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Bare Escentuals Holiday Lip Gloss Set

Doing some Black Friday or Cyber Monday shopping? Bare Escentuals Buxom Babes Winter Escapade is a cute lip gloss set for the holidays. Bare Escentuals glosses tend to be well pigmented and non-sticky. I particularly like the red shade in this collection.

Bare Escentuals also have some great Bare Minerals mineral makeup kits that would be perfect holiday gifts.

Popularity: 4% [?]

YSL Holiday Collection Lip Items

The 2009 Yves Saint Laurent Holiday Collection has some nice limited edition lip items. If you haven’t tried YSL lipsticks, you should. They are quite pricey, but I consider them some of the best out there. YSL lip gloss is also a treat!

You can shop the entire YSL Holiday look here: YSL’s Holiday Look 2009. Also, don’t forget to check out the many different holiday collections at Holiday Makeup!

Popularity: 6% [?]

MAC Holiday Lip Kits and Bags

I managed to sneak in a field trip to the MAC store to see the new MAC Holiday Collection . The MAC lip bags this year are quite nice. I like the silver bags, and the colors in both sets are quite attractive. One set is a selection of pretty pinks, and the other collection is akin to brick red in color.

The lip kits are also nice, as usual. One kit has neutral shades and the other has pinks. There is also a MAC Viva Glam set. Again, I like the cases on these quite a bit this year.

Finally, there are new dazzleglasses out for the holidays, including two very nice pinks. The shades are softer this year, and I rather like that!

Want to shop the collection? You can see, and shop, all of the MAC Holiday Collection at Holiday Makeup!

Popularity: 8% [?]

Luna Twilight DuWop Lip Venom

the Luna Twilight Makeup Collection has some interesting items with neat packaging. One that really intrigued me was the Luna Twilight Duwop Lip Venom, so I eagerly went out to Nordstrom to see it and fully planned to buy it if I liked it. I ended up coming home empty handed.

The idea of the Twilight Lip Venom is that there is lip stain at the bottom and clear plumper at the top. In theory, you dip the the applicator into the bottom for stain, only in the top for clear plumper, or shake it up to get both. That is it in theory. I had a hard time getting it to work well in practice. When I tried to just get stain, I still ended up with oily plumper as well that washed the stain away. When I shook it up, I had better results, but the stain still sat on top of the plumper, making it hard to get an even stained look. Here it is on my hand which, unfortunately, was as even as I could get it. This is taken outside in natural light after it dried.

I ended up disappointed, in part perhaps because I had such high hopes for this product. The overall shade of the stain is nice, but I don’t want to battle with a product to get an even color application. You can get a more even look with a standard lip stain. Then, if you want plumping, add regular Lip Venom or your other favorite plumper over it.

Popularity: 10% [?]

Korres Love Your Lips Collection

The Korres Love Your Lips Collection is a collection of three pretty darn nice lip glosses and a pomegranate lip butter. Korres makes their lip glosses with cherry oil, which manages to moisturize, smooth, and taste good. In fact they taste REALLY good. I don’t really care for cherry flavor, but I loved these! The glosses give good shine and are not at all sticky.

The Pomegranate Lip Butter uses shea butter and rice wax for hydration. These natural products do not contain Parabens, Sulfates, or Phthalates.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Bobbi Brown Pink Ribbon Lip Collection

It is October and that means it is yet again time for pink products to support breast cancer research. One that I love is the Bobbi Brown Pink Ribbon Lip Collection , largely because it is so versatile. These nice and neutral pink shades will look great on a large number of people. The collection features a new shade of Pink Creamy Lip Color and a limited edition Pink Crystal Glitter Lip Balm, and comes packaged together in a pink box.

There is a reason Bobbi Brown is so highly regarded. As with all Bobbi Brown creamy lip colors, the lipstick wears beautifully. It is creamy, just as the name states, and lasts quite well. Pigment and color payout is excellent. I love the shade! The balm is comfortable and has a nice glitter to it that isn’t too overwhelming. It has very little pigment. Swatches are below: