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The Summer Season: MAC Speed Dial Lipstick

The Summer Season: MAC Speed Dial Lipstick

The Summer Season: MAC Speed Dial Lipstick

MAC Speed Dial Lipstick ($14.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a slightly blue-based pink with a golden sheen. It's an interesting shade, because it has that yellowness to it, that golden shimmer and sheen, but the pink still feels blue-based. I think it's wearble on...

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MAC Superglass -- A Quick Review & Lip Swatches

MAC Superglass -- A Quick Review & Lip Swatches

MAC Superglass -- A Quick Review & Lip Swatches

Edit: Superglass hits stores today, and I'll be there as soon as my store opens to grab the remaining shades to swatch and review -- just give me some time to get everything done :)  Take a look at...

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Sneak Peek: MAC Superglass Collection - Photos & Swatches

Sneak Peek: MAC Superglass Collection - Photos & Swatches

MAC Superglass: Disco Blend, Sugar Overload, Sweet Tart, Tunnel of Love

Sneak Peek: MAC Superglass Collection

Edit: I will have photos and swatches of the missing shades after I have a chance to purchase, swatch, photograph, etc. them tomorrow, when they launch in-stores, so I ask you to give me some...

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NARS Multiple Tints for Summer 2010

NARS Multiple Tints for Summer 2010

NARS Multiple Tints for Summer 2010

Bright yet translucent tints, give cheeks and lips a sheer pops of color. The NARS Multiple Tint provides sheer, buildable color. The multi-purpose tool can be worn alone for flush cheeks or stained lips. For a bolder effect it can be layered with other NARS face...

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NARS Summer 2010: Love Devotion Lipstick

NARS Summer 2010: Love Devotion Lipstick

NARS Summer 2010:  Love Devotion Lipstick

NARS Summer 2010 Collection featured a new lipstick called Love Devotion ($24.00), which NARS describes as a "sheer guava." It's a good thing they put me on notice about the color, though, because it's definitely sheer!

Love Devotion is a sheer coral-orange with...

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The Summer Season: Illamasqua Petulant Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Petulant Intense Lipgloss

Illamasqua Petulant Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Petulant Intense Lipgloss

Illamasqua Petulant Intense Lipgloss ($19.00) is a vibrant shade of darkened raspberry pink. It's brightened up quite a bit, so it's not just dark but rich and lush. Being a lipgloss--despite how intensely...

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YSL Blood Orange (94) Rouge Pur Shine Lipstick (Summer 2010) Review, Photos Swatches

YSL Blood Orange (94) Rouge Pur Shine Lipstick (Summer 2010) Review, Photos Swatches

YSL Summer 2010 Goes Blood Orange

YSL Blood Orange (94) Rouge Pur Shine Lipstick ($30.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a vibrant shade of coral-orange with an ultra glossy sheen. It has just a smidgen of iridescent shimmer woven through it, but it's nearly indetectable once on the lips. It's really the glossy...

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Urban Decay Graffiti Eyeshadow

Urban Decay Graffiti Eyeshadow

Going Green with Urban Decay, Part 2

Urban Decay Graffiti Deluxe Eyeshadow ($18.00 for 0.09 oz.) is a vibrant shade of grass green. I originally tried it out back in March, in this St. Patrick's Day Look. It's a very edgy green--not quite grass, not dark--bright enough to get noticed, but it's not...

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YSL Dessin du Regard Eye Pencil (in Velvet Black, Oriental Blue, Turquoise)

YSL Dessin du Regard Eye Pencil (in Velvet Black, Oriental Blue, Turquoise)

YSL Dessin du Regard Eye Pencil ($28.00) are gorgeous, deeply pigmented eyeliners that apply evenly and smoothly.  I spent the past week testing between three shades -- Turquoise (09), Oriental Blue (03), and Black Velvet (01).

  • Turquoise is a lightened aqua with a slight golden sheen to it.  It had the...

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Dior Raspberry Serum (760) Serum de Rouge

Dior Raspberry Serum (760) Serum de Rouge

Dior Raspberry Serum (760) Serum de Rouge ($32.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a darkened, reddish-raspberry pink with a glossy sheen.  It has very, very fine (nearly invisible) shimmer, if you look really close.  The color isn't quite as deep as I'd expect for raspberry, but it's close.  It's kind of like a...

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