Estee Lauder Promotional/Travel Size Lip Trio

March 20, 2008

I came across this while browsing for some other lip items. Estee Lauder Lip Blush SPF 15 Trio is a travel/promo size lip trio for $3.99.

It seems like a nice price in order to try out a few Estee Lauder shades.

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Written by Carleenp · Filed Under Lipstick, Palettes, Samples

Prescriptives Spring 2008 Collection Lip Strips

January 14, 2008

Prescriptives has a new spring collection, Techno Tropics, coming out on January 15. Like with many of the spring collections, Prescriptives is releasing a number of pretty, feminine shades. So if you are getting sick of the black smoky eyes, black nails, and navy blues of winter, you will find the spring collections rather refreshing.

I gave one of the new limited edition lip strips a try in Tropical Warm. These strips contain five complimentary sheer lip gloss shades in cream, shimmer, and sparkle finishes all in one compact. The shades can be worn alone or they can be mixed. As a bonus, the product contains Vitamin E and conditioning ingredients.

The gloss is indeed nicely moisturizing, and gives off a light hint of color. I found that I liked mixing the shades the best for a more colorful, but still very sheer look. Because the tint is very sheer, those who desire more color might want to give it a try over one of the new lipstick shades.

Prescriptives cosmetics are available in many major department stores and online.

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Written by Carleenp · Filed Under Collections, Gloss, Palettes

PowderPuff Beauty You Glow Girl Lip and Cheek Palette

January 7, 2008

I recently tried out some lip and cheek products from PowderPuff Beauty, a line created by Los Angeles based makeup artist Nidia Alire. Using colors and pigments created for the industry makeup artist, yet also friendly to the casual user, the line fits in cute refillable palettes.

I was quite impressed with the items that I tried. I received a 4 pan palette with two Double Agent Creme Lip/Cheek Pigments and two lip glosses that compose the You Glow Girl Set. The palette is made of a thick coated cardboard that has a magnetic closure and magnetic pan holder. Each pan is good sized and is removable. The lip gloss shades were gorgeous and gave a nice medium gloss tint.

The dual agent items in the palette particularly impressed me. These lip and cheek pigments work both as a creme blush and as a lipstick/lip stain. They are well pigmented and fairly buildable, so you can start sheer and go deeper as desired. I found warming the pigment a bit on my hand or fingers before putting it on the cheeks helped it blend best. I used a standard lip brush for applying them on my lips. Try them on your lips with a bit of the gloss on top for a great base color and shine!

At prices around $12-14 per pan, these quality items are a pretty good value. Plus the case is darn cute!

Written by Carleenp · Filed Under Gloss, Lip Stain, Lipstick, Misc., Palettes

Contest! Win M.A.C. Cosmetics Holiday Lip Products!

December 5, 2007

M.A.C. Cosmetics has some great lip items in their Holiday Collections. This reader giveaway will allow one lucky person to win a sampling of them! Up for grabs are the following products:

From the Curiositease Collection: 5 cool shades of lipglass and lustreglass in an oval gift container.

M.A.C. Cosmeitcs Curiositease Lipglass Cool Shades

From the Royal Assets Collection: The tan lips palette.

Tan Lips Palette M.A.C. Royal Assets Holiday Collection

From the Finery Collection: The tan lips kit, consisting of two lipsticks, a lipglass, and a cosmetic bag.

M.A.c. Cosmetics Tan Lips Finery Holiday Collection lipstick lipglass

To enter, leave a comment between now the end of December 12, 2007, with a few sentences about why you want to win these M.A.C. lip products. You don’t have to write a whole lot, but just saying “hi” won’t cut it!

Be sure to fill in your email so that I can contact you if you win. Email addresses will not be published. On December 13, I will randomly draw a winner and notify him or her by email. One entry per household please. Duplicate entries will be disqualified.

Written by Carleenp · Filed Under Collections, Contests, Gifts, Gloss, Holiday Items, Lipstick, Palettes

Holiday Gifts Part III: Luxury Lips

December 3, 2007

What do you get for the lip gloss loving label snob in your life? Something designer and expensive of course!

Chanel is always an appropriate gift. The Chanel Collection Velours De Chanel (above) is a beautiful palette of classic shades. For an extra touch that will be sure to impress, pair it with a Chanel Aqua Crayon Lip Colour Stick in Rouge.

For an amazingly good value at $30, the Dior Logo Lip Palette (above) is a wonderful gift (I don’t own this, hint , hint).

For a step up in the Dior line, the I Love Dior Lip Palette (above) is sure to please with its attractive black case. Move up to the $90 range and you can get the Dior Jeweled Lip GLoss Necklace .

Fresh a Kiss is just a Kiss Lip Palette Lipstick

In other appreciated brands, consider the Laura Mercier Mini Lip Colour Set, the NARS J. Mendel Fall 2007 Collection Lip Palette, or the Fresh A Kiss Is Just A Kiss Palette (above).

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Written by Carleenp · Filed Under Collections, Expensive Gift Ideas, Gifts, Gloss, Holiday Items, Lipstick, Palettes, Shopping lists

Holiday Lip Gifts Part II: Lip Palettes for a Variety of Women

November 27, 2007

Lip palettes and kits are some of the best gifts. Find something in a variety of shades and there will be something in there to make your gift recipient happy. There are also many to choose from. Here are a few suggestions:

For the young or young at heart: The Sugar I Scream 4 Sugar Mini Ice Cream Flavored Lip Gloss Palette (below) is a tasty collection of pretty lip gloss shades.

Sugar I Scream For Sugar Flavored Lip Palette Ice Cream

For the natural beauty: philosophy the supernatural luscious lip palette, superwearable (below) is a palette of beautiful neutral pink shades that are very wearable for most skin tones.

For the charitable woman: Give a gift that also donates 100% of the proceeds to a good cause. A M.A.C. Cosmetics Viva Glamorous Lip Palette is the perfect gift. The pretty case contains three beautiful holiday shade. All proceeds go to the M.A.C. Aids Foundation.

Viva Glam Glamorous MAC Cosmetics Lip Palette

For a girl on the go: CARGO Lip Gloss Quad Lip Palette, South Beach (below) fits nicely in a purse. I love cargo gloss!

For the woman of refined tastes: The NARS J. Mendel Fall 2007 Collection Lip Palette is a gorgeous palette of deep and luxurious shades. This is limited edition, so get it while you can!