Shakeup Your Makeup

The new products keep coming!  Another new collection from L'oreal - Extraordinaire by Colour Riche is a new lip color collection boasting richer color, smoother lips and shinier finish!  I have seen the advertisements in the January catalogs, but the color selection in person is fantastic.  I had a couple in my hand and decided to wait (not sure why!).   

I can't find much about the new Maybelline nail color collection, called Straight From the Shows (the Color Show line), but it was a collection of mostly rich cremes, and maybe one or two shimmers.  There were three colors that really stood out to me - two glitters (Emerald City and Diamond in the Rough) and a shimmer called Frozen Over.  Closeups of these are below.  

(Emerald City - Left and Diamond in the Rough - Right)

Frozen Over reminds me of a Sinful Color's shade called Cinderella, although Cinderella had more blue/color to the base.  Both are pictured side by side for comparison!

So have you seen either of these collections out yet?  Did you pick anything up?  Love to hear what your thoughts were!

I had been waiting anxiously for these limited edition Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadows to come out, and I finally found them at CVS a week or two ago.  I picked up Seashore Frosts. 

Seashore Frosts is a beautiful periwinkle blue with a gold and/or bronze duochrome effect.  Like the other Color Tattoos I have purchased, this is creamy, easlily buildable, and works well with both a dense eyeshadow brush or an eyeliner brush.  Below I swatched it using my finger, but since this I have worn as a liner on my lower lashline and am completely obsessed. 

 

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day.  I decided to play around with some pinks and peaches for my makeup yesterday, as opposed to reds.  Simply, I'm ready for spring, so I'm hoping some pastels will bring it sooner! 

 

A brand I haven't worn in a LONG time is NYX.  A few years ago I bought a ton of these from their website, and swatched them all here (pictures are kind of big, but you get the idea).  I picked out three complimentary colors to play with: Jazzy Bronze (far left), Shimmer (bottom right) and Wild Flower (top right).  Wild Flower would make a gorgeous blush too. 

 

 

So it's official - I've reached that point in life where I have excessive dark circles and I'm starting to see those fine lines and crepeiness underneath my eyes that only a year ago were not an issue or concern.  I am trying several things, including religiously using my Clarisonic, Argan Oil (thank you Josie Maran) and need to entertain the idea of some anti-aging skin care items.  In the meantime, I am now struggling with finding a concealer that doesn't settle into my fine lines, but has enough guts to actually cover my dark circles and can play nice with my Laura Geller and/or Bare Escentuals foundation. 

 

More after the jump!

 

I spotted some new Maybelline Color Show Nail Stickers at Meijer yesterday.  I was drawn in by this gorgeous orange below, and the rest are pretty neat as well.  Price was $6.49 each and there were lots to choose from!  They were kind of tribal looking, which was neat.  Something beyond the glitters and solid colors out there. 

 

Closeups of the nail strips below. 

 

Walgreens never disappoints when it comes to having new products on display in a timely fashion.  I have been looking for this display because, although I own Chanel's Peridot (and love the color), I was anxious to see the other shades in this collection up close as well.  Yes, there is a Peridot and possibly Graphite dupe, but there were a couple of intriguing colors I wanted to see in person. 

 

Have you seen any of these yet?  Did you pick any up?  What is your favorite shade?

 

I'm still feeling pretty crummy, but I did want to post a FOTD from last week using the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze and Mally's Liquid Lipstick in Mally's Look. 

 

Again, I am so impressed with these Color Tattoo's.  The colors are gorgeous and the lasting power is great.  I love them alone and as a base.  I am anxious to see these limited edition shades that are coming out for Fall. 

 

Like I mentioned in the post with swatches of the Mally Liquid Lipstick, this shade is such a universal and beautiful shade of pink, I leave this little beauty in my desk at work as my go to shade.  It is such a happy and pretty color. 

 

Hope you all are having a better week than me!  I can't wait for this cold to go away... 

