The Lip Junkie | Lip Gloss

As It's been a while, I feel it's time this post was put up after the success of the Lip Crayons.

The idea behind this is I have really started to accumulate a lot of lip products, I'm not even a hundred percent sure how it happened but it did. Anyway I thought it would be nice to share what I have and give my opinion on them.

Today we are moving on to lipgloss

If you missed the lip crayons one click here

Here is a nice overview of my lipglosses

I own 6 by revlon, 2 from NYX, 2 from Urban Decay and then one from Dior, Bourjois, Miss Guided and No.7

Revlon Colourburst lipgloss - £7.99

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss- £6.99

Top Row = Revlon Colourburst Lipgloss- Strawberry and Adorned and Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Pink Pop

Bottom Row- Revlon super lustrous lipgloss in Berry Allure, Snow Pink and Kiss Me Coral

First the Colourburst Lip glosses. These are the older style I think. 

Strawberry is a redish pink with shimmer through it but  it isn't like chunky glitter so it's not rough on your lips.

Adorned is the brightest most opaque lipgloss in existence I swear. I was so surprised when I swatched this on my hand! Its a very blue toned pink with lots of fuchsia  shimmer. It was hard to picture how bright this actually is! On a night out this would be fab

These lip glosses don't have a particular fragrance, the don't smell bad they just smell like make up I guess. But i definitely love these and if you like bright colours and lip glosses you MUST go try Adorned!

The super lustrous collection is newer. They have a beautiful colour selection. They basically smell the same as the colour burst ones. I have 2 glitter glosses from this collection and two without any glitter or shimmer. The cream glosses I have are pink pop and Berry Allure. 

Pink Pop is a hot pink gloss that isn't really opaque  and Berry Allure looks a lot darker in the bottle but is actually a really nice in between pink and berry and it's not too dark so it's so perfect for during the day!

The two glittery ones i own are Snow Pink and Kiss Me Coral

Snow pink comes out as almost a clear gloss with gold shimmer. It's super pretty and perfect to go on top of any lipstick to give it a beautiful finish. 

Kiss Me Coral is a bright coral that I love in summer.

I don't find you can feel any grittyness with these glosses and none of them are really sticky either which i just love. All round Revlon just do fantastic glosses in a beautiful range of colours.

NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss- £4.50

NYX - Beige and Tea Rose

These glosses are so creamy It's just beautiful! Both are beautiful worn by themselves or layered over lip sticks. They have a cherry scent which i adore. It's one of my favourite scents for lip products. There's nothing more really to say than these are just really nice lipglossses. However I sadly was slightly disappointed with beige after the glowing reviews purely because I wanted to love it so much but the colour looks odd on me, that shade of pink just doesn't seem to suit me sadly! But I use it over lipstick a lot!

Urban Decay Lip Junkie lipgloss- £13

These are my two Urban Decay lipglosses both of which are beautiful.

On top is the shade Crush, this is practically the same as Pink Pop from Revlon in colour and in finish. I find it is a bit of a thicker consistency which i quite like.

Underneath we have the shade sin which is a gorgeous nude shade with gold shimmer.

Both have a peppermint scent which i love, it feels very fresh! Also these lipglosses always seem to last a while on me so big thumbs up for that!

Dior Addict Lipgloss summer 2012 - £22 I think this was limitied edition- Sorry!

Oh my one true love lipgloss. This is my beloved Dior Addict lipgloss in the shade glow. I can't even express my love for this, It's just so perfect. The colour is so me, Pinky/reddy/coral I just love it, This is the kind of shades that suit my skin tone best. It's beautiful by itself and over lipstick and it feels just amazing. I can't recommend it enough!

Bourjois 3D Effect lipgloss  - £7.99
Missguided Lipgloss (I can't find any link for this!)
No.7 High Shine Lipgloss- £9

Finally the last 3, which are all very similar as you can see!
First on top is bourjois 3D effect gloss from the summer collection (last years i think) in shade 49.
Its a peachy pink with a lot of gold shimmer which looks beautiful when the sunlight hits it, it looks magical.
Underneath is the missguided one i own, i think i actually got it in a magazine! It's another peachy pink gloss, slightly paler than the bourjois one and with more silvery flecks of shimmer in it. Its in the shade peace
Lastly is No.7 in coral kiss. Its basically the same as the missguided one but with less shimmer.
These lipgloss shades are great to have because they are so simple and easy to wear and look great layered as well.
They are all good lipglosses however the No.7 bugs me as it is one of those bottles that you can hardly get any lipgloss out!- you all know what i'm talking about, it like sucks the gloss off when you pull out the applicator!

