Milani Baked Blushes in Rose D'or and Luminoso

I had a bit of a coupon for CVS so I figured I might as well pick up the remaining Milani baked blushes I wanted from there (the other 2 I want they don't carry, I need to get them from Walgreen's). This time I got Rose D'oro and Luminoso, both very pretty! Pictures can tell a thousand words, and since I already raved about the formula previously, just take a look (don't forget to click to enlarge the picture for detail):

Left to right: Rose D'oro and Luminoso

Front to back: Rose D'oro and Luminoso

Chanel Le Vernis Morning Rose

This was one of my mother's day gifts, I'd been wanting it ever since I first saw it but I couldn't plunk down $24 for it. Mother's day turned out to be the perfect excuse :p. I love love love it, so squishy and cute and my favorite color combo right now, pink and gold! I love that the pink is a tinge coral, makes it much more interesting!! These pictures aren't the best as I took them in overcast light, please click the pictures to enlarge so you can see the sparklies :)

Since I broke a nail last week I just chopped all of them for now. I like short better than long, but I have to grow them out a little and just keep it at that length, this is just a bit too short/stubby for me.

My only issue is that the printing on the bottle is on it with a STICKER. Considering even the dollar store polishes can manage to print on the bottle I have to wonder what CHANEL was thinking...it's just so cheap...it was even bubbling on the bottom already!

Too Faced Mirror Mirror Gloss

So you got a little peek of Damn I'm Hot in a previous post...the tube anyway. Well, it's pretty hard to capture it on the lips since it just adds the faintest wash of red but I got Envy Me today, which is a grape purple that shows up a bit more on the lips. It looks pretty intense in the tube but since it's so sheer on the lips you just get a nice plummy wash (more like prune though).

The formula of the Mirror Mirror Gloss is very nice, not sticky at all but sticks to your lips for a long time (hours) and stays at a high shine for a long time as well. It also has some antioxidants in it but honestly how much are you really getting here...but I guess it can't hurt to have it! I also like that it has a slanted tip applicator rather than a brush or doe foot since I am lazy like that sometimes!

All in all I love this stuff, I got it for about $6 at Nordstrom Rack although the full price is a bit more than twice that much. Not sure if i could pay full price after getting such a good deal on it, but I think it's worth the full price if you can't find it on sale. It's very nice indeed and a rather large tube as well.

Can you guess which finger I broke a nail on? :(

Milani Baked Blushes + 3D Glitzy Glamor Gloss

Finally I am getting around to updating, jeez! Finally got back into the groove. I guess I wasn't feeling it for a little while, I couldn't think of where to start!

I love these goodies from Milani so I wanted to spread the love...the lip glosses, not so much (not that they are bad), but I definitely want to talk a bit about the blushes. I don't actually have any high-end blushes to compare them to, but the pigmentation and lasting power is amazing. A little goes a long way, and lasts me the whole day! The glosses are not bad, the effect is nice but the glitter is a bit gritty. These are nice when you want your lips to sparkle and pop :). Ok, but back to the blush...amaaaazing. I have 3 colors; Corallina, Pink Dolche and Berry Amore. Corallina is my favorite, it's a bright coral that is just pink enough and has such a pretty shimmer. Pink Dolce is a baby/candy pink with gold shimmer which is something I love love LOVE. Berry Amore is a darker color, even though it's called berry and looks berry in the pan. Weird, but it's a nice color anyway :).

As usual, please click on the pictures to enlarge for all the detail!

Corallina blended on my cheek with my finger.

Heavy swatches in different light to show the color/sparkles. Front to back: Corallina, Berry Amore and Pink Dolce.

Front to back: Corallina, Pink Dolce, Berry Amore.

Opposite of the previous pic :).

Swatch of the lip glosses. Left to Right: In Vogue, Fashion Diva. Fashion Diva is the one to get if you had to choose only one. Definitely the neatest in the line minus Movie Star which is pretty impossible to find in a store.

