Lippie Love: MAC Heroine Lipstick

This matte lipstick is really pigmented and would probably look amazing. On someone else. It just made me look much paler than I really am.


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MAC's Reel Sexy Collection: Review and Swatches

MAC has just released a new collection. (Are you shocked? I'm not. After all, it has been a whole 2 weeks.) I thought that I'd change things up a little bit and actually post all of the swatch pics at one time! Wow!

I'm still taking pics of the lippies individually on my lips (I've been slowed down by them staining my lips a little bit), so you'll be seeing those over the next few days in Lippie Love posts.

Read on to see the pictures.

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Lippie Love: Susan Posnick Rio

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Lippie Love: MAC Supreme Style Swatch

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Lippie Love: Susan Posnick Marrakech

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Lippie Love: MAC Blossom Culture Swatch

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Lippie Love: Susan Posnick Santa Fe

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Lippie Love: MAC Pink Azalea Swatch

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Lippie Love: Elizabeth Arden Poppy Cream Lipstick

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Lippie Love: MAC Korean Candy Swatch

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Susan Posnick's ColorEssentials Lipsticks: Shades that Work For Everyone

When I opened the package containing these lippies, my heart sank. I was on the phone with my mom, and I immediately told her I had 3 new lipsticks for her. (Lucky her, we have exactly the opposite coloring, she gets stuff that won't work for me.) I had taken one look at these shades and immediately thought there was no way they would work with my pale, cool toned skin.

But... I was wrong!

Susan Posnick has a line of lippies called COLORESSENTIAL, which is filled with shades that will work with any skin tone. Something that I had obviously forgotten about as I opened the box.

This line of lipsticks originally had 5 shades, but they've just added 4 more to the mix. They have a wide array of shades, from a light nude to dark red. And they'll all work for almost anyone!

The lipsticks are really very nice. They feel very hydrating, almost like a lip balm has been mixed in to the lipstick. They have a nice shine and do last for about 3-4 hours without reapplication. One of my favorite features is actually the tube. It feels pretty heavy and just... luxurious. It has magnets incorporated into it, so the lid will basically close itself. When they are about 1/2 centimeter away from each other my tubes would just pull closed. Which means that they'll be safe in the bottom of your purse!

Read on to see how they looked on me.

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MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick Review and Swatches: Obsessed Doesn't Even Describe It

I'm sure that I'm not the only one that shies away from the MAC lippies that come in that little black tube above. These are usually matte and very pigmented. I find them super hard to wear, so once they've been swatched and photographed they are usually tossed right into my giveaway box.

That's definitely not going to happen with these!

The new Sheen Supreme is different. This is a lipstick and lipglass hybrid, so instead of being super pigmented and matte, they're the opposite. They allow just a little bit of your lip to show through (I like this, it makes things much more wearable for my super pale complexion) and they are hydrating and shiny! You still get the color impact of a lipstick and they last for hours. I'm really in love.

Read on to see what the lipsticks look like once applied.

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Lippie Love: CoverGirl Lip Perfection Lipstick in Delish

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Lippie Love: Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Ultra Lipstick in Rouge

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Lippie Love: Estée Lauder's Nude Velvet

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Lippie Love: L'Oreal Unending Love

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MAC Viva Glam Nicki and Ricki

If you've been around... oh, any media outlet recently you've learned that Nicki Minaj and Ricki Martin are the newest celebs with a Viva Glam lippie to help fund HIV/AIDS research. (I saw them on ABC a few times last week, I bet Ricki's cheeks hurt from smiling so much)

Nicki's Viva Glam lippie is described as a "bright yellow pink" with a satin finish. I think it makes more sense to think of it as a pink-coral color. I had a really hard time capturing the color of this lippie, it does seem to change quite a bit depending on the lighting (so I guess I had many accurate, though varied, pics of it)

The satin finish was actually rather matte on me, this lippie doesn't like to apply easily. I had the best results when really pre-hydrating with Ricki's lip conditioner first. Once it is on, I really love this color. It's a fun alternative to pink and I think I'll be wearing it quite a bit this spring.

Ricki Martin has a lip conditioner being released at the same time as Nicki's lipstick. It's a semi-matte, conditioning balm. It does have a very mild sweet/vanilla flavor that I don't notice after a few minutes. I found that it works great a few minutes before lippies, especially dry ones like Nicki's Viva Glam. A great staple if you want to support the cause!

Available February 15, 2012 through February 2013
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Lippie Love: CoverGirl Lip Perfection in Temptation

You know how the fashion powers that be keep "announcing" that orange is the big color of Spring 2012? Because someone at Pantone said so?

And how it makes a cool toned girl like me just cringe in fear? While I don't really have many intentions of actually trying out the orange for myself, I'm a bit afraid of how many people will try despite how hard it can be to wear sometimes.

In the meantime, CoverGirl sent me this lipstick to try out. (Ignore that broken tip, somehow I managed to do that when I opened it up.) Yes, it is orange, but it actually kind of worked for me. Especially if used as a lip stain (apply, blot, repeat and cover with balm for the impression of the color but a bit more of your own lip showing through. Also, it lasts for forever.), this is how the cool toned girls can wear this season's orange!

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Lippie Love: CoverGirl Lip Perfection in Heavenly

This is the perfect pink. I love this shade. I may need to hoard it.


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5 Years of Favorite Products: Kiehl's Lip Balm #1

I'm so obsessed with this product that I once called it "my beauty obsession" over on The Beauty of Life. This picture was all of the Lip Balm #1 I could find in my house that day, though I missed some in my car. And a back up purse. And the back up stash in my vanity drawer. You get the picture.

This is a product somewhat like Vaseline, it contains much more. It has the same light yellow-tan appearance, looks a bit greasy and easily melts with skin temperatures. It also has Squalane, Lanolin and Sweet Almond Oil to help moisturize and soothe skin as well as Vitamins A and E.

I mostly use this on my lips, though I've found when my cuticles are at their driest a little rub of Lip Balm #1 can do wonders. It's the last thing I apply before sleep every night.

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While I've bought this product I don't even know how many times in pots, tubes, flavored, unflavored and even tinted versions, I do think once or twice Kiehl's has given me a free tube of it.

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