Lippie rambles on over here
Pop in, and discover what's disgruntled me this week.
Tuesday 6 April 2010
Zuneta Tuesday
Lippie rambles on over here
Pop in, and discover what's disgruntled me this week.
Monday 5 April 2010
Reader Request - Highlighters
When I wrote this post about the YSL Palette Y-Mail highlighter a few weeks ago, one of my lovely readers, Renata asked about my favourite highlighters, and what I'd recommend. Well, my first thought, I have to admit was "I don't have many highlighters, I'll never get a full post out of that!". I was wrong. A quick scout around my makeup collections (yes, I have more than one) turned up 13 of the shimmery little suckers. And, since I rounded them up and took pictures of them, I found a few more too. Clearly, I have too much makeup.
I thought instead of one mahoosive post of various shiny strips of skin with barely any differences between them, I'd break up the posts into the different textures. Today, it's liquids and creams:
Nars Copacabana: Much as I love my Nars multiples (and I do!) I have to say that this one doesn't really do much for me. It's a little frosty on my skin, even when blended in really well. A beautiful shade for cooler skintones, perhaps, but I end up looking a little metallic, which is never a good look. I've since swapped this one for something I love far, far more, and I'll show you what that is very soon.
Prescriptives Cream Highlight: Apologies for talking about a discontinued product from a discontinued brand, but this was, for a very long time, my very favourite highlighter! The label has worn off, so I can't even tell you what it was called when it was available. As you can see, it's a little more peach than the NARS, and so melds more with my skin-tone, rather than sits "on" it. It's still, it has to be said, a little too metallic for my tastes these days.
Benefit High Beam: Again, another frosty one, I flip-flop on Benefit products at the best of times (when they're good, they're very, very good, but when they're bad, they're infuriating!), this is one I like, the packaging is good, it's a nice texture, but the pinkish frostiness isn't one that suits as many people as Benefit always say they will. It's nice to apply, but again, can make you look a little metallic.
No7 Skin Illuminator: This is one I picked up the week before last, and I really, really like the product. Unlike many highlighters, this actually comes in two shades, one pink, and one peach. This one is peach. As you can see, the colour of the highlighter almost disappears into my skin - or when it's not swatched this heavily for photographic purposes, it does, anyway!- I'm not, it must be said, a massive fan of the packaging, it seems purposely designed to make you waste the product (indeed, even the box states you should wipe the "excess" off onto your hand before using the brush to apply it to your cheeks) but the liquid inside is a good one, not metallic, not frosty, and not glittery. It's a very glow-y natural kind of highlighter, and it's one I'll be getting back-ups of at the earliest opportunity. It's also the cheapest highlighter on this page at £11, £6 if you have any Boots vouchers.
If you're unsure about how to use liquid or cream highlighters, then I suggest you watch this Lisa Eldridge video, she's amazingly talented, and gives great advice:
I thought instead of one mahoosive post of various shiny strips of skin with barely any differences between them, I'd break up the posts into the different textures. Today, it's liquids and creams:
Benefit High Beam: Again, another frosty one, I flip-flop on Benefit products at the best of times (when they're good, they're very, very good, but when they're bad, they're infuriating!), this is one I like, the packaging is good, it's a nice texture, but the pinkish frostiness isn't one that suits as many people as Benefit always say they will. It's nice to apply, but again, can make you look a little metallic.
If you're unsure about how to use liquid or cream highlighters, then I suggest you watch this Lisa Eldridge video, she's amazingly talented, and gives great advice:
Tomorrow, loose powders. And I'll be guesting over at Zuneta again too!
The Small Print: I buyed dese. I haz munny.
The Small Print: I buyed dese. I haz munny.
Saturday 3 April 2010
Lancôme L'Absolou Rouge Creme de Brilliance Lip Swatches
When I last featured the Creme de Brilliance liquid lipsticks, I had a lot of requests for lip swatches, so here they are - apologies for it taking so long, had to wait for sunny times to get the colours right! They're swatched in numerical order as per this pic:
Please click on either shot to enlarge. Which are your favourites?
