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Review: Avon True Colour Perfectly Matte Lipsticks - Rouged Perfection, Pink Passion, Rose Awakening

You know my love of Avon lipsticks. They have the best formulas for the best prices. I already have a review of whole True Colour Perfectly Matte Lipsticks collection. Recently, Avon added three new shades to the range. This is my favorite matte lipstick formula, so I am really excited for new shades to be added to this line.

New shades are more or less different pink tones. The range had a lot of bright pinks, but these are more muted pinks. I'd say you'll find a pink for really fair skin tone, for those that don't like true pink and for those that like brighter pink, but don't want it to be too vibrant. 


Design is the same as with others, so a matte black packaging with silver details. The only difference is that my old ones have transparent lid on the top where you can sort of see the shade inside and these don't. I don't mind that, because I store them upside down, with name stickers up, so I can find the right shade quicker. 

In each is 3.6 grams of product and the regular price is 8.50€. Usually, you can get them a lot cheaper. Currently they're on offer for 4.50€ (Slovenia).



Rouged Perfection - warm peachy pink. It's one of those pinks that will appeal to all of those that prefer warm peach and brown shades. It's still pink, but has an obvious peach undertone. This shade might look really different on different skin tones. On some it might look more pink and on some more brown. It's my favorite from these three. On me it leans more towards warm pink shade with peach base. 
Pink Passion - cool light pastel pink. It's a more white based chalky pink and it would look amazing on really fair cool skin tones. From all the three shades, this one looks the most chalky on my lips, like it's not as even and smooth. 
Rose Awakening - warm medium redish pink. This is a darker shade than the other two and it's also the most vibrant one. This pink seems like it has red base to it. I really like this shade on me. It's not one of those really vibrant pop of shades that you'd save for special occasion. It's more of a vibrant wearable shade. 

Formula is still the same. The most smooth silicon like and well pigmented. The least pigmented seems to be Pink Passion, which can look a bit sheer, but it's so light, that it's not even that noticeable. I love how lightweight it feels on the lips and the fact that it never dries out my lips. Formula is really comfortable to wear. It transfers and is not as long lasting as proper liquid matte lipsticks. Since I have dry lips in general, these wear on my lips for a really long time. Up to 4 hours without touch ups. 

They have fruity summer scent that I love.


I also prepared some comparisons for you with other Avon lipsticks. I actually don't have any other brands of lipsticks that would be similar to any of this shade. Rouged Perfection is a a unique mix. Pure Pink (Perfectly Matte) is as light as Rouged Perfection, but a lot cooler and more proper pink without that peach undertone. I actually thought that it would be similar to Peach Flatters, but it's nothing alike. Peach Flatters (Perfectly Matte) is a lot darker and more redish. Revitalising Raspberry (Supreme Noursihing) is a sheerer formula, but it has more brownish redish base. Although it also looks kind of peachy pink at first glance. 

Pink Passion is another unique pastel pink. There isn't any shade that would be similar to it. I just swatched it next to Posh Petal, to show you that Posh Petal (Perfectly Matte) is lighter, really cool and definitely a more lavender shade. 

Rose Awakening is another unique shade in my collection, since it's vibrant, but not too dark. Peach Flatters (Perfectly Matte) is actually kind of similar in shade, but it's more peach toned, just slightly darker and a bit more vibrant. Rose Kisses (Mark Plump It) is a more mauve pink tone and it's a bit more muted shade, not as vibrant. 





Now onto the fun part. Me trying the shades on and giving you an idea on how it looks like against my NC15 skin tone. 

Rouged Perfection





Pink Passion





Rose Awakening






The formula is the best smooth formula of matte lipsticks for those that don't like drying lipsticks. They wear comfortably and are long lasting. You can choose among wide range of shades. Now there's also a perfect wearable pink for different skin tones. I adore Rouged Perfection. It's quickly became one of my favorite nude pinks. This is a shade I can rock on a daily. I also adore Rose Awakening as it's vibrant, but not too in your face and it also goes with everything. Pink Passion is more of classic cool pink and it's not something that I would wear a lot, but it looks great with a soft pink makeup look. Or something a bit cooler in general.

*Products were sent to me. 




Poznate mojo ljubezen do Avonovih šmink. Imajo najboljše formule za najugodnejšo ceno. Ocenila sem že celotno linijo True Colour Perfectly Matte šmink. Pred kratkim pa je Avon v zbirko dodal tri nove odtenke. To je moja najljubša formula mat šmink, zato sem zelo vesela, da se je Avon odločil tej liniji dodati nove odtenke.

