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New Lip Loves From Maybelline ~ Color Whisper in Orange Attitude and Color Sensational in Born With It ~ Review

June 4, 2013 By Christa 5 Comments

I’ve never been a huge drugstore makeup user but I have come to accept that I am positively in love with Maybelline lip products. Well lipsticks I guess. As I type this I realize I have never tried any of their glosses or stains. Anyways, back to their lipsticks, the Color Whisper and Color Sensational formulas have become some of my favourites. Who would have thought I could love a drugstore brand as much as high end? I have two new shades I have been testing out and they have only confirmed my adoration.

Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick in Orange Attitude is a sheer tangerine that translates to a gorgeous coral on the lips. It has a good amount of pigment and a subtle shimmer. Although sheer it applies very evenly.

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I saw the Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick in Born With It on Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog and knew it had to be mine! It looked like such a gorgeous nude pink with subtle shimmer. Indeed it is!

It has the kind of very refined shimmer you can’t often find in drugstore lip products. Now that being said, it is in there in quite a dense concentration. It takes it a little beyond glow but not all the way into frosty territory.

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Filed Under: Lipsticks, Maybelline

Make Up For Ever Summer 2013 Aqua Collection ~ Photos, Swatches, and Review

May 22, 2013 By Christa 5 Comments

The instant I saw the promo images for the MAKE UP FOR EVER Summer 2013 Aqua Collection I was totally, irrevocably, smitten. The shades are just so beautiful and the Aqua products never let me down. I wish I had all the products to show you, (because I NEED them all), but for now I will tempt you with these three beautiful pieces from the collection. I hope to pick up the rest of the Aqua Creams and the Aqua Eye liners as well.

MAKE UP FOR EVER Summer 2013 Aqua Collection

The Make Up for Ever Aqua Creams ($28 CAD/$23 US) are one of my go to products. They are incredible eye shadow bases but also come in shades that are complex enough, and opaque enough, to wear all by themselves or in combo with other Aqua Creams for a budge proof look. The releases for summer are all breathtaking. The gorgeous mint #53 Pearly Pastel Green, the pretty lilac #54 Pearly Mauve, and the glorious #52 Pearly Green Lagoon (shown below).

MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Cream #52 Pearly Green Lagoon

The summer collection introduces five new shades of MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Rouge ($29 CAD/$24 US). The five new shades bring a welcome injection of vibrancy to the Aqua Lip collection that it had been missing.

#16 Fuschia
#19 Pomegranate Pink
#20 Baby Pink
#17 Bright Coral
#18 Coral

Something else I found to be new is that some of the new shades include a very fine shimmer. None of the original shades released included any kind of shimmer that I am aware of (and I own eight of them). #18 Coral has a lovely subtle gold shimmer that just makes this already perfect shade of coral even more special. The MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Rouge formula is something truly special. It offers colour that will not move, budge, fade in any way for hour upon hour. I literally scrubbed my lips with a baby wipe and not a speck came off. You simply reapply the glossy topcoat as needed to maintain the glossy finish but the colour will not come off. I find I prefer this formula for really deep or intense shades as you must have the product applied perfectly evenly, as once it’s applied there is no changing it. While Coral is opaque I still have found, amongst all the shades I have, that shades like #8 Iconic Red are still my favourite for this formula. It’s a little easier to just swipe on some more coral or pink gloss or lipstick than it is an intense fuschia or deep wine. If you are headed out for a night on the town and really don’t want to worry about your summer lip fading then you can’t go wrong with these new shades though!

MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Lip #18 Coral

MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Lip #18 Coral

There are two new MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Lip ($23 CAD/$19 US) lip liners as part of the Summer 2013 collection. They co-ordinate with their Aqua Rouge counterparts. #19C Pomegranate Pink, and #20C Baby Pink (shown below). Baby Pink is actually a perfect midtoned pink in my eyes. It isn’t the pastel pink the name infers. I think this would be an ideal lip liner for anyone that loves pink lips as it is a very versatile shade and the Aqua Lip formula offers impeccable waterproof performance.

MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Lip #20C Baby Pink

Here are swatches of the three products. MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Cream #52 Pearly Green Lagoon, Aqua Lip #20C Baby Pink, and Aqua Rouge #18 Coral shown without and with the glossy topcoat.

MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Cream #52 Pearly Green Lagoon, Aqua Lip #20C Baby Pink, and Aqua Rouge #18 Coral shown without and with glossy topcoat.

The collection also includes two new MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Eye ($23 CAD/$19 US) eye pencils as well, in #25L Matte Brown and #52L Pearly Green Lagoon.

Shop the collection:

MAKE UP FOR EVER Summer 2013 Aqua Collection is available now at Sephora stores, Sephora.ca, and MAKE UP FOR EVER Boutiques.

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Filed Under: Cream Eye Shadows, Eyeshadows, Lip Glosses, Lip Pencils, Lipsticks, Make Up For Ever, Summer 2013

Lise Watier Something Sweet Eau de Toilette and Sweet Lips Yummy Lip Balm ~ Photos and Review

May 3, 2013 By Christa Leave a Comment

Lise Watier has launched a new fragrance exclusive to Shoppers Drug Mart called Something Sweet (Eau de Toilette Spray 50ml/$59 CAD). Now typically if you threw the terms sweet and gourmand at me in reference to a perfume my instinctive reaction would be to gag. I don’t do heavy “sweet” scents. Lise Watier Something Sweet however, was a pleasant surprise. While it does have the sweet element, it is also light and refreshing at the same time. In fact it is quite delightful!

Something Sweet is the cheerful new scent that captures a gourmand’s embrace of youthful vitality. With its sparkling top notes of Champagne bubbles and Rainbow Sorbet, refreshing accents of Melon Fizz and Red Fruit, and a delectable base of Juicy Raspberry and Chocolate Mousse, Something Sweet is distinctive and playful.

As part of the release there are also three limited edition lip balm pots. I have the Yummy Lip Balm (9g/$12.50 CAD) in Berries. It is a light feeling balm with a sweet berry scent and flavour. It has a very, very fine shimmer that gives just a hint of glow to the lips. The Yummy Lip Balm is also available in Chocolate and Pistachio. I would love to see what the Pistachio version is like!

These should be available now at Shoppers Drug Mart. There will also be a Something Sweet Roll-On (10ml/$25 CAD) being released in August 2013.

Shoppers Drug Mart and Lise Watier are also running a really cool contest as part of the Something Sweet release. Lise Watier is on a nationwide search for a young woman who embodies the delectably light-hearted spirit of Something Sweet. To participate simply snap a pic of yourself in the Something Sweet environment at your favourite Shoppers Drug Mart and post it to Instagram (or submit directly). You can register at somethingsweet.lisewatier.com. The five girls with the most votes will be declared finalists and win a prize valued at $1,000 each. From the five finalists they will select an ambassador of Something Sweet and she will be awarded a 6-month contract as the face of the fragrance!

Product provided for my consideration. All reviews are always my own honest and unbiased opinions.

Filed Under: Fragrances/Perfumes, Lip Balm, Lise Watier, Summer 2013