OPI Silver Shatter + Mermaid Tears (Special Guest Too Faced Mirror Mirror Lip Gloss)

At long last I've finally got my OPI Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides polishes! I only got 2 so far though, of course I got Silver Shatter and naturally I got Mermaid Tears. Next time I'll get Sparrow Me The Drama and that's it, none of the other colors really wowed me in person. I was already wanting Silver Shatter a lot, but I actually like it even more than I was expecting when I put it over Mermaid Tears, it's just the perfect combo!

Silver Shatter, Mermaid Tears

Too Faced Mirror Mirror Lip Gloss in Damn I'm Hot

A couple pictures of the combo on my nails. I really like it. Silver Shatter is much better than black shatter in my opinion. Less bold and "punk".

Guerlain Terracotta Gloss in Salsa & Clinique Long Last Glosswear in Clearly Pink

Even though I like those Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Glosses (which I will post about later) I am kind of done with sparkly lip gloss right now. They are fun but for some reason clear gloss has just been calling to me lately, especially as something to wear every day (sparkles are cool but not something I will constantly reach for). Ever since I first saw the promo pictures for the Guerlain Terra Inca Gloss in Salsa I've been wanting it pretty badly (ok this is only like a week but still). I'll still probably get a Balmshell gloss in the future as my every day gloss like that though, since sadly this Guerlain is LE since it's from their summer collection that just came out.

Having said that, if I can get more nice Guerlain glosses I certainly would. This might be my favorite gloss ever. I just put it on so I can't say anything about wear time yet but it's the smoothest least sticky gloss I've ever felt that wasn't claiming to be a balm. Even then it's much smoother. I am going to take a guess and say that this probably isn't a long-lasting gloss since as most lip gloss fans know that long-last lipglosses usually last so darned long because they are so sticky! EDIT: I have now worn this for longer periods of time and it stays nice for a couple hours at least (with no eating), that's quite something considering the non-sticky and moisturizing quality of this gloss.

Such as the other lip gloss I got last night, Clinique Long Last Glosswear in Clearly Pink. It's sticky (but definitely not that bad at all) but it does last a long time and is very sheer, which is why I chose that color since I got it to wear over my fancy Dior and Armani lipsticks (I didn't want the gloss to overshadow the lipstick). I've decided no matter how fancy they are I just can't wear plain lipstick. I could probably wear the Dior on it's own but it's got so much glitter in it that I need gloss to smooth it out. And just in the end I am a gloss girl all the way.

Isn't the Guerlain tube super pretty? I'm definitely not tossing it ever lol. I have to say, it was definitely a big selling point for me.

Not the best colored picture (color is kind of washed out) since it's the front-facing camera on my iPhone 4... My top lip is "nude" and my bottom lip has the Guerlain gloss. As you can see it's a pretty sheer "my lips but better" color. At first I was a bit disappointed it wasn't more opaque but I think it's a really flattering look now. Glad I didn't get the red since I think this "matches" my lip color really well so as to brighten it. Guerlain's official blurb seems to claim what I've experienced so it's definitely lived up to it's claims, a huge A+ from me here!

Here are swatches of the lipglosses I got, the lighter being Clinique and the darker neon being Guerlain, I think this shows better than my in-tube picture the difference in color.

Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls Blushes

I have a bunch of NOTDs to post, but I am dragging my feet--sorry! I got these today though and I just had to review 'em, NOTDs soon I swear! Ok now on to the review :)

Love these things, they were BOGO 1/2 off at Rite Aid (face powders are all like that) AND I had a couple coupons so who am I to turn down a couple of blushes I was wanting? I already love my Happy Booster blushes also by Physician's Formula so I knew these had to be good when I saw them reviewed by Vampy Varnish. From the swatch I did I have to say I think these are even nicer than the Happy Booster blushes! Super shimmery and pigmented, and both are very wearable colors. Rose Pearl is, of course, a rosier shade of pink while Natural Pearl is a more coral/peach color with a bit of pink as well. One complaint about Physician's Formula...can't they come up with blushes not just called "rose" and "natural"? Come on guys, have a little fun...be creative!