Friday 2 April 2010
Beauty Blog Link Love
Rae just finished a four-week "photo diary" review series with the new L'Oreal Lash Boosting Serum. Check out her results and enter to win a tube for yourself!
Find out everything you want to know about Spring 2010 beauty trends at Makeup4all Online Beauty Magazine!
Vex in the City shares what On Location Tours have in store for SATC fans on the release date of SATC 2.
Makeup by Kim Porter teaches you the importance of cleaning your makeup brushes.
Betty's got a sweet tooth for Sugarpill Cosmetics and has a candy inspired look with pink, silver and bright blue!
If you're battling limp hair, Arianne of Glitter Geek has found the hair product that's made for you.
GlossQueen tries the Olay Professional Pro-X Anti-Ageing Starter Kit and tells us all about it.
Hot Beauty Health shares 8 homemade hair conditioner recipes that truly work!
Madame B Fatale talks about her new hair saviour.
Sophie from melovemakeup talks about her experiences with Trilogy's Everything Balm.
Check out Tsahi’s interpretation of Nicole Ritchie's look at this year’s Academy Awards.
Krasey Beauty has exclusive images and swatches, plus a Sneak Peek of Make Up For Ever's Holiday Metallic Collection.
Louise pops along to London Fashion Week and finds out what Alex Box really thinks of beauty bloggers.
Ever wondered how to press those pesky loose minerals? Wonder no more... Lipglossiping has the answer!
Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed enlists some Chanel to fight her dehydrated skin!*** Retrodiva is giving away a Cle de Peau Beaute skincare sampler set!
Phyrra has an exciting Beauty of the Earth Sponsored Giveaway. Have a wonderful Easter weekend, lovelies! BBLL will return in three weeks' time (instead of two.) See you then!
Find out everything you want to know about Spring 2010 beauty trends at Makeup4all Online Beauty Magazine!
Vex in the City shares what On Location Tours have in store for SATC fans on the release date of SATC 2.
Makeup by Kim Porter teaches you the importance of cleaning your makeup brushes.
Betty's got a sweet tooth for Sugarpill Cosmetics and has a candy inspired look with pink, silver and bright blue!
If you're battling limp hair, Arianne of Glitter Geek has found the hair product that's made for you.
GlossQueen tries the Olay Professional Pro-X Anti-Ageing Starter Kit and tells us all about it.
Hot Beauty Health shares 8 homemade hair conditioner recipes that truly work!
Madame B Fatale talks about her new hair saviour.
Sophie from melovemakeup talks about her experiences with Trilogy's Everything Balm.
Check out Tsahi’s interpretation of Nicole Ritchie's look at this year’s Academy Awards.
Krasey Beauty has exclusive images and swatches, plus a Sneak Peek of Make Up For Ever's Holiday Metallic Collection.
Louise pops along to London Fashion Week and finds out what Alex Box really thinks of beauty bloggers.
Ever wondered how to press those pesky loose minerals? Wonder no more... Lipglossiping has the answer!
Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed enlists some Chanel to fight her dehydrated skin!
Phyrra has an exciting Beauty of the Earth Sponsored Giveaway.
Thursday 1 April 2010
Review - Armani Code for Men
Well, it's been a while since he popped up, and I did embarrass him this week by outing his new-found love of candles, so I thought it was time he reviewed something else. Today's post is by my fluffy wuffy bunnykins Mr Lippie. Please say hello:
The Small Print: Samples were sent for review. But actually, I take no responsibility for the content of this post anyway, as MrL won't wear the stuff when I'm near him. I suspect he's worried about me trying to re-enact the Denim adverts. That or he drank it.
***
So.
I'm not a big wearer of scents, I think we've established that. If you didn't know it from yesterday's post (rolleyes) you certainly know now. However, somehow, I seem to have been landed with a quite nifty bottle of Armani Code, and after the first experimental sniff a couple of weeks ago, I thought I could potentially give it a whirl.
