Oh, how I love a bold lip! No wonder I was delighted to try this gorgeous GOSH Velvet Touch lipstick in a rich dark pink shade, Yours Forever.
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Lipcote Lipstick Finder
It is no secret Lipcote is one of the products I cannot live without. I rave about it, I recommend it, I take it as a gift to lipstick-loving friends in Brazil. I simply love it.
Recently I came across their Lipstick Finder – an application on their site that helps us, indecisive ladies, to pick the right lipstick shade.
GOSH Cosmetics SS14 launches
GOSH Cosmetics always has some eye popping items gracing the aisles of Superdrug – especially for nails and eyes – so I was very excited to find out about their launches for Spring/Summer 2014.
GOSH is bringing a variety of shades to exiting lines and also some brand new products.
Product Review: LOLA Ultra Shine lipstick
I love a strong lipstick – reds and pinks are my staples, day and night, so I was delighted to see the lovely LOLA sent me a delightful shade of bright pink called Show Stopper!
LOLA make-up by Perse was launched in last month and is designed in London, with their products made in Italy. At the moment, they have 307 (!!!) product on their range, with prices from £8 to £26.
They strive to offer a look for everyone, hence the 307 products in their fashion-forward range; they are set to offer the finest tools to help women of all ages. I found it so cute the bag they sent me came with a label that said “Dani is LOLA x”, it really gives the message that the products are for you and to bring the best of you!
This lippy is part of of Ultra Shine line. It glides beautifully, the colour is very saturated and the finish is beautifully shiny. It has a good durability for a shiny lipstick – held a few hours, faded a bit when I drank coffee and came off when eating breakfast, which I find normal for a lippy with this finish and no other products to fix.
The smell is very discreet and very nice, it doesn’t taste of anything.
I really love this colour, it is versatile and will look fabulous on many skin tones – it complimented mine very well and it can be used day or night.
Take a look At LOLA’s brilliant range, including face, eyes, lips, nails and tools, all available now at M&S. They have a base range and also launch two seasonal mini-ranges a twice year, so keep your eyes peeled!
You will soon be able to purchase on the LOLA Makeup website and you can follow them on Twitter @loveLOLAmakeup and on Instagram @lolamakeup.
This post contains PR samples. This review, however, is based on my own true experience with the products and reflects my honest opinion on them.
Product review: Glō Minerals lipstick
To me, the colour on this lovely glō Minerals lipstick is better described as an old coral. It’s name is Siren and for some reason I find it quite appropriate.
This came in my glō box a while ago and has seen a lot of outings since. For a red lipstick wearer, this lippy represents a lighter option for day without going to pale.
The lipstick applies really well, it is very pigmented, glides nicely and has an ok smell – it is almost imperceptible, to be honest, and it is not sweet.
It s finish is something close to matt, but a little satin-y. It has good staying power; I like it that when it fades it leaves a bit of a stain behind, so the lips still have some colour.
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Lipstick in Siren and micro lip liner in Pale Magenta
Detail of the micro lip liner in Pale Magenta
On my lips – pretty!
This didn’t dry my lips and sometimes I use it with the glō Minerals Micro Lip liner in Pale Magenta, which is a good colour to wear with pinks and pinky corals. The liner glides and blends well with the colour, not interfering. I use it with MAC’s Impassionate too!
Packaging is very nice, just like their mascara: matte and shiny silver with a really nice weight to it.
Overall a good lippy and liner – and they have other great colours to.
To purchase the glō Minerals lipsticks and liners in these and many more colours, head to the glō Minerals website, where you will also find other great products, such as the glōLash Lengthening mascara and the glō Minerals Ultra brush (which I LOVE!).
This post contains PR samples. This review, however, is based on my own true experience with the products and reflects my honest opinion on them.
A red a day – a liptastic week
Monday to Friday, from the top
My love of red lipstick is nothing new. If you know me, you know that you are very likely to find me wearing red lipstick – day or night. I just feel more like myself wearing it.
