I’ve got to rush out the door, but I just wanted to ask you nicely to take the poll to your left!! Tessa Thursdays has gone way over its original intended time (a month or two), so I’m wondering if we all still want our Tessa posts – I figured that, as the nail polish reviews are over, this would be the best time to ask!
It should be a closed poll, so I’m the only one that can view the results :)
Just a quick link – go here! She’s one of my favourite posters on mac_cosmetics (how could you not love that accent?) But really, do check it out when you have time. She’s absolutely fabulous, completely stunning, and amazingly talented.
That’s all ^^
I’ve been in love with a stick blush recently – and I haven’t even tried it on my cheeks yet! The culprit is the gorgeous Iman Rubor blush, a pale cool toned (!!!!) pink with just the right amount of super-fine shimmer. It looks pretty daunting in the tube, but I can assure you: when applied, it’s pure heaven!
Unlike most stick and cream blushes (read: all other cream blushes I’ve ever encountered) it dries to a gorgeous powder finish – none of this sticky nonsense! This is great because a)you don’t have to pile on powder to set it, b)it’s very portable and can be used anywhere, and c)it stays for-e-ver. From this, I know that once I do try it on my cheeks, I will love it. It has everything required for the perfect stick blush.
I can’t yet write a review (in part because I haven’t tried it for it’s intended purpose and in part because I’m emotionally and physically exhausted from watching Grey’s Anatomy and crying my eyes out the whole time) but I can share some photos with you!!
Have a great Wednesday, girls.
Fear-inducing! I never thought I’d use this.
But it’s fucking gorgeous.
See?
Anyhow, here are some swatches. Sorry they’re so dim – it’s been gorgeously cloudy, but that’s not flying so well with my camera!
Top = blended, bottom = straight swatch
After washing – impressive, right? I had to use remover to get them off.
Product: Clinique’s Peony blush, from their Fresh Bloom Allover Colour line.
On the pattern: Sure, it’s cute, but that’s not the only purpose! Blushes that have designs like this one are [usually] great because it means you have more choice – using them one at a time, or blending them together. The fullsize (mine’s a GWP) is large enough that you actually can use them on their own, which is nice!
Top horizontal: the lighter area
Bottom horizontal: the darker area/flower
Right vertical: blended
The Verdict? A huge pass on this one. Yes, it makes a nice hilighter, and it’s pretty, but it’s a waste of money in my opinion. You can get the same “glow” from pretty much everything else out there, and “everything else” doesn’t a) cost this much, or b) have the same tendency to break.
*I mean this in the most bitter way possible, because mine broke. I didn’t even drop it or anything – it just broke.
I promised a review, with photos.If you say “Stila”, the first thing you (well, the first thing I think about) is the infamous Kitten. Attatch the phrase “lip glaze”? Vanilla springs to mind.
Product: Stila’s Vanilla lip glaze
The nitty gritty bits: Like all Stila glazes (with the exception of this one), this smells terrific. They’re all on the thick side, verging on “thicker than creamed clover honey in the winter when the heater’s been turned off by accident and I haven’t put it in my Typhoo tea yet”. And the stickiness is similar to the hard honey as well – sticky, but not annoyingly so. The stickiness is the tradeoff for staying power, as I’ve often said! The same review that I wrote for the Brown Sugar lip glaze applies.
The shade: Very sheer, which means it’s going to work on all skin types – seriously! All it’s going to be is shimmer and shine, with a tiny touch of nude. Your lips will shine through, but with a sheer gold glaze over them.
Seriously, I mean “tiny touch” and “sheer”. If I get an email about how I raved about this and there “wasn’t any piiiigmentttt!!” I. Will. Lose. It.
The Verdict? Stila has to be doing something right with these, because this is my third lip glaze! It’s mini (as was the raspberry), but that’s not because the product isn’t worth it – it’s because I know I’ll never use up an item! Still, though, it’s not worth the price, so buy it in a set or swap for it.
I was bored; there was an essay to be done. Here’s the logic:
Catchy phrase -> Makes you lol -> reposting! -> yay, more readers
You must admit. It’s flawless. Except for the flaws. Like… how most of my readers don’t blog. But that’s alright, because I love you guys anyways!
On Tuesday night/early Wenesday morning, I had yet another dream about makeup. This time, I was searching high and low (literally!) in a giant CCO for MAC’s Oxidate glitterliner. And I found one! It was great!
*ahem*
Anyhow, have you ever had a beauty-related dream? This one wasn’t my first, and I’m willing to be it wasn’t my last!
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