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The Summer Season: Milani Orange Gina Lipstick

The Summer Season: Milani Orange Gina Lipstick

The Summer Season: Milani Orange Gina Lipstick

Milani Orange Gina Lipstick ($3.49) is a beautiful shade of vibrant darkened orange with tangerine-gold shimmer. This is a bold, intense color to wear on lips, but it's not a neon orange. It's not loudmouth orange at all. The golden shimmer strewn...

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Clarins Orchid (#06) Gloss Appeal

Clarins Orchid (#06) Gloss Appeal

Clarins Orchid (06) Gloss Appeal

Clarins Orchid (#06) Gloss Appeal ($21.00) is a sheer, reddened coral with ultra fine iridescent fuchsia shimmer. Gloss Appeal is a nice, non-sticky, lightweight gloss that lasts about two hours on its own. The shimmer is super, super fine, which makes it ideal for...

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The Summer Season: MAC Full Fuchsia Lipstick

The Summer Season: MAC Full Fuchsia Lipstick

The Summer Season: MAC Full Fuchsia Lipstick

MAC Full Fuchsia Lipstick ($14.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a bright fuchsia pink with full-color coverage and a slight sheen. It has an amplified creme finish, so it's creamy but not overly so. It does have a frostier finish than the majority of amplified...

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Guerlain Cherry Summer (#262) Kiss Kiss Baby

Guerlain Cherry Summer (#262) Kiss Kiss Baby

Guerlain Cherry Summer (#262) Kiss Kiss Baby Lip Balm ($31.00) is an ultra moisturizing, sheer baby pink.  Kiss Kiss Baby is a high-end version of lip balm, so don't go into it expecting extraordinary color pay off.  Accordingly, Cherry Summer is no exception--it's barely there color that delivers a...

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The Summer Season: Illamasqua Fierce Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Fierce Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Fierce Intense Lipgloss

Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss Fierce ($19.00 for 0.20 oz.) is a medium violet purple. Yes, it's really, truly a purple lipgloss. This isn't a hint of violet, a smidgen of purple--it is undeniably purple. I...

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The Summer Season: YSL Peach Passion Rouge Volupte Lipstick

The Summer Season: YSL Peach Passion Rouge Volupte Lipstick

YSL Peach Passion Rouge Volupte Lipstick

The Summer Season: YSL Peach Passion Rouge Volupte Lipstick

YSL Peach Passion (#13) Rouge Volupte Lipstick ($34.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a brightened peachy-coral with an ultra creamy feel. Rouge Voluptes are ridiculously creamy--quite possibly the creamiest...

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The Summer Season: NARS Schiap Lipstick

The Summer Season: NARS Schiap Lipstick

NARS Schiap Lipstick

The Summer Season: NARS Schiap Lipstick

NARS Schiap Lipstick ($24.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a bright, fuchsia-pink with a semi-matte finish. It has no shimmer, but it does have a slightly glossy sheen, so it doesn't a completely matte finish. Schiap applies beautifully--soft, smooth,...

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MAC Superglass Collection: Review, Photos, & Swatches

MAC Superglass Collection: Review, Photos, & Swatches

MAC Superglass Collection: Review, Photos, & Swatches

Superglass is latest lipgloss creation by MAC.  My review for these is still the same and reposted with minor...

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Bobbi Brown Treatment Lip Shines SPF 15

Bobbi Brown Treatment Lip Shines SPF 15

Bobbi Brown Treatment Lip Shines: Nectarine, Pink Glisten, Raspberry Pink, Moonlight Rose, Berry, & Maple

Bobbi Brown's Treatment Lip Shines SPF 15 come in twelve lovely shades, with each retailing for $22 and weighing in at 0.07 oz. It's described as a "lightweight, soft shine lipstick that...

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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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