I am not sure when I rekindled my affair with lipstick. Think I talked about it here before. The 90’s and 00’s for me were really all about lipgloss. In a way, it was a blessing as my eyes were usually smeared with blue. My make up abilities came a looong way.
Lipgloss was the thing to have on your lips at the time. Everyone had bare, shiny lips, it looked like we had eaten greasy spare ribs and didn’t wipe our mouths. Please don’t take these comments as a “I am never wearing lipgloss again”. Far from it, I may dabble with it again, but since I got a proper flush of colour on my lips, it is really hard to let go.
Obviously, I amassed a small collection of it and have a couple favourites (one of them, actually doesn’t feature!), but love them all (almost) equally.
The past week, I noticed I wore red lipstick for work everyday of the week, so “a red a day” just kinda happened. Apologies as the pictures are not brilliant, I cropped my “outfit of the day” images…
On Monday, I wore MAC Red, on Tuesday So Chaud, on Wednesday, Lady Bug, on Thursday Ruby Woo and on Friday, Lady Danger, all From MAC. My beloved Russian Red will have to wait for another week!
Have to say, I prefer the matte ones, purely for the staying power, but I won’t dismiss any red, after all, I am certain that life in red is more fun – at least mine is.
Nails of the week
Venturing into blue last week was great, but somehow spoiled this week’s choice a little, as I expected to be blown away by every new colour (I know, too high expectations…) and this wasn’t the case this week. Don’t get me wrong, this metallic purple is lovely, but that blue had oomph – and lots of it.
This week I am wearing Purple Rain, another nail polish from Collection 2000’s Lasting Colour line. I found it a bit thin, the first coat was really see through, but the colour really showed on the second coat. I wore the blue one for eight days last week, and it looked great until the end (I did apply an extra coat six days after my manicure just to give it a refresh), and the overall durability was great, it didn’t lose shine!
Differently from the previous purple I wore, this one is darker and it is not as glittery as the Colorama one I have. It also has some iridescence about it, a blue undertone that comes up best in sunlight. Apart from the blue-ish undertone, the colour is rather similar to a MAC lipstick I bought recently, Odyssey. Overall good, but it is no blue, or green!
Might have to go back to them soon!
Nails of the week
This week I am wearing another oldie: Framboesa (raspberry), from Colorama.
I really enjoy the berry shade, which keeps me on the reds, but the burgundy shade makes it a bit more autumnal.
Having used the Miss Sporty nail polishes in the past weeks, I found this one quite thin to apply, so had to do three coats!
Still, looks good – very shiny and goes perfectly with my Diva MAC lipstick!
On lipstick and lipgloss
For many years of my life, my lip companion had been the lipgloss – my glossy addiction spanned for more than a decade, from completely clear to reddish hues, dabbling into the glittery ones.
My first encounter with a lipstick was when I was a child, not only would I wear it, on the lip and all over my face, but would also eat it, to my aunt’s despair.
Just as I remember!
Growing up, the thing to have back in the early 90’s was this green lipstick which would change colour to a weird translucent, dark red when applied. This would also stain your lips (and everywhere else you applied it to) for around 24 hours. And it was true, it did stick. The packaging was bright green with golden butterfiles embossed on it.
That was my last memory of wearing lipsticks. All my clubbing life, lipgloss was the thing to wear on your lips (apart from boys’ lips). There was always one in the handbag, and one in the car. Just in case.
Pinks, oranges and reds: my lippy collection
As a big fan of striking eye make up, I always thought lipsticks weren’t for me. The discretion of the gloss was the best companion for my smokey eyes. It was only in 2008 that I decided to venture back in the world of lipsticks, as I started to pay more attention to the shades available – and I fell in love.
And I have, since then, favoured the lipsticks over lipgloss, maybe it is just fashion, but I feel, that, just like me, my make up style has grown, developed, and I feel much more confident to wear whatever, whenever.
So Many Lovely Things 