So that is all my lipglosses- I'm beginning to possibly aqquire a lip product addiction i think, however I love them all <3

Hope you are all having a wonderful wonderful day

June favourties!

Hola chicas :) 

Today I'm sharing with you my favourites from the last month. I don't have that many because I didn't actually try many new products!

Ill start with my perfume favourite. It's the Marc Jacobs Daisy eau so fresh sunshine First of all it's in an absolutely beautiful bottle as are all the Marc Jacobs perfumes and smells so lovely. The Marc Jacobs website describes it as "A playful floral fruity, Daisy Eau So Fresh Sunshine reinterprets the classic Daisy Eau So Fresh with a bolder, fruitier twist. Colorful and energetic, the fragrance radiates sun-drenched juiciness with an addictive fruity top. The heart is an intoxicating breeze of airy, uplifting jasmine petals that dries down to a smooth, velvety base of warmth and subtle sweetness. 

Top Notes: Strawberry, Apple Blossom, Pink Grapefruit 
Mid Notes: Jasmine Petals, Day Lily, Rose 
Base Notes: Violet Leaf, White Oak Moss, Amber Wood"

 Next I have my Laura mercier foundation which I love! I'm in the shade rose ivory. This foundation is high coverage without looking Cakey and it's also really long lasting. Although its pricey a little bit really goes a long way which has to be taken into consideration as well

For blusher I have been loving this nyx blush in the shade peach. The nyx blushes are beautiful. So pigmented and they are so cheap and cheerful. This just gives a gorgeous colour on my cheeks that blends so easily!

I have two concealers but they are the same in different shades. It's the collection lasting perfection concealer in shade 1 fair and 2 light. I use fair under my eyes to brighten everything up and use light to conceal my blemishes. These two work so well together and I highly recommend them!

Vaseline has been my life saver this past month. My lips have been so chapped due to all the extra work I've been doing. Working really dries out my lips because of the hair conditioning in the shop so this has been fantastic. 

 This lipstick is my absolute all time favourite. It's from l'oreal And its the caresse I think in blushing sequin. Unfortunately these aren't out in the uk! I wish the were because I would have every single one! They are just so perfect. Bright but not in your face. Shiny and moisturising also long lasting. Just perfection in a bottle.

Last make up product is this mascara from no7. This is the new say perfect mascara and I absolutely love it. The brush just separates your eyelashes so well and makes them look super long and almost false lash like which I love. I also love that it's waterproof but comes off with just warm water on a cotton pad help on your eye for 30 seconds. It's just great waterproof without the hassle of taking it off. (Review here)

 Last but not lease I have a hair product. This is the Aussie dual personality curl definition and soft feel serum. I put this in my hair after I've let it dry naturally to calm down any frizz and if really works! It's a good price too! Definitely worth checking out!

 What are some f your Favouties from this past month? 

Hope your having a wonderful day and happy Independence Day to all the Americans! 

Caitlin x


 

 

Florida Haul: Part 2 - Beauty

Hello Chicas!

Time for the second part of my Florida haul! Beauty! I honestly wish beauty products were as cheap here in the UK as they are in America!
If you haven't seen Part 1 click here, I showed all the nail polish I bought!

FACE

First of all I went ahead and bought the Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation. This is the first High end foundation I have ever owned so I'm incredibly excited about this! I've been wanting to try this for a while because it has amazing reviews and also It's prom in 2 weeks and I wanted a good foundation that matched my skin perfectly for it. I went into Nordstrom at the Florida mall and a lovely lady at the counter tried it on me and it was just a really lovely experience. I paid $43 which makes me never want to use it because I never want it to run out!

 NYX blush in Peach and Pinched, Revlon Photoready Cream Blush in Coral Reef

I wanted to get a couple NYX blushes because they have great reviews and in the UK you can only get NYX by ordering online so I just decided to wait until I went to the states so I could go into Target and see the colours in person. Peach is a beautiful pigmented peachy pink and Pinched is a gorgeous dusty pink with gold shimmer. I got these for $4.99 each at Target
I've also heard good things about the Revlon Photoready blushes mostly by Essie Button on youtube so I picked one up last minute from Walmart for $10.97 which is a bit more on the pricey side of things but I do really like it. I love coral so this is perfect for me for the Spring and Summer. Its a cream blush but it's sort of powdery at the same time, kind of like a creme to powder type product but it's lovely anyway.