Top: Natural Pearl. Bottom: Rose Pearl.

Top: Rose Pearl. Bottom: Natural Pearl. (Click to enlarge)

NOTD: Colorful Pastels For Spring/Easter

After much redoing of my nails I finally settled on one for the rest of the week (or at least until Saturday night). These are all from Color Club's "Reveal Your Mystery" set from their Spring 2011 Alter Ego line. When I first swatched these on the fake nails I thought it was going to be be disappointingly sheer, but they are nicely opaque after 3 coats! I am very pleased since I like the colors a lot. My favorite out of the ones I am wearing here is the lilac. The pink is nice and the orangey shade is alright (nice because it has some subtle shimmer though) but the lilac definitely wins. On the pink and the lilac I layered OPI I Juggle...Men so the cremes wouldn't be too stark with the shimmer. And just because it's lovely.

Click to enlarge both pictures to better see the shimmer/sparklies.

NOTD: NYC Sidewalkers + OPI I Juggle...Men

Last night I tried my theory on how to fix OPI I Juggle...Men and it seems to have helped, I didn't get any weird wrinkles or fissures although I still got some minor shrinkage but I am starting to think that this is more because of the Poshe top coat than anything, I think though that when I put I Juggle...Men over the not completely dry (but dry to the touch) polish yesterday it just amplified the problem. I am glad I was able to work out the issues with I Juggle...Men because I really really think it's lovely.

As for the color underneath that I used, it's NYC Sidewalkers a medium "elephant" gray creme. It's not bad for the price although I found the formula a little watery (maybe due to this being a 60 second drying formula) and the brush a little stiff. But I mean you get what you pay for so I don't think it's too bad if you want a gray creme, I wouldn't pay too much for this color otherwise just because it's so boring on it's own but I wanted a gray for some reason so I figured why not, generally NYC polishes are pretty passable if you want a cheap polish that is pretty decent although I think my favorite cheap polish is probably Essence just because it was so opaque and creamy, but you don't really get a lot.

Click on the picture to see detail, it's hard to see the pretty sparkles unless you do. PS. Don't mind my hideous cuticles~.

Lipstick Mania

I never used to like lipstick, before I got into lip gloss I tried it just because I was a kid and I didn't know what else was out there. I could never get the kind of finish I wanted (high shine) and it was like it sucked the moisture right out of my lips. Well, fast forward years later and here I am just discovering the wonders of lipstick thanks to that Ulta 40% off sale that I partook in on Friday. I wouldn't have picked up Revlon Temptress otherwise because of my old dislike of lipstick. But it was cheap and it was a nice color that goes with a nail polish I already have so I decided to just give it a chance.

I'm really glad I got that particular lipstick too because from what I'd heard afterwards Revlon is pretty much the best drugstore lipstick you can get. If I'd gotten a lipstick and it had issues it would have just proved me right and I'd never get lipstick again probably. I wouldn't call the formula on these moisturizing but they certainly aren't drying which is fine by me. If my lips are too dry I just put something over it, no harm done! I really want to get more lipstick (since I just have to hoard anything I like) but I am not sure what other shades to get as I think I got a good mix already. A plum, a darkish pink and a wine red...I could always get shades in the middle I suppose.

I know that I'd like to try some other ranges of Revlon lipstick, and I'd like to see if I can find a truly moisturizing lipstick as well, that would be ideal. I think though that the next step is probably for me to get a high-end brand. Oh and it has to have cute packaging. I noticed most of the other drugstore brands have some pretty clunky looking packaging on their lipstick....

L-R: Iced Amethyst, Temptress, Wine With Everything.