I wanted to post a very quick post with another FOTD using the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze.  This time I paired it with Fyrinnae's Newcastle and Milani's Lilly White Baked Eyeshadow.  These paired so well together, especially the Bad to the Bronze and Newcastle.  The Maybelline really wears like iron and is such a gorgeous shade.  I saw some pictures of some Limited Edition fall colors in the Color Tattoo's, so those are now on my list of things "I need"...

I bought the Color Tattoo's about a month back when CVS had BOGO50% on Maybelline, and it has been sitting on my makeup table to use since then.  I heard the hype and wasn't quite sure if I was going to like using a cream shadow.  I'll be honest, I've used the MAC Paintpots and liked them, but I'm much more prone to use my Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy and/or LA Splash Eyeshadow Sealer than I am to pick up the Paint Pot to use as a base for my eyeshadow.  Well, that was until I found this...Bad to the Bronze.  I'm sure you know I wear a lot of neutrals.  Yes, they may be frosty and sparkly, but I like to wear my browns and taupes.  Well, I was digging around for a taupe eyeshadow the other day and couldn't find it, and this Color Tattoo was sitting there staring at me, so I figured "why not?" and gave it a try.

First of all, the swatches and pot-shots...

Bad to the Bronze is a bronzed taupe.  It is very shimmery, so this isn't for the faint of frost.

Next up, a quick look I did using Bad to the Bronze and the dark brown from Wet 'n Wild's "We're Blasting Off" as a darker brown to create some definition. 

I put Bad to the Bronze all over the lid, but not up into the highlight.  While it was still somewhat tacky, I applied the We're Blasting Off to the outer corner and blended it up into the crease.  I can't remember what was used on top as a highlight (sorry).

So what are my thoughts?  These Color Tattoo's are the real deal.  Over the past couple of weeks since I first tried them, I find myself using it more and more.  Using a base like this is taking some getting used to, but I am anxious to get my hands on another color or two to play with.  The consistency is rich, but they aren't so thick that the color flakes off, smears, smudges or fades.  They stay wet just long enough to apply another shadow over the top and work extremely well as a base for such.  I love how much color, frost and pop my eyeshadows that are applied on top show off.  I would say I actually really like these more than I do the MAC Paint Pots.  If you are a taupe lover, this one is for you too.  This Bad to the Bronze is absolutely gorgeous.  I can't say enough about it.

While I have the urge to buy another one of these, what color(s) are your favorite? 

Another new collection spotted at Meijer this past weekend - the Maybelline Exotic Escape Summer 2012 Collection.  This is a set of 5 eyeliners, 5 eyeshadow sets, 5 lipsticks and one blush.  These colors are very bright and tropical, so if you are looking for something a bit bolder now that the weather is starting to warm up, these might be just the thing.

More pictures after the jump!

For the look above, I used the following:

Face:

bareMinerals Neutralizing Prime Time Face Primer

Mally Beauty Cancellation Concealer System

bareEscentuals Foundation in Fair (original formula)

bareEscentuals Mineral Veil (original)

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Fyrinnae Nijiro - inner corner and lightly as highlight on lid

Fyrinnae Arcane Magic in Evocation - middle of lid, also lightly along lower lashline

Fyrinnae Medieval Haunting - outer corner/crease

Physician's Formula Gel Eyeliner Trio for Hazel Eyes - black liner - lashline

Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara - black

Laura Geller Lipstick in Banana Berry

I picked up the Maybelline New York Luminous Glow in Blissful Pink from the Summer Glow collection I spotted last week.  This is a beige-pink highlighter that is part of the bronzing collection for this spring/summer.

Blissful Pink is a beige-pink highlight.  Right now, this actually works as a nice, light and neutral blush for me, with the benefits of the shimmer of a highlighter.  As the name implies, this is actually a highlighter, but it doesn't have glitter in it - instead this is a very frosty/pearlescent color that adds a very natural "from within" glow to the cheeks. 

For those of you with warmer complexions, or just looking for more of a golden shimmer, the other shade in the highlighters is called Ray of Gold.

It was hard to capture on my hand swatched, so I used my fingertips instead. 

Below is the display, just in case you are looking out for it.  Remember, there are two Dream Bouncy blushers/bronzers in it as well!