EYES

 I decided to get more of the colour tattoos, I bought one at home a while ago but I didn't love love love it. With everyone raving loads about them I decided to try them again and I fell in love. I picked up the colours Barley Branded, Cool Crush, Bad to the Bronze and Inked in Pink

As you can see from the swatches the colours are very highly pigmented and beautiful. Barley Branded is a champagne colour that I know I'm going to wear loads. Cool Crush is so unique, it's part of their limited edition collection and it's sort of Duo Chrome, It's like silver blue and purple, It's so gorgeous! Bad to the Bronze is something I think everyone should own, It's definitely the most raved about one in the collection and I can see why. It's just so perfect for everyday use and like all the colours it looks great by itself or under other eyeshadows. Lastly Inked in Pink is funnily enough a pink, well its a rose goldy pink and I haven't worn it yet but it's really pretty as well. Seriously though if you haven't tried these go get them, like right now. They will change your life.
I got these between target and walmart for $5.94 each

Oh yes it happened! I finally got to try out NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. I can't even tell you how long i have wanted this! I wanted it mostly because MeganHeartsMakeup used to use it All the time in her tutorials so I'm satisfied I finally got it but wish I'd bought more colours. Definitely will be ordering some online in the future! I got this at Target for $4.49

This may be my new favourite mascara. The very hyped up Cover Girl Clump Crusher mascara. You can actually by this here from Max Factor (It's the one in the purple tube) but it's rather pricey so I waited until I got to Florida to buy it. I paid $6.94 at target for it and it's £11.99 in Superdrug here. Why do they do that to us British people?!?!
But Basically this is fantastic, It gives length and volume minus clumps and is super dark so what more do you want?

LIPS

 Lip Balms! I got 2 EOS lip balm because i wanted to try them so much after all the talk! I got Strawberry Sorbet (I think) and Summer Fruit and also got the Maybelline BabyLips in Cherry Me and Pink Punch.
None of these are available in the UK although I'm sure the EOS lip balms are available online somewhere.

These are the maybelline swatches because they give colour too which I LOVE. They are so easy to wear and great for a hint of colour while also moisturising your lips.
The EOS lipbalms were $2.99 from target and the babylips were $2.99 in target and $2.97 in Walmart

 I got 5 lipsticks! 2 of the colour whispers from Maybelline in Pink Possibilities and Coral Ambition, one of the Maybelline Vivids in Shocking Coral. Rimmel lipstick in Airy Fairy and a L'oreal Caresse is Blushing Sequin

The Colour Whispers were $5.94 from Walmart. I love both the colours but I can't seem to wear Coral Ambition, It just unfortunately doesn't suit me :( I think it's too pale so it just doesn't look good but I will continue to try and wear it! However I love Pink Possibilities It's a great way to wear bright pink without being OTT
The Colour Vivid In Shocking Coral is so beautiful and bright! It's verging on being Neon but I love it. I love bright lips and I can't wait to wear this! This one I got at Publix and I lost the receipt and can't remember how much it was :( Sorry!
I'm constantly searching for a nude lip but continuously failing, I just can't get the right one! I'm still unsure if I like this one but I'm trying to make it work for me because I really want a nude lip for prom so I'm going to experiment with this! This was from Target for $4.94
Lastly the L'Oreal lipstick. I think this is my new favourite lipstick of all time. Its bright without being in your face and it lasts for ages! Its very glossy too so no need for lip gloss! It sort of stains your lips which is why it last so long. It's overall an amazing lip product and I wish I got more of these so I really hope they are released soon in the UK!

 NYX lipgloss in Beige on top and Tea Rose underneath

The other NYX product I wanted to try was their lip glosses. I picked up the ever so famous Beige which is not beige at all but a really pretty pink and I also got Tea Rose which is another lovely pink colour. Beige is more peachy and Tea Rose is more of a pink pink if that makes sense? I love the formulation of these glosses and the smell! They smell like cherries! I got these at target for $4.99 each

Finally Perfume. I don't know if this counts as beauty but I didn't know where else to put it. Its the Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh. The bottle is absolutely beautiful and it smells amazing! I'm not good at describing scents so I'm not even going to attempt, all I'm going to say is go smell this if you can!
This is the only thing I didn't buy myself my Mum actually got this for me at the Airport in Glasgow. Thanks Mum!

Well that's everything, I'm chuffed with everything I bought only let down was the Maybelline Colour Whisper in Coral Ambition. Beautiful colour but doesn't suit me. Hope you all are having a wonderful day!