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Archives for 2013
New Dior Addict Lip Glow Color Reviver Gloss Puts Lips in the Mood
It’s a lipgloss!
Or is it? Ok, well, it’s a lip product based on an existing product from Dior called Color Reviver Balm, and like that Reviver, this one also channels mood rings.
Sort of.
New for spring 2013, $30 Dior Addict Lip Glow Color Reviver Gloss is supposed to be able to revive your natural lip color, whatever that means. Dior says it changes colors based on the chemistry of your lips. That’s the idea, but I think it has more to do with your actual lip temperature, as in, how hot are you? LOL!
Downsides? It’s expensive. $30 dollars expensive. That’s dinner and dessert (and maybe a glass of wine) for two! — or in Tabs terms, about 40 cans of gravy.
I guess you can imagine that it’s pretty easy to use… No special instructions. Application is pretty intuitive. You just whip out the wand, use the brush applicator to coat your lips, and wait. Seconds. Literally seconds. On me, it practically starts changing color on contact, going from a clear hot pink to a deeper, coral-like pink, almost like I’ve been kissing someone for a really long time.
At first I didn’t detect any fragrances or flavors, but then I turned my hound dog senses on high and smacked my lips together. I picked up the faintest eau de vanilla, barely there, both the scent and flavor.
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What’s the Secret to the No-Makeup Makeup Look? Too Faced Thinks You’ll Find It in Their New Fresh & Flawless Face Palette
What’s the secret to no-makeup makeup? I’ll tell ya, it is NOT not wearing makeup.
Oh, gosh. Was that a double negative? I should probably strike that from the record…
Here’s the deal: for me, the no-makeup makeup look usually (as in almost always) involves the wearing of makeup.
Yes, I realize how that sounds. 🙂 I mean, if you don’t want to look like you’re wearing any makeup, why not just skip the makeup, right?
Well, because if I do that, I resemble these guys…
Researchers at the prestigious (fictitious) Too Faced Institute of Technology believe they’ve identified and isolated the secret to the no-makeup look, and they’ve added it to their new $39 The Secret to No Makeup Makeup Fresh & Flawless Face Palette.
Everything in this six-piece kit is designed to help you achieve a fresh, flawless look.
A bright under-eye area, bronzed and shimmery skin, flushed cheeks — that’s the idea.
Beginning from the left, that huge pan of peachy, golden tan goodness is called Bronzing Veil, and it’s something of a contouring powder, perfect for defining your cheeks.
As I think it’s a little light for me (I’m an NC42), I like to use it more as a highlighter.
Two blushes occupy center court. One, a cool-toned rosy pink called Creme Blush, and a matte, cool-toned pink powder blush with tiny flecks of golden glitter.
And on the right side of the palette, three creams — from the upper right, a light, peachy beige concealer (thought it looked kinda funky on me, too light and beige, so I didn’t use it for these pictures); a shimmery, cool-toned highlighter in the Luminize pan; and the Brighten pan in the lower right houses a cool-toned pinkish beige for highlighting beneath the arch of each brow and the under-eye area.
Too Faced also thoughtfully included a fold-out card with three different tutorials on it, and each one shows the proper products to use and placement.
- The Wake Up Makeup Look: simple and natural-looking
- Nude Radiance: color on the cheeks
- Red Carpet Contour: a full-on, dramatic look
I tried the Red Carpet Contour look for these pics…
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BECCA Dragonfruit Beach Tint Feeds Dragons, Tints Lips and Cheeks
It’s what I feed my dragon, and he lurves it. 🙂
Dragonfruit. I don’t even know what that is. It sounds vaguely Asian and familiar, like something my friend Cindy’s grandmother tried to feed us back in the day.
I do know what a BECCA Beach Tint is, though, because I’ve been wearing them for years. Dragonfruit ($25) is a relatively new one from BECCA. Came out in the fall, and it’s made its way into their permanent line.
A multi-purpose poppy pink lip and cheek product (say that five times fast!), part blush, part lip stain, pure convenience, and it’s water-resistant, too.
The only downside I can see: you might not want to wear any other blush.
I love this color! It’s brightening, goes great with warm and cool eye makeup shades, and it doesn’t even require a brush to apply. Lazy girl love 
, to infinity and beyond!!
MAC’s Strong Woman Lipstick
The Ballad of Tabs the Cat
The Too Faced Boudoir Eyes Soft & Sexy Eye Shadow Collection Takes Eyes From Bedroom to Boardroom
Double entendre much? Too Faced obviously had something in mind with this palette. What do you suppose that was, hmm…
Something naughty! Um, naughty like, it’s the holidays, right after Thanksgiving dinner, and the supposedly family-friendly movie you rented to watch on TV with your in-laws has a steamy scene in it, and you want to cover your eyes and run out of the room screaming, or just disappear into the couch cushions and perhaps never return…
That kind of naughty. 🙂
The names are naughty! Fuzzy handcuffs, hello? Sugar Walls? Um, you have to be a child of the ’80s to truly understand the naughtiness of that one, LOL!
Too Faced calls it the Soft & Sexy Eye Shadow Collection. That’s where they were going, and that’s where they got. Sultry eyes, smokey eyes, lots of smudgy, “come hither” eyes. Those are the looks you’ll be rocking with these shadows.
The larger pans on the left are the designated lid shades. Like most Too Faced palettes, this one comes with a little booklet with ideas for ways to work it.
Too Faced divided the colors into three rows. The top one for Day looks, the middle for Classic looks (like from the office to an after-work party), and the last row for Fashion looks, otherwise known as your more adventurous side (note: the darkest color in the palette lives here).
I actually mix and match the colors together because I’m crazy like that. 🙂 Rules are meant to be broken, right? (Although I’ve never cut off the tags from a mattress.)
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Guerlain’s New Cils d’Enfer Maxi Lash Mascara Gets Lashes One Step Closer to Zac Efron
How would I characterize my current mascara philosophy? Three words: Zac Efron’s lashes.
Allow me to explain… 🙂
Last weekend I watched a (SUPER cheesy) movie starring Zac that I thoroughly enjoyed called The Lucky One.
In it, Zac plays a marine who falls in love with a woman whose picture he finds one fateful day on the battlefield.
There it is, on the ground among the rubble.
He has no idea who she is or where she’s from, but he promises himself that day to find her if he survives.
Anywho, I spent the entire movie dazzled by this boy’s long and luscious, curly lashes.
They are, simply put, perfection, and really, really glossy!
Homeboy hit the genetic jackpot in the lash department, and it’s so not fair.
Like, if Zac’s sad face was in a tight closeup shot on the screen, and a tear was slowly rolling down his left cheek, I wouldn’t even notice the tear because I’d be too busy staring at his long, wet, glossy lashes.
So to make a short story long…those are the kind of lashes I’m obsessed with at the moment, and I’ve been on a mission this week to find a mascara able to give me that Zac Efron lash look.
As luck would have it, I think I may have found it (or, I’m getting close to finding it) in Guerlain’s new Cils d’Enfer Maxi Lash Mascara.
It’s $30, new for spring and currently available on counters now (it launched earlier this month), and it’s designed to deliver full lash looks by doing a bit of everything — lengthening, thickening, holding the curl and separating each of your lovely lashes.
It comes in two shades, Violet and Black — whoops! I meant, Violet and Noir.
Noir…
That reminds me of high school French. My parents would always say, “Why are you taking French? You’re never going to need it!”
Oh yeah, Mom? Well, look at that! BAM! Now I can translate the French words used by beauty brands. 🙂
Sorry, where was I…?
Ah, yes! — Guerlain’s new mascara. It’s designed to do a bit of everything, and it’s supposed to do it all quickly, without any clumps.
Perfect, because that’s what I want from a mascara. I haven’t been wanting to deal with any lash drama lately. I just want things to be easy.
So, does Cils d’Enfer Maxi Lash Mascara deliver?
You know what? I think it does. If nothing else, it gets me a lot closer to Zac’s lashes in a number of ways.
First, it really is easy to use, which I love. I find that I don’t have to follow it up with a lash comb, thanks to the smooth, non-clumping formula.
And I don’t have to pull off any trickery with the brush, either. The bristles just naturally deposit the right amount of product.
Occasionally, it will overload, which leaves me with some slight smudging along my lower lash line, but that’s pretty rare.
It lengthens like a champ, keeps the curl curly and separates well, too (especially at the roots).
Oh, and get this! When you pull out the wand, it smells like roses. 🙂
Nice touch.
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