REVIEW: Models Prefer Lipstick in After Party

Another day, another bright lipstick to show you. I am obsessed, truly obsessed.

The other week my beloved Priceline had a deal on 2 products for 30% off and I wanted to test out the new Models Prefer BB Cream (which I did and reviewed). So I was under the pump to pick up something else, i'm not one to pass up a deal! So lipstick it was... why? I don't know I just mother freaking love lipstick right now.

Have you heard me bang on about one of my fave limited edition lippies Revlon Melonade? Well i'm kinda obsessed with it and obsessed with finding dupes because it's kind of impossible to find. So anything corally red will always be on my radar. Hoping for a dupe...this is not a dupe FYI so that whole paragraph was kind of pointless!

Hand full of swatches later I picked up Models Prefer Lipstick in After Party - RRP $9.99AUD

The colour is bright, leaning more towards an orange based coral red (do they give awards for colour descriptions? I'd totes get one... ). It's one of those brighten up the face shades that I lurrrrrve. 

The formula of the lipstick is actually pretty impressive for the price, nice and creamy. Wear is also good lasting through my morning coffee with no issues, after that would be time to re-apply.

Okay so something I really really dislike is the packaging, mainly the lid and that little button type thing you can see in my picture above... Pretty sure I broke it the first day I got it, it's really useless and makes absolutely no sense to me why it's there? I'm guessing they are trying to look fancy with the packaging but this really brings it down in my opinion and the fact that I now can't close it properly because of my fumbly fingers makes me use this lipstick less then others in my collection. *RANT OVER*.

Let's look at swatches because I know that's why your really here!

Looking up into the sky, wishing for better packaging....

Now a glimpse into the #lifeofabeautyblogger ... sometimes you swatch things really late at night (for your reference I did these at around 2am one morning). So occasionally things will get a little crazy and the following may happen.

Have you guys tried Models Prefer lipsticks? Thoughts on the packaging or am I the only one irritated? 

You can buy Models Prefer Lipsticks from Priceline for $9.99AUD, or if you want to check out the Priceline Online Store for purchasing from your couch! 

Product Disclosure - Purchased by me

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Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids - Review, Swatches & Video!

If you happened to be in the Parramatta area last weekend you may have heard some crazy girls screaming like banshees in Westfield, not need to be alarmed it was just two beauty fanatics a little over excited about finding these lipsticks. 

If you'd like to hear more about this, go check out Ange's blog post :)

There was a special on with 3 for the price of 2, and who would pass that up? So I picked up Fuchsia Flash, Shocking Coral & Hot Plum. 

Can we just talk for a moment about how sexy the packaging is! I love the neon casing and the usual Maybelline Color Sensational silver tubes... smack on trend Maybelline.

So happy with my choices, these lipsticks are pigmented like crazy, feel smooth, have a little gloss to them and are just beautiful. 

The only negative I have is that they do slip a little on the lips so wearing a lip liner is advisable & the fact we only get 8 out of the 10 shades in Australia :(. I've had to put an order in online for Brazen Berry which is the one I really really wanted and isn't available here.

I think pictures really speak for how amazing these are, so see below and watch my video for a demo of me putting them on (I'm getting fancy with my YouTube video editing aren't I!)

These babies retail for RRP $16.95AUD and can be found at all the good Maybelline stockists, however they are still being dwindled into stores at the moment so hopefully in a few weeks they should be readily available.

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Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Darling & Sweetheart

FINALLY! They have arrived! You can find them at Priceline for RRP $17.95AUD a pop and i'm sure they'll start popping up around all the other usual Revlon outlets shortly.

I'm talking about the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains. I stood, swatched, looked at swatches on blogs until I finally decided on 2 colours; Darling & Sweetheart.

This product is not to be confused with the Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain & Balm...that product is a texta like lipstain with a balm on the other end, I reviewed one on my old blog if you'd like to have a squizz here. Way to confuse everyone Revlon.

