Review: MAC Lipstick in See Sheer

Hello lovely people! I realize I've been on a little bit of a roll with posts about lippies, so I'm happy to bring to you all today one of my favourite lippies of all time! Since I am always on the search for "that perfect lip colour," when I found this lipstick, I did a lot of researches into swatches and found this gorgeous coral shade during the summer and I have loved it so much even in the winter months that I wanted to share it with you all! Of course, it's also perfect for Valentine's Day (TODAY!), whether it's a romantic date night or you are just going out with friends!

The tube looks so red! Fortunately it comes out coral pink!

MAC's See Sheer (Lustre) is one of my absolute favourite corals because it is so versatile! With a light swipe of colour, I get the perfect daytime colour for school or work, and a few extra swipes easily builds up the colour without accenting any chapped spots on my lips. It is coral and leans pink on my lips, so it doesn't have that orange vibe to it. I wear it on a regular basis to give a punch of colour to my winter outfits and to brighten my day, and See Sheer also adds mega confidence! A huge bonus for me is the vanilla scent of MAC's lipsticks, which fades away within minutes of application. I know this lippie will be a definite repurchase for me!

Review: Dior Addict Lipstick in Miami

So far, so good! I'm back on a regular blogging spree (updating a few times a week!) Following along the list of lovely Sephora purchases, I am going to excitedly put this out there: I think Dior Addict may just be my new favourite lipstick now! It's right up there along with MAC lipsticks and L'Oréal Caresse sticks for me in terms of winning formula.

First of all, I absolutely adore the packaging. The metallic sheen and knob at the end are very classy looking and although a little larger than most lipsticks, protects the product very well.

Moving on to the product itself- I chose the colour Miami #635, which is a warm, strawberry kind of pink with a hint of shimmer that reminds of a warmer version of Revlon's Lip Butter in Peach Parfait, which I am unfortunately allergic to! I know! I must be the only girl out there who doesn't like lip butters for this reason! I love that the product glides evenly onto lips and only takes two or three passes for semi-sheer coverage, just what I need during the day. It is very feather-light and doesn't have the waxy feel that some lipsticks may. One huge bonus for me is that it wipes off easily at mealtime because I hate eating something messy and then eating some lip colour, which I can imagine is really bad for you!

All in all, this is a winning product in my eyes and I would love to try another shade in a different finish! The $31 CAD that I shelled out was definitely worth it!

Review: L'Oréal Caresse Sticks in Cardinal Plume

Hello everybody! I'm back with my first official beauty product review in a long time! I've been having a busy first two weeks back at school and adjusting back to the hectic life of running to classes, studying, and extracurriculars has not been an easy feat! Needless to say, I'm happy to bring to you a somewhat new product that's been talked about heavily in the hybrid lipstick/lipbalm market: the L'Oréal Caresse Sticks! Technically, these are part of the Colour Riche line and contain 50% less wax than traditional lipstick, giving it a lightweight feel and sheer but buildable colour. What I like about this is that any bold colours can instantly be transformed into everyday lipsticks that don't look too overdone; you just look polished!

Here is a photo of the retro gold packaging: I love metallic packaging and I think it looks great, but it does tend to attract fingerprints for those of you who find that annoying. It also has the little clicky part at the bottom so when you put the cap back on, it has to be aligned with the front, which may be a deterrent to some. A huge plus for the tube, though, is the coloured section of the tube that lets you see a sample of the true-to-life colour inside!

The flash makes the colour true to life!

This lipstick swipes on easily and is EXTREMELY lightweight without having that cakey, dry lip feel that matte or thick lipsticks can sometimes give. However, due to this, the colour will tend to fade quickly and may feather on some people. On myself, it didn't give much definition to the shape of my lip and I had to make sure I didn't rub my lips together and get the colour everywhere! However, a bit of clear wax lipliner should do the trick without a cakey feeling or added weight! Overall, a good, everyday kind of light lipstick that has 16 shades so everybody is sure to find one they love!

Review: Annabelle Twist-Up Lip Crayon

For all you Canadian beauts out there, I'm sure you've heard of the revamped makeup display complete with new products from Marcelle and Annabelle! They are two great Canadian brands which, in my opinion, are often overshadowed by more renown drugstore makeup brands.

