The VIOLETTE_FR Thread

[Sunnysmom]

I know some of us love anything Violette_fr creates so let’s discuss her line as it grows! These small lines will always have my heart. She’s such a talented makeup artist and love that she also included skincare and fragrance.  I have loved her past collabs and look forward to any newness in her well-edited line. Sounds like more Yeux Paint shades are coming soon and it’ll be great if she develops new lips, cheeks and more!  Share all your pics and thoughts! 💋 Photos from her Instagram. 

[Sunnysmom]

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE- lol Products are now available ! The date has been removed so not sure what updated info is. 

Update- she will open in Sephora on 2.28 as per her message. Excited to see the entire line! 

[Sunnysmom]

Oh boy Violette_FR is coming to Sephora very soon! Did we know this?  Launching “soon” in 65 stores and planned rollout of approximately 250 stores by end of 2025. News source courtesy of Puck. Anyone have some intel?! 

[makeitup305]

@Sunnysmom really?! I’d be interested in this! I want to swatch it!

[Sunnysmom]

See above @makeitup305 ! 2.28! 

[Sunnysmom]

I had no idea @makeitup305 ! Interesting ! I think you’d probably like some of the vivid colors right?! I love her blues and lips! 

[makeitup305]

@Sunnysmom I've wanted to try her red liquid lip, the shades are gorgeous.

[Sunnysmom]

Def some of the best reds out there @makeitup305 ! 

[Sunnysmom]

Some new little fanciful eye gems for the season. 

[peculiarzmakeup]

These are neato!!! I love how creative her line is and this is just such a cool edition to the collection. I read the description and saw they were reusable up to 3 times that is gem-tastic (yes I make up words on occasion 🤣) such a fun color variety I feel like this would be so cool to try with different eye shadows! Ahhh love ❤️ two words YES + PLEASE. So neat!!! @Sunnysmom 

[Sunnysmom]

Yes they are @peculiarzmakeup ! 🤩 “Gem-tastic” is perfect, well done! 🥰 3 times seems pretty good!! 

[Sunnysmom]

A few of the new Bisou Jelly lips. These are proving a bit more challenging for pigment than her pics show. Lol Hers show even balm to color ratio height in the stick. Nope. Lol I can not get them to look like the pics! 🤣 Mine are very very sheer and the key is the right application that Violette points out. She suggests to apply them so the tint is in the center of the lip and the sheer balm to the outside . This is ok but I prefer more color to mine. They’re almost sheer on me. Even trying very hard to get the core shade to work. Aïssa is very tricky and barely shows up. I did ask for a replacement as I thought it was because the core was farther down than it should be and therefore the color just won’t ever show up. The replacement is a little better as they’re a dot more even but still not fabulous. Lol. Amour is so much better. They feel wonderful and are ok also over other lipsticks though. I do wish she’d work them so the pigment was stronger but considering her other balm lipstick isn’t very dark I don’t see this happening! All good! 💞 @WinglessOne did you get any of them yet? 

[peculiarzmakeup]

Aww that’s too bad the pigment isn’t as prenounced I feel like sometimes balms can do that! I still love the swatches these are such pretty shades ❤️ @Sunnysmom 

[Sunnysmom]

So true @peculiarzmakeup , it’s the risk we take when buying them! I do love the feel and they’re still good layered over her other Bisou Balms and other lippies. 😊

[peculiarzmakeup]

I’m happy to hear they work a little better layered!I feel like sometimes products need a little bit of turn around time I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ haha @Sunnysmom 

[Sunnysmom]

That is also very true @peculiarzmakeup , I agree! It helps as you use it and get more of the core shade on your lips too. I actually shaved mine off a bit to make it more even vs the idea of using the balm around the edges. I wanted a more uniform look. 😊

[WinglessOne]

@Sunnysmom  Oh nooooo, what you described is what I feared about these. 😭 I mean sure, the Bisou Balms are sheer, but they can be built up (with more effort than I’d like, but still) to demi-sheer so I’d hoped the Jelly version could be, too. But your feedback and swatches tell me these aren’t gonna show up on my lips. (Nope, I haven’t bought one yet. I was waiting for November to see if she’d run a good holiday sale.) 

Interesting that one of your shades even had a sunken pigmented core; glad you got it replaced and it performs a bit better now. And I can see these being nice over, say, a somewhat drying matte lipstick. I’ll probably pass on ‘em now, though. Thanks so much for sharing your feedback!

[Sunnysmom]

I’m glad you didn’t get them yet too @WinglessOne . It’s crazy that I can’t get the berry to show any more than it is. I should have added that this is with many swipes. Many!! Her pics show the core even with the balm. I hated to shave part off; that just made me mad to think about doing! Lol They do feel good over other matte lips for sure and zero migrating. Because really no color to migrate! 😳😭 I wonder if she’ll redo them at all or if this is really how she intended them to be. 🤔 Yup, at least the balms can be built up better. I’m just a little bit mystified how they look so much more pigmented on her pics. Has to be retouched or liner or something! 

[WinglessOne]

@Sunnysmom  “They do feel good over other matte lips for sure and zero migrating. Because really no color to migrate!” 🤣 (I’m laughing with you, not at you!) 

Yeah, there’s gotta be some trickery happening in those product photos. Either the models are wearing the jelly balm over a separate base color (perhaps a Bisou Balm), or the photos have been edited to boost saturation or something. She does say they’re meant to give “a kiss of couleur” which okay yeah, that’d be quite sheer. But most of the model photos show more than a kiss of color. Could also be that some models’ natural lip coloring is so close to 1 or 2 jelly balm shades, they appear more opaque than they really are. I’m guessing retouched photos though. 🤔

[Sunnysmom]

😂 yup @WinglessOne , captain obvious over here! 🤣 Man I wish for those pigmented natural lips if so! I also wish she (and others, tho some do) would add that little disclaimer! Perhaps this is one of the many reasons I ( we and many others) keep up the search for that ever elusive HG lip! 🥺😭 It was a bit of a tease to say sheerish but then to show them more pigmented! Grr. Hey , unrelated , did you see the blue or true purple Chanel lip I think it is?! Liquid? Am I delusional. Or MAC? Swear I just saw them pop up. You should go make one at your Lip Lab or have you lately?! 

[WinglessOne]

@Sunnysmom  I think Chanel released a purple shade of liquid matte lipstick. It’s beautiful, but I’m not willing to spend around $50 for a tube since I’m not much of a liquid matte wearer. Plus, I still have NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment (eh, the original formula) in shade Wild Night, which is a beautiful deep purple I can comfortably wear. I’m much more likely to reach for purple bullets though. Are you getting one of Chanel’s new liquid lips? 

MAC did recently release a pastel blue shade of their new MACximal Satin bullets. This reminds me to pick up a shade or two for scientific research and stuff. 😅 And nope, I still haven’t shopped my local Lip Lab for some reason… I even have a generous gift card to spend. I’ll probably bring in my old Bite Amuse Bouche Kale bullet and have it remade. I did see they’re now offering a few of the old Bite shades for sale on their site. 

[Sunnysmom]

Yup I get it. Liquid mattes are so tricky. Esp the older I’ve gotten. Just not willing to sacrifice the comfort. This Chanel formula is one of the few I do like. Besides Byredo and Gucci I think. I forgot about the Nars. I did have one I think.  I did get a few of the new Chanels. Posted on the thread. My fav seems to be 226 both in the color and the way it feels. Not as dry either for some reason. Pretty translucent almost.

Yes! The MAC! I bought a few to try for science as well! Their minis also seem to be sturdier than others (looking at you PMG lol) so I like a few of them for my bag and to spend less money. Also considering when do we truly use an entire lip unless it’s one that’s a major favorite!

You should def go use your LLab! Free lips! Yay! Every time I see Kale I think of you! I should look at their sales. Or not. Didn’t notice that, thank you!