Christmas Challenge | Day 7 : Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Bordeaux 16

I really meant to post this up yesterday but the thought of doing the picture transfer from my SD card to my iPad to my Mac, had me procrastinating like I was back in uni. By the time I decided to get round to posting it . . . it was 1am in the morning.

Yesterday, had me saying goodbye to my little sister who had come down for the weekend for my cousin wife's baby shower (I'm going to be a cousin & Aunty all at the same time). As I wasn't really up to the task of lipstick as it was absolutely FREEZING and I wanted some a bit a very berry sheen to my lips, I  picked a shade out of my Revlon Colorburst collection.

I love Revlon Colorburst lipgloss in Bordeaux 16 and it is the one shade that I've worn lately that my mum actually commented on and said she really likes (That's big! She hates my lipstick choices). On me it looks a deep burgundy, berry colour but I have seen it look much lighter or darker on certain people so swatch before you try it.

The pigmentation of the Bordeaux Colorburst makes it seem more like a lipstick that a lipgloss, but with a lighter feeling on the lips.

I only get 2-3 hours wear on this but that's dependent on me using a lipliner and whether or not I'm drinking something.

Don’t forget you can keep up to track with both Ysis’ 30 lipstick in 30 days – Christmas challenge over at Le Beauty Girl or click my header to keep track of my version of the Lipstick Challenge

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Review: Dr Lipp's Nipple Balm for Lips

Why on earth can't I even type or say the name of this product without giggling??!  This product weakens my maturity levels.

When it comes to winter lip care, I always start searching for the thickest lip moisturizer I can kind because honestly me and the cold weather don’t get along. If the cold were a chick, I would push her in front of a bus, Mean Girls style. 

Dr Lipp’s Original Nipple Balm for Lips is a 100% natural lip balm that comes in a small squeeze bottle; which I prefer as it's more sanitary, producing a thick balm formula that doesn't sink into you clips over the like the majority of lip balms but forms an unscented, protective coating that lasts for Hours.

The Nipple/Lip Balm *sniggers* is the thickest lip balm I’ve come across that doesn’t sting my lips (I hate Carmex!!) and what I really love about this balm is apart from how it well it moisturizes my lips against the cold (and the confused looks I get when I show it to people) is that it only has one ingredient ‘ Medical Grade Lanolin’ . . . that even sounds doctor-like.

They don’t even use regular lanolin on this, they used ‘Medical’ loool

I know I’m weird and my sense of humor is definitely off but this just makes me giggle so much!  I have this weird mental image of a mad, genius with electrified hair (who is coincidentally called Dr. Lipp) cackling away over a cauldron. . or Bunsen burner . . .I think I should just end this review here before I showcase just how weird I can be. 

Bottom line is Dr Lipp’s Nipple Balm for Lips = good . . .Evil Dr. Lipp residing in my imagination = misunderstood.

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Review: YSL Rouge Voluptè Lipstick in Vibrant Brown 21

It seems that I am in a big violation of the unspoken (but tweeted) blogger rule of ”never use a product before you've taken pictures of it”. In the case of my YSL Rouge Voluptè lipstick in Vibrant Brown 21, not only have a used it without taking pictures of it . . I've actually been using it regularly for the last couple of months thinking that I've already done a blog post on it when it turns out I really didn't.

So all in all, I’m starting this post with a bit of an apology but seeing as it is one of my favourite and most reached for lippie shades, I thought it was worth doing a blog post review on.

YSL Rouge Voluptè lipsticks are the original and luxury version of the Revlon Lip Butter Lipsticks. They are extremely moisturizing, smooth and creamy, are very pigmented and come in a luxurious shiny, gold packaging topped with a small mirror at the top. As great as YSL rouge voluptè lipsticks are , they really are not longwearing so please take note of that before you shell your money on this.

Vibrant Brown 21 is a warm brown-pink shade that I always seem to go for when choosing nudes are they are the closest to my natural lip colour. As this as a very creamy formula it comes off very pigmented on the lips when swatched but can be easily blended into you lips or lip pencils (depending on how use choose to wear your lipstick).

I love this shade something fierce because it is one of the few lipsticks that I can get away with applying straight onto my lips without a lip pencil or precision. It’s a slap – bang job.

Have you ever tried out any of the YSL lipsticks? I’m thinking of getting the beautiful grape shade in the range to go with this seasons trend.

Don’t forget, I’m holding a giveaway right now so if you want to get your hands on Love Goddess from the Limited Edition MAC Marilyn Monroe Collection , then best get clicking!!!!

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New In:- MAC Marilyn Monroe Collection Love Goddess & Beet

I, ooohhmmed and aarrrhheed and then had to ask A.J from the Sunday Girl for advice before I could make my choice from the newly released Marilyn Monroe collection from MAC because:-

1. Nothing really won me over except the lipsticks. The eyeshadows, blushes, lipgloss and powders were way too light and cool toned to be used on my dark skin and as much as I would love to experiment there really is no way in Looney tunes-hell that I was going to be able to make a cool, baby blue eyeshadow work for me. I’m not being rude . . .I’m being practical! I’m not into throwing away my makeup budget like that.
2. Out of all the 5 lipsticks released, too many of the shades seemed too similar to shades I already owned by MAC and Sleek and honestly expensive dupes of are not needed . . .even if they are limited edition.