Novi odtenki so bolj kot ne različni odtenki roza barve. Mat linija je imela precej živahnih roza odtenkov. Novi so veliko bolj umirjeni. Lahko bi rekla, da ponujajo nosljiv roza odtenek za vsakogar. Nekaj za tiste z zelo svetlo poltjo, roza za tiste, ki dejansko ne marajo pravih roza odtenkov in živahnejši roza odtenek, ki pa še vidno ni premočan za dnevno nošenje. 

Dizajn je enak prvotni liniji. Šminke se nahajajo v mat črni embalaži s srebrnimi detajli. Edina razlika je v tem, da so stare šminke imele na vrhu prozorno okence skozi katero si lahko opazil odtenek šminke. Nove tega nimajo. Mene to ne moti, ker jih shranjujem obrnjene na glavo. Tako lahko odtenek prej najdem po nalepki z napisom odtenka. 

V vsaki šminki je 3.6 gramov izdelka. Redna cena je 8.50€. Po navadi jih lahko dobite veliko ceneje. Trenutno je cena 4.50€ tukaj

Rouged Perfection - topla breskvasto roza. To je roza odtenek, ki bo všeč vsem tistim, ki imajo raje tople breskvaste in rjave odtenke. Je še vedno roza, ampak ima precej očiten breskvast podton. Ta odtenek bo izgledal drugače na različnih polteh. Na nekaterih bo bolj roza, na drugih pa bolj rjav. Je moja najljubši odtenek izmed vseh treh. Na meni izgleda volj toplo roza z breskvastim podtonom.
Pink Passion - hladno svetlo pastelno roza. Je odtenek, ki ima precej bele podlage in bo izgledal fantastično na svetli hladni polti. Izmed vseh treh odtenkov, je ta najbolj neenakomeren na ustnicah. Izgleda bolj pudrasto. 
Rose Awakening - topla srednje rdečkasto roza. To je najtemnejši odtenek izmed vseh treh in tudi najbolj živahen odtenek. Ta roza daje občutek, da je podlaga bolj rdečkasta. Odtenek mi je izredno všeč na meni. Je en izmed živahnih odtenkov, ki pa ni tako živahen, da bi ga morale nositi samo za posebne priložnosti. Gre bolj za živahen odtenek, ki je še vedno izredno nosljiv. 

Formula je še vedno ista. Izredno gladka, podobna silikonom in dobro pigmentirana. Najmanj pigmentiran odtenek je Pink Passion, ki lahko izgleda rahlo prosojno. Glede na to, da je odtenek tako svetel, se to niti ne opazi tako zelo. Všeč mi je kako lahkotne so na ustnicah in da nikoli ne izsušijo mojih ustnic. Formula je res zelo udobna za nošenje. Šminka se prenaša na hrano in kozarce, zato ni tako zelo obstojna kot prave tekoče mat šminke. Glede na to, da imam sama zelo suhe ustnice, so te na meni zelo obstojne. Lahko jih nosim tudi do 3 ure brez popravkov. 

Šminke imajo poletno sadni vonj, ki mi je zelo všeč. 

Odtenke sem primerjala z drugimi Avonovimi šminkami. Nisem našla nobenega odtenka drugih znamk, ki bi bili podobni tem, zato sem primerjala kar z Avonovimi. Rouged Perfection je unikatna mešanica. Pure Pink je enako svetla kot Rouged Perfection, ampak hladnejša in bolj prava roza, brez breskvastega podtona. Mislila sem, da bo odtenek bolj podoben Peach Flatters, ampak se je izkazalo, da si nista niti podobna. Peach Flatters je veliko temnejši in bolj rdečkast. Revitalising Raspberry je bolj prosojne formule in ima bolj rjavkasto rdeč podton. Čeprav deluje tudi rahlo breskvasto roza na prvih pogled. 

Pink Passion je še ena unikatna roza. V zbirki nimam nobenega podobnega odtenka. Primerjala sem ga z Posh Petal, da bi pokazala, da je Posh Petal svetlejši, hladnejši in definitivno bolj sivkast odtenek.

Rose Awakening je še en unikaten odtenek iz moje kolekcije. Je sicer živahen, ampak ni temen. Peach Flatters je precej podoben odtenek, ampak je malo bolj breskvast, temnejši in bolj živahen. Rose Kisses je vijolična roza, ki je bolj umazana in niti približno tako živahna. 

