Rouge Bunny Rouge Gleaming Temptations Lip Gloss: Birthday Suit

Make up is a magical thing; a single brush of blusher and your complexion awakes, an elegant dash of eyeliner and you turn into a retro minx, lashings of lippy and all you want to do is strut - I for one can't resist the alluring joys of painting a face.

One brand that certainly embraces the magic is Moscow/London based company Rouge Bunny Rouge. Gathering a cult following amongst make up aficionados at a speed that would make even Usain Bolt tremble, cosmetics have never been so mysterious...

I'll be the first to admit I'm not the biggest fan of lipgloss. If the formula's not sticky then the colour's too light, if the colour's divine then the stickiness drives me wild - it's a never ending circle of bad buys. Whilst Lipstick Queen has been my gloss saviour for the past 15 months, Rouge Bunny Rouge may have just produced a formula worthy of trumping it.

The lovely team at Zuneta gifted me the shimmering nude shade of 'Birthday Suit': a sheer honey and beige nude packed full of delicate glimmer. At first glance I expected the vibrant peach tone to be far too warm against my cool complexion, yet the sheerness of the colour means even my heavily pigmented lips can rock an orangey nude. Who knew?!

Birthday Suit swatched

Containing vitamin E, this is easily the most comfortable gloss formula I've worn. Leaving my lips beautifully plumped and hydrated I found the colour to be one of the longest wearing I've come across too, giving several hours of glistening full coverage - even after a frappuccino.

Birthday Suit applied to heavily pigmented lips

I absolutely adore this product. The colour is a shade I would never have purchased myself and for that I've thoroughly enjoyed working it into my routine. Rouge Bunny Rouge is wonderfully luxurious to wear which - as you'd expect - is reflected in its price. At £20 for a 7ml tube, for some this will never be justified - however, if you're a Chanel junkie then it mightn't hit so hard.

Rouge Bunny Rouge Gleaming Temptations Lip Gloss in 'Birthday Suit' is available from zuneta.com for £20.

*this product was a free sample obtained by the Beauty Bite*