For Day 2 of The Life of A Ladybug's "25 Days of Christmas", I would like to encourage you to meet the Queen of my life...The Lipstick Queen! I mean, really...if there were ever anyone who would be the "Queen of Me" other than me, of course, it would be the woman who brought the Medieval Lip Stain to the world (it is still one of my favorite lip products ever and trust me, I have tried hundreds).
I love Mally and I usually love her products, but her Gemlights Lip Gloss? Not so much. Sorry, my love!
It's not that the glosses are bad. They are certainly beautiful shimmery colors - I especially love the deep, vampy red - but the texture is grainy (I understand it's because of the glitter, but I hate the sand-like feel on my lips) and the scent is really overpowering. It's not all that pleasant at all. Though I think these glosses do make your lips look sparkly and luscious, I just can't recommend them. Skip this trio and try any of Mally's other glorious glosses. It's not necessary to have glittery lips, anyway.
Y'all know I love me some Mally Roncal. And I love her Mally Beauty line. I think she has some really great products and they're all really fun and most work just as well, or better even, than she claims they do.
Mally is a regular feature on QVC's Saturday Night Beauty. Every time I watch her, there's a new product I'd like to try. This last time, it was her High Shine Liquid Lipstick. When I saw her applying this liquid lipstick to her models, I fell instantly in lust with it. I had to have it on my hot little lips. So, I ordered it in three of the four available shades: Perfect Pink, Summer Peach and Sweet Berry. I have extreme lovement for these, y'all! They offer all the opaque-y goodness of a lipstick with the high shine of a lipgloss. They're $20 on QVC.com, but if you buy more than once, you get each additional one for $17. My favorite of the three I have is the Sweet Berry, which looks great on brown skin. I am irritated by the click-pen application, as I think those things are more of a pain than they're worth - you always click up either not enough or too much and there's no way to get it back in the tube once it's out there and they get all messy. But the brush feels luxurious against the lips and the product itself is not to be beat.
Shenanigans.
So, DuWop has a "Twilight" version of their popular Lip Venom. The Twilight Venom contains the clear cinnamon-laced gloss, red globules of pigment that are supposed to look like blood and glitter. All mingled together, they look like sparkly blood. When you apply it to your lips, it burns and stings for a minute and your lips swell (from a reaction to the active ingredient), which is what causes the plumping effect. One layer leaves your lips a very, very sheer red, but if you layer a bit more you can achieve a deeper shade. In fact, after several layers, I actually looked like I had bloody lips (my brother asked me what was wrong with my mouth - ha!). So, other than the fact that this stuff makes you look like you've been punched in your mouth, the tingling sensation isn't awesome and, though it's supposed to be a stain, it wears off really quickly. Major disappointment.
These are the products I'm loving this week!
So, what are you loving this week, my lovelies?
NARS Lipgloss in Belize
Laura Geller Blush 'n Brighten in Raspberry and Boysenberry
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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Three Custom Color Specialists introduces Be Bright Pink Lip Gloss, an exclusive shade created to support Bright Pink (www.bebrightpink.org), a national non-profit organization that provides education and support to young women who are at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. 20% of sales generated by the purchase of Be Bright Pink Lip Gloss will be donated to support Bright Pink's mission to help women proactively take control of their health via education, support and community development for those at risk.
Be Bright Pink Lip Gloss is a sheer carnation pink with a silver satin finish, designed to flatter all skin tones.
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When the air gets brisk and the sweaters come out, I begin reaching for my richer, deeper lip colors. Don't you? I do love the look of a gloss, but it just seems that when the leaves turn and you start the fires burning in the hearth, you should be sporting lipstick, no? Well, good for us that Bobbi wants to fulfill both desires - richer, deeper colors that can still go on like a gloss.
New for fall, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics introduces Rich Color Gloss. It offers the look and benefits of three products in one - the full color coverage of a lipstick, the shine of a gloss, and the feel of a balm. It comes in a range of eight shades: Naked (one of my favorite Bobbi lip shades), Ruby Red, Pink Raspberry, Merlot, Dusty Rose, Melon, Tutu, and Pink Buff.
Rich Color Gloss will be on counters and www.bobbibrowncosmetics.comin October. It retails for $20.
Look at how luscious those lips are, y'all! I love the Dazzleglass in its original form and I love the Cremesheen Glass ... so what does MAC do? They combine them! Swoon!
My lemmings in italics!
Dazzleglass Creme
Sublime Shine: light coral brown with gold pearl
Soft Dazzle: mid-tone peachy pink with gold pearl
Perfectly Unordinary: bright yellow pink with gold pearl
My Favourite Pink: light blue pink with pearl
Do It Up: bright blue pink with pearl
Luscious Spark: light orange with gold pearl
Totally Fab: bright yellow red with pearl
Creme Allure: bright yellow plum with pearl
Amorous: deep brown red with pearl
