Bobbi Brown

This is a reddish pink on my lips. There's no real softness to the color. It's pretty intense for being called soft rose. It lasts for several hours on me even with drinking water. Case could be updated b/c it looks kind of dated but it's functional. Weight on this lipstick is on the spectrum of MAC lipsticks so not as lightweight as new Shiseido lipstick. What BB does best is give women nude and neutral options for lipstick which was something I was seeking.

Beautiful brownish berry that is almost the color of my lips. Lasts for awhile on my lips even with drinking water. Case is functional but it should be updated because it looks dated but it's what inside that counts. No smell or scent.

I was hoping for a neutral medium toned nude pink but this was just too light for my pigmented lips and ended up making me look ill. It also goes on heavy but does stay for awhile on my lips.

I was tempted to buy this because years ago I had a sheer lipstick from BB called Ruby, which I liked but it smelled bad so I didn't buy BB lipsticks for a while. I saw this shade in the "crushed lip colour" range and it looked the same as my old one, but this lipstick has no discernible fragrance to it - yay. My daytime do-to lipstick is Lipstick Queen's Saint Natural, and I love it but wanted something a bit more impactful (on me the Saint Natural is almost a mlbb shade). This one is good. Ruby is a muted red, not bright, wearable and work appropriate. It's a little darker than Saint Natural and more obviously red. It's not a brick red; rather it seems to me like a slightly berry red but with warm rather than cool undertone. It suits my complexion which is yellow-based but with some redness in the face. This lipstick does not pick up the redness like some cool toned reds and pinks do. It makes my eyes look greener. The formula is comfortable; not quite as comfortable as the Saint Natural but also not drying. BB also has a shade "cranberry" that looked like it would suit me, but it seemed too similar to the Saint Natural.

It’s a nice bronzer but it has bismuth In it and pretty sure that’s what’s in Mac powders That also breaks me out.