Quickie Review - Urban Decay Glide-On Lip Pencil

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On Black Friday I picked up Urban Decay Full Frontal Lipstick Stash set and in that little set was a Urban Decay Glide-On lip pencil in Ozone. Ozone is a clear lip liner that is meant for holding "color in place and prevents feathering".

So many people are talking about how fantastic this is. It prevents feathering and color stays in place. Honestly, I don't see it. My lips don't feather anyway so that wasn't a problem but when you say it holds color in place, I feel like it's a lip primer. That is not a trait that I see.

I tried it with light colored lipsticks and dark lipsticks. I tried it with a number of lip glosses. I don't see the longevity and I don't get feathering so I didn't see that.

The quick review is it's not worth the hype at all.

Latest Lippie Love Combos

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Normally I keep all of my current lippies just scattered on my makeup counter. They get in the way but I like having them handy (rather than put away nicely, like a normal person) so I decided to put them in an old candle jar. Then, I thought wow, I've been wearing the same color combos a lot! It actually slapped me in the face when I was going to put on my Valentine's Day lip combo. I've actually been wearing my VDay lippie for several days cause it's so pretty. I posted it on my Instagram and thought maybe the good people that read my blog would like to see the rest of my lip combos (of course they would!). So this one is for you!

Let's start with the first lippie love combo. For Valentine's Day (and several days after it) I was loving a pinky red lip. It's crazy how I forget that I can actually pull this off. My complexion has so much red in it, I can pull off a red with very little effort. This one though...wow! It's KatVonD's Studded Kiss Lipstick in Bachelorette and Revlon ColorBurst Lipgloss in Adorned. I line my lips with Rimmel London 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in Cherry Kiss. Va Va Va Voom! I love this combo. So pretty and so perfect for the day o'love!

I like a "nude for me" lipstick combo. There is something sultry about just a hint of color on the lips. One of my favorites is Urban Decay's Ladyflower topped with Milani's Mauve Fetish. I use NYX Nude Pink liner to line my lips. Lovely! It's a light nude that stays in rotation.

My other "just this side of nude" has been Bite Beauty Lipstick in Pepper, NYX Butter Gloss in Angel Food Cake and NYX liner in Nude Pink (again). It's a soft, sweet color that doesn't look like I'm wearing anything but oh, wait, yes I am. Again, looking natural takes a lot of makeup!

My darker nude is a combo of Maybelline ColorSensational Lipstick in Untainted Spice, NYX Butter Gloss in Angel Food Cake (again) and Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in Rich. It's not vampy or anything but it's a deeper nude that I've been loving for the winter months. The lipstick is matte but the Butter Gloss makes it moist. And, the look is day to night fantastic.

I have a ton of lipstick and I could/should be wearing it but these are my faves and they have been making the rounds more than any of the others. I guess it's probably proof that you don't need a ton of makeup to look 'purty' everyday. But really, having less makeup wouldn't be as much fun for either of us, would it?

What had your lips been showing off a lot? Do you have a favorite that you been rocking more than others? Or, are you just ready for the spring colors?!

Ipsy Bag - August - Review

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Are you ready to find out what I thought of the goodies in my little pink bag? Are you on pins and needles? Well even if you aren't, here goes!

I mentioned that this month's Ipsy bag has an Urban Decay Perversion mascara, Coastal Scents Forever Blush duo, Absolute New York's 'You're The Balm' Lip Balm, Dr. Brandt Pores No More and Lord & Berry eyeliner. I made sure to take adequate time to try most of the items, but not all.

I'll be honest with you (cause when do I lie?) I didn't even try the Dr. Brandt Pores No More. I've used a lot pore shrinkers and vanishers and I've come to realize, my pores aren't very noticeable and I'm wasting money on products like this. I'll probably give this one away instead of using it. Someone will need it more than me.

I also didn't try the Urban Decay Perversion mascara. I had already tried another sample of this about 6 months ago (Sephora I think) and it was ok. I've had better though. My holy grail mascara (Jordana Best Lash Mascara) does about the same job. I'll pass this along to my mom. She will probably like it. She doesn't like "POW" lashes that reach out for days but she does like black lashes. This definitely did make my lashes black back during the holidays when I tried it.

