Archives: March 2010

Hello there!

Milani has eight really great new lip glosses out called 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss. This is part of their new spring line for 2010. I had the honor of trying six of these out and it’s all good news!

These glosses are super shiny and glittery, and despite the fact that they look sticky and thick, they really aren’t. They go on very smoothly and are not sticky at all (unlike MAC Lip Glass).

The applicator is a soft, small brush, which I personally like better than the wand type.

A huge bonus for me with these for me is that removal is super easy. A lot of times I have found that lip gloss with glitter in it tends to get all over my chin/mouth area when I wipe it off. These don’t at all!

They last too! I wore Fashion Diva the other day for a few hours and had no budging of the color and I didn’t need to reapply it yet either. Check out swatches below.

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Yep, it’s Tuesday. My second least favorite day of the week next to Monday.

The much anticipated Pastels from Illamasqua for spring 2010 are here ladies & gents! I have two of the four to show you today.

Can I just say, I was worried about the formula. Like really worried. I thought for sure these were going to be super thick and streaky and hard to apply, like most pastels are. I was SO wrong! I kid you not when I say these applied like any of the most perfect polishes I have ever used, pastel color be damned! Another positive is they were totally opaque in just two coats! Peep ‘em!

Caress

Caress is a pale baby blue color. First off I must say I love this color, it’s one of my favorite kinds of blues. And secondly, I don’t have any other pastel color like it, so it’s unique as well!

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For some reason this looks like a yin & yang cat symbol to me.

Good morning!

Misa is coming out with a new spring 2010 collection called Mardi Gras. All the creme colors in this collection are inspired by the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.

Now I’ve never been to Mardi Gras but I have been to New Orleans. From what I have seen of pictures of it though, a lot of these colors are pretty spot on. The formula is another story…

The formula was a huge PITA for me on all but two of these. They were extremely thick, sticky and almost stringy. It felt like putting actual house paint on my nails. The good thing is they were incredibly opaque, but still hard to work with. Not sure what the issue is with these but maybe it was just my bottles?

I am a little disappointed that these were all cremes. I do like cremes a lot, but feel like that’s all we have been seeing from Misa as of late, and I wanted a few shimmers or something different to shake things up.

Anyway check them out below!

Shake It To The Samba

Shake It To The Samba is an apricot colored creme. This is a really nice color, but the application was a problem. This was two coats.

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Isn’t this so purty? I got this on Etsy from the buyer Sweet Simple. I am a little obsessed with bird motifs in jewelry right now.