This is what Revlon has to say about the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - It’s a pampering balm fused with a lightweight lipstain in an adorable chubby crayon. Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain gives softer, smoother lips with a perfect flush of color that lasts hour after hour.

In short, it's Revlons take on Clinique's popular Chubby Sticks... I don't own any but the packaging etc is very very similar and i've heard reports the formula is even the same.

So how do these wear? I've only tried them out each for a short time as I only got them yesterday but Sweetheart certainly worked as a stain, there were even remnants of it on my lips this morning after I put it on for my swatches yesterday afternoon. Darling is a little sheerer and won't stain as much but it's quite long lasting.

They smell of peppermint when you first apply them and they feel nice and moisturizing. So far I think they are pretty rad!

Update! I wrote this post the day after I purchased these, now i've worn these babies for almost a whole week I can give a better update...sometimes it's good to draft and update :) Darling wears nicely and through 1 cup of coffee but will be gone by lunch time. Sweetheart is an absolute trooper! Still going strong after lunch with a slight pink stain to the lip. If your lips are dry, keep a good lip balm on hand to keep it from looking cracking and crappy.

Darling is a lilac pink and unlike anything I currently own, I can imagine it looking amazing with a smokey eye!

Sweetheart was a no brainer for me, a bright pink it's actually quite different to the other pinks I own. I thought it would be a dupe for Sweet Tart from the Lip Butter range but this is a little darker and brighter. I love this colour! You'll see below how it just brightens my face up. Loves it!

Have you tried these out yet? What's your favourite colour?

I can see myself picking up more of these in the future!

P.S. Because I love you guys, if you head into Priceline they currently have BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free) on all lip and nail prodz, so grab 2 of these for $17.95...BARGAINOUS! (Valid to 3rd December 2012...soz if you're reading this a little late) 

Product Disclosure: Bought with my own moola, plus I had a Priceline voucher because i'm a bit of a Priceline Ho!

Top 10 Lipsticks - Video & Swatches!

Want to see my favourite lipsticks, well 10 of my favourites.

Watch the video below!

Here's the lineup -

Swatcheroo's -

Let me know if you'd like to see anymore top 10 favourite type videos/posts! 

I love Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters!

This post is a long time coming, i've had these for months! In fact I bought them on Ebay even before they were released in Australia. They've been out for a few months now and I thought i'd still post this because they really are amazing and one of my favourite releases this year.

Revlon Lip Butters are in the same vain as the sheer/moisturising/glossy lip colours that the higher end brands were all bringing out.. think Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipsticks with a fraction of the cost (well if you buy outside of Australia ;) ).

Let's talk packaging and how much I love it. I was already a fan of the packaging of the regular Colorburst Lipsticks but these are quite cute with a sheer matte case in the corresponding colour to the lipstick. This makes it easy to find the colour your after in the morning unlike other nondescript lipstick packaging (Looking at you MAC).

The formula is lovely, it's smooth and gives a little shine to the lip. One thing I will mention though is that these are VERY soft so be careful. Maybe chuck them in the fridge on hot days if they seem to be melting at all.

As mentioned before I bought mine as a set on Ebay entitled brights included Cherry Tart, Candy Apple, Tutti Frutti, Sweet Tart & Lollipop (I love the names of these shades too!) these were all the colours I wanted to try anyway so it worked out well and I think I paid around $50 including shipping. FYI These retail for $21.95AUD in Australia. 

Out of all the colours I have, Sweet Tart is my most used and most loved! 

Revlon are absolutely kicking it out of the park with their recent lip released, and I heard on the grapevine (twitter...) that the new Just Bitten Lip Stain Balms are rolling out in Priceline stores. I can't wait to get my mitts on those and I'll be sure to let you know what I think.

You can find the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters in the usual department stores and pharmacies that stock Revlon products and of course Priceline.

These items were purchased by me.

Revlon Moon Drops Lipstick in Blase Apricot & Lilac Champagne - Rare Find!

I found these lipsticks hanging about in a discount beauty store (Cosmo Cosmetics, i'll put where they are at the end of this post). They only cost me $7.00 each!

