Have you also noticed that most of permanent Dior nail polishes are out of stock on online retailers? That is because we are expecting a whole range renewal with new formula and brush soon, very soon. I was checking out everyday here and there and look what I have stumbled upon... Three of yet to be released Dior Addict Fluid Sticks!
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| Dior Addict Fluid Sticks #338 Mirage, #551 Aventure and #575 Wonderland |
Fluid Sticks, fun name! These are liquid lipsticks with similar concepts to Glossy Stains of YSL, Lip Maestro of Giorgio Armani or Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss from Chanel. More opaque and pigmented than a lip gloss with a longer wear time. Size of the tube is the same as Dior Addict Gloss and the opening is also similar. Dior Addict Fluid Sticks contain 5.5 g/0.18 OZ product (while Dior Addict Gloss has 6.5 g/0.21 OZ)
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| Size comparison: Dior Addict Fluid Sticks vs. Dior Addict Gloss and Dior Addict Lipstick |
A nice detail is how half of the tube is left transparent to show the color of the lipstick inside the tube as opposed to having all the tube transparent like Dior Addict Glosses. The transparent part is also shaped like a regular lipstick bullet. I find this design very creative and cute.
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| Dior Addict Fluid Sticks #338 Mirage |
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| Dior Addict Fluid Sticks #338 Mirage, #551 Aventure and #575 Wonderland |
Once the lid turned, the applicator can be pulled out. Fluid Sticks have sponge applicator instead of brush applicator like Dior Addict Lip Glosses. Applicator is small and helps to apply this pigmented formula with a good precision.
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| Applicators: Dior Addict Fluid Sticks #338 Mirage, #551 Aventure and #575 Wonderland |
Three shades I acquired are #338 Mirage, a soft orangy coral which looks very natural on the lips, #551 Aventure a full on water melon red and #575 Wonderland a reddish pink. For the ones who followed oscars last weekend, here is a secret, Jennifer Lawrence was wearing Dior Addict Fluid Stick in #338 Mirage (you can check her make up and breakdown here). I spotted also at least 3 more celebrities with different tones of Dior Addicd Fluid Sticks, which makes sense for red carpet because of the staying power of these.
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| Swatches: Dior Addict Fluid Sticks #338 Mirage, #551 Aventure and #575 Wonderland |
Here are the comparisons to a few of the liquid lipsticks I have from Giorgio Armani and YSL. Below all are swatched by one pass. You can also see that Giorgio Armani is more opaque (and upon removal more staining). YSL Rebel Nudes are more transparent but I found Glossy Stains to be close in opaqueness.
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| Dior Addict Fluid Sticks #338 Mirage, #551 Aventure and #575 Wonderland, comparison swatches |
I also made a photo of the ingredients for those of you who might want to check them out. I wore #551 Aventure today and it was very bright (a bit too bright for my liking) right after application. Then it faded a little after 2-3 hours and I really liked it at this stage. At 5 hour mark I went to eating and the half of the lipstick was still on although I drank coffee and snacked in between so it was rather impressive.
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| Add captionDior Addict Fluid Sticks, Ingredients list of #551 Aventure |
Also worth to mention is that these are perfumed but scent do fade once applied so I haven't noticed it during wearing. Upon application, I found them to be moisturizing and after they faded, they didn't dry out my lips. I found mine at eBay but these will be released on the 15th of March. Also note that the three shades I presented will all have a matching nail polish soon (check out promo of nail polishes here)
Do you like liquid lipstick formulas? Will you be checking Fluid Sticks out?