Haul: Lip Products

I'm not a huge lipgloss/lipstick wearer. I usually apply it just once when I'm finished my makeup, and I don't bother touching it up throughout the day. I've been meaning to get out of that and expand my lip product collection since I've really gotten into wearing brighter lipsticks lately.

I ended up Back to MAC'ing for MAC's Impassioned lipstick. Originally I had my eye on MAC's Morange lipstick, but they didn't have anything in stock!

At first I thought Impassioned would be similar to MAC's Girl About Town lipstick, but you'll notice in the swatches below that Girl About Town is more blue based, whereas Impassioned is described as "a bright hot pink that runs a little warmer, a little more orange-red tone to it. It has a super creamy finish, and it is ultra pigmented." (via Temptalia)



I feel like I'll get a lot more wear out of Impassioned, especially in the summer season.

At Shoppers Drug Mart, I ended up picking up two of the Annabelle Le Gloss Lip Shine lipglosses that were on sale for $4,99 each (regularly priced at $9.49 at Shoppers). I've had my eye on Missymiss l/g that launched with Annabelle's Day Dream collection. It's a nice creamy light orange/peachy gloss. Unfortunately, it doesn't show up very well on my lips - but it's okay because I bought it to wear over lipsticks anyways.

I've been in love with Annabelle's Lip Shine lipglosses ever since I received Breathless from XinaRox's giveaway that I had won a while back. I love the formula since it's not sticky at all and feels nice and smooth on my lips. So I ended up purchasing a back up of Breathless l/g. I wear it over almost all of my lipsticks.

Anyways, with that being said, a long time ago someone requested me to do a tutorial on this look I posted a while back, and I promised her I would.

This was like, literally months ago, and ever since then it's been constantly been on my mind that I need to do this tutorial because she requested it and I said I would. The other day I finally sat down and started filming a tutorial, but half way through my camera ran out of memory. *slams head against desk*

I'm going to attempt to film it again today, and hopefully I'll be more prepared, so look out for that!

Review: ELF Studio Conditioning Lip Balm

Back in November E.L.F Cosmetics was having another one of their spectacular sales where all Studio items were 50% off. I've never tried E.L.F cosmetics, and there were a ton of products that I was interested in trying out - so I thought what better of a time than now?

E.L.F Studio items are regularly $3.00 - which to begin with is a steal, but at $1.50 I thought, if there were items that I didn't like, I didn't spend an arm and a leg for them.

One of the items that I picked up was the Elf Studio Conditioning Lip Balm SPF 15 in Mellow Melon. Originally, I thought this was going to be a tiny no colour lip balm that would have a thin and sheer consistency that would end up at the bottom of my purse seeing the light of day two times a year.

When I received it and first swatched it, I was pleasantly surprised, here's what I thought of this product:

The Good:
- It has really good pigmentation. You can easily build up this product on your lips and get full on colour as if you had on a lipstick. I have pigmented lips and I thought this would show up clear on me, but the product is pretty opaque and easily buildable.

- It's not sticky at all, I can still rub my lips together, although it does have a thick consistency which also helps to make the product last longer.

- Along with colour, the product also has a nice shine to it, so you could go about wearing it by itself and not having to add a separate gloss on top. It's a nice two-in-one product (colour of a lipstick + the shine of a gloss).

- The price! Originally $3, not including the amazing online deals that E.L.F always has. I would not mind paying full price for it.

- The product wears well. I would say about 1-3 hours before having to reapply. The gloss fades but you still have a bit of colour on your lips - which is nice.

- The texture is really nice. When you apply it with your fingers the product warms up a bit and sheers it out, which I like because I can easily control how sheer or intense I want it.

The Bad:
- I'm not too sure about it's "conditioning" properties. If someone was specifically looking for something for chapped lips, I wouldn't recommend this.

- Because this is a thicker product, it's a bit of a hassle to apply it with your finger. You can't just apply it and wipe on your pants like you would with a regular lip conditioner, you're going to need to have a tissue or wipe handy to clean the product off your fingers once you're done applying.

- It does have a vanilla/cinnamon-y scent, which can bother some people. But it doesn't have any taste.

The Ugly:
- The packaging. This thing is seriously bulky. At first I thought I would deal with it, but this is not really something you can easily throw in your pocket - it takes up quite a bit of space. I'm also not a big fan of the square screw on lid, it's just annoying to open and close.

Overall, if you're on the market for a new lip product that provides both color and gloss, I would highly recommend these. I was honestly pleasantly surprised with this, and if I ever make a second E.L.F order, I would pick up a few other of the colours.

The packaging in the palm of my hand, you can see how big this thing is. Not the size of your average lip balm.

Here is the packaging compared to a 5 gram jar.

The product. It doesn't come filled the the very top, there is about a half centimeter gap from the top to where the product starts. This could be annoying for someone who has longer finger nails, because you risk digging the product under your nails.

Here you can see the texture, it reminds me of a slightly melted lipstick.

Here is a swatch so you can see the opacity of the product.

And here you can see the product sheered out to get a more "tinted" look.

I have pretty pigmented lips, and this is with one coat of the product - and you can see the amount of opacity and shine that it has.

I wanted to share this with you guys because I don't think I've seen anyone talk about this product before. Also, I want to note that in the United States, E.L.F Studio products can be found at Target stores for $3.00 (for those of you who don't order online). I've also heard that some people have also found the E.L.F Studio line at their Dollar Tree's for a dollar!

Rimmel London Lipstick Swatches & Prom Stuff!

After browsing through Shoppers Drug Mart, I came across Rimmel London's lipsticks on sale for approx. $3.99 CDN, I was on a kick so I picked up Fairy Airy, which is a very pretty pinky-nudeish color. I really loved the color, even though I'm not a big lip product person. I've also recently picked up Birthday Suit and Celeb. Here are some quick swatches for you guys!

From Left to Right in all pictures:
Fairy Airy, Birthday Suit, Celeb

With flash.

With flash.

Without flash.

My prom is coming up tomorrow and I'm so stoked! I have my dress, shoes, clutch, I'm getting my make-up done at MAC and I have my hair appointment booked, so I'm all set! I just gotta get some small last minute stuff.

Here is a picture of my shoes and clutch, I got them both from Aldo for about $120 CDN total? Did I mention how expensive prom is? Jeeze.

My dress is black, strapless and short. I think I'm gonna do an updo, and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my makeup, but I'll probably get a soft smokey eye. I'll be sure to post pictures after to show you guys.

Till later! (: