More 69 cent Wet n Wild Lipstick Swatch Spam!

Okay, I'm officially obsessed with these lipsticks and I feel like I need to collect them all.  Well, all the ones that have a remote chance of looking good on me.  Yes, that means I'm excluding you frosty turd brown.  Sorry.  I refuse to pay even 69 cents for you.  I'm sure someone out there can pull you off, I'm just not convinced it's me.

This is a continuation of this post right hurr. Right now until the end of May Wet n Wild lipsticks, eye liners, lip liners, brow pencils, and nail polishes that are normally $0.99 are on sale for $0.69.  I figured this was the perfect time to develop a fascination with lipsticks.  Might as well start small right?  I did almost buy a Dior Addict lipstick at Sephora the other day.  But I don't think I'm quite ready to make the jump from paying 69 cents to paying $28 just yet.

So how to we feel about a little lipstick swatch spam?  I had bought and swatched 7 lipsticks for this post but I waited so long to post it them I have since bought another.  So here are 8 (!) lipsticks, swatches, and lip swatches.  My lips hurt so bad after swatching this many!

The colors are (Wet n Wild name/description followed by my own):

• 516C (Sunset Peach)- orangey peach frosty shimmer
• 528A (Pink Ice)- light pink frosty shimmer
• 553B (Taj Mauve-Hal)- rosy pink frosty shimmer
• 511B (Nouveau Pink)- bright, almost hot pink, creme
• 520E (Hot Paris Pink)- bright pink-red creme
• 519A (Hot Red)- cherry red creme
• 509A (Cinnamon)- pin-up red creme
• 525D (Retro Pink)- cool, lavender-toned pink shimmer

Taken outside in direct sunlight

 From left: 516C, 528A, 553B, 511B, 520E, 519A, and 509A.

Taken outside in ambient light

516C Sunset Peach

528A Pink Ice

553B Taj Mauve-Hal

511B Nouveau Pink

520E Hot Paris Pink

519A Hot Red

509A Cinnamon

Lipstick in 525D

 

525D Retro Pink

Available:

• Untilthe end of May the lipsticks are $0.69 at Walgreens stores.  At all other locations that carry Wet n Wild they sell for $0.99.

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

These $0.69 Wet n Wild Lipsticks Just May Convert Me

As you may know, I'm not much of a lipstick wearer.  Besides my MAC Viva Glam Cyndi lipstick, the most expensive lipstick I have ever bought is probably $3.  So I'm not the best judge of what makes a good lipstick.  However, I have been slathering stuff on my lips for many years now, so I do know what feels good.  And in my limited lipstick experience, these Wet n Wild Silk Finish lipsticks feel pretty durn good.  Did I mention that I bought these for 69 CENTS EACH?!  Through the end of May I believe Wet n Wild is having a display at Walgreens with nail polish, lipsticks, eye liners, and lip liners for 69 cents each.  These normally retail for only 99 cents, but still, 69 cents is quite a steal!

The colors I have bought so far are (The description/name part after the numbers is off of Wet n Wild's website.  I'm not sure if they are the names of the lipsticks or just a shade description.  The second description is my own) :

• 502A Dark Pink Frost- a light mauvey pink with gold shimmer that is not what I consider frosty
• 514A Cherry Frost- a bright cool toned red with gold and red shimmer that is also not a frost!
• 521A Fuchsia with Blue Pearl- actually the name is a pretty accurate description

These applied smooth with no streaking and didn't gather in my lip lines.  These aren't the longest lasting lipsticks, but for 69 cents I don't mine reapplying.  I usually like to reapply if I need it or not anyway, just because I like the way it feels!

 

From left: 502A, 521A, and 514A

From left: 502A, 521A, and 514A in the sun

502A

521A

514A

Pros:

• Very, very inexpensive
• Wide range of colors (22 listed on Wet n Wild's website)
• Great pigmentation
• Smooth, creamy texture
• A great way to experiment with which types of colors look best on you

Cons:

• Not the longest lasting (but they don't claim to be)

Available:

• Retails for $0.99 at drugstores and all places Wet n Wild is sold (currently on sale for 69 cents at Walgreens until the end of May 2011)

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

Hello! And a Revlon 40% off haul

Hey everyone!  This is a first post on a new blog so I know that no one will read this (except maybe in the future when my blog is super successful and we all go back to the begining to look at my crappy pictures and see how far i have come, haha!).

I originally meant for this to be a nail polish blog, but I've grown and widened my horizons and am now equally obsessed with makeup.  I do not discriminate between drugstore and higher end brands and just use what works for him.  However, I am pretty cheap and love getting the most for my money so most of my big "hauls" are drugstore makeup.

This week at Walgreens Revlon cosmetics are 40% off (excluding Colorburst).  Oh, I just thought of something!

*PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*

ALWAYS ask the Beauty Advisor if they have any coupons.  A lot of the time they have them behind the counter.  I asked mine and she happened to have Revlon coupons for $1 off! 

/END ANNOUNCEMENT

So, in addition to the 40% off, each item was also $1 off.  But since you get $3 dollars off your next purchase when you spend $10 on Revlon, I was able to split my purchase into two and got $3 MORE dollars off the second half.  I got all the following for about $25 including tax when it retails for over $60 with tax.  Yay saving money!

Revlon haul with flash

Revlon haul under regular light bulb (no flash)

I bought the following items:

• Revlon Cream Blush in 09 Rosy Glow
• Revlon Cream Blush in 18 Berry Flirtatious
• Revlon Age Defying Spa Face Illuminator in 020 Pink Light
• Revlon Nail Polish (scented) in 370 Not So Blueberry
• Revlon top Speed Nail polish in 650 Sugar Plum 
• Revlon Nail Polish (scented) in 330 Grape Icy
• Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Crystal Lilac (this was not eligible for the 40%, but it was on special for $4.99 plus I was able to use the coupon for an additional $1.00 off)

Putting all the swatches in this post would make it ridiculously long, so I'll add them later.

Thank you to anyone who decides to read this!  Wow, I'm only 1 post into my blogging adventure and I'm already exhausted!  This is a lot of work!

Have a great day/night/whatever!