Firstly, a brief look at the packaging - the bottle itself. A very sleek black bottle that curves outwards gently at the base and top, with the brand name fairly discreetly at the base of the bottle. Nice. One minor bit of criticism - the lid, whilst going for the gunmetal grey look, is still, noticeably, plastic. I admit, you don't want to spend lots on a piece of kit that is no doubt going to get dropped, scraped, possibly lost, etc, etc, etc...but it just jars a bit with the look of the rest of the bottle. Still, nevermind, onto the scent itself!
It's....intriguing. And that's not a cop-out, I assure you. It's fresh...but there's a hint of something behind it. The scent, is, I would say, very definitely masculine - not aggressively so, but more subtle. Not quite an old-school James Bond smooth scent, but definitely several leagues above the occasional nasal assaults you find emanating from salesmen. I'd normally say used car salesmen, but, to be fair, the teenage wunderkids you find in mobile phone shops tend to pile it on with little or no regard to whether the customer has an interest in staying concious during the sales pitch. Where was I? Ah yes, the scent. Smelling this puts me in mind of a cocktail bar - not one with a dress code or something, or anything horribly 80s-tastic, but somewhere comfortable, relatively unselfconcious, and with enough presence of mind to keep things low-key and chilled. I like it, basically.
It lasts quite well - I would say a whole morning - and there's still hints of it there, which isn't unpleasant. I'm not sure how much this will retail at, but it looks like it'll last a good 2/3 months, so I would say it's probably a reasonable choice for a gift/impulse buy/attempt to make your boyfriend smell nice/general hint to change his ways...I'll be using it for awhile yet, so I'm sure GetLippie won't have too many objections!
And finally, because I said I would, the summary:
Less whale bottom, more chilled cocktail bar. And if that doesn't make you like it, what will? ;-)
I'm not a big wearer of scents, I think we've established that. If you didn't know it from yesterday's post (rolleyes) you certainly know now. However, somehow, I seem to have been landed with a quite nifty bottle of Armani Code, and after the first experimental sniff a couple of weeks ago, I thought I could potentially give it a whirl.
Firstly, a brief look at the packaging - the bottle itself. A very sleek black bottle that curves outwards gently at the base and top, with the brand name fairly discreetly at the base of the bottle. Nice. One minor bit of criticism - the lid, whilst going for the gunmetal grey look, is still, noticeably, plastic. I admit, you don't want to spend lots on a piece of kit that is no doubt going to get dropped, scraped, possibly lost, etc, etc, etc...but it just jars a bit with the look of the rest of the bottle. Still, nevermind, onto the scent itself!
It's....intriguing. And that's not a cop-out, I assure you. It's fresh...but there's a hint of something behind it. The scent, is, I would say, very definitely masculine - not aggressively so, but more subtle. Not quite an old-school James Bond smooth scent, but definitely several leagues above the occasional nasal assaults you find emanating from salesmen. I'd normally say used car salesmen, but, to be fair, the teenage wunderkids you find in mobile phone shops tend to pile it on with little or no regard to whether the customer has an interest in staying concious during the sales pitch. Where was I? Ah yes, the scent. Smelling this puts me in mind of a cocktail bar - not one with a dress code or something, or anything horribly 80s-tastic, but somewhere comfortable, relatively unselfconcious, and with enough presence of mind to keep things low-key and chilled. I like it, basically.
It lasts quite well - I would say a whole morning - and there's still hints of it there, which isn't unpleasant. I'm not sure how much this will retail at, but it looks like it'll last a good 2/3 months, so I would say it's probably a reasonable choice for a gift/impulse buy/attempt to make your boyfriend smell nice/general hint to change his ways...I'll be using it for awhile yet, so I'm sure GetLippie won't have too many objections!
And finally, because I said I would, the summary:
Less whale bottom, more chilled cocktail bar. And if that doesn't make you like it, what will? ;-)
***
So there you go. Armani Code is available from all good perfumeries (trans: department stores) and costs around £43.
The Small Print: Samples were sent for review. But actually, I take no responsibility for the content of this post anyway, as MrL won't wear the stuff when I'm near him. I suspect he's worried about me trying to re-enact the Denim adverts. That or he drank it.
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