So after a lot of staring at swatches online (Big thank you to Erica from the Glamorous Gleam for having the entire MAC Marilyn Monroe Collection swatched on dark skin), I decided to go for the Beet lipliner (£12.50) and the Love Goddess lipstick (£15.50), with a mental promise to buy more lipstick when they have launched the collection in my local MAC store and I’ve swatched it to my hearts content.

Love Goddess is a satin, ‘mid-toned pink, red’ lipstick which is super pigmented and I feel looks amazing on a variety of skin tones. It applies opaque on the lips and so far I’ve gotten about 4-5 hours wear on this; which isn’t bad lipstick-wise, and like all MAC lipsticks, it has the infamous vanilla scent. I am soo happy that I didn’t spend too long deciding on whether to get this shade or not because the next day, it was SOLD OUT! Obviously I picked the firm favourite so I am pleased about that *pats self on back*. 

The Beet Lip-liner is a ‘vivid reddish-pink’ shade that I KNEW would fit in well with the berry-red and plum lipsticks I already own so I thought if I was sure of anything I would pick up from this MAC Collection. It would be Beet. I originally thought about getting Cherry but I have a feeling that Cherry is part of the permanent collection because I swear I’ve swatched it is instore before.

Like I said I might pick up ‘Charmed, I’m Sure’ and ‘Deeply Adored’ in store but I haven't made up my mind because I HATE MAC's matte lipstick formulas but keep your eyes peeled on the blog for any updates. 

If you love how 'Love Goddess' looks, I'm giving you the chance to win your very own Limited Edition lipstick . . . Click here to be "transported" to the giveaway post

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Review:- Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous 040

Its hard to believe that before this year I never even thought of wearing orange lipsticks or lip-glosses, I just assumed that that orange didn’t look good on dark skin but 2012 has been the year of makeup discovery and now I love me some orange.

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains are lip balms that stain your lips so essentially it’s a stain carefully squished into a moisturizing balm, so you get the sheer, moisturizing coverage of a lip balm but the lasting colour of a stain . . .Nice work Revlon.

I picked up the Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous 040 at the Beauty Mart Concession at Harvey Nichols for £6, which was a bit of a bargain seeing as they have a RRP of £7.99. Rendezvous is a tangerine orange shade that obviously shows up a bit darker on my lips but I suspect it would show up more orange on lighter tones

What surprised me the most about this balm was it’s fragrance. I know this might sound a bit silly but I genuinely assumed that this would have either have a light-to-no fragrance or even smell of oranges, so you can understand why I was a bit confused after smearing this all over my lips and smelling . . .peppermint. 

I was just confused!!!

I love how convenient this lip balm is. Its retractable, chubby-pencil shaped applicator makes it very easy to apply and as long as I don’t have to pop out and buy a chubby pencil sharpener, I’m a happy puppy.

I know this has been making the blog circles for a while and I’m a bit late but I quite like this shade. Have you tried any of the Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stains? Which one would you recommend I get for my next purchase?

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Review:- Illamasqua Mina Sheer Lipgloss

I’m getting into the habit of digging deep into my makeup hoard and showing cosmetics that I own that have never really bad a blog appearance (so don’t slate me for posting nearly finished products. I love it so I share it!!)

Illamasqua is one of my favourite cosmetic brands and I will always name it as one of my favourites as their collection is SO pigmented! Everything is always so colour-rich and honestly my Illamasqua collection just seems to keep growing and growing as I have an obsession with their blushes (especially the crème ones)

Illamasqua houses two types of glosses within their brand; Intense and Sheer, now while I don’t that many of their sheer lip-glosses, I am going to share with you the one that I do have.  I already talked about their lip-gloss in Besotted last week but I thought I should give you a little more brand info before I went on to the next lip-gloss shade

 Illamasqua Sheer Lip-gloss in Mina is best described as a gorgeous plum - berry and despite being sheer, I still would put this in the intense lipgloss category (but not a liquid lipstick). The colour from this lipstick comes up very bright so and would compliment a berry lipstick if put on top of one, but it is still intense enough to wear on its own.

I still have the same problems with this that I have with all the intense lipglosses (weight and applicator) but apart from that I love it so I share it.

Sorry I’ve taken so long to review this but I’m slowly catching up. What do you think of this shade? Is it something you would easily wear?

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Review:- Illamasqua Besotted Intense Lipgloss

I’m getting into the habit of digging deep into my makeup hoard and showing cosmetics that I own that have never really bad a blog appearance (so don’t slate me for posting nearly finished products. I love it so I share it!!)

My new Muji storage 5 drawers systems has actually brought to my attention how much makeup I have that I have NEVER reviewed so best get comfy as I’m going to do just that (but obviously not in one post, so breathe a sigh of relief).

 Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Besotted is a scarlett, red lip-gloss that is, well, intense. To me, it’s so opaque and intense that it comes off  more like a liquid lipstick packaged in a squeezy tube than a conventional lip-gloss. Honestly I love the scarlett red shade of this lip-gloss as I have been looking for a lipstick alternative for MONTHS and still haven’t found a great shade so Besotted does get a lot of playtime.

 I bought this along with a few other lip products  during their January Online Sales (can’t believe I’ve had this that long) and honestly while I love the shade and the liquid lipstickness of it (look at me making up words), I’m not a fan of how it initially feels on my lips as it can feel a bit heavy. I also find that the applicator on this makes it very difficult to apply this but apart from that I love the scent, how hydrating it is and shade.

How do you like your lip-glosses? As Opaque, liquid lipsticks or more sheer?

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Review: Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Sunbaked

My love affair with Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss continues.

I’ve finally managed to get round to buying Revlon’s Colorburst Lipgloss in Sunbaked and at the same time completed my wishlist for this summer’s Colorburst collection.

I have already posted many times about the lipgloss formula and appearance/packaging so to go on and say this again would be very, VERY repetitive and bore you to death. Sunbaked is a warm brown- pink mixture that I would place smack bang in the middle of Revlon’s Rosegold and Crystal Pink.

I’ve also noticed that colour wise, Sunbaked is a great dupe for MAC’s Spice Lipglass which appeared in the MAC LE Fashion sets so if you missed out on grabbing that then I suggest you grab Sunbaked as you get the same beautiful colour but with more product.

I know I have a bit of a lipgloss obsession but let me know if its starts to border on excessive . . just so when I post another one I can do a little evil grin when I click publish. Let me know do you think Sunbaked is a great Dupe for Spice?

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Review: AKA Cosmetics Lipgloss in Sumptuous

I’m a gloss girl to be fair.

A minimum of 4 glosses can be found on me at any time . . . and occasionally more if I remember to put my things in my makeup bag instead of my bags and pockets.

I have wanted to share this lipgloss with you a while ago but the original lipgloss pictures where among those I lost when I broke my 16gb sd card . . . and after managing to take backups . . . managed to lose my 8gb sd card as well so this is a third time lucky shot at this post.

 AKA cosmetics is a new cosmetics brand in the UK with the concept of helping you create a smokey, demure or carnival look with getting yourself in a confusing pickle.  Sumptuous is a beautiful berry shade that is non sticky or weighs down the lips, I find that it’s glossy and shiny at first but does stain (and looks great as a stain). Personally I think it’s a great going out shade as it has a lot of personality to it that would make it a great wear.

This gloss has a little sponge applicator that I love (I have a vendetta against those little brush applicators) so you are getting a great amount of product with just one swatch (as you can see in my picture).

Although Sumptous is not a colour I would pick up as I’m not the biggest fan of extreme pinks or purples. The colour payoff is still amazing with flash or without flash.

There are 6 lipgloss shades to choose from and priced at £7 a pop, don’t you think you should order one?

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Review:- Revlon Colorburst in Sizzle, Crystal Lilac & Strawberry

As summer decided to skip the UK this year, I'm using my funds that would normally go into sprucing  up my summer wardrobe on makeup (typical me), I popped into my local Boots and stocked up on my favourite drugstore lip glosses . . . Revlon's Colorburst!!!!!

I am a huge fan of the Colorburst lip glosses as the sleek Chanel-like packaging contains some of the most pigmented shades & moisturising formulas around. For those that have not tired Revlon's Colorburst lip glosses I would definitely recommend then as the formula is smooth, lightweight and non-sticky, plus right now Boots are having a 3 for 2 offer on the Revlon products which as good an excuse as any to pick up a few shades.

Sizzle (046, £7.99) is an eye-popping, orange lipgloss with red undertones in its tube but comes out as a semi-opaque orange that adds a lot of warmth to my lip, visualise an instant warm glow.  I normally do not reach for orange shades but there really is no denying that wonderful effect an orange-toned lipgloss has on dark skin.

Strawberry (006, £7.99) is a soft-pinky red lipgloss with specks of silver glitter in its tube that thankfully (as silver undertones can make dark skin look as chalky as talcum powder) doesn't not stand out when swatched on skin . . . well at least not on my lips anyway. Would love to team this up with a paler pink lipstick (maybe MAC's Creme in Your Coffee/Viva Glam 4) with Strawberry on the middle portion of my lip to give it a little pop.

Crystal Lilac (002, £7.99) is a bubble-gum pink which has this weird Northern Light Reflects going on that is absolutely dazzling!! I think the reflects in this lipgloss convinced me to buy this as I would never go for a pink that light if I didn't feel there was something special about it. I think this would go great as a lipstick/gloss come with some of my neutral lipstick though.

I really love what I picked up but I really wanted another shade called Sunbaked which looked absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! Seeing as I just bought 3 Revlon Colorburst, how do i justify buying one more?

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