Formula je najboljša formula mat šmink za vse, ki ne marajo šmink, ki izsušujejo ustnice. Nosijo se udobno in so dobro obstojne. Izbirate lahko izmed širokim naborom odtenkov. Zdaj lahko najdete perfekten roza odtenek za različne polti. Sama obožujem Rouged Perfection. Zelo hitro je postal moj najljubši nevtralno roza odtenek. To je odtenek, ki ga lahko nosim čez dan z vsakim makeupom. Obožujem tudi Rose Awakening, ker je tako živahen, a vseeno ne preveč. Prav tako paše k vsakemu makeupu. Pink Passion je bolj klasično hladno roza in ni odtenek po katerem bi veliko posegala. Je pa čudovit v kombinaciji z nežnim roza makeupom. Prav tako s kakšnim koli drugim bolj hladnim makeupom. 

*Izdelki so mi bili poslani. 

Review: Avon True Colour Perfectly Matte Lipsticks

Hey Beauties!

I have a very exciting post for you today. It's Avon't new range of lipsticks called True Colour Perfectly Matte and they are obviously matte. I've talked about Avon lipsticks a lot on my blog. Their 3D Plumping lipsticks are one of my favorite formula ever. Since matte lipsticks have been everywhere in previous year, Avon also jumped on the bandwagon. 


Lipsticks come in a classy matte black plastic packaging. I really like the velvet feel to the matte plastic. It indicates what's inside. It also has a combination of silver plastic with Avon logo



On the bottom there's a sticker with the color and name of the shade. On the top it's transparent window where you can see what shade is inside. Useful if you have many lipsticks and you can never find the right shade.



The bullet has AVON sign embossed in ti.

Regular price of lipsticks is 8.50€ for 3.6 grams. Currently you can get them for 4.50€ each (Slovenia).


The range has a whooping selection of 15 shades. You can choose among trendy browns, pinks, peaches, lilacs, reds and one plumy shade. The range lacks super dark vampy shades, but offers most of pinks, which is not surprising, since it's probably the most popular lipsticks shade.


The formula has a nice subtle fragrance, which reminds me of sweet fruits. Lipsticks are very pigmented. With one swipe you get a nice transfer of color and you don't need to build it up. If you apply too much, it looks a bit more creamier. It's slightly thicker formula with a smooth silicon like glide to it.

The finish is matte with a touch of creaminess. It's not as matte as for example Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvets. To me the formula seems similar to MAC's mattes, but less drying. 

The application can be a bit uneven with some shades, especially darker ones.

I find them fairly lightweight on the lips. If you put on too much, it can seem almost a bit sticky at the beginning. I have dry lips, so the lipstick becomes even matter through the day. Especially in colder days it can almost seem like it's dried up on the lips. 

While we're on the subject of dry lips, this formula will accentuate dry patches, like most matte formulas do. I have very dry lips, but these lipsticks don't dry them out. The condition is pretty much the same as before I apply them. Which means they're not drying nor particularly moisturizing. Avon says that this is ideally matte color and that it adds the feeling of moisturizing your lips. I would say that it doesn't actually moisturize the lips, but it does provide fairly comfortable feeling on the lips. But I guess that might just be my opinion and the fact that my lips are currently always on the dry side.

You can apply them straight from the bullet and don't actually need to use lip liner with the formula. It doesn't go into lines and it is pretty long lasting. I ate hamburger with red shade and you can imagine that this would be catastrophic, but it wasn't that bad. Apart from the lipstick transferring to my chin and hamburger, it stayed on the lips. Yes, obviously it disappeared from the inner part of the lips. It wears off nicely through the day.

Now let's talk about the actual shades.


Perfectly Nude

Peach based very light warm nude.





Au Naturale

Warm light brown.





Marvelous Mocha

Warm medium brown. 





Posh Petal

Very light cool pink.





Ideal Lilac

Cool light fuchsia.





Splendidly Fuchsia

Cool bright medium pink.





Adoring Love

Dirty cool medium pink.





Pure Pink

Dirty warm pink with peach undertone.





Vibrant Melon

Warm very bright pink (almost looks neon). 





Ravishing Rose

Cool red-ish pink.





Ruby Kiss

Cool medium pink. This one is very similar to Ravishing Rose. Ruby Kiss is more pink and Ravishing Rose is more blue toned and darker. 





Peach Flatters

Darker warm peachy pink (coral).





Coral Fever

Warm orange red.





Red Supreme

Cool classic darker red.





Berry Blast

Dark browny plum.





I only found one shade, which is similar to another from my collection. Coral Fever is very similar to MAC Matte Lady Danger. It's actually a bit lighter and more red or even pinkish in a way. Lady Danger is darker and a lot more orange. 



