Quick Swatch Series: Sleek's Liqueur

Sleek's Liqueur is an excellent pink toned nude for women of colour. This is my colour of choice and wear it all the time. It is long wearing and the texture does well to last on my dry lips. 

Sleek Liqueur

Sleek Liqueur swatched

I will no doubt show other pictures of this shade in the near future; I tend to venture into the bright pinks as the weather picks up so there is enough time. As a true Brit, I expect to have another dramatic weather change before spring fully settles in and so have bright pink lips on my mind.

Quick Swatch Series: MAC - Rebel

In a previous post I swatched MAC's Lady Danger; on the same day I also tried Rebel, a colour that gets some serious notoriety on the web and I can now understand why.  I think that my lips being two different shades added to the impact of this shade.
 

It was a lovely colour and definitely one that I will be purchasing soon to add to my collection.




What is your must haev MAC shade?

Quick Swatch Series: MAC - Spice is Nice

Spice is Nice

MAC Spice is Nice 

One of my fave red MAC lipsticks but sadly you don't hear that much about.

This is a nice sheer red that I tend to wear when I need to be conservative but want to have a bit of omph that only a red lip can provide. Colour pay-off is good for a Cremesheen, it's finish means that it can be used over another colour and isn't drying on.

I like it and will re purchase once it's finished. 

Quick Swatch Series: Maybelline - Glamorous Red

Maybelline - Glamorous Red

Over the next few weeks I shall be posting swatches of my favourite lipsticks and have decided to title these quick posts "Quick Swatch Series".

I am kicking off with Maybelline Glamorous Red, a colour I tend to wear more in the summer months as it is quite sheer and very moisturising. This shade is neutral and so I think anyone can wear it well.

Stila Lip Enamel Luxe Gloss - Ecstasy

Stila, hmmmmm.

Stila Lip Enamel Luxe Gloss

Two years ago I managed to make my 1st ever NYX purchases in a store in South London (it was the a lip palette and a eyeshadow / blusher set), since this wonderful day I find myself with a compulsion to rummage through the beauty section of every TK Maxx I come across. 

So three weeks ago I found myself in the Kensington store having a nosey in the beauty section and found this lip gloss.

Stila Lip Enamel Ecstasy

Initially I was excited, but when I tested it I was a bit disappointed; it took ages to bring the colour up to the brush, the colour needed to be coated on my lips and I found it hard to get an even finish. That said, I think I need to give it more time and have been playing around with it and have noticed an improvement, the gloss is second to none. 

Any suggestions you might have on overcoming this will be greatly received as I hope to  purchase more Stila products in the future.

MAC's Lady Danger- swatched!

Today was a day of discoveries for me in Westifield Stratford....

1. I discovered that Victoria Secret is going to be opening a large store there (about time)
2. I discovered that there is a Mac store in the complex

Since my previous post I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to purchase Miss [Lady] Danger  but to no avail. Upon discovering that there is a free standing store in Westfied  I decided to break my own self imposed rule of NEVER venturing into a MAC store when its packed and skipped into the store to spend some dough.

 There result was >>>>> fail! They had the tester, but had sold out. No!!!!!!

MAC Lady Danger

Thankfully, the associate who was booking people into get seen managed to multitask, locating the sample for me to play with and an alternative, So Chaud, for consideration. I should like to take this opportunity to once again say thanks as this wasn't an easy feat, the store really was heaving. I did try So Chaud but forgot to take a picture.

Having no real shame I decided to take a pic (or five) in store and thought I should post one.

To the left is a picture sans foundation to mute out the eczema / pigmentation around my mouth. It was the best I could do as I was fighting for space in the mirror.

UPDATE: I went back the next week and managed to pick up a tube!

Zara Shopping Basket - Spring 2012

So recently I came down off my snobbery tower and ventured into Zara. I can't fit into their clothing but have to admit that their accessory line usually churns out some bangers. Their plaited shopper became 'the' bag of winter with everyone and their mother buying the large bag, sales tripled when the fashion pack adopted it.

I was initially not impressed when I saw the Spring '12 version but quickly became a fan when I need a sizable bag to take with the girles for Burlesque last week. The bag is huge and I love it. It has a weired inner liner that I use to give the contents a bit of privacy and deter thieves. I think the colour is great for Spring / Summer and I skipped to the till once I realised that the bag was half the price of the plaited bag.

It comes in black too...