Archives: August 2010

MAC will be introducing two new Lipglasses for fall 2010 to correspond with the Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga Viva Glam From Our Lips campaign.

From the press release:

WHAM UP THE GLAM IN VIVA GLAM! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GIVE YOU THE SENSATIONAL CYNDI LAUPER AND THE ELECTRIC LADY GAGA! THE UNINHIBITED NEW VOICES BEHIND M∙A∙C’S NEW “FROM OUR LIPS” CAMPAIGN, DESIGNED TO SPEAK TO THE CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE AS THE FASTEST NEW GROUP AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS AROUND THE WORLD. THE M∙A∙C AIDS FUND AND THE VIVA GLAM PROGRAM ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF M∙A∙C COSMETICS. ESTABLISHED IN 1994 TO SUPPORT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS GLOBALLY, VIVA GLAM I, II, III, IV, V AND VI WERE LAUNCHED AS CONTINUOUS SHADES AND HAVE ACHIEVED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OVER THE YEARS.

These will be limited edition (only available for 6 months) and will launch in the US September 2nd and Internationally in October, and will retail for $14.50.

• Viva Glam Cyndi – mid-toned dirty coral

• Viva Glam Gaga – light blue pink

They are also adding some cute little makeup bags called Viva Glam Bags, one with Cyndi’s screened autograph and one with Lady Gaga’s. These will launch September 2nd in the US and October Internationally. They will retail for $28.00.

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While the name might not be politically correct (or one I think is “cute”) the products by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics are pretty darn cool. Oh and also they are Vegan & cruelty-free, yay!

As you may or may not know, OCC has this really cool lip stuff called Lip Tar. It’s kind of a mix between a lipstick and a lip gloss. You get the opacity and vivid colors of a lipstick, while still getting the ease of application and glossiness as you would with a lip gloss. I reviewed their gorgeous red Lip Tar called NSFW and their black one called Tarred in the past here. I have also reviewed their very nice nail polishes as well. Note: I saw a Tweet from them that they are coming out with new nails colors soon, I can’t wait to see what they have in store!

I decided to try some more of the Lip Tar’s since they now have a few more wearable colors. They have about 26 colors in total now. The great thing about these is that you can mix them to create pretty much any color under the sun. But I am lazy, so I prefer to wear them straight out of the tube.

Speaking of the tube, these come in an 8ML tube with an angled tip to squeeze the product out of. You only need the SMALLEST amount of the product to get serious coverage. I’m not kidding, a tiny amount. I find that using a lip brush is much easier than applying straight out of the tube.

Most of the ones I tried recently were really smooth and evened out really nicely. Two of them were on the “chalkier” side and I had some issues with, which I’ll discuss below.

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First things first: I am trying to not purchase or write about companies that test on animals anymore. This is something I have mentioned on Twitter a few times, but many of you might not be aware of it. Sally Hansen is one of those companies that is widely believed to test on animals. However these were bought and swatched before I made this decision so I thought I would show them anyway. I am planning a whole article about this subject soon, so stay tuned!

Waaaaaay back in spring (doesn’t that seem so far away now?) Sally Hansen came out with a new line from their HD Hi-Definition collection. I saw them in stores and decided to pick up a few.

The formula was nice, but too thin in my opinion. I wound up being disappointed that some of them weren’t more opaque. I used three coats for all but one, and some could have even used four (or more!)

I was also a little sad that these looked so amazing and duo-chrome-y in the bottles, but they didn’t translate as nicely onto the nail.

Byte

Byte is a bright fuchsia pink with purple/blue shimmer. Gorgeous pink, I really like this one. This was one of the slightly more opaque ones, but I still needed three coats to get even coverage.

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The MAC Dare To Wear collection features twelve eyeshadows screaming with vivid color. I already swatched a bunch of these for you here, but I have two more for you today.

Louder, Please is a bright matte fuchsia and Zingy is a bright matte sky blue.

For me matte eyeshadows can be the hardest ones to work with. I don’t consider myself at all skilled in the art of eyeshadow application, and they are kind of notorious for not blending as easily as shimmers or other textures. These I found to be a little easier to work with than some other mattes I have tried in the past. Maybe it’s because they are more finely milled or maybe it’s because I use them over Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which helps. Whatever it is I am glad there are bright mattes than I can actually use now rather than just stare at in their pretty little packages!

Both of these are really nice and pigmented. They don’t “skip” or get patchy when applying like a lot of mattes sometimes can.

Oh and you might want to read the whole post because there is something fun at the bottom.

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Hi guys!

Here’s a sneek peek at what the new Jin Soon MAC Nail Trends for Fall/Winter 2010 will look like!

• Concubine – Blackened red with sophisticated red shimmer
• Earthly Harmony – Muted taupe with sophisticated copper shimmer
• Ming Blue – Cobalt blue with sophisticated teal and red shimmer
• Rain of Flowers – Blackened violet with sophisticated violet shimmer
• Imperial Flower – Bright reddish orange with gold and red shimmer
• Jade Dragon – Emerald green with sophisticated teal shimmer

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