I was afraid that there will be some same shades as in 3D Plumping range, because I think Avon has repeated their shades in the past, but I was wrong. I swatched a few older shades by Avon and their were no actual dupes. The shades are similar, but different. They have different nuances and undertones, so I am very happy with that.

Usually darker shades are less pigmented, but with these matte lipsticks it's the opposite. The least pigmented and the most patchy are Perfectly Nude and Posh Petal, the lightest shades. All other shades are very pigmented. Berry Blast is also the one that should be build up for full opacity of the darker shade.

My favorites are: Au Naturale, Marvelous Mocha, Ideal Lilac, Peach Flatters, Coral Fever and Red Supreme. 

I am really eager to use all the shades in my future makeup looks, because the matte formula gives a whole different look to my makeup. The formula is nice and it works with most shades, although I don't like the uneven chalky look with two very light shades. I think those lipsticks shouldn't be overdone with the application, because it can quickly look heavy. They are pigmented and have a nice lasting powder. I also like that these don't feel heavy on the lips and don't further dry out my lips. The shade range is nice, although there could be more darker shades or more peachy orange tones.

Sara from Passing Fancy also got the whole range of these lipsticks and we decided to post the review on the same day to not become rivals (kidding). We wanted you to see how the shades look different on different skin tones, with different eye color and hair color. So, please go to her blog and see how the shades look on her, because I'm sure they look different. I think she also has some amazing MAC dupes for you, since her collection is a bit (scratch that - a lot) bigger than mine,

So what are your favorite shades?

*Products were sent to me by Avon for review purposes.



Danes imam za vas zelo zanimivo objavo. Gre za novo linijo Avonovih rdečil imenovano True Colour Perfectly Matte in seveda so mat. O Avonovih rdečilih sem že veliko govorila na mojem blogu. Njihova 3D Plumping rdečila imajo eno mojih najljubših formul. Glede na to, da so bila mat rdečila zelo popularna v preteklem letu, se je Avon očitno pridružil mat maniji.

Rdečila imajo elegantno mat črno embalažo. Res mi je všeč ta žameten občutek mat emabalaže. Nakazuje to kar se skriva v njej. Ima tudi kombinacijo sive plastike z Avon logojem.

Na dnu je nalepka v odtenku rdečila in ime odtenka. Na vrhu je prozorno okence skozi katerega lahko vidimo odtenek rdečila. To je priročno, sploh če imate veliko rdečil in nikoli ne morete najti pravega odtenka.

Na rdečilu je odtisnjena beseda AVON. 

Redna cena rdečil je 8.50€ za 3.6 grama izdelka. Trenutno jih lahko kupite za 4.50€. 

Linija ponuja 15 različnih odtenkov. Izbirate lahko med trendi rjavimi, roza, mareličnimi, vijoličnimi, rdečimi in enim slivastim odtenkom. V naboru ni temnih vampy odtenkov, ampak največ roza, kar me ne preseneča, saj je to precej popularen odtenek.

Formula rdečil ima nežen vonj, ki mene spominja na sladko sadje. Rdečila so zelo pigmentirana. Z enim potegom dobite dober prenos barve, ki vam je ni treba nadgrajevati. Če nanesete preveč, izgleda bolj kremasto. Formula je precej gosta in vsekakor ni čutiti kremastega ali maslenega občutka na ustnicah.

Finiš je mat s kančkom kremastega občutka. Ni mat kot na primer Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvets. Meni se zdi formula precej podobna MAC mat rdečilom, ampak manj izsušujoča. 

Nanos je lahko neenakomeren pri določenih odtenkih, kar potem lahko izgleda staromodno mat. Rdečilo se lahko začne nabirati v notranji rob ustnic. 

Rdečila se mi zdijo precej lahkotna na ustnicah. Če nanesete preveč je lahko na začetku občutek celo malo lepljiv. Sama imam suhe ustnice, zato rdečilo postane skoraj bolj mat skozi dan. Še posebej v hladnih dneh, ko se zdi, da se še dodatno posuši na moje ustnice.

Ko smo pri suhih ustnicah, naj omenim, da ta formula vsekakor poudari suhe predele na ustnicah, kot je to značilno za večino mat formul. Jaz imam zelo suhe ustnice, ampak rdečila jih ne izsušujejo še dodatno. V kakšnem stanju so ustnice pred nanosom, take so tudi po uporabi teh rdečil. Kar pomeni, da niso ravno vlažilna. Avon pravi, da rdečila zagotavljajo idealno mat barvo in občutek vlaženja na ustnicah. Jaz bom rekla, da ne čutim nekega vlaženja, ampak je občutek na ustnicah vseeno ugoden. Mogoče je tako samo pri meni, ker imam zadnje čase res precej suhe ustnice.

