Clinique’s new Quickliner for Eyes Intense will be available in six shades, on counters this month, and promise non-fading, intense colour payoff with up to 12 hours of wear. (For those of you who are curious, the six shades are: Intense Black, Intense Plum, Intense Chocolate, Intense Charcoal, Intense Ivy, and Intense Midnight.)

Like the current Quickliner pencils, the Intense formula will retail for $19.50 CAD.

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(Ahh!! If you switch out the period in that emoticon, you get the face of a tiny, adorable animal!)

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(Maybe it’s a bear or an armadillo or something. Or a tiny sleeping earless puppy.)

Anyhow, I feel sort of bad for doing this because I did another filler post not long ago, but: here, have a pretty picture of Jasika Nicole’s face! (Source.) Fact: all pictures of Jasika Nicole’s face are pretty.

And then there’s this crazy, almost-physics-defying sofa-to-bunkbed contraption! (Here)

And, finally, something that’s at least a little bit relevant: Clinique Almost Lipsticks! (Review upcoming.)

Talk to you soon, lovelies ;) Sorry for the delays!

This round of Lipstick Bandit posts came with the challenge of the starter lipstick: your very first (for those of us who still remember what our first shade was), or a lipstick that would make a good gateway drug into a full-fledged lipstick addiction.

The lipstick I chose to feature wasn’t my very first lipstick, but it was one of the first that I really fell in love with. I hope you will, too!

The product: Lancome Color Fever lipstick in Rose Tempest

I feel a little guilty about featuring this one, seeing as it’s long since been discontinued, but, well – what can you do, right? It was “the one,” and memories don’t exactly grow on trees. (Though it would be fabulous if they did, wouldn’t it?)

Rose Tempest is an interesting shade; a rather plain-Jane my lips but better sort, but there’s something just so about it. Imagine if you crossed a yellow-based pink with an olive-brown nude, gave it a lovely satin-creme formula, and scented it lightly with rose petals and bright, juicy berries. You’d get Rose Tempest exactly; the perfect daytime lipstick, with an unexpected edge of versatility and luxury. (This would look brilliant on so many different skintones that it’s not even funny, and have you seen that tube?)

A single swipe of Rose Tempest

bare lips

One layer of Rose Tempest on lips

For a dupe, try something like Maybelline Warm Me Up or MAC Modesty. They’re not exact copies (I much prefer the Color Fever formula and scent to both, though of course it isn’t without its flaws), but the shades are almost spot-on.

The Maybelline is great if you’re on a budget, but I’m not fond of scent, and the formula feels much heavier on my lips; on the other hand, I’ve never been a huge fan of MAC lipsticks (I find most of their formulas too drying), and I prefer lip products that are lightly fruity than ones that smell like vanilla.

I don’t get a ton of wear out of Rose Tempest, because I’m rather afraid of what I’ll do when I run out, but, well. If either of these dupes are even half as lovely – you’re going to adore them.

We’re awesome. Seriously.

Want to see what the other Lipstick Bandits chose for their “starter lipstick”? Check out the links below. (I’m dying to see what everyone else picked, but I’m probably not going to read the posts for at least another six hours. Reading week, here I come!)

• Arianne (Glitter Geek)
• Dani (Call It Beauty)
• Danielle (Bloomin’ Beauty Blog)
• Jenny (My Funny Valentine)
• Larie (Eye Heart It)
• Makeup Morsels
• Mariella (Musing On Beauty)
• Monika (Rocaille Writes)
• Paris (My Women Stuff)
• Tracy (Beauty Reflections)
• Xiao (Messy Wands)

3.1 Phillip Lim / Alexander Wang

Donna Karan

Donna Karan

DvF

Derek Lam

Derek Lam

Thakoon

Marc Jacobs / Anna Sui

all photos via {Style.com}

Jason Wu

I fell a bit in love with the gorgeous “Ming dynasty and 1940′s Hollywood” green lids at this Fall’s Jason Wu show – and, okay, that’s probably 85% because I’ve been hugely into dark green recently, but still. They were pretty! It’s admittedly not a combination that sounds like it would really work, but it totally does, right?

Head makeup artist Diane Kendal created the look using MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Tealo (lid) and MAC Eye Kohl in Minted (crease) to act as a base, then added Club and Kelly Green (pigment) on top. To finish off, she used Haute and Naughty on the lashes, Blooz Eye Kohl to the lashline, and Blacktrack to finish defining the cat-eye shape of the eye makeup. (source)