The Revlon Moon Drops lipsticks aren't readily available in Australia but they seem to be available in the US, so if you can get your hands on them, lucky you!

The lipsticks themselves are moisturising and long lasting, the pink colour especially lasted ages on me even to the point it kind of stained my lips.

The one thing I don't like is the smell, they smell a bit "older lady" to me, it's a small thing but I thought i'd better mention it.

The 2 colours I got were brights from the range...surprise surprise! It seemed my local Cosmo Cosmetics had quite a good range of colours as well so I may go back and get a few more!

The colours I picked up were Blase Apricot & Lilac Champagne









You can find Cosmo Cosmetics at these locations (I'm not entirely sure if they all sell the same products though, sorry!)

Also, I'm just getting these locations from google so if the stores are no longer there... oops! I do know for sure the Parramatta and Merrylands stores are open :)

Cosmo Cosmetics - Parramatta

256 Church Street

Parramatta NSW
(02)9633 1522

Cosmo Cosmetics - Merrylands

Stockland Mall, Merrylands

Cosmo Cosmetics - Hornsby

Pacific Hwy
Hornsby NSW
(02) 9482 4988

Cosmo Cosmetics - Sydney City

Met Centre, George Street

Sydney

 

Lip Quickie! featuring Revlon Cherries In The Snow

Yesterday I mentioned how I was trying to go through my backlog of swatches etc I did yonks ago, well here is another!

Firstly, I apologize but this lippie isn't readily available at the usual Revlon stockists I believe it was a limited edition but it certainly is available on Ebay for a couple of bucks!

I first saw this lipstick on one of Cami Loves Kiwi's videos (check out her channel, she is awesome!) and while our colourings may not be similar the colour was just so beautiful I wanted to have it in my collection. It's just the most gorgeous deep raspberry colour and so perfect for winter, It needed to be mine.

So you can imagine my excitement while out on a trip to Paddy's Markets with the boyfriend looking for Transformers accessories for his car, I made him stop to look at the beauty stands which generally sell discontinued items pretty cheap and there it was amongst a bunch of other Revlon lippies.. CHERRIES IN THE SNOW!! wheeeeeeeeeee! So I hauled ass to the sales person and paid my $7 for it, yep $7!

So here it is in all it's glory! There is also a matching nail polish as well but I do think that is a permanent item with Revlon.







 

Covergirl Lip Perfection Lipsticks... Perfect?

I've been waiting for these lipsticks to hit Australia for ages! Almost even tempted enough to buy them on ebay after the rave reviews i'd read so when I spotted them in Priceline and with the Covergirl special of 3 for 2 I couldn't resist!

The Covergirl Lip Perfection Lipstick line is quite similar to the Maybelline Colour Sensation Lipsticks in that they have quite a large range of shades and group them into a certain shade group eg. Nudes, Pinks, Reds etc. However on looking at the Covergirl US website (these aren't on the Australian site that I can see) I don't think my Priceline had the full range of colours.



How sexy is that packaging! I think Covergirl have hit the ball out of the park on that one.

After swatching a bunch on my hand I picked out the colours Feline (Shimmery Pink), Darling (Pink) & Spellbound (Purpley Pink..yes thats a description, this colour is amazing). On first swatch these felt AH-MAZING! So creamy and pigmented, so far it seemed like all the good reviews I'd read were true!

I've now tried out all 3 colours that I purchased and can say i'm ready to buy some more. These lipsticks are amazing, first and foremost they are moisturizing and my lips never felt dry wearing them. The colour lasts! So far Feline & Spellbound have outlasted Darling but it was still a contender lasting around 4hrs (that includes morning coffee, breakfast etc).

The RRP for these lippies is a mere $14.95AUD and you can buy them at Priceline, Pharmacies, Supermarkets and anywhere that you can buy Covergirl. I'd say these are pretty close to perfect, especially for the price.





