Showing posts with label lip gloss.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lip gloss.. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Revlon Spring/Summer 2010 Lipglosses...

I picked a couple of these up myself recently as Boots had Revlon on 3 for 2 offer, however I was also sent a set of four of the five shades for review purposes. There is a further shade in the collection called Fire Cracker which looks like a great wearable red shade.

The glosses come with doe foot applicators, and retail at £6.49 each.

 L to R - Coral Reef, Peach Petal, Lilac Pastelle, Pink Pop. 
As they are glosses, all the shades are fairly wearable in my opinion - a gloss always seems like an easier way to wear a strong colour without looking as "formal" as a lipstick, so bright glosses are a great way to ease yourself away from nudes...

Peach Petal is the palest and most "nude like" shade so is probably the one that will sell out fast! These shades are always popular;
This shade looks pretty on its own, but I have also tried it over coral and peach lipsticks and it looks so pretty over those as well, toning down the colour and adding a glossy sheen. 

Coral Reef is a fairly bright orange coral shade... I imagine this looking great for a summer evening;
I'm not planning to go on holiday this year, but if I was, this is a shade I'd definitely pack for evenings out. 

Lilac Pastelle was the shade that initially grabbed my attention - it reminded me of the cremesheen gloss from MAC in Fashion Scoop that we were all going loop-de-loop for last year.
Unlike the MAC version this is much more pigmented and actually gives the lips colour when worn alone - another winner.

Finally Pink Pop, which is a bright blue-based pink with a hint of fuscia.
This is a lot more wearable than it looks in the tube! A nice shade for both day and evening wear...

The glosses are really comfortable on the lips - they remind me in feel of the MAC cremesheens, but are more pigmented, so deliver more on expectations. They last reasonably well for glosses, but like any gloss they will need a top up after food and drink. They are not too sticky either. 

These glosses are a definite winner in my book - I'll be keeping my fingers crossed these shades are available for a long period...

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

NARS Make-Over Day!!!

Yay, it finally came lol!

I went to Space NK today for my skin consultation and mini-facial then had a make-over by a NARS make-up artist called Christina, who was really nice and friendly...


For the mini facial I was cleansed with chantacaille gentle cleanser and pure rosewater, and then they used Eve Lom rescue mask on me and finished it off with Eve Lom SPF 15 day cream and added extra SPF... Felt so nice afterwards and I got a hand massage while the mask was working too - lush!

Next came the bit we were all looking forward to, the makeover lol. They asked me what type of look I wanted to go for and I told them I like to empasise my eyes and just wanted some tips re blusher and making my skin look flawless...

Unfortunately the usual problem with NARS happened - a gorgeous orange eye shadow due she used which I wanted sooo bad called mediteranee, was, you guessed it out of stock. As were multiples in mustique, and portofino, but I did manage to get a few things (shocker - me buying makeup!)

So this is the end look she gave me -

I'm really pleased with the look, but I think she used a bit too much bronzer on me - I felt like it looked a bit orange in certain lights, but I loved the way she did the eyes - it made my blue peepers really stand out...

Products used (from memory) (All NARS obviously!!)

  • Multiple sticks in portofino and mustique;
  • Firming Foundation in Mont Blanc
  • Shadow duos in mediteranee, Isolde and Pandora, single shadow in Fez, and ceam shadow in El Dorado...
  • Blondie eye shadow as brow powder.
  • Kaliste (Teal) eye liner.
  • Powder blush in Lovejoy
  • Nico blush/highlighter used as a finishing dust after setting foundation etc with powder.

This is everything I can remember lol. The lipgloss was a mixture of a few different colours including sandpiper and misbehave with lots of clear gloss...

What do you think? As I said the only thing I'm not really thrilled with was the bronzer (Laguna...), but I'm not sure whether it's just because I'm not used to it...

So I purchased -

l-r - Fez Eye shadow; Isolde eye shadow duo; El Dorado cream shadow
Hope you like it...
MizzWorthy xxx