Showing posts with label Make-Up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Make-Up. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Not Nail Polish

Don't say I didn't warn you. This post is not about nail polish. This post is about my passion pre-polish- make up. I went to Walgreen's yesterday to pick up some chapstick and what I came away with was INCREDIBLE. A lipstain, two lipsticks, foundation, three nail polishes (two for me, one for my sister), foundation, eye shadow, and lipgloss. All for under $25 total. All Revlon. How? Wally's had 40% off of Revlon, and then the woman helping us gave us coupons for $2 off EACH ITEM. The foundation alone was $13, the lipsticks were $9 a piece. And my total was so low I felt like I was stealing. I swatched my haul for you, just for kicks and giggles. Lemme know if you like me swatching make-up products, or if I should just stick to nails. Also, tell me if you'd rather I show the products on my lips.
In order from left to right: Celestial Silver eye shadow, Crave lipstain, Lilac Pastelle lipgloss, Siren lipstick, Baby Pink lipstick.


Revlon Diamond Lust Eye Shadow in Celestial Silver-
My mother and I each bought one of these, and I just sent her out on a mission to buy me the other three colors on display. A sheer silver eye shadow with iridescent glitter. SO PRETTY.

Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain in Crave-
A red based purple. Not usually my cup of tea, but something about this screamed out to me. And I'm glad, it's perfect! It gives me perfectly stained lips that still look natural. A note about the lipstains- my mother, sister, and I now have acquired a total of around ten of these in the past two days. They're usually somewhere around $10, but we got them for $2 a piece and they're just so awesome that now we combined own almost the whole collection (with Passion x2, as that pink is incredible).

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Lilac Pastelle-
Pretty purple. I like that this can be sheer, if you apply with a light hand, or more opaque. It's also pretty trendy, and rather out there, but the sheerness makes it wearable. And oh, how wearable it is. I could see myself rocking this over Baby Pink all winter!

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Siren-
A pretty red-leaning orange. Very bold. It's on trend for those orange lips that have been everywhere since Spring Fashion Week, but it still has some red to make it not too dated. I just want to wear this with a bodycon turquoise dress and minimal other make up. Wouldn't that be SO pretty?

Revlon Lipstick in Baby Pink-
There's a little bit of shimmer to this, which disappoints me. I think it's a pearl (?) in make up terms. It's semi-opaque, so it doesn't quite cover my naturally pigmented lips. Still, pretty and rather natural.

After swatching all of these, I figured that I might as well swatch one more makeup product- Dr.'s Remedy Enriched Instant Cover.

It's a concealer, I have it in medium. It comes in this GIANT tube, 3.5 oz, and is made to conceal on the body, not the face. It has a sponge type applicator, which is effective at distributing the product, but there's still some blending required for a natural finish.




Here is is over my entire arm, still stained with the Revlon lipstain. As you can see, the lines where it is on my skin is very evident. This is not my shade. Th
is is nowhere near my shade. This is too yellow and far too dark to be my shade. Funny, as I've always been a medium. That's my main beef with this product, there are only three shades available and, apparently, it's not as easy to choose one as it seems. It's $40, a steep price to pay, especially if the concealer isn't your shade. It did cover the lipstain, though, and had I taken the picture after a few minutes, the shine wouldn't have been there at all.
I do like this product, but I'm disappointed as I think that a variety of skin tones should be covered, and this is certainly very limited in that aspect. If you can find your match, though, it would work to cover birth marks, tattoos, and spider veins- all with natural, good for you ingredients.
Some products in this post were sent to me for review. That did not effect my opinion of them.

Monday, November 15, 2010

My Pretty Bag







This is my brand new-just-arrived-today cosmetics bag. It even has my name on it! The purchase of this bag actually includes two bags, a larger one with your choice of embroidery, and a smaller one that doesn't have the personalization. It is a black and white floral print, very striking, with red lettering and a pink lining. It's very girly, which I love, but in a subtle, not pink way. The larger one is the perfect size for carting polishes around and the smaller one easily fits all the products I use on a daily basis (mascara, chapstick, lipstick, foundation, powder). It's all zippered up so it's safe (another bag I have from a different company has a magnetic closure- talk about inconvient spillage!). My one complaint is that the wrist strap (which is included on both the large and small bags) isn't very sturdy looking, such a beautiful bag deserves an amazing strap! But, that's not a huge problem as the strap is not at all flimsy when used.
For $14 this is a really, really nice set of bags, for yourself or for a gift.
This product was provided for me for review but my opinion and critique are not at all biased. If you have any concerns you may contact me at paintedtips@gmail.com

Sunday, October 11, 2009

CG Medallion & Shanna

Avid blog-readers may remember Shanna (it's fine if you don't). For my birthday she and a few other people came over, the design was done in liquid eyeliner. The polish is China Glaze Medallion, an uber-sparkley gold with silver holo chunks.

Monday, June 15, 2009

FOTD, among other things...... PIC HEAVY!

Yup, my first make-up post (other than the last one!) I used Wet n' Wild Ultimate Expressions in Sand Castle for the eyes (the gold and bronze shades), Covergirl Lashblast mascara, and Korres Lip Butter in Quince for the lips. The eyeshadow was cheap and is highly pigmented and the lip butter was expencsive but it is my FAVORITE make-up item. Ever. Period. End of story. I believe you get the picture, speaking of which, I took pictures!!!


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I also did my hair by twisting bits of it into a headband, if you like it, comment, and I'll do a tutorial!





























Free Make-Up!!!!!!

Sounds like a scam, right? Well, I recived my package today and..... IT'S NOT!!!! Yup, I recived over two hundred dollars worth of stuff for FREE! Can you think of a better deal? I didn't think so! So, I get points towards my next package for refering you (don't worry, there's other ways to get points) so this post is invitation only, just email me or post your email adress and I will invite you, join off my invitation and get ready for free make-up! Meg (the woman who runs the site) is such a sweetie and the site is such a great place to be. Join now!