 

Lipstick Lovin' with MAC See Sheer

Back in October when I had a MAC makeover done the Make Up Artist put a crazy bright coral lipstick on me (from the Venomous Villans collection) which normally i'd love but with the rest of my look it was a bit OTT. So I suggested maybe a more muted neutral coral...little did I know we'd discover what is probably my most versatile and favourite lipstick I now own!

See Sheer honestly goes with everything, It's a Lustre formula which is my favourite type of MAC lipstick formula and it's just so darn wearable!

I highly recommend picking this up for your stash, or even just giving it a go





 

Loving... Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (OCC) Lip Tars Part 1

The OCC Lip Tars were by far the thing I was most excited about picking up at IMATS Sydney.  I'd heard amazing things about them and I can tell you now, it's all true!

It looks like a lip gloss tube, but beware! Don't apply it like you would a lip gloss! You only need the tiniest amount to cover your lips fully and I mean a pin drop amount...seriously. I find using a lip brush to be the best method for applying the product as well.

As for the formula of this product, I don't find it drying and I find the peppermint oil ingredient is kind of refreshing on the lips. One thing I do especially love is the wear, these do last on your lips which for a lazy can't be bothered to redo my makeup kinda gal (ie me) it's fantastic!

In Part 1 of my OCC Lip Tar posts i'm going to show the more wearable colours I have, which are Momento & Melange. The Lip Tars come in some cray cray colours (blue, yellow, green, black) while for someone like me who just loves makeup and not overly bold/daring makeup those colours are unheard of but for Makeup Artists they are fantastic or budding artists who enjoy mixing colours and making their own unique shades.

Momento is my favourite out of all the OCC Lip Tars, it's just a gorgeous wearabe pink it's just a no brainer colour for me.

If your interested in trying out OCC Lip Tars you can buy them in Australia from Makeup and Glow and they retail for $16AUD.

Also a little tip if you do own Lip Tars, sometimes the product does seperate (as you will see in my photo of the Melange tube) what you need to do to remedy this is place it facing whatever side hasn't seperated so the product mixes together. Shaking it doesn't help. So what I suggest is when you store them, move them around frequently to prevent it happening.

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I will have Part 2 for you later in the week (I need to retake shots of one colour because it didn't turn out true enough for me). Stay Tuned!

Link Love Wednesday

This is my first link love post, So many of my fellow bloggers do it and I thought i'd jump on the bandwagon and join in :) YEE HAH :)

It's Cheap & Cheerful week over at The Lip Print. Check out Stef talking about my favourite Maybelline lipsticks.

Angie sure knows her celebs, She's been talking about one of my favourites Lauren Conrad on her blog An Obsession With The Fabulous

Jacie asks the question about leading a double life on You've Got Face

Bec has been trawling the MAC website for halloween looks on Bec's Beauty Buzz, I love this zombie look!

Hannah talks brown nails on Counter Obsession - looking good lovely!

Jade makes me want to run to strawberrynet and order Dior Amber Diamond NOW! on Jade Musing

Celine shows how fabulous the lacquers from the MAC Venomous Villans collection are on Fables In Fashion

Jess is super cute on Youtube and showing us her favourites on All I Want Is Everything

Check out  Tara's new blog Keeping Up With Me, she has a fab post about online shopping (which I clearly love)

In other news.....

I'm loving this lipstick colour that Kirsten Stewart is wearing, I don't really like her as an actress I find her a little boring but this colour is fab! It actually looks a bit like OCC Lip Tar in Grandma



Confession time! Katy Perry is my current guilty musical pleasure. I love nothing more then dancing around the house and belting out Teenage Dream at the top of my lungs. Another thing I love about Katy is she's a total nail gal! This is a long time coming and I wish it was a bigger collection but her collaboration with OPI looks awesome and I can't wait to get my little fingers onto it!



Teenage Dream (Pink Glitter...eep totally me!), Not Like The Movies (Silver Metallic), Last Friday Night (Blue Glitter), The One That Got Away (Dark Berry Purple), Black Shatter (CRACKLE!!!)

