Rouge Terrybly Age-Defense Lipstick in Terrific Rouge

Rouge Terrybly is part of the new By Terry luxury range, Terrybly. I've expressed my opinion on an already premium line having a 'luxury' sub-line here, but that didn't stop me buying one of the lipsticks during the 20% off event at Space NK. I'm more willing to spend money on an anti-ageing lipstick as I do have very dry lips naturally.

The claims behind this lipstick are that the ceramides, hyaluronic acid and peptides that it contains will help to plump the lips and provide anti-ageing benefits. It also claims to use ultra-pure, high colour pigments to give luminous colour without bleeding or drying. I can see the price differential due to the extra anti-ageing benefits, but I have to admit the pigmentation claim leaves me a bit gobsmacked - so do they use only relatively pure pigments in the rest of the By Terry line? I think not.

The packaging is luxurious but not over the top.

Swatch on arm:

On my lips. The natural mauve undertone of my lips tends to make lipsticks read slightly cooler/more blue than they do swatched on my wrist. Also, this is after the lipstick has 'set' from its original very creamy state on first application. It's a good clear red, a little less orange than Shiseido Dragon.

I only received this lipstick today, so I can't comment on the anti-ageing properties yet. It feels comfortable on the lips, and wear so far has been good; it has survived numerous cups of tea and a sandwich. I'm about to pit it against some chocolate cake.

I wanted to put my swatch and picture out as soon as possible because the swatches on the Space NK website are horrible on my monitor - Terrific Rouge looks like a brick red in the swatch, and I think the brick red colour I meant to buy (which I'd swatched previously in a shop) was actually Fanatic Red. In the flesh, most of the nude/neutral shades are very warm toned, and the other shades in the line are a variation on red. There are no real corals/pinks in the line. Replica at Visionary Beauty has a swatch of Plumping Nude here.