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The Spring Season: Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

The Spring Season: Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

The Spring Season: Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

Benefit Lady's Choice Full-Finish Lipstick ($18.00) is an ultra creamy pinky-nude with a glossy sheen and no shimmer. It's pink enough to be almost like a very light and pale pink, but it's still more of a nude. I love...

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The Spring Season: Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

The Spring Season: Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

The Spring Season: Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

Lancome Voile de Rose L'Absolu Rouge Lipstick ($29.00) is a creamy, medium pink with warmer undertones. I almost didn't include it as part of the Spring Season, just because it's the pink is a little more amped up than...

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The Spring Season: MAC Freckletone Lipstick

The Spring Season: MAC Freckletone Lipstick

The Spring Season: MAC Freckletone Lipstick

MAC Freckletone Lipstick ($14.00) is a semi-sheer luster-finish peachy nude. It's definitely a nude kind of lip color, but it has a surprising amount of warmth, because of the peachy undertones. Even though it's distinctly peach,...

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The Spring Season: Guerlain Gentiane Rouge G Lipstick

The Spring Season: Guerlain Gentiane Rouge G Lipstick

Guerlain Gentiane Rouge G Lipstick

The Spring Season: Guerlain Gentiane Rouge G Lipstick

Guerlain Gentiane Rouge G Lipstick ($45.00) is a soft, cool-toned pink with a light frost and shimmer finish. It applies opaquely in just one or two layers, and it clings to lips without being drying. If you...

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The Spring Season: Chanel Ming Rouge Allure Laque

The Spring Season: Chanel Ming Rouge Allure Laque

The Spring Season: Chanel Ming Rouge Allure Laque

Chanel Ming Rouge Allure Laque ($32.00) is a soft, slightly milky neutral (maybe even a little yellow-toned) pink with subtle pink and light gold shimmer with a glossy shen. Rouge Allure Laques are kind of like liquid lipstick, but they still have a...

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Scarlet Season: Temptalia's Favorite Red Lipsticks & Glosses

Scarlet Season: Temptalia's Favorite Red Lipsticks & Glosses

Scarlet Season:  Temptalia's Favorite Red Lipsticks & Glosses

I'm sure some of you are interested in what my favorites were--and to be sure, I included some that just had flat-out spectacular formulas and wear, even if the color wasn't what I'd normally go...

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Scarlet Season: The Glossiest Reds

Scarlet Season: The Glossiest Reds

Scarlet Season:  The Glossiest Reds

I wish we had been able to cover more red lipglosses, but alas, red lipsticks do tend to reign supreme!  But since the glosses were not nearly as numerous as the lipsticks, what better way to remember them than with a...

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Scarlet Season: Orange -Based Reds Round-up

Scarlet Season: Orange -Based Reds Round-up

Scarlet Season:  Orange -Based Reds Round-up

I'm surprised (and quite happy about it!) that we covered nearly as many orange-based reds as blue-based reds.  I just feel like we ended up with a very well-rounded bunch of reds we were able to feature over the...

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Scarlet Season: Blue-Based Reds Round-up

Scarlet Season: Blue-Based Reds Round-up

Scarlet Season: Blue-Based Reds Round-up

Lots of cool, more blue-based reds... Of course, it'll come as no surprise, but Chanel's Dragon is definitely one of my favorite reds.  It's almost neutral, but I'd still say it runs just a wee bit cool (and it's...

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The Scarlet Season: Dolce & Gabbana Sheer Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: Dolce & Gabbana Sheer Lipstick

Dolce & Gabbana Sheer Shine Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: Dolce & Gabbana Sheer Lipstick

Dolce & Gabbana Sheer Shine Lipstick ($30.00) is a glossy, orange-based red. It's smooth, feels moisturizing, and is richly pigmented. Even though the Shine formula is designed to deliver semi-sheer color, this...

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