I went into Walgreens yesterday, and saw the new Maybelline Summer Glow collection.  This is a set of Luminous Glow compacts (a gold and a pink), a set of three Bronze Glows (which look gorgeous!) and two new Dream Bouncy bronzers.

I picked up a Luminous Glow in Blissful Pink.  These were $8.99 a piece, but there is a current coupon for $1 off right now, bringing it to $7.99.  I will post better (non iPhone) pictures later this week.  I think this looks beautiful is a blush or highlighter.

Here comes the next round of new products at the drugstores!  I had to run into Walgreens yesterday to reload on my Nyquil stash - don't you just love holiday illnesses?  I've had this one for two weeks...

Anyway, there were a slew of new goodies to snap pictures of.  First, above, the Black Radiance Eye Appeal eyeshadow collections - clearly these are very similar to the Wet 'n Wild 8-pan shadows at Walgreens, but the color lineup is a bit different.  I did not pick any up, but I would have gone for the browns and greens.  They looked beautiful.  These shadows were not quite as sparkly/frosty as the Wet 'n Wild, so these might be a good alternative if you don't want as much shimmer. 

Next up, below, the new Covergirl, Queen collection - new mascaras and eyeliners.  There are six shades of eyeliner, all of which were shimmery.  They remind me of the Urban Decay 24/7 pencils, or the LiquidLast liners from Covergirl, but in warmer shades, and more selection. 

Below is a closeup of the color selection for the Eye Tattoo's - I picked up #25 - Bad to the Bronze. 

Lastly Covergirl has a new Blast collection of lipsticks and a new Lashblast 24 hour mascara.  I was tempted to pick up the mascara, but I still have a couple new ones to try at home, so I decided to wait.  The lip colors look interesting too - there are two shades to mix and match. 

Have you seen any of these?  I'll post swatches of the new Eye Tattoo by Eyestudio when I get them uploaded.  I love all these new goodies!  Although, I should be on a no-buy after all the Christmas shopping, but oh well...

Now, I remember Maybelline having an older version of the Illegal Lengths mascara and it was discontinued a year or so ago.  I think this might be their revamping of the product.  I didn't try the original version, but from what I've read it was a favorite among many, and they were disappointed that it was disco'd. 

The new version of Illegal Lengths is a furmula infused with 4mm fibers, which enhance the length of your lashes, while sealing in the fibers so you don't experience the fall out of some lengthening or fiber-enhanced mascaras. 

I will say, this product does a very nice job at lengthening.  The brush pulls the product through and coats all the lashes - I think the first picture with mascara above shows that, especially if you click to enlarge.  The brush also holds the lashes as you pull it through, so it helps curl the lashes too.  Unlike some mascara wands that don't really grab the lashes, this one definitely does.  (Note, I did not curl my lashes for these photos). 

The product itself is on the thinner side, which allows you to build coat after coat without clumping or flaking.  With that said, it dries quickly enough in between coats that you can build some volume, although I wouldn't consider this any sort of a volumizing mascara. 

I wore this all day without any issues of smearing, flaking, or smudging.  Removal was very easy - just simple face wash and water, and I didn't have any residue or raccoon left over.  So far I've been using this for a couple of weeks now and the tube hasn't dried out, gotten clumpy, or caused any of the issues above.  On another side note, I can't say the same for my beloved L'oreal Voluminous Fibre Mascara that I loved so much - it has dried up very quickly and become extremely difficult to work with.  An extreme disappointment considering how much I loved the effect on my lashes. 

Overall, I am really enjoying this mascara right now.  Maybelline has really hit a couple out of the park with The Falsies, The Falsie's Flared and now this addition, Illegal Lengths.  I kind of have the best of both worlds, as I would consider The Falsie's one of my favorite volumizing mascaras, and now the Illegal Lengths is, as the name implies, quite a good lengthening mascara.  I would definitely purchase this one again. 

I know this is starting to pop up in the drug stores now, although Maybelline doesn't have any product information online at the moment.  Retail was $8.99 and I found mine at CVS. 

Have you seen this or purchased it?  What do you think so far?