The Coastal Scents Forever Blush duo was great! The pink shade showed up very well on my skin. The peach shade gave me a fresh glow. They wore well and lasted almost all stinkin' day! I love that in a blush. The packet boasts that there are 18 Forever Blush colors to choose from and it gives you 25% off of blush (not to be used with any other offer). But honestly, Coastal Scents has so many offers, you can always get their blushes at a discount. Right now the deal is 35% off of the 10 blush palette (there are 2 different ones). But if you wait a bit, you can find the perfect sale for you.

The Absolute New York's 'You're The Balm' Lip Balm is very nice. It smells great! There's a slight sparkle but nothing too bad and it smells great! It goes on smoothly and you only need a dab and it smells great. Did I mention that it smells great? Ipsy offers a 30% discount at the Nicka K website making it $10.19 for the duo (30% off plus $6.00 S&H). Spoiler alert, I've seen these duos at T.J. Maxx for $3.99. I'm just saying folks. The down side? The container. I hate tins of lip product. What if your fingers are dirty? Love the product - hate the tin - because of that I probably won't buy it.

Last but not least was the Lord & Berry eyeliner. It's a soft eyeliner that glides on your waterline (where I wear my eyeliner) and stays for a decent amount of time -- several hours. The Lord and Berry website sells them for $18 (with and extra 25% off Ipsy discount). No way these are worth $13.50. It was fine but not great. I have $5 brands that are better.

So, this bag wasn't as great as the others were but I do fill that I got my $10 worth. The eyeliner will last me about 6 weeks. The lip balm will go to work with me and after I wash my hands, I'll moisturize my lips. The Blush sample showed me that I can trust Coastal Scents blushes to work (and this sample will last about 2 months in rotation, if not 3). I can give my mom the mascara because she is ALWAYS looking for a good mascara that isn't wet. The Dr. Brandt, well that was a fail for me. And, the bag that it all came in is currently holding scrapbook essentials.

So there you have it! Another month of Ipsy love. I still think it's worth the $10 and I still recommend you try it.

Red, White & Blue

Happy Fourth of July!!

I had the brilliant idea to show you guys my patriotic makeup. The girl that wears muted browns pulled out all the red, white and blue she could find and this is what she came up with. Not surprisingly I have a buttload (Is that one word or two? Spell check isn't helping.) of nail polish that fits the bill. But, I don't have much makeup that fits the color scheme.

Let's start with the nail polish, shall we? I picked out 6 of the 9 TRUE red, white and blue that I have because off white, beige, silver, fuchsia, pink, turquoise, teal...you get the picture -- those colors aren't true red, white and blue. My Wet n Wild collection of course, boasts true colors, Rebel In Love, Break The Ice and Blue Visionary. My sparkly red is a Sephora by OPI in Be-Cause I Said So, my white is Klean Kolors in White and my sparkly blue is Orly nail polish in Macabre Masquerade. When I had gel nails, I'd get American tip French Manicures (which means it isn't white white on the tips) I used both of the white colors. I have to admit I haven't used them since then. And, during the holidays, I rock the reds on my tootsies. I haven't used the  WnW Blue Visionary but I did use the Orly Macabre Masquerade on my party nail.

You see 2 eyeshadow pans. I don't wear blue shadow that often. In fact I've only used the Cover Girl Sapphire Sparkle single twice -- once when I was going out to an evening event and I was wearing a blue dress and the second time when I dressed as Cleopatra for a murder mystery game (don't laugh -- if you haven't played a murder mystery game you need to rethink your priorities in life! We go all out, food, prizes, I mean it's ridiculous!). The other two blues are in my WnW 6 pans in Pride. I haven't worn them. The 2 whites in the same 6 pan have been used to blend only.

I have a "close to red" lip liner by Rimmel London in Hot Spark and 1 blue eye liner, Jordana Easyliner in Denim Blue. After taking this picture I woke up from my fog and realized that Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on in Sabbath is not blue. Sorry!

And near and dear to my heart are my lippies. All of them are red. I don't own a blue lipstick and I couldn't find my iridescent lip gloss which might have passed for white. I have two Revlon Super Lustrous glosses -- one in Fatal Apple and one in Kiss Me Coral. I also have a Revlon Colorburst in Strawberry. And my lipstick is a Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Cherry Tart. No, Revlon did not sponsor the lip portion of this post.

God Bless America.

No, seriously, I wanted to put a bit of patriotism in my blog, the makeup way but I also wanted to take a minute to say Happy Birthday America!!

How much red, white & blue do you have in your makeup collection?