Lip Layering Swatch Spam!

I've posted a lot of lip swatches lately, so I hope you guys don't mind. I'm not sure why, but lip swatches are my favorite to do. In reality I mostly wear just a quick slick of lip gloss, so doing swatching gives me chance to play with lip products I don't normally use. I have quite a few lipsticks that I know I will rarely or never wear so it's fun to pull them out and play from time to time.

So, I hope you enjoy my lip layering spam; it was fun to do. Even though my lips hurt now, haha.

This is Essence Creamy Nude lipstick under Revlon Colorburst lip gloss in Crystal Lilac.

This is Wet n Wild 516C lipstick under Buxom Tara lip gloss.

This is Rimmel En Vogue lipstick under Essence Bubble Babe lip gloss.

This is elf Studio Matte Coral lipstick under Kiss My Sass Caribbean Escape lip gloss.

This is NYX Rosebud lipstick under Kiss My Sass Summer Lovin' lip gloss.

This is Wet n Wild 509A lipstick under NYX African Queen lip gloss.

So that is it for today- just some swatch spam!

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Buxom Lipgloss in Lacey Swatches and Review

I don't feel much like blogging today as I feel a little down, but I've had the goal to post once every day since I started this damn blog. I'm not going to give up on it now. This will probably be the worst post in the history of blogging, but I know I'll hate myself if I don't post something!  Haha, I haven't even decided what I'm going to post about yet- I'm just combing through my "to post" folder of pictures.

Let's see... well, lip posts and lip swatches make me happy so I'll show you guys a lipgloss I bought a few months ago from Sephora, Buxom's lipgloss in Lacey. This shade was on sale for $9, which is half price, so I snapped it up immediately.  I've never posted about it because I can't find anywhere that sells it and I feel bad posting about things no one can buy.  The only place I've seen Lacey in a mini set with another lipgloss and that was on eBay.  I haven't seen anyone selling the full-sized tube. Oh wait, I just checked eBay again. Someone is selling a tube for $20 with free shipping. Which isn't bad if you HAVE to have it.

Because I'm lazy, here is my review of Buxom's lipglosses from a previous post-

"The lipgloss is a supposed to be plumping and gives my lips a cooling, slightly tingling sensation. It has a burnt sugar/brulee scent that I don't particularly care for. But then again I don't like the sugary sweet/vanilla scents in a lot of lip products. The scent is definitely not enough to stop me from wearing/buying these glosses. They are thick and only slightly tacky, but feel smooth when you rub your lips together. I don't get any big sticky strings of lipgloss between my lips when I open my mouth. Because these are thicker glosses they are definitely longer lasting than a thinner gloss."

So, that's it. Whoo, at least I managed to post! I think I'm going to go take my daily 3 hours nap now, haha. I feel like a toddler with my nap schedule.

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Buxom Travel in Style Lip Duo Swatches and Review

 EDIT: Ugh, just realized I typed Buxom as "Buxmo" in the title.  I really need to learn how to proofread my titles...

I think I'm getting sick... noooo!  The left side of my throat and my left ear hurt. Weird. I hope I don't have an ear infection or something. I can just hear my mom spouting off this long list of herbs and vitamins to take before I get really sick. I know some people don't believe that stuff helps, but I just know that I didn't get sick nearly as often when I still lived with my parents and I took it all the herbal concoctions she threw at me.  Now I'm cheap and lazy and don't take any of it and get sick a lot more often! What do you guys to when you feel sickness coming on? Take something or just wait and hope you don't actually get sick?

Whew, I'm really behind on writing reviews.  I bought the above set of lipstick and lipgloss a month or two ago and still haven't gotten around to posting about it.  Whenever I'm late with posting reviews I'll just use the excuse that I needed more time to test the products.  It makes me sound more dedicated and hard working that I really am! :-P

Buxom's Travel In Style Lip Duo retails for $18 and comes with a mini lipstick in New Orleans and a mini lipgloss in Tara. These are rather small in size. The lipstick is pictured extended all the way so that is all the product it contains. Really, I know without a doubt I will still never use either of these up so I prefer the smaller size.

Here is the lipgloss compared to a full size Buxom lipgloss (the color is Lacey).

New Orleans and Tara

According to Sephora, New Orleans is desribed as a warm pink and Tara is described as a "sheer pink glimmer". They both look coral-ish on me.  The lipgloss also has these really pretty blue/violet sparkles.

Buxom lipgloss in Tara

The lipgloss is a supposed to be plumping and gives my lips a cooling, slightly tingling sensation. It has a burnt sugar/brulee scent that I don't particularly care for. But then again I don't like the sugary sweet/vanilla scents in a lot of lip products. The scent is definitely not enough to stop me from wearing/buying these glosses. They are thick and only slightly tacky, but feel smooth when you rub your lips together. I don't get any big sticky strings of lipgloss between my lips when I open my mouth. Because these are thicker glosses they are definitely longer lasting than a thinner gloss.

This one doesnt impart much color at all on my lips, but I love the contrasting blue sparkles. They're small enough as to not be gritty and don't make you look as if you have disco ball lips.

Buxom lipstick in New Orleans

This lipstick is matte but it doesn't feel drying on my lips. It doesn't feel cakey and the it applies smoothly and evenly.

The two colors look really great together and Buxom did an awesome job packaging them together.


Overall, I really love the lipgloss formula and plan to pick up more of them. I love the lipstick also and want to get more, but I don't wear lipstick all that often so I'll probably hold of a bit on them.

Available:

• This set retails for $18 at Sephora (online and in stores).

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

FOTD: Sleekly Tarte and Buxom

I know I sound like a broken record continuously complaining about how busy I am.  I'm getting kinda tired of it myself.  Well, if I wasn't so damned busy I wouldn't have to complain, haha!  It feels like when I'm not working on school, I'm sleeping.  Luckily I still have a bit of time to put on makeup (most days) so I've been taking pictures of it.  Yesterday I got up early enough to fix my hair so you get more than just a picture of my eyeball.  I'm still not ready to show my un-straightened hair; it's a wavy poofy mess.
Sorry if I look tired, it's because I am!

I'm wearing colors from Buxom's Stay-There eyeshadow palette on my eyes, Sleek's Pan Tao blush on my cheeks (VERY light application), and Tarte's PureOptic lipgloss in Pink Grapefruit on my lips.  The black liner is Wet n Wild's gel eyeliner and the mascara is Tarte's Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara.  Oh, and I don't wear foundation.  I use concealer under my eyes because of dark circles, but I never wear foundation.  The most I wear is some SPF 50 powder from Physician's Formula, but I'm not wearing it in this picture.  I just have on some translucent setting powder so my face doesn't get shiny.  I'm lucky that I've never had problems with acne or anything. Which is good because I'm incredibly lazy when it comes to skincare.  I need to start being more consistent!

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!