Rouge Artist Intense: Help Me Win! (Please?)

I was recently given the most FUN challenge!  Make Up For Ever asked some of their favorite bloggers to play with their highly-pigmented Rouge Artist Intense lipstick, to create an artistic lip look!  Their Facebook fan base (over 30,000 strong!) will then get to vote for the winning lip look.  The winning blogger will get to pull together gift sets filled with Make Up For Ever goodies, to give away to some of their blog readers!  Click HERE to become a Fan of Make Up For Ever on Facebook, and join in the voting fun!  Then, click HERE to vote!  Help me win, so I can help YOU win!

It was really tough for me to pick my favorite look, so I ultimately selected the most outrageous of the bunch as my entry!

I’ve named the above lip look “80s Homage”, as this is the exact type of craziness I once wore during that fun decade!  Such a shame I didn’t have Rouge Artist Intense lipstick then.  The color of these lipsticks is so rich and bright, it made creating well-defined stripes so easy!

To create the above look I used the following shades (from center, and working outward to corners):  Rouge Artist Intense 14, 21, 9, 15 and 17.

I call the look above the “Ultimate Red”.  In actuality, this lip look took four different shades to create!  I used Rouge Artist Intense 46 to line the lips, and blended it.  I filled in the lips with 21, and added touches of 9 (a fuchsia shade) here and there to make the lips appear fuller.  I then used 17, a gold shimmery shade, over the entire lip.  Is this glam or what?

The look above I call the “Ultimate Naked”.  I used Rouge Intense Mat 1 over the entire lip.  I applied Mat 4 to the outer corners, and blended it with Mat 3 leading to the center of the lip.  Once again, I topped the look with 17.  I know… using the gold nullified the Mat finish a wee bit, but what can I say?  I couldn’t keep my hands off golden #17!

The look above I call “Heart”.  Thinking of Valentine’s Day, I applied 47 all over, and then drew a chunky heart on the inner lip with 9.  I used 46 to line the heart shape, to make it stand out.  Up close, the heart is obvious, but from a distance this little design made the lips look extra pouty!

Finally, the above look I named “Mardi Gras”.  I was inspired by modern art, and was curious to see how well I could blend various Rouge Artist Lipstick shades into each other.  The above look used these shades, from left to right:  16, Moulin Rouge, 17, 15 and 14.  Check out the gradient appearance I was able to achieve!

Takeaways:  1)  Make Up For Ever Lip Brush #3N is amazing!  I was able to use it for both precision application, and for blending!  2)  17 (gold) is a must-have shade!  Used alone it is an over-the-top shade, but blended with other colors it gives them a major glam factor.

Fun facts about Rouge Artist Intense:  Lipsticks have 50% more pigment than a traditional lipstick formula, Make Up For Ever has designed an easy-to-use color wheel to help you select a shade perfect for your complexion/hair color, Rouge Artist Intense is available in 50 shades and three finishes (matte, pearly and satin).

Click HERE to grab yours at Sephora.com. Rouge Artist retails for $19 per lipstick.

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