Charlotte Tilbury’s pillow talk vs nude romance – which lipstick is best?

This is the ultimate your-lips-but-better lipstick, thanks to its pink undertones that add a coat of natural-looking colour to compliment your complexion and eye looks, no matter how bold.

The rose-gold packaging with a “CD” engraving on the lid has instant appeal and every bit as luxurious as you would expect from the price tag.

The lipstick bullet itself is synonymous with the rest of the Charlotte Tilbury range, with a square, angled tip that’s designed for the most precise application possible. It helps deliver an even matte coat of product to lips and reach into the inner corners and onto the cupids bow with ease.

There’s a slight scent but it’s not overpowering and the formula is a mix of papaya and orchid extracts and oils to keep it from drying out lips. You do need to apply a bit of pressure when applying it and we found we needed to use a few coats to get the finish we were happy with.

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It’s a tad dry on the first application, but throughout the day we didn’t notice that feeling continue, though with any matte lipstick we would recommend applying lip balm to prep skin first.

We wore it without a lip liner and found it lasted incredibly well, barely transferring onto a cup of tea or onto our cutlery when we ate with it on.

It’s not hard to see why it has such a cult following, it’s ideal if you want to forgo a bold lip colour but still want to wear something to finish off your make-up, along with being perfect for pairing with bolder make-up looks.

Despite containing the same amount of product (3.5g), this new shade comes in a bigger, more extravagant tube – could the brand get any more luxe? We didn’t think so. You’ll recognise the classic rose gold packaging, but this lipstick case has an even more decadent design, bejewelled with silver crystals in a star pattern. The bullet itself is also imprinted with a heart design, making it feel like a real treat to own and use.

As glamorous as the make-up artist itself, it’s heavier than the brand’s other lipsticks and is refillable too, unlike the pillow talk shade. It has a narrower bullet and a slimmer square tip but offers the same easy application.

As it’s part of the K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipstick range, it has a creamy, balmy texture as opposed to matte, but it’s still very rich in pigment – one coat was enough to completely cover our lips fully.

Instead of pink undertones, it has a mix of peach and brown, making it essentially the nude, creamy alternative to pillow talk. With a satin finish, it’s infused with light-diffusing pigments which give it a subtle glow on the lips, but isn’t so brown it would wash out fairer skin tones.

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We found it felt much more comfortable to wear, but did need a little more touching up after eating and drinking as there was a tad more transfer, but not so much it would put us off wearing it.

You would need to be careful wearing it underneath a face covering as it did brush off a little on the fabric, whereas pillow talk stayed put.

If you love nude lipsticks that leans towards brown rather than pink, then this is perfect for you.