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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Random Lipsticks

Here are a few pictures of a few lipsticks I have...

Lancome rose influence 361, beige sismic 202:




Estee Lauder Peach Fizz 324, Candy 116:

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

MAC High Tea



Wow, I've only had this for...maybe 3 weeks but I'm in LOVE! Whoever told me that it's more of an everyday lippie than a good nude one is definetly right. However, I still love it. Wowie...This may become a Holy Grail!!! But I still want to try MAC Cremesheen Creme D'nude.

Retails 14.50 at Mac store and counter locations everywhere or at maccosmetics.com.

Monday, October 6, 2008

EOTD: Golden Browns!!









I used:
Shu Fleur De Rose palette numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Shiseido Majolica Majorica Mascara Base
Clinique high Impact Mascara
Besame souffle foundation in yellow cameo
UDPP
Shu e/l curler
MAC high Tea lipstick
Cargo The Big Easy blush

CC welcome :]

Friday, October 3, 2008

Review: Kanebo Lavshuca Eye Color




Range: 12 colors, from bright pink, to wine, to blue, to silver, to gold, to beige and brown. A very nice variety.

Naming: As usual, Japanese brand naming is boring...abbreviated words with numbers usually meaning the order of which it came in. For example, PK-1, PK-2. PK is pink, 1 and 2 being which color was created first. BL is Blue, WN Wine, GD gold, BG Beige, BN Brown, SV silver, and so on.

Packaging: This comes in an easy to depot white case with a clear lid. The lid is also embellished with pinky silver decorations. Very fancy, and by the way, if you like to keep a few MAC eye singles with you, these fit MAC :]

Depotting: Like most other Japanese brands, Lavshuca things are easy to depot. However, it's kind of hard to find the hole. Where it says Kanebo at the top of the sticker on the back, the hole is 'ne'. Just poke a pen or toothpick in there and lift out.

Lasting Ability/Creasing: I experienced no creasing over UDPP and it lasted the whole day with no touchups.

Texture: There is an imprinted L Lavshuca symbol which does NOT fade over a few uses. The texture is soft and very pigmented. I love it!

Price: This can be bought for 14USD at ichibankao.com, but I believe I got mine for far less...maybe 6$? I'm not too sure.

The colors I have are PK-3, light shimmery pink, and WN-1, a plummy wine.

Blast From The Past: MAC for A-Mei


(A-Mei, Asian pop star)
It was released 1/8/08 at very select locations, like Dresscamp and Manish Aurora.
From specktra.net:
"Lipstick

* Ruby woo - Vivid bluish-red (Matte, Perm)
* Siss - Muted golden beige (Satin, Perm)

Lipglass

* Love rules - Fuchsia flashed-up with white sparkle pearlized pigment (LE)
* Shes a star - Lustre-shine light neutral gold (LE)

Bold Eyes Palette (LE)

* Venus - (LE)
* Carbon - Intense black (Matte, Perm)
* Freshwater - Bright summersky blue (Veluxe Pearl, Perm)

Neutral Eyes Palette (LE)

* Vanilla - Soft pale peachy-ivory flecked with shimmer (Velvet, Perm)
* Mulch - Intense golden reddish brown flecked with golden bronze shimmer (Velvet, Perm)
* Brown down - Teddy bear brown (Veluxe, Perm)"

Although it was at very select locations, I still managed to indulge. I got Bold Eyes and Love Rules.

Honestly, the bold eyes were pretty disapointing. Carbon creased on me, Venus barely showed up and Freshwater was sheerer than I'm used to from MAC. However, the colors work great together, and I can use this efficently when I want to.

Love Rules is your standard bright obnoxious warm fuschia lip glass we all see from MAC at some point, but as I didn't have one, I happily indulged. This brightens up the lip (and face) fabulously!! Complete 5 star from me.




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