. SannaAugust 27, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    That's very odd! Never seen a lipstick broken like that. The packaging is really gorgeous though, love the Kat von D rose design:)

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  11. KrissyAugust 27, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    I'm sorry your lipsticks were broken :( that's such a downer when you're all excited getting a package in the mail and somethings broken.

    Beautiful colors anyway. I wish I could pull off wearing red.

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  12. G-RizzleAugust 27, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    I hate to say this about Kat's stuff, but I was extremely disapointed when I got two lipglosses that broke with in the first day.

    I find the packaging looks like, but is really cheap, and crap. :(

    (Sorry Kat, still luv ya.) lol.

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  13. Swatch And LearnAugust 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    When I saw your photo of the broken tube without reading further, I initially thought that maybe the clear end part was like a tub of gloss to be used to complement the lipstick. Haha, then I read that it was just broken and sucky. :P Cool idea to crap in seconds.

    It's good that you didn't repurchase. Most likely it would've broke again and just frustrated you even more.

    Thanks for the warning!

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  14. LucyAugust 28, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    I think I have only one Kat lipstick. Glad mine arrived in one piece! I like that piece on the end so I can tell what color the lipstick is. Glad you swatched it so I don't have to order it. I'd much rather get the Siren. That's the most stunning red lip gloss I ever saw!

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  15. LycanthropicaAugust 29, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    reading this I was thinking, "wow you really need to get Hourglass - Siren" hahaha glad you have it's the best. I think that packaging is rubbish, I only have the KatVonD palettes and they are quite good :)

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  16. Olivia FrescuraAugust 31, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    I love this!

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  17. SilhouetteScreamsSeptember 9, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    Ugh that sucks about the packaging, because it's a really beautiful red. :(

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  18. The Traveling NurseNovember 12, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    Mine broke too! So annoying!

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  19. The Traveling NurseNovember 12, 2012 at 1:07 PM

    Mine broke too! So annoying!

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