Sparkly taupe eye with glossy vino lips featuring Brun Glacé Glossy Stain
As you may know, I’m crazy about deep vampy lips- give me a nice burgundy lip with a glossy finish an I’m all yours for the taking.
The thing I really love about Brun Glace (which is shade #2, reviewed previously in this post ) is that it’s a deep vampy lip product with a long lasting shine and colour that wears evenly on the lips- these qualities are harder to find than you might think in a dark lip product. I also love how you can use lip liners under this Glossy Stain to achieve anything from a glossy mahogany brown lip, to a deep merlot, to a rusty red. Of course, you can do the same with any lipliner/lipgloss combo- but the shine never lasts as long on me with other lipglosses. Also, I find that when I wear darker colours with a glossy finish, I get a really obvious migration of the lip colour from the centre of the lips to the edges, which just means frequent touch ups to avoid the ‘dark lip liner’ look.
Anyway, look! I did a FOTD.
FOTD makeup breakdown
Eyes:
- TFSI to prime
- Laura Mercier Bamboo eyeshadow applied all over the lid to the crease
- MAC Reflects Gold glitter pressed onto the lid, on top of Bamboo with a flat brush
- MAC Mystery and Typographic eyeshadows to darken outer V
- MAC Mystery eyeshadow blended below bottom lashline
- MAC Omega eyeshadow to blend any harsh edges around eyeshadow.
- Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in ‘Black’ to line waterline and top lashline
- Bobbi Brown Shimmer eyeshadow in Champagne to highlight inner corners of the eyes
Cheeks:
- MAC Bronzing powder in Bronze to contour
- Illamasqua Ambition (from Ambition/Katie blush duo) blush on apples
Lips:
- MAC Lipliner in Burgundy
- YSL Glossy Stain in #2 Brun Glace on top
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Posted by myfunnyvalentine on Apr 28th, 2013 in Eye shadow, FOTD, Lip Gloss, Swatches, YSL | 0 comments.
Tags: Brun Glace, Red Lipstick, YSL Glossy Stain
L’Oreal Shine Caresse: swatches and review part 2
Hello beautiful people!
This is part 2 of my Shine Caresse review/swatch series, which features the pinks and mauves in the Australian release. Part 1 features the reds, peaches, and nude Shine Caresse shades, and can be found here.
As I mentioned in part 1- the Shine Caresse formula boasts impressive wear time both in terms of the glossiness and the colour stain. They are light weight on the lips, and wear comfortably for a good few hours. Pigmentation varies between the colours and is anything from very sheer (Marilyn and Lolita) to very pigmented (Milady)- but all shades will deepen on the lips after about 10 seconds as they set.
My absolute favourites in the Australian Shine Caresse range are: Milady, Juliet, and Bonnie. I also love Pretty Woman, which is a Singapore release (thanks Ilyana of Tea Noir)
Romy- semi sheer warm petal pink with subtle silvery shimmer
Lolita- sheer peach
Marilyn- Sheer cool pink
Eve- semi sheer cool pink with subtle silvery shimmer
Milady- Dark, medium to high pigmentation grape- berry
My absolute favourites in the Australian Shine Caresse range are: Milady, Juliet, and Bonnie. I also love Pretty Woman, which is a Singapore release (thanks Ilyana of Tea Noir)
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Posted by myfunnyvalentine on Mar 14th, 2013 in Lip Gloss, Reviews, Swatches | 0 comments.L’Oreal Shine Caresse: Swatches and Review Part 1
Hi everyone!
I’ve recently been given the chance to try the L’Oreal Shine Caresse Lipcolours, which have just been released in Australia. These have already achieved cult status in the US, Asia, and European countries because they are a great dupe of the YSL Glossy Stains (swatched and reviewed here)
I can honestly say that these are my favourite drug store lip product releases in recent memory.
The L’Oreal Shine Caresse are like a lipgloss lip stain hybrid.
These bear a striking resemblance to the YSL Glossy Stains in terms of how they look, feel, and perform on the lips- they have a juicy looking gloss finish which lasts for hours, and the stain colour lasts even longer. Remarkably, they are non-sticky and very light weight on the lips.
Performance meets comfort meets prettiness.
The Shine Caresse shades released vary significantly from one country to the other (although there seems to be some overlap on the shades between certain countries)- I will swatch and review the 8 Australian releases, and also 2 Singapore releases (thanks Ilyana!) over 2 separate blog posts.
Shine Caresse Colours Part One:
Pretty Woman- Sheer apricot nude
Princess- medium to high pigmentation bright orange red
Juliet- medium pigmentation red which leans a little cool on me.
Bonnie- medium to high pigmentation tangerine coral
Keep reading after the jump!
Posted by myfunnyvalentine on Mar 10th, 2013 in Drugstore, Lip Gloss, Reviews, Swatches | 0 comments.Tags: Dupe, Shine Caresse
Go Pink This Summer With SAX Cosmetics
SAX Lip Gloss in #82 Tender Pink
Tender Pink is a medium pigmentation petal pink gloss that is incredibly flattering on the lips. Despite bright ink on the tube, it’s actually very wearable and natural.
As with all SAX lip glosses (I review Taupe and Peony lip gloss here) the glosses have a lovely cushiony moisturising texture and average wear time. Only drawback is the very strong vanilla batter scent (which I find a little overwhelming)
RRP $12.95
SAX Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in #28 Coral
SAX Rich Colour Lipstick #28 is named Coral, but to my eye it is more like a barbie doll pink. It’s turned out a little warmer in the photographs but it has no hint of coral when seen in person.
I’m a bit shy when it comes to pinks, so this is not a colour that I would normally wear- but if you are fond of bright girly bubblegum lips then this would be worth checking out!
The lipstick is non-drying and has a great wear time of 4+ hours on me. They are also heavily scented with a vanilla cake fragrance.
RRP $14.95
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Posted by myfunnyvalentine on Jan 9th, 2013 in FOTD, Lip Gloss, Lipstick, Reviews | 0 comments.Tags: SAX cosmetics
Lipstick Bandits Look Swap: Vampy Berry Lip A La Xiao of Messy Wands
Hello everyone!
Today the Lipstick Bandit cohort of beauty bloggers unveil their exciting FOTD makeup looks inspired by another member of the Bandits. I’m terribly excited because up until the moment this post is published, each member’s assigned look is shrouded in complete secrecy- the only living person who knows which bandit is doing which look is our Bandit leader Rae of The Notice.
A month ago, I was sent an email a self destructing letter briefing me of my look swap. When I found out it was Xiao of Messy Wands, I gleefully did a Single White Female, and sifted through her FOTDs (most of which I had already seen in the past).
I based my look swap on this post, which is one of my favourite looks from Xiao.
Ms Messy Wands had a penchant for deep plummy lips, and through her I discovered the Make Up For Ever Waterproof Lip Liner in the merlot coloured #13C- which turns out to be the perfect base for a long lasting vampy lip.
I bought my MUFE Lip Liner from StrawberryNet since I don’t know of any MUFE retailers in Melbourne.
She also has the most amazing razor sharp model cheekbones, which I tried my best to carve out with some bronzer. I think plastic surgery would work better, but that would be overly creepy in that Single White Female way.
Keep reading after the jump!
Posted by myfunnyvalentine on Dec 24th, 2012 in FOTD, Lip Gloss, Lipstick Bandits, YSL | 0 comments. Tags: Red Lipstick
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