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Burberry Cameo (08) Lipgloss

Burberry Cameo (08) Lipgloss

Burberry Cameo Lipgloss

Burberry Cameo (08) Lipgloss ($27.00 for 0.20 fl. oz.) is a beautiful shade of peachy-melon with soft golden shimmer and a nice level of glossy sheen.  It's semi-opaque, so it delivers a healthy dosage of color to lips, but it doesn't cover or mask your natural lip color. ...

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Illamasqua Collide Nail Varnish

Illamasqua Collide Nail Varnish

Still Time for Neon Nails

Illamasqua Collide Nail Varnish ($14.00 for 0.5 fl. oz.) is a wicked neon pink cream that's opaque in just about two coats (which is what is pictured), but you could easily get away with three coats or do two thicker coats.  The formula is so...

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MAC Explicit Lipglass

MAC Explicit Lipglass

MAC Explicit Lipglass

The Sultry Season: MAC Explicit Lipglass

MAC Explicit Lipglass ($14.50 for 0.17 fl. oz.) is a sheer taupe-brown kind of lipgloss.  It's gray, it's taupe, it's the grayest mauve.    I think Explicit is such an interesting shade, and it works really well layered over darker,...

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MAC Viva Glam Lipglass -- Cyndi & Gaga

MAC Viva Glam Lipglass -- Cyndi & Gaga

MAC Viva Glam Lipglass -- Cyndi & Gaga

Coming at you on September 2nd, MAC will launch corresponding lipglasses to February's roll out of Viva Glam Cyndi and Gaga Lipsticks. Like the lipsticks, the lipglasses are only around for a limited time (six months) -- both the...

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TheBalm theBalm to the Rescue Review, Photos

TheBalm theBalm to the Rescue Review, Photos

Lip Balm for the Love of Pugs

TheBalm theBalm to the Rescue ($16.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a large, mirrored compact full of lip balm.  It's a vegan lip gloss, which can sometimes be difficult to find--it uses carnauba wax and candelilla wax rather than beeswax to get its waxy...

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Urban Decay S&M Eyeshadow

Urban Decay S&M Eyeshadow

Permanent Play:  Urban Decay S&M Shadow

Urban Decay S&M Eyeshadow ($17.00 for 0.05 oz.) is smooth, buttery shade of silvered gray with a part frost, part metallic finish. It's nicely pigmented, and it applies incredibly evenly with little work. It's the type of shade that...

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MAC Fabulous Felines: Leopard Luxe (Lips & Cheek)

MAC Fabulous Felines: Leopard Luxe (Lips & Cheek)

MAC Fabulous Felines: Leopard Luxe Review, Photos, Swatches (Lips & Cheek)

Here is part two! Be sure to read part one.

Lipglass ($14.50 U.S. / $17.50 CDN)

  • A Quiet Roar is a very pale white gold on lips. It looks a little off to me when I wear it alone, but it could be...

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MAC Fabulous Felines: Leopard Luxe (Eyes)

MAC Fabulous Felines: Leopard Luxe (Eyes)

MAC Fabulous Felines: Leopard Luxe Review, Photos, Swatches (Eyes)

Here's part one of Leopard Luxe -- part two coming soon! :)

Leopard Luxe Eyeshadow Quad ($36.00 U.S. / $43.00 CDN)

  • Wild By Nature is a medium-dark nude brown with a matte finish, though it seems like it has just a bit of satin to it. ...

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MAC Fabulous Felines: Palace Pedigreed (Lips & Cheek)

MAC Fabulous Felines: Palace Pedigreed (Lips & Cheek)

MAC Fabulous Felines: Palace Pedigreed Review, Photos, Swatches (Lips & Cheek)

Make sure you've read part one, which covers all of the eyeshadows, pigments, and eyeliners!

Lipstick ($14.50 U.S. / $17.50 CDN)

  • Aristo-Cat is a semi-opaque played-down pink...

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