Red Velvet Lipstick - 1946

Let's be honest: I bought this lipstick because I am a huge Captain America nerd and have been dying for Peggy's lipstick. I could not be happier with the lipstick! Not only did it arrive in the cutest little bag, and the packaging was adorable, but the color was stunning. It's long-lasting, lightweight, and builds beautifully. The only downside is that it gets on EVERYTHING I touch with my lips, but it is still very durable. I will be buying again, this is my new staple to every single makeup look.

Victory Red was my first Besame lipstick, which I went looking for because of a combination of frightening news and comforting 40s documentaries about keeping up morale in the face of frightening odds on a particularly sentimental midnight rabbit hole. I've never been a bold makeup person, but I loved Victory Red so much I went looking for more shades. I was not prepared for Red Velvet. This color means business- it's what I'd wear if I was ever called as an expert witness, or to a party where I wanted to intimidate. This lipstick will kick butt for you.

The shade is perfect, it feels great, and the application isn't too difficult (although it does get a little getting used to). Overall, I absolutely love this lipstick and the shade, it's definitely become my favorite, and it's a bonus that Hayley Atwell wore it as Peggy Carter! Love it, and the packaging that it (as well as the cake mascara I ordered with it) came in! As a vintage enthusiast, I know that I can look forward to purchasing from Bésame again!

I just turned 30 and have been casually, occasionally wearing red lipstick for about 6 years. Then, the pandemic/masking made me realize what I was missing, so I've gotten pretty serious and worn it nearly every day for the past year or so. I have fair, infuriatingly neutral-toned skin, hazel eyes, dark eyebrows, and medium brown hair that I color a couple shades darker. I've always preferred peach blush and blue-red lipstick, so Red Velvet - 1946 was a bit of a risk. I will say, the tube itself is much darker than it looks in the picture online, and it applies darker than you would expect as well. I totally overdid it on my first application, and it came out looking much more brown than red (white dress picture). Since I learned to apply it with more precision and restraint, it's become a wonderful, regular-day-work-errands-travel kind of neutral brick red. Blue dress pictures were taken within 10 minutes of each other; the only difference is one is indoors and one is out.