One nail polish collection i'm not excited about is the Justin Beiber nail polish collection, I wonder if we'll see them on his nails at all? Doubtful!

Celebs I'd love to see do a nail polish collection are... Gwen Stefani, Courtney Love & Britney Spears (it'd be chip city right?)

Loving... Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Coral Crush

Firstly... I know it's colour.... but for search terms etc when referring to these lipsticks i'll have to use color.

So one thing I noticed when seeing looks from NYFW (New York Fashion Week of course darlings!) and you know I was there right next to Anna.... no not really but lets pretend I was. One of the big trends was a bright lip and for us Aussies going into the warmer weather a bright lip is perfect!

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I've said it before i'm kinda new to the whole lipstick thing, being such a lipgloss girl for so long i've only found my true love of a great lippie in the past year. I'm also not that experimental either, always sticking for neutrals and muted colours..... that's changed a little... I will declare it before each and everyone of you (5 people or so who read my blog haha) I LOVE A BRIGHT LIP! It makes you look more awake, makes you stand out and just looks awesome.

I was in my home away from home the other day... aka Priceline and wandering through the aisles looking for something fabulous to share with you all. I stumbled upon one of my favourite range of lipsticks (Maybelline Color Sensational) with a 2 for 1 offer. YAY!. So into my shopping basket I popped Pink Me Up which i've been lusting after for awhile and went away merrily swatching finding another colour to get. This is where I found Coral Crush.... It's a perfect spring colour pop shade! It's quite sheer so you can layer it on lightly or go for a more dramatic look with a few layers (my pictures are a few layers). It's not too bright that it looks like you've slapped some fluro zinc cream onto your lips but it just has that amazing pop of colour that is begging to be worn right now and coming into summer.







These lipsticks retail for $16.95AUD but I believe the 2 for 1 offer is still on until Thursday. I just checked the Priceline catalogue and next week they have $3 off Maybelline products. FYI Rimmel have a 2 for 1 lipstick offer next week too....so I may check those out too :)

Springtime Ramble

We are starting to settle into Spring now, it's a few weeks in and i've noticed the familiar smells of springtime are becoming more abundent. So to compliment the current spring scents I decided to wear an old favourite of mine Marc Jacobs Blush. It the most amazing Jasmine scent, I did google for the complete list of notes though for everyones information -

Top notes of jasmine nectar, fresh air accord, and Italian bergamot. • Heart notes of star jasmine, jasmine breeze accord, pink freesia, orange flower, and Japanese honeysuckle. • Dry notes of pink musk, cashmere wood, and sandalwood.

It's just such a pretty fragrance and as always the bottle is gorgeous! I love displaying my bottles on my dresser and this is often one of the ones at the front :) I've seen so many different prices around for this perfume but generally it's around $100AUD in Myer. You can get it also on Strawberry Net for $63.50 (depends on the exchange rate too)

The other thing that seems to be the trend for Spring is a bright bold lip. I'm a fan of this and I think that shows with the colours of the OCC Lip Tars I purchased in my IMATS Haul. However I'm not sure a bright bold lip is always a good choice for the office, I think i'd get likened to a clown perhaps (and let's be honest, i'm a little scared of clowns). So today i'm wearing my version of a toned down bright bold lip which seems pretty on-trend for spring. It's also a good one to purchase because it goes to a good cause... I'm talking about MAC Viva Glam Cyndi (don't tell me just wearing this lipstick doesn't make you want to burst out and sing OH OH OH GIRRRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUUUUUUN... just me? surely not!) Viva Glam Cyndi (RRP $35AUD) is a very wearable muted red/watermelon colour, it's the bright pop of colour you want without being too OTT (Over The Top). It's only available for a year though so get onto it, I may need to pick up a 2nd tube actually.

Not a lipstick gal? Don't be ashamed, I wasn't really one until quite recently..... now I embrace lipstick wholeheartedly! There is an option for you! The newly released Viva Glam Cyndi Lipglass! (RRP $34AUD) It's the same colour packaged into a super shiny lipglass!