One of the newest items released with the promotion of their new releases (and Québecoise singer Marie-Mai is their new spokesperson to boot! She's so confident and fierce!) is the TWISTUP Retractable Lipstick Crayon which comes in 12 amazing shades for any kind of look. I bought the shade Divine and  I do think it's absolutely divine! It's an nice neutral pinky toned lipstick, and the pigmentation of this formula is absolutely amazing. It's superbly nice in the fact that it applies smoothly, and it doesn't take a few "starter" swipes to get the colour going. 

Another bonus: It's fully retractable so you never have to sharpen it! Regular lipstick application will keep the point nice and sharp, and I like that the product isn't so large that I risk going off my lips while I'm applying. The little band that is true to colour is great, and the name of the product is printed on the tube so you'll always remember what it is!

A tiny little disappointment I had was that this lip crayon comes out as a matte finish on my lips, because I had seen a previous review where it was pictured to be glossy! However, just a dab of clear or pinky gloss on top sets that straight, and it lasts for quite a while! I wore it for around 5 hours with minimal eating and drinking and it still looked nice. Most importantly, I didn't have an allergic reaction (I'm looking at you, Revlon Lip Butters!) and the removal of the lipstick was easy as well. 

I would definitely recommend checking out these new TWISTUP lipstick crayons! 

Makeup Hauls Galore!

Wow, lately I have been lemming over both products that I have looked over many times before, thinking about whether to buy them or not, as well as newer (to me, at least!) products that I am very excited about trying out. I hope many of them will become staples in my collection! (Can you believe I have never tried bronzer before? I used to be a bit skeptical because I didn't want to look overly tanned, yet I've learned how valuable bronzer can be in contouring and adding depth to the face!)

This is what I picked up at the mall today!

The first item isn't actually a purchase, but I picked it up at Sephora because I might buy this product in the future! It's a shade bookmark for Urban Decay's new NAKED Skin Foundation, and I checked in with the shade 5.0, right near the middle of their spectrum. I must have gotten darker this summer from all that commuting and walking about, because this is darker than usual for me!

From Sephora, I also got the benefit Watt's Up highlighter as a sample I redeemed from my 100-point perk choices. I was planning on saving points, as that's my natural habit, but I was actually swatching this earlier in store and I was really looking forward to buying it one day, when lo and behold, it was available as a pretty generous sample (2.5 grams!) Will look forward to using this to bring light to my tired face come school time!

What caught my eye in the ever-shrinking collection of tokidoki makeup is this lovely lip gloss that applies as sheer as clear can get, but adds a lot of shine: the Prisma Lip Gloss in Strawberry Latte! I've wanted this colour since a long time ago, and to finally get it to add the cute packaging to my collection (I'm rarely a sucker for packages...or so I think!) along with a great gloss is great! I love the blueberry scent to boot! 

From Wal-Mart, where getting makeup is a nightmare (behold the opened packages, scattered tubes, mismatched colours...you get my drift!) I managed to snag the last Rimmel Natural Bronzer in Sun Light, which is the one I've been looking at for a while. I am also planning on getting The Body Shop's Honey Bronzing Powder to compare, because I swatched that today and it was gorgeous on my skin! I hope this product will be a nice first matte bronzer for me, because I've heard this shade doesn't pack on too much colour for a bronzer. The fact that it was the last one made it feel extra special! There was seriously NOTHING left in the bronzer slots, just lots of loose powder. This was the only one left and with the safety seal tape intact, I didn't hesitate!

Finally...drumroll please, because I am about to present the most exciting item of all! Today I purchased a MAC Lipstick: See Sheer (Lustre) because I've been looking at it for the longest time and I've seen tons and tons of swatches of it. I tried it on myself today and it looks just simply gorgeous! Lustre finish lipsticks are one of my favourites because they have a sheen, but they're not overly frosty or shimmery and provide easily buildable colour that's great for any look! 

I will bring reviews of all these products slowly and surely! For now, I have a lot of products to work through, but if I see recommendations for new things, I am always on the lookout! (Note to self: Buy L'Oréal Caresse Sticks!)