Secret Places of Love is a lovely golden peachy-pink shade. It doesn't really impart much colour to my lips rather it mutes them a little, creating the kind of nude effect that I'm comfortable with. Secret Places is more glittery than my other RBR glosses and is packed with lots of silver, iridescent shimmer.
I wondered how similar it was to the Flamenco Lip Gloss from my Flamenco Duende Decadent Duo. Looking at them side by side, I would say that Secret Places of Love is more pink toned whereas Flamenco has more of a beige undertone. Flamenco also has a more subtle shimmer.
The gloss glides on easily and feels quite nourishing. During the wear time it does become more sticky but not unpleasantly so. Their glosses do have a slight fragrance, I can't pin it down but it isn't the ubiquitous vanilla. The scent might actually be from the various botanicals that the formula contains.
I bought this for a very bargainous £4.50 from Ebay. I have a feeling the person selling off the contents of their Glossybox had no idea of the actual value. The Rouge Bunny Rouge Gleaming Temptations glosses are available from Zuneta and cost £20 each. Unfortunately, it looks like Secret Places of Love isn't in stock at the moment.
What a gorgeous finish. It looks more metallic than glittery, at least on my monitor. You have such a pretty shaped mouth, it would be hard for any lip product to look bad on you.
ReplyDeleteOf course I ran straight to eBay to see what I could find. NOTHING! Not a single RBR item, lol. I've been eyeballing their fuchsia-based gloss shades and am thinkking of it, as long as the ELLE20 code is still good ...
I spent a while agonising over whether to use the words frosty or metallic. At a distance it looks shimmery. And by distance I just mean to the naked eye rather than my lips in macro! I will gladly accept the compliment about my lips. I shall enjoy them until age takes the shape from me!
ReplyDeleteI found this on ebay last year. It's really unusual to find RBR on there and I have to admit I was disappointed that so many sold the glosses from the Glossybox without even trying them. They missed a treat.
Beautiful on you and agree about your lovely shaped lips!
ReplyDeleteMwah! Thank you Debbie :D
DeleteI always look at your RBR posts and think I need to try the brand . The two colours are beautiful. I really like Flamenco, it would be great for spring.summer
ReplyDeleteGaelle, I used the Flamenco Duende duo quite a bit over last summer. It's a nice pairing. I love RBR, it's definitely worth a try x
DeleteI can't imagine getting an RBR product in a Glossybox. What a steal.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was great too. I was shocked to see some of them end up on ebay.
DeleteI get the feeling the undertones on these would be lost against my lips and that they'd end up identical. D:
ReplyDeleteColourwise I think they probably look similar on but there's quite a difference in the finish. I picked this one up as it was a steal (and a travesty to see if on ebay!) but I don't think one really needs both. If it was taupe eyeshadow, it would be a different story ;)
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