Lipstick

18 Jun 2013 12 Comments

Where Have You Been All My Life? MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Crosswires

For someone who has been addicted to MAC lipstick for about 20 years (yes, I’m that old), I am always a bit surprised to find MAC lipsticks that I haven’t owned at one time or another. For some reason, I have never noticed Crosswires. I’m kind of sad that it took this look for us to be introduced because I am in lurv!

This is one of the most perfect lipstick colours I’ve ever owned. I love corals and pinks and this to me is the best of both worlds! It is one of those lipsticks that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it on my lips – oh yes, come home to mama indeed! More

13 Jun 2013 7 Comments

Dior’s Rose Interview: The Lipstick I Loved, Then Hated, And Now Love Again

Ah, Dior Rose Interview, so nice to meet you again. Since purchasing this lipstick in 2010, it’s been a roller coaster kind of relationship.

When I first got bought it, I proclaimed this was the perfect my lips but better colour (Read it here). Then, a few months later, the love affair seemed to end (Read about it here). And then Rose Interview was forgotten in the depths of the ‘lipstick graveyard’ , a.k.a. the bottom of the pile. More

04 Jun 2013 18 Comments

Take a Look at “Yu” from NARS

Lip pencils disguised as lipsticks are popping up all around, from drug store to high end luxury brands. I can see why the trend is so hot. The pencil format provides us with the ability to control application yet still enjoy the textures that we love from glosses and lipsticks. I’m certainly a big fan. I’m also a die-hard fan of NARS, and when I heard about its Satin Lip Pencils, I had to investigate.

So investigate I did. I combed blog post after blog post, examining every swatch I could find. I also paid a visit to my local counters and swatched some more. I narrowed it down to two colours: Yu, described as a ‘shocking pink’, and Luxembourg, a gorgeous deep red.

01 Jun 2013 11 Comments

You had me at ‘Coral’, YSL!

If a lipstick has the word ‘Coral’ on it, I am a goner. Sold. Guaranteed. I have not met a coral I didn’t love. And love is a word I have to use (again) in relation to these two new lipsticks* from YSL: Coral Incandescent and Coral In Touch.

Both Rouge Volupte Shines, these have a sheen to them that is pure gorgeousness (I know this is not a word but it seems so appropriate). It feels and looks luxurious.

30 May 2013 10 Comments

Mad about Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Rouge

The moment I first put on Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Rouge, I heard the lipstick angels sing. The song? ‘What a Feeling’ from Flashdance. Remember that movie?