Rdečilo lahko nanesete naravnost iz embalaže in ne potrebujete svinčnika za obrobo. Ne gre v gube in je precej obstojno. Jaz sem z rdečim odtenkom jedla hamburger, kar kriči po katastrofi, ampak ni bilo tako. Razen tega, da se je rdečilo prenesla na mojo brado in hamburger, je bil izid dokaj dober. Seveda je izginilo iz notranjih kotičkov ustnic, ampak to je normalno. Tudi čez dan se lepo nosi.

Zdaj pa gremo na dejanske odtenke.

Perfectly Nude - zelo svetel topel nevtralen odtenek z breskvastim podtonom. 
Au Naturale - topel svetlo rjav odtenek.
Marvelous Mocha - topel srednje rjav odtenek. 
Posh Petal - zelo svetel hladen roza odtenek.
Ideal Lilac - hladen fuksija odtenek.
Spendidly Fuchsia - hladen živ srednje roza odtenke.
Adoring Love - umazano hladen srednje roza odtenek.
Pure Pink - umazano topel roza odtenke z breskvastim podtonom.
Vibrant Melon - topel zelo živ roza odtenek (skoraj neonski).
Ravishing Rose - hladen rdečkast roza odtenek.
Ruby Kiss - hladen srednje roza odtenek. Ta odtenek je zelo podoben Ravishing Rose. Ruby Kiss je bolj roza in Ravishing Rose ima bolj moder podton in je temnejši. 
Peach Flatters - temenjši topel breskvasto roza odtenek (koralen).
Coral Fever - topel oranžno rdeč odtenek.
Red Supreme - hladen klasičen temnejši rdeč odtenek.
Berry Blast - temnejši rjavo slivast odtenek.

Našla sem samo en odtenek, ki je podoben drugemu iz moje kolekcije. Coral Fever je zelo podoben MAC mat Lady Danger. V bistvu je svetlejši odtenek in bolj rdeč oziroma celo rozast. Lady Danger je temnejši in veliko bolj oranžen odtenek.

Skrbelo me je, da bom v tej zbirki našla odtenke, ki so podobni prejšnjim linijam Avon rdečil, ker se mi je v preteklosti zdelo, da se Avon rad ponavlja z odtenki. Skrb je bila odveč, saj med mojo zbirko nisem našla niti enega zamenljivega odtenka. Seveda so odtenki podobni, vendar imajo različne podtone in svetlost. Zelo sem vesela, da lahko povem, da so odtenki čisto novi. 

Po navadi so pri Avon rdečilih temnejši odtenki slabše pigmentirani, ampak pri mat je ravno obratno. Najmanj pigmentirana odtenka sta Perfectly Nude in Posh Petal, torej nasvetlejša. Vsi ostali odtenki so zelo pigmentirani. Berry Blast je zaradi svojega temnega odtenka potrebno malo nadgraditi, da dobimo polno barvo. 

Moji najljubši odtenki so: Au Naturale, Marvelous Mocha, Ideal Lilac, Peach Flatters, Coral Fever in Red Supreme. 

Že komaj čakam, da vse odtenke preizkusim z mojimi makeup looki, saj mat formula doda makeupu čisto drugačno podobo. Formula mi je všeč in je pri večini odtenkov dobra, čeprav lahko svetlejši odtenki na ustnicah izgledajo neenakomerno. S temi rdečili ni najbolje pretiravati z nanosom, saj lahko hitro delujejo težko. So pigmentirana in imajo dobro obstojnost. Všeč mi je tudi, da so na ustnicah dokaj lahkotna in ne izsušujejo mojih ustnic. Nabor odtenkov je všečen, čeprav bi lahko bil kakšen temen odtenek več ali pa kakšen breskvast oranžen odtenek.

Sara iz bloga Passing Fancy je prav tako prejela celotno kolekcijo šmink, zato sva se odločili, da oceno objaviva na isti dan, da ne postaneva tekmici (hecam se). Želeli sva, da vidite kako različno izgledajo odtenki na različnih tenih kože, z različno barvo oči in las. Zato zdaj kar skočite na njen blog, da boste videli kako odtenki izgledajo na njej, ker sem prepričana, da so drugačni. Mislim, da je ona našla nekaj odtenkov, ki bi lahko bili zamenljivi z odtenki MAC šmink. Njena kolekcija je namreč malo (no, zelo) večja od moje.

Kateri odtenki pa so všeč vam?

